Configure Google Cloud HA VPN Reviews

Too many bulky commands, not enough time to consciously type everything manually, carefully read, verify and understand everything that is being typed in. Barely enough time to copy and paste the commands between 2 screens which makes this lab purely mechanical.

Anton Z. · Reviewed 28 days ago

This was by far the worst lab experience so far. Previous labs were generally well structured: concepts were introduced first, and then commands were used to apply those concepts. For example, VPCs, VM instances, and firewall settings were explained clearly before requiring configuration. However, this lab introduces many advanced networking concepts without sufficient explanation. Important concepts such as Cloud Router, BGP interfaces, BGP peering, VPN tunnel relationships, link-local IP addresses, CIDR/mask choices, and routing modes are presented mainly through commands, without explaining the purpose of each component or how the architecture works. The result is that the lab becomes a "copy and execute commands" exercise rather than a learning experience. Many values appear arbitrary because the reasoning behind them is not explained (for example, why specific IP ranges are used, why a /30 subnet is required, why an interface and BGP peer are separate configurations, or why global routing changes Cloud Router behavior). For learners who are not already familiar with advanced networking, this creates unnecessary confusion and frustration. The lab assumes too much background knowledge compared with previous labs in the course. I would strongly recommend adding conceptual explanations before each configuration step: * What resource is being created? * Why does it exist? * How does it connect to the other resources? * Why are these specific values chosen? The hands-on part is valuable, but without the missing conceptual explanations, the lab is much less effective than the previous ones.

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poor

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Wonderful Lab

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