L01 · Lab drill

Tour: The Hardware Lab and the Reference Library

4:59The Lab

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A tour of the Communication Suite reference library and its Hardware Lab, the simulator where you can practice the build on a simulated laptop, Pixel and router with training values. It covers the library's four ways in, search, downloads and offline use; the bench, the keyboard Connections dialog and the four device views; the toolbar, Guided and Practice modes, the five training scenarios, the twelve readiness checks and the failure drill; and how to export, import and reset your progress.

What you’ll learn

  • Find your way around the library
  • Use the bench, views and modes
  • Save and move your progress

Chapters

The honest limits

The Hardware Lab is a simulator: its connection results are simulated, and simulated results are not evidence of real protection. Every value in it is a training placeholder.