I didn't notice grayed out options, but the help function definitely worked; I needed it to remember how to do one particular task...
On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 16:58, Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > 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=70275&t=70225 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]