On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 6:55 AM, Jimmy Larsson <[email protected]> wrote:

> How do you guys work with SecureCRT during labs? In The Real Lab you dont
> have the new fancy version with tabs that changes colour when something
> happens. You have one big screen available and 10-15 windows. Do you
> recommend arranging them in a special layout? why?
>

I actually use the console server, so I only have one SecureCRT window up
(well, two in the case of Proctor Labs). I got into the habit when I was
doing R&S and never really broke it. The only time it becomes a bit annoying
is when you want to see output on two devices at once (usually VPN testing)
but you can mitigate that somewhat with buffer logging.

One practical tip that hurt me in my most recent Security attempt: try to
get used to NOT having a ton of browser windows open with documentation. The
candidate PC's in the lab (at least in RTP) still do NOT have a ton of RAM,
and if you open tons of browsers you'll eventually slow the PC down to a
crawl. I was seeing it take upwards of 10-30 seconds to load a new page/link
at one point.  Next time I will keep it to maybe 3 windows (config guide,
command reference, other).

B*


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