""Scott Roberts"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > good point, I'm new to the forum and wasn't quite sure of what approaches to > answers people expected. I do like his approach to answering it, because if > you look at the link, the answer is in there (with the use of some deductive > logic). > > the only thing that worries me though, is that if people never get a > straight answer, will they then stop asking questions? its nice to see an > open forum about cisco networking thats actually well populated, I'd like to > support it as much as I can.
There are a couple of ways to look at this. give someone a fish, or teach them how to fish? what level of expertise is the person asking the question? The question itself - how to change one ospf timer without using the timer-specific command - is a standard trick question for a lot of CCIE practice labs. It's not generally the kind of thing that comes up in the CCNA qualification exam. Making the assumption that someone is prepping for the CCIE Lab, should they be expecting specific answers to specific questions? Or should they be spending a bit more time acquiring the expertise that is going to be tested in the Lab? Maybe there are CCNP practice labs out there that ask these kinds of questions as well? Maybe the guy asking the question is a newly minted CCNA and is starting his road to CCNP? Sure, ask the question. My own opinion, and my own advice to anyone who dreams of attaining the CCIE, is to start early and often - get into the habit of looking things up in the documentation first. Knowing your way around the doc CD or the Cisco CCO doc pages is a skill that will serve you well in a lot of different places, including the CCIE Lab itself. > > scott > > ""Priscilla Oppenheimer"" wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Scott Roberts wrote: > > > > > > shoulds like you're trying to answer a trick question on a > > > test? I suppose > > > "The Long and Winding Road" wanted you to work for your answer, > > > but I'll > > > come out and tell you. > > > > Why did you come out and tell the original poster the answer? Wouldn't the > > poster learn more from working it out? I liked "The L&W Road's" answer > much > > better. :-) > > > > Wouldn't the poster be a better representative of the relevant > certification > > having worked it out? For example, if the poster is going for CCNP and > > manages to pass because people provided answers instead of methods for > > figuring out the answer, is that a good thing for the rest of us who wish > > CCNP to be a respected certification? > > > > The poster asked for suggestions, not answers, and that's what we should > > have provided. > > > > Hopefully the poster will try this in a lab. There is at least one minor > > gotcha that I can think of. > > > > Hey, you had to expect to get slammed for this! ;-) I'm doing this with > all > > due respect and a recognition of how fun it is to give an answer. I think > a > > lot of us participate on the list partly to give answers because it's fun > > and a nice ego stroke, myself included. But the real goal of Group Study > is > > to help people learn. > > > > Priscilla > > > > > > > > > > ospf defaults the dead-interval/hold-time as a multiple of the > > > hello time, > > > so if you change the hello time the dead interval changes > > > automatically > > > also. > > > > > > scott > > > > > > ""nilesh bothra"" wrote in message > > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Q. Change OSPF dead interval to 60 seconds. > > > > You are not allowed to use the command 'ip ospf > > > dead-interval" for > > > > accomplishing this task. > > > > > > > > Suggestions pls???? > > > > > > > > Nilesh Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=64413&t=64311 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
