The help function worked!? Cool! (I assume you mean you could type a question mark and see possibilities?) Way to go Cisco. That's a good change, considering the fact that "real network engineers" depend on the question mark. :-)
Priscilla Weaselboy wrote: > > I took the new switching beta this weekend (I'll find out if I > passed > sometime in the future). Since I passed the old version, I > figured I'm > qualified to make a comparison. > > The old exam was ridiculously heavy with type-in-the-command > type > questions - a pure memorization-fest. The new one is much more > theory > and how technology works. I also noticed a bunch of things > covered that > I would have thought belonged on the routing exam, but maybe > they're > trying to spread things around a bit more. > > I had one fairly easy simulation question. You had to configure > like > four simple things, which means issuing several commands; but > the help > function worked, so you could hash things out pretty easily. I > always > wonder about whether your suppose to save your configuration as > part of > the exercise; hopefully I don't get marked down for doing that! > > Here are some acronyms you should know: MST, VRRP, RSTP, SPAN, > CoS, > HSRP, AVVID and VLAN Tunneling. I would also make sure you > understand > how ACLs and the VLAN equivalent work (VLAN filtering maybe, I > don't > remember what it's called). > > It didn't seem that hard, but I'll find out in a few months. > Anybody > else take it? > > The WB > > Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=70230&t=70225 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]