Hey Jerry - Without going into specifics of my lab, I can tell you that I certainly don't know command line in my sleep. Yes, there are some command line only things you should know – along with viewing interface configurations so you can fix any initial issues. But short of that, you should have no problem with the lab if you only know GUI.
I'm aware of the blog that suggests you do everything via CLI and I'll just say that it certainly wasn't my experience. I did probably 95% of the lab with GUI, had a major bug, and still finished it just shy of 6 hours. Regarding you not having access to GUI… This wasn't something I dealt with, but there are several things I would have tried had I faced this. 1 – "config network webmode enable" (in case they turned off web access) 2 - "config acl cpu none" (in case they applied an ACL to block web access) 3 – Last resort, use the default SNMP Private community to join it to WCS and configure from there. Best of luck! Jay Killion, CCIE #17873 (R/S & Wireless) From: jerry larson <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Thursday, May 15, 2014 12:00 PM To: Andre Aubet <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: Jay Killion <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>, "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: RE: [OSL | CCIE_Wireless] Lab results unless I missed something, I have read in other blogs that we should know every command from the command line in our sleep. ________________________________ Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 18:50:16 +0200 Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_Wireless] Lab results From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> CC: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Hi Jerry, You didn't have the GUI to configure a WLC? Jeez, this is tough!!! Was it specifically written that the GUI would be unavailable on this device during your lab? Couldn't you activate it? I guess I couldn't do it without the GUI... Andre. 2014-05-15 18:46 GMT+02:00 jerry larson <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>: I took the lab two months ago and was unsuccessful. I do not know if I can share this here but I did not get the GUI for the WLC's but had to do everything command line. I see you missed a checkbox on WLC4. The GUI was available to you Jay? thanks, ________________________________ Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 21:26:39 +0200 From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> CC: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_Wireless] Lab results Hi Jay, Congrats for your lab, enjoy your well-deserved free time after so much work Thanks for your feedback on your preparation, and for your contribution in this Study List in the past months. Andre. 2014-05-12 15:07 GMT+02:00 Jay Killion (jakillio) <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>: Hi all – I spent the week of May 1 in RTP, taking the wireless lab for the first time. The short version - After a long night and morning of waiting, I landed again in Dallas to find I had passed. First and foremost, I want to thank those of you on this list that helped answer my many questions – especially Jeff, Andre, and Christos. For those working to pass the lab, this mailer is a fantastic resource that I wholeheartedly recommend you become involved in. If interested, here’s what I would recommend to someone looking to pass the lab… 1 – Fastlane WB and IPExpert WB vol 1. Both of these have their strengths and weaknesses so I can’t necessarily rank one over the other. But both do a great job of covering the foundations and having you work through them in your lab. 2 – IPExpert WB vol 2. So here’s the thing… This is really the only product on the market that has full wireless labs and for that reason, you need to get it. You need to spend lots of time simulating full length labs that tie everything together and this WB gives you 5 of those. However, you need to know that the labs are a bit outdated and don’t do a good job of emulating what you’ll see on the real lab – to an extent. Plus, the explanations and solutions are lacking at best and it can be frustrating to try and figure out what was done and why. Having said that, this WB was created before Jeff came onboard. Jeff is a fantastic instructor and I believe he’s redoing the entire thing – which is a huge thumbs up. 3 – IPExpert VOD. This is hands down, no questions asked, the best investment you will make. If you are serious about becoming a CCIE Wireless, this is simply a must have. Jeff does a great job walking you through every technology on the blueprint, showing examples and troubleshooting, and pointing out areas to especially focus on. I watched the entire VOD twice and it was time very well spent. 4 – This is the most important of all… Lots and lots and lots and lots of rack time. Either rent time at IPExpert or build your own lab – but there is simply no substitute for this. You need to know how to configure and troubleshoot a myriad of items, and should be able to do them with your eyes closed. When you take the actual lab, nerves will be a factor, the environment will be very different from your safe home lab, and the wording will require careful deciphering. The last thing you want to do is be dealing with all of these things while also trying to remember all the steps for enabling video stream (for example). Not to mention that time is definitely a factor. I finished my lab in 6 hours and spent the final two dealing with a bug in my lab and going back over each question / answer. I found several questions I would have missed simply because I overlooked something small – like configuring the requirement correctly on 3 controllers but forgetting one checkbox on the 4th. On several other questions I changed my answer after carefully re-reading the question. All of this to say, knowing the technologies inside and out so you can configure them very quickly will definitely work to your advantage. Best of luck!! 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