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New Tutorials And Articles At The Bryant Advantage! Here's an article on how to build a professional network - but maybe not the kind of network you're thinking about! http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/ComputerCareersBuildingANetworkOfContacts.htm And finally, here's how you use an access server in a Cisco home lab - even if you don't have one, it's worth reading! http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CCNACCNPHomeLabAccessServerCabling.htm Enjoy! And don't forget I've got over 200 free tutorials and articles over on the main site - I'm in the middle of cutting over all the articles to the new webpage format, but they're all there waiting for you! http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/Tutorials.htm Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

Here are Thursday's CCNA and CCNP certification practice exam questions! CCNA: Identify the frame relay encapsulation options. A. Cisco (the default) B. Cisco C. IETF (the default) D. IETF E. ANSI F. ANSI (the default) CCNP / BSCI: Which of the following topologies is best suited for ODR? A. hub-and-spoke B. broadcast C. point-to-point D. point-to-multipoint CCNP / BCMSN: Short answer: A switch's priority is at is default setting, and it has a MAC address of aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-aa. What is this switch's BID in the root bridge election? CCNP / BCRAN: Which of the following settings indicates that congestion was encountered in the direction in which the frame was traveling? A. FECN = 0 B. FECN = 1 C. BECN = 0 D. BECN = 1 CCNP / CIT: Which of the following can cause runt frames? A. routing protocol misconfigurations B. improper configuration of Portfast C. improperly functioning NIC D. collisions Answers will be posted tomorrow! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www....

Last Chance! Pass The CCNP Exams Before Year's End And Save $50 On Each Exam! I know a lot of you are looking to pass at least one CCNP exam before year's end, and I'm going to help you out in every way possible. After all, that's why I'm here! I can't quite give away my CCNP Study Packages, but I can do the next best thing. For the rest of this month, I've cut the price of my CCNP Study Packages by more than HALF. My CCNP Study Packages for the exams expiring at year's end - BSCI, BCMSN, CIT, and BCRAN - are now $47 each. That's right - $47 each. If you're even thinking about taking one of these exams, do not miss this offer. On December 1, this offer is gone! Here are the links to the individual exams: BSCI: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CCNPStoreBSCI.htm BCMSN: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/BCMSNStudyPackage.htm BCRAN: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/BCRANCCNPStudyPackage.htm CIT: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CITCCNPStudyPackage...

Welcome back! Here are the answers to yesterday's CCNA and CCNP certification exam practice questions! CCNA: Short answer: What's the full command to set a router's OSPF Router ID to 10.10.10.10 ? Answer: Under the OSPF routing process, run router-id 10.10.10.10. CCNP / BSCI: What LSA type is generated by an ABR and describes inter-area links? A. Type 1 B. Type 2 C. Type 3 D. Type 4 E. Type 5 F. Type 6 Answer: C. Type 3 LSAs are generated by ABRs and describe inter-area links. CCNP / BCMSN: Which of the following is defined by IEEE 802.3ad? A. Portfast B. LACP C. PAgP D. Backbonefast Answer: B. CCNP / BCRAN: Short answer: Name the PRI linecode types. Answer: The PRI linecode types are Alternate Mark Inversion (AMI), Binary 8-Zero Substitution (b8zs), and High Density Bipolar 3 (hdb3). AMI is the default. CCNP / CIT: If you cannot ping a router by its hostname from the local router, where should you check first? A. The local DNS server. B. The local IP Host table. C. The rem...

Here are today's CCNA and CCNP certification practice questions! CCNA: Short answer: What's the full command to set a router's OSPF Router ID to 10.10.10.10 ? CCNP / BSCI: What LSA type is generated by an ABR and describes inter-area links? A. Type 1 B. Type 2 C. Type 3 D. Type 4 E. Type 5 F. Type 6 CCNP / BCMSN: Which of the following is defined by IEEE 802.3ad? A. Portfast B. LACP C. PAgP D. Backbonefast CCNP / BCRAN: Short answer: Name the PRI linecode types. CCNP / CIT: If you cannot ping a router by its hostname from the local router, where should you check first? A. The local DNS server. B. The local IP Host table. C. The remote DNS server. D. The remote IP Host table. Answers will be posted tomorrow - and look for another new tutorial to be posted here later today! To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

Here's a new CCNA certification tutorial on using static routes and the ip route command to troubleshoot a network. Couldn't hurt for the exam, either. :) http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CCNACertificationStaticRoutes.htm Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

Welcome! I've got a new CCNA tutorial over on the main site for you... configuring Etherchannels and noting their effect on STP. http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CCNACertificationEtherchannelSTPTraining.htm Enjoy, and I'll see you later today with the answers to yesterday's questions, more CCNP and CCNA certification training questions, and more articles and tutorials! Forward! Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

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New Tutorials And Articles At http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/ ! First, a CCNA certification tutorial on ISDN BRI and PPP Multilink: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CCNACertificationPPPMultilink.htm Here's a look at the new CCNP ONT Exam: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CCNPCertificationONT642845Exam.htm And finally, for you IT newcomers, a tutorial on how to find that elusive first computer job: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/ComputerCareersGettingThatFirstJob.htm Enjoy! To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

Here are Tuesday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification exam practice questions! CCNA: At which layer of the OSI model does the term "three-way handshake" come into play? Extra credit: What protocol uses it? A. Application B. Presentation C. Session D. Transport E. Network F. Data Link G. Physical CCNP / BSCI: What is the prefix length of the mask used for Class B private addresses? A. /8 B. /10 C. /12 D. /16 E. /24 CCNP / BCMSN: A VTP Client has lost some or all of the contents of its VTP database. What VTP advertisement should it sent to retrieve this information? A. subset B. subnet C. client request D. retrieve E. summary CCNP / BCRAN: NAT is the primary mechanism for what form of load balancing? A. NAT Load Balancing B. TCP Load Distribution C. Serial Interface Overloading D. IP Address Overloading CCNP / CIT: You're working on a 5000 switch and would like to see what ports are trunking and the encapsulation being used. What command should you run? A. show interface...

Welcome back! Here are the answers to yesterday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions! CCNA: Which of the following is true of IGRP and EIGRP? A. They both understand VLSM. B. They both allow the use of wildcard masks in the network statement. C. They both assume a serial interface is connected to a T1 line. D. They both use broadcasts to send routing updates. Answer: C. Only EIGRP understands VLSM and allows the use of wildcard masks. Only IGRP uses broadcasts for routing updates; EIGRP uses multicasts. Both IGRP and EIGRP assume a serial interface is connected to a T1 line, which runs at 1544 KBPS. CCNP / BSCI: RouterA is the DR for a broadcast segment, with RouterB as the BDR. RouterA is rebooted. While RouterA is rebooting, RouterB becomes the DR and RouterC becomes the BDR. What describes RouterA's role five minutes after it comes back online? A. DR B. BDR C. DROTHER D. None of the above. Answer: C. Router A will not become the DR again when it comes back online, as that'...

Hi there! I've got three new Cisco training tutorials and articles for you... First, a CCNA certification tutorial on ISDN BRI and PPP Multilink: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CCNACertificationPPPMultilink.htm Here's a look at the new CCNP ONT Exam: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CCNPCertificationONT642845Exam.htm And finally, for you IT newcomers, a tutorial on how to find that elusive first computer job: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/ComputerCareersGettingThatFirstJob.htm Enjoy! To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

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Here are Monday's CCNP and CCNP certification exam questions! CCNA: Which of the following is true of IGRP and EIGRP? A. They both understand VLSM. B. They both allow the use of wildcard masks in the network statement. C. They both assume a serial interface is connected to a T1 line. D. They both use broadcasts to send routing updates. CCNP / BSCI: RouterA is the DR for a broadcast segment, with RouterB as the BDR. RouterA is rebooted. While RouterA is rebooting, RouterB becomes the DR and RouterC becomes the BDR. What describes RouterA's role five minutes after it comes back online? A. DR B. BDR C. DROTHER D. None of the above. CCNP / BCMSN: Short answer: Name the port security modes, and identify the default setting. CCNP / BCRAN: IKE is a hybrid protocol - it's a combination of what three protocols? A. SKEME B. IPSec C. ESP D. ISAKMP E. Oakley F. AH CCNP / CIT: You realize that the line protocol is down on a serial interface, and that the clockrate command hasn't be...

Welcome back! Here are the answers to Sunday's Cisco training questions! CCNA: You have configured frame relay on a serial interface, and the interface is shut. You want to disable Cisco's default DLCI mapping protocol. Before opening the interface, you should enter the command ____________ . ( Short answer, no choices given! ) Answer: no frame-relay inverse arp CCNP / BSCI: If an IPv6 address begins with "FF", what does this indicate? A. Nothing in particular. B. It's a multicast address. C. It's a unicast address. D. It's an anycast address. Answer: B. IPv6 addresses beginning with "FF" are multicast addresses. CCNP / BCMSN: A switch is running Uplinkfast. The original root port has gone down and now come back up. Assuming the switch is running all default settings, how long will it be before this port becomes the root again? A. It'll never happen. B. 1 - 3 seconds C. 30 - 35 seconds D. 110 - 120 seconds Answer: C. The original root will be...

Here are Sunday's CCNA and CCNP certification exam training questions! CCNA: You have configured frame relay on a serial interface, and the interface is shut. You want to disable Cisco's default DLCI mapping protocol. Before opening the interface, you should enter the command ____________ . ( Short answer, no choices given! ) CCNP / BSCI: If an IPv6 address begins with "FF", what does this indicate? A. Nothing in particular. B. It's a multicast address. C. It's a unicast address. D. It's an anycast address. CCNP / BCMSN: A switch is running Uplinkfast. The original root port has gone down and now come back up. Assuming the switch is running all default settings, how long will it be before this port becomes the root again? A. It'll never happen. B. 1 - 3 seconds C. 30 - 35 seconds D. 110 - 120 seconds CCNP / BCRAN: Identify the true statements regarding CET. A. It's a Cisco-proprietary protocol. B. It's an open-standard protocol. C. CET provides...

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Welcome back! Here are the answers to Friday's CCNA certification and CCNP training questions! CCNA: You want to configure unequal-cost load-sharing on your EIGRP router. How can you find the metric for the path you want to include in the routing table that is not currently there? A. show ip eigrp neighbor B. show ip eigrp topology C. show ip route eigrp D. debug ip eigrp transactions Answer: B. In this situation, you need the metrics of the Feasible Successors, and you can get those from the EIGRP topology table. CCNP / BSCI: An ISIS L1 router can form an adjacency with what other router types? A. An L1 in another area. B. An L1 in the same area. C. An L1/L2 in the same area. D. An L1/L2 in another area. E. An L2 in the same area. F. An L2 in another area. Answers: B, C. L1 routers can only form adjacencies with L1s and L1/L2s that are in the same area. An L1 router cannot form an adjacency with a router in another area, nor can it form an adjacency with an L2 in any area CCNP / B...

Here are Friday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP training questions! CCNA: You want to configure unequal-cost load-sharing on your EIGRP router. How can you find the metric for the path you want to include in the routing table that is not currently there? A. show ip eigrp neighbor B. show ip eigrp topology C. show ip route eigrp D. debug ip eigrp transactions CCNP / BSCI: An ISIS L1 router can form an adjacency with what other router types? A. An L1 in another area. B. An L1 in the same area. C. An L1/L2 in the same area. D. An L1/L2 in another area. E. An L2 in the same area. F. An L2 in another area. CCNP / BCMSN: When dynamic VLANs are in use, what value decides a switch port's VLAN membership?' A. The VLAN configured on the port. B. The host's IP address. C. The host's MAC address. D. The IP subnet the host can be found on. CCNP / BCRAN: The cable modem has acquired an RF. What will the CMTS now do? A. Send a DHCP request B. Send a DHCP reply C. Send maintenance messages D...

Welcome back! Here are the answers to Wednesday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification exam practice questions! CCNA: What command enables equal-cost load-sharing in RIP? A. maximum-paths B. variance C. rip load-share D. No command is needed - it's on by default. Answer: D. You can change the values for equal-cost load-sharing with the maximum-paths command, but it's enabled by default. CCNP / BSCI: By default, iBGP routers cannot propagate routes to iBGP neighbors that were originally learned from another iBGP router. Which of the following describe methods of circumventing this rule? A. turning synchronization off B. turning synchronization on C. turning split horizon on D. turning split horizon off E. configuring route reflectors F. changing route weights G. configuring confederations H. changing route LOCAL_PREF attributes Answers: E, G. Route reflectors and confederations allow us to get around the iBGP full mesh rule. CCNP / BCMSN: New Cisco switches assign a 10,000 MBPS...

Welcome back! Here are the answers to Wednesday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification exam practice questions! CCNA: What command enables equal-cost load-sharing in RIP? A. maximum-paths B. variance C. rip load-share D. No command is needed - it's on by default. Answer: D. You can change the values for equal-cost load-sharing with the maximum-paths command, but it's enabled by default. CCNP / BSCI: By default, iBGP routers cannot propagate routes to iBGP neighbors that were originally learned from another iBGP router. Which of the following describe methods of circumventing this rule? A. turning synchronization off B. turning synchronization on C. turning split horizon on D. turning split horizon off E. configuring route reflectors F. changing route weights G. configuring confederations H. changing route LOCAL_PREF attributes Answers: E, G. Route reflectors and confederations allow us to get around the iBGP full mesh rule. CCNP / BCMSN: New Cisco switches assign a 10,000 MBPS...

Here are Wednesday's Cisco CCNP and CCNA certification training questions! CCNA: What command enables equal-cost load-sharing in RIP? A. maximum-paths B. variance C. rip load-share D. No command is needed - it's on by default. CCNP / BSCI: By default, iBGP routers cannot propagate routes to iBGP neighbors that were originally learned from another iBGP router. Which of the following describe methods of circumventing this rule? A. turning synchronization off B. turning synchronization on C. turning split horizon on D. turning split horizon off E. configuring route reflectors F. changing route weights G. configuring confederations H. changing route LOCAL_PREF attributes CCNP / BCMSN: New Cisco switches assign a 10,000 MBPS port a speed of ____________. A. 1 B. 2 C. 10 D. 19 E. 255 CCNP / BCRAN: What term applies to dictating what users can do once they're in the network? A. accounting B. authentication C. authorization CCNP / CIT: Which of the following statements is true rega...

Here are the answers to Tuesday's CCNA and CCNP certification exam practice questions! CCNA: The IP address IGRP sends its routing updates to is ____________ . A. 224.0.0.9 B. 224.0.0.10 C. 224.255.255.255 D. 255.255.255.255 E. 255.255.255.224 F. 255.255.255.0 Answer: D. Both RIP version 1 and IGRP broadcast their routing updates. CCNP / BSCI: When OSPF receives a redistributed route from another IGP, what seed metric is assigned to the route? A. 0 B. 10 C. 20 D. 110 E. OSPF does not automatically assign seed metrics. Answer: C. Both OSPF and ISIS assign a default seed metric to a route learned via redistribution. OSPF assigns a default seed metric of 20, while ISIS assigns a default seed metric of zero. CCNP / BCMSN: BPDUs are sent to what MAC address? A. The unicast MAC address 01-80-c2-00-00-00. B. The multicast MAC address 01-80-c2-00-00-00. C. The broadcast MAC address 01-80-c2-00-00-00. D. The hypercast MAC address 01-80-c2-00-00-00. Answer: B. This is a multicast MAC address...

New Cisco CCNA And CCNP Training Tutorials And Articles At http://www.thebryantadvantage.com Heard of the "Yahoo Peanut Butter Manifesto" yet? Read all about it here: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/YahooPeanutButterManifesto.htm I've recently posted several CCNA and CCNP free tutorials on the site that you may have missed. Here's a CCNA tutorial on MAC addressing: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CCNATrainingMACAddresses.htm A recent case study I wrote regarding Frame Relay and routing protocols - a MUST for every CCNA candidate: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CCNACertificationCaseStudyFrameMapRIP.htm For you CCNP candidates, I've written articles looking at the updated BSCI and BCMSN exams: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CiscoCCNPCertificationBSCIExam642901.htm http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CiscoCCNPCertificationBCMSNExam642812.htm Enjoy! Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

Here are Tuesday's Cisco CCNP and CCNA certification exam training questions! CCNA: The IP address IGRP sends its routing updates to is ____________ . A. 224.0.0.9 B. 224.0.0.10 C. 224.255.255.255 D. 255.255.255.255 E. 255.255.255.224 F. 255.255.255.0 CCNP / BSCI: When OSPF receives a redistributed route from another IGP, what seed metric is assigned to the route? A. 0 B. 10 C. 20 D. 110 E. OSPF does not automatically assign seed metrics. CCNP / BCMSN: BPDUs are sent to what MAC address? A. The unicast MAC address 01-80-c2-00-00-00. B. The multicast MAC address 01-80-c2-00-00-00. C. The broadcast MAC address 01-80-c2-00-00-00. D. The hypercast MAC address 01-80-c2-00-00-00. CCNP / BCRAN: Identify the true statements regarding ADSL. A. ADSL downloads are faster than uploads. B. ADSL uploads are faster than downloads. C. ADSL upload speeds and download speeds are about the same. CCNP / CIT: Which of the following devices sends a pulse down a cable to test for crimps...

Welcome back! Here are the answers to Monday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification questions! CCNA: Which of the following helps to limit the number of broadcasts handled by a switch? A. STP B. Root Bridges C. VLANs D. BPDUs Answer: C. VLANs help to reduce the number of broadcasts on a switch, since a broadcast sent by a member of any VLAN will only be received by the other members of that VLAN. By default, a Cisco switch will forward a broadcast out every port except the port that originally received the broadcast. CCNP / BSCI: The command summary-address is designed for use on what OSPF router type(s)? A. ABRs only B. ASBRs only C. ASBRs and ABRs D. ABRs and all routers in a stub area E. ABRs and all routers in a total stub area. F. Any router that is not in any kind of stub area. Answer: B. The command summary-address is designed for use only on an ASBR. This command is used to summarize routes that are being redistributed into OSPF. Here's how the command is used on a Cisco...

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Pass The CCNP Exams Before Year's End And Save $50! I know a lot of you are looking to pass at least one CCNP exam before year's end, and I'm going to help you out in every way possible. After all, that's why I'm here! I can't quite give away my CCNP Study Packages, but I can do the next best thing.For the rest of this month, I've cut the price of my CCNP Study Packages by more than HALF. My CCNP Study Packages for the exams expiring at year's end - BSCI, BCMSN, CIT, and BCRAN - are now $47 each. That's right - $47 each. If you're even thinking about taking one of these exams, do not miss this offer. On December 1, this offer is gone! Here are the links to the individual exams: BSCI: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CCNPStoreBSCI.htm BCMSN: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/BCMSNStudyPackage.htm BCRAN: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/BCRANCCNPStudyPackage.htm CIT: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CITCCNPStudyPackage.htm Order now and download...

Welcome back! Here are Monday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification exam practice questions - and a motivational thought for the day as well! So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles on success; if I persist long enough I will win. -- Og Mandino CCNA: Which of the following helps to limit the number of broadcasts handled by a switch? A. STP B. Root Bridges C. VLANs D. BPDUs CCNP / BSCI: The command summary-address is designed for use on what OSPF router type(s)? A. ABRs only B. ASBRs only C. ASBRs and ABRs D. ABRs and all routers in a stub area E. ABRs and all routers in a total stub area. F. Any router that is not in any kind of stub area. CCNP / BCMSN: Which of the following is true of the "collapsed core" design? A. There is no dedicated access-layer switch. B. There is no dedicated distribution-layer switch. C. There is no dedicated core-layer switch. D. All three layers are found on one switch. CCNP / B...

My apologies for the lack of questions over the weekend - a little Blogger issue. :) See you later today with plenty of free CCNA and CCNP certification exam practice questions, and some new tutorials as well! To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

Here's another free Cisco CCNA certification exam training tutorial for you! This one covers hexadecimal basics, MAC addresses, Device IDs, and OUIs, plus some exam tips. Enjoy! http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CCNATrainingMACAddresses.htm To your CCNA exam success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

Here are the answers to Friday's CCNA and CCNP certification exam training questions! CCNA: Which of the following are considered "classless" protocols? A. RIPv1 B. RIPv2 C. IGRP D. EIGRP E. OSPF Answers: B, D, E. RIPv2, EIGRP, and OSPF are all classless protocols. RIPv1 and IGRP are classful protocols. CCNP / BSCI: What is the purpose of the OSPF command "default-information originate always"? A. This allows the ASBR to perform automatic route redistribution. B. This allows the ASBR to generate a default route and advertise it throughout the OSPF domain. C. This allows the ASBR to generate a static route and advertise it thorughout the OSPF domain. D. This allows the ASBR to send a default route to the other routing protocol during route redistribution. Answer: B. The command default information-originate always command allows the ASBR to generate a default route and advertise it throughout the OSPF domain. CCNP / BCMSN: Short answer: What comma...

New Tutorials And Articles At http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/ ! Along with continuing to roll the new look out on the main site, I've added some more CCNA certification tutorials and CCNP articles and tutorials. Here's a new one on the difference between circuit switching and packet switching: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CiscoCCNACertificationPacketCircuitSwitching.htm In case you missed yesterday's CCNA exam training article, here's a link to it - recommended reading for all CCNA candidates. http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CCNACertificationCaseStudyFrameMapRIP.htm And finally, for those of you looking to earn your CCNP certification, here's an overview of the CCNP BSCI exam change to version 642-901: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CiscoCCNPCertificationBSCIExam642901.htm I've got quite a few CCNA and CCNP tutorials that will be added to the site over the next few weeks, so keep reading this section to be the first to know! To your Cisco certifica...

Here are Friday's Cisco CCNP and CCNA certification exam training questions! CCNA: Which of the following are considered "classless" protocols? A. RIPv1 B. RIPv2 C. IGRP D. EIGRP E. OSPF CCNP / BSCI: What is the purpose of the OSPF command "default-information originate always"? A. This allows the ASBR to perform automatic route redistribution. B. This allows the ASBR to generate a default route and advertise it throughout the OSPF domain. C. This allows the ASBR to generate a static route and advertise it thorughout the OSPF domain. D. This allows the ASBR to send a default route to the other routing protocol during route redistribution. CCNP / BCMSN: Short answer: What command places a user connecting to a switch via Telnet directly into privileged exec mode, and where should it be configured? CCNP / BCRAN: Short answer: In feet, what's the distance limitation on ADSL? CCNP / CIT: What device is connected to a switch port and has traffic mirrore...

Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back! Here are the answers to Thursday's CCNP and CCNA certification exam training questions! CCNA: In what EIGRP tables can the feasible successor be found? A. None of them. B. One of them - the topology table. C. One of them - the route table. D. One of them - the neighbor table. E. Two of them. F. Three of them. Answer: B. The feasible successor is seen only in the EIGRP topology table. The successor is seen in both the EIGRP route and topology tables. CCNP / BSCI: A stub router's OSPF routing table can contain which of the following types of routers? A. Inter-area routes B. A default route using the ABR as the next hop C. Intra-area routes D. E2 routes E. E1 routes Answers: A, B, C. A stub area's routing table can contain intra-area routes (O), inter-area routes (O IA), and a default route using the ABR as the next hop ( O IA*). The default route is used to reach external destinations. A stub routing table will not contain E1 or E2 ro...

The free Cisco CCNA certification exam training tutorials just keep coming! Here's a new one on the difference between circuit switching and packet switching: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CiscoCCNACertificationPacketCircuitSwitching.htm In case you missed yesterday's CCNA exam training article, here's a link to it - recommended reading for all CCNA candidates. http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CCNACertificationCaseStudyFrameMapRIP.htm And finally, for those of you looking to earn your CCNP certification, here's an overview of the CCNP BSCI exam change to version 642-901: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CiscoCCNPCertificationBSCIExam642901.htm Of course, you still have time to pass the current BSCI exam - and you get my personal guarantee that you will, or I'll give you free updates for the new version in late January! http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CCNPStoreBSCI.htm Hey, that's enough to keep you busy until tomorrow! See you then! To your Cisco certifi...

I'm Now Scheduling CCNA Boot Camps For 2007 - Earn A Referral Fee Of $250! I'm currently scheduling corporate CCNA boot camps for 2007. If your company or organization has two to five CCNA candidates that need world-class training at a reasonable price, I'll personally travel to your site and bring you the finest CCNA training in the world. And here's a great deal for you - if you refer my CCNA Boot Camp to your IT director and they bring me in, I'll put $250 in your back pocket for the referral once the class has concluded. Read more about my Ultimate CCNA Boot Camp by clicking on the following link, and write to me at chris@thebryantadvantage.com with any questions! http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CCNACCNPOnlineAndInPersonBootCamp.htm To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

New CCNA Exam Tutorials And Microsoft Vista Articles On The Main Website Along with continuing to roll the new look out on the main site, I've added a few CCNA and CCNP training tutorials as well as an article on how Microsoft Vista's 2007 success will impact DRAM chip makers: Here's a CCNA case study on the interaction between Frame Relay and routing protocols. This recently happened to a student of mine, and I strongly recommend every CCNA candidate read it. http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CCNACertificationCaseStudyFrameMapRIP.htm Here's the Microsoft Vista article link: http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/MicrosoftWindowsVistaChipMakers.htm I've got quite a few CCNA and CCNP tutorials that will be added to the site over the next few weeks -- so keep visiting the site or sign up for the newsletter to be the first in your neighborhood to read them! To your Cisco certification success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

Here are Thursday's CCNP and CCNA certification exam training questions! CCNA: In what EIGRP tables can the feasible successor be found? A. None of them. B. One of them - the topology table. C. One of them - the route table. D. One of them - the neighbor table. E. Two of them. F. Three of them. CCNP / BSCI: A stub router's OSPF routing table can contain which of the following types of routers? A. Inter-area routes B. A default route using the ABR as the next hop C. Intra-area routes D. E2 routes E. E1 routes CCNP / BCMSN: What type(s) of frames pass through the tunnel built by the "l2 protocol-tunnel" command? A. IP frames B. All data frames C. All data frames and network control traffic D. All network traffic CCNP / BCRAN: Which of the following does Kerberos NOT support? A. authorization B. authentication C. accounting D. AAA CCNP / CIT: Which of the following commands will double the default interval at which the router sends LMIs? A. frame lm...

Welcome back! Here are the answers to yesterday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification exam training questions.... CCNA: Short answer: The default behavior of a distance vector protocol that does not allow a router to send a route advertisement out the same interface upon it was originally learned about is ____________ . Answer: That's the definition of split horizon. CCNP / BSCI: Short answer: The administrative distance of ISIS is ____________. Answer: The AD of ISIS is 115. CCNP / BCMSN: What VTP advertisement is sent by the VTP server only upon a change in the VLAN database? A. summary B. client advertisement C. master D. subset Answer: D. Subset advertisements are sent by the VTP server only when there's a change in the VLAN database. This ad will contain the new name of the VLAN, the new MTU (if it's been changed), the VLAN type, and whether the VLAN was created, deleted, activated, or suspended. CCNP / BCRAN: Identify the true statements regarding ISDN. A. There are...

Here are Wednesday's new Cisco CCNA certification and CCNP training questions! CCNA: Short answer: The default behavior of a distance vector protocol that does not allow a router to send a route advertisement out the same interface upon it was originally learned about is ____________ . CCNP / BSCI: Short answer: The administrative distance of ISIS is ____________. CCNP / BCMSN: What VTP advertisement is sent by the VTP server only upon a change in the VLAN database? A. summary B. client advertisement C. master D. subset CCNP / BCRAN: Identify the true statements regarding ISDN. A. There are more b-channels than d-channels. B. There are more d-channels than b-channels. C. The d-channels carry data. D. The b-channels carry data. E. The b-channels are responsible for call maintenance. F. The d-channels are responsible for call maintenance. CCNP / CIT: What troubleshooting model are you using if your first step is to examine the routing table? A. top-down B. down-top C. divide-and-conq...

Welcome back! Here are the answers to Tuesday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification exam training questions! CCNA: By default, what traffic resets the dialer idle-timeout value? A. All traffic. B. No traffic. C. All interesting traffic. D. Any IP-based traffic. E. Any ICMP-based traffic. Answer: B. By default, there is no interesting traffic. After all, we don't want the ISDN link coming up for just any traffic! CCNP / BSCI: What command will show whether a router's neighbors are or are not an ABR or ASBR? A. show ip ospf database B. show ip ospf border-routers C. show ip ospf neighbors D. show ip route ospf Answer: B. CCNP / BCMSN: What's the default behavior for Voice VLANs regarding Portfast? A. A port configured with a Voice VLAN cannot run Portfast. B. A port configured with a Voice VLAN will have Portfast running by default. C. Removing a Voice VLAN from a port does not disable Portfast. D. A port configured with a Voice VLAN can run Portfast only in aggressive mode...

There's a new CCNA certification exam training tutorial over on the main site - good reading for you Cisco CCNA certification candidates! Pardon the small type in the link - that's the only way Blogger will let me get it in here! http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/CCNACertificationCaseStudyFrameMapRIP.htm It covers a common situation with Frame Relay and routing protocols - and you better be ready to troubleshoot a situation like this to be a CCNA! To your Cisco certification exam success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

I want to take this time to congratulate Sue Lange and Sultan Ahmed, two brand-new CCNAs, and to thank them for their comments, which they've given me permission to share with you. I make it a point not to run a lot of ads on the blog, bu Sue's experience is very common among frustrated CCNA candidates, so I want to share her entire, unedited email with you. "I used Lammle's and Odom's books, and the tools that came free with them. I purchased cisco's recommended "cisco-press simulator" from Boson, and purchased several additional testing products to get practice of testing under pressure. I was dismayed because NONE of these products agreed on answers and explanations to very similar questions. The more I read the more conflicted the material became. The more practice tests I took, the worse my scores got. Often I'd take a situation from one book, plug it into the simulator only to get a different response from the simulator than the book showed,...

I want to take this time to congratulate Sue Lange and Sultan Ahmed, two brand-new CCNAs, and to thank them for their comments, which they've given me permission to share with you. I make it a point not to run a lot of ads on the blog, bu Sue's experience is very common among frustrated CCNA candidates, so I want to share her entire, unedited email with you. "I used Lammle's and Odom's books, and the tools that came free with them. I purchased cisco's recommended "cisco-press simulator" from Boson, and purchased several additional testing products to get practice of testing under pressure. I was dismayed because NONE of these products agreed on answers and explanations to very similar questions. The more I read the more conflicted the material became. The more practice tests I took, the worse my scores got. Often I'd take a situation from one book, plug it into the simulator only to get a different response from the simulator than the book showed,...

Here are Tuesday's Cisco CCNA certification training and CCNP test prep questions! CCNA: By default, what traffic resets the dialer idle-timeout value? A. All traffic. B. No traffic. C. All interesting traffic. D. Any IP-based traffic. E. Any ICMP-based traffic. CCNP / BSCI: What command will show whether a router's neighbors are or are not an ABR or ASBR? A. show ip ospf database B. show ip ospf border-routers C. show ip ospf neighbors D. show ip route ospf CCNP / BCMSN: What's the default behavior for Voice VLANs regarding Portfast? A. A port configured with a Voice VLAN cannot run Portfast. B. A port configured with a Voice VLAN will have Portfast running by default. C. Removing a Voice VLAN from a port does not disable Portfast. D. A port configured with a Voice VLAN can run Portfast only in aggressive mode. CCNP / BCRAN: Identify the true statements regarding Frame Relay. A. It's cheaper than leased lines. B. It's more expensive than leased lines. C. Data may n...

Here are the answers to yesterday's Cisco CCNA certification and CCNP certification exam training questions! CCNA: The hexadecimal value 1c converts to what decimal? A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D. 26 E. 27 F. 28 Answer: F. We've got 1 unit of 16 and "c" (12) units of 1, for a total of 28. CCNP / BSCI: A BGP route reflector receives a route from a nonclient peer. To whom will the RR send this route? A. All RR clients and nonclients. B. All RR clients. C. All nonclients only. D. The RR will not reflect this particular route. Answer: B. When an RR receives routes from nonclient peers, that route is reflected to the RR's clients only. CCNP / BCMSN: By default, in what trunking mode do ports on a 2950 run? A. dynamic auto B. on C. dynamic desirable D. off E. dynamic unconditional Answer: C. By default, a Cisco 2950 switch has all its ports in dynamic desirable mode, which means the ports are actively attempting to trunk. CCNP / BCRAN: Which of the following commands enables AAA?...

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Here are Monday's Cisco CCNA certification test prep questions! And some CCNP questions, too! ;) CCNA: The hexadecimal value 1c converts to what decimal? A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D. 26 E. 27 F. 28 CCNP / BSCI: A BGP route reflector receives a route from a nonclient peer. To whom will the RR send this route? A. All RR clients and nonclients. B. All RR clients. C. All nonclients only. D. The RR will not reflect this particular route. CCNP / BCMSN: By default, in what trunking mode do ports on a 2950 run? A. dynamic auto B. on C. dynamic desirable D. off E. dynamic unconditional CCNP / BCRAN: Which of the following commands enables AAA? A. It's enabled by default. B. aaa domain-server C. aaa new-model D. aaa enable CCNP / CIT: What Microsoft command shows you the NIC type and MAC address, active network destinations, network masks, gateways, interface IP addresses, and path metrics? A. arp -a B. tracert C. show ip route D. show config E. route print F. ipconf...

Welcome back! Blogger was having a technical issue yesterday, so let's catch up with the answers to Saturday's Cisco CCNA certification and CCNP certification training questions! All of Saturday's questions were short answer: CCNA: In OSPF, what is meant by the term "external route"? Answer: An OSPF external route is one learned by the OSPF process via redistribution. CCNP / BSCI: Give two reasons to divide a large Area 0 into smaller areas in OSPF. Answer: One benefit of segmenting a large Area 0 into smaller areas is to reduce the amount of LSA traffic flying around the network. With smaller areas, the number of routers that need to receive an LSA update reflecting a network change is reduced. In turn, this means few Dijkstra recalculations, which helps keep OSPF routing tables stable. CCNP / BCMSN: What block of the Enterprise Composite Network Model is not under the control of the local administration? Answer: The Service Provider Edge block borders th...

I want to take this time to congratulate Sue Lange and Sultan Ahmed, two brand-new CCNAs, and to thank them for their comments, which they've given me permission to share with you. I make it a point not to run a lot of ads on the blog, bu Sue's experience is very common among frustrated CCNA candidates, so I want to share her entire, unedited email with you. "I used Lammle's and Odom's books, and the tools that came free with them. I purchased cisco's recommended "cisco-press simulator" from Boson, and purchased several additional testing products to get practice of testing under pressure. I was dismayed because NONE of these products agreed on answers and explanations to very similar questions. The more I read the more conflicted the material became. The more practice tests I took, the worse my scores got. Often I'd take a situation from one book, plug it into the simulator only to get a different response from the simulator than the book show...

Here are Saturday's Cisco CCNA certification and CCNP certification training questions! Multiple choice is too easy for my readers. Every question today is short answer. No need to thank me. : ) CCNA: In OSPF, what is meant by the term "external route"? CCNP / BSCI: Give two reasons to divide a large Area 0 into smaller areas in OSPF. CCNP / BCMSN: What block of the Enterprise Composite Network Model is not under the control of the local administration? CCNP / BCRAN: In what countries does ISDN PRI consist of 31 channels? CCNP / CIT: What command will show you the current uptime of a Cisco 2950 switch? Answers to these Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification test prep questions will be posted on Sunday. See you then! To your Cisco certification exam success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com

Your Cisco CCNA certification test prep and CCNP certification exam training answers for Friday's questions are here! CCNA: By default, how many paths does RIP use for unequal-cost load-sharing? A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 E. 4 Answer: A. RIP performs no unequal-cost load sharing by default, but it does perform equal-cost load sharing over four paths by default. CCNP / BSCI: Identify the true statement regarding the following command. R2(config)#ip route 172.12.1.0 255.255.255.0 null0 A. Such a route is illegal. B. Such a route can help with redistribution involving BGP. C. Such a route must be manually configured after route summarization is configured. D. Such a route is a backdoor method of creating OSPF adjacencies. Answer: B. A static route to null0 can come in handy during BGP redistribution. Before a route can be redistributed into BGP, it has to exist in the IGP table. In a situation where you need a route in the BGP table that doesn't actually exist in the IGP table, you can c...

Here are Friday's CCNA and CCNP certification exam training questions! Enjoy! CCNA: By default, how many paths does RIP use for unequal-cost load-sharing? A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 E. 4 CCNP / BSCI: Identify the true statement regarding the following command. R2(config)#ip route 172.12.1.0 255.255.255.0 null0 A. Such a route is illegal. B. Such a route can help with redistribution involving BGP. C. Such a route must be manually configured after route summarization is configured. D. Such a route is a backdoor method of creating OSPF adjacencies. CCNP / BCMSN: A switch has two paths to the root bridge. One is direct, the other goes through another switch. You want to lessen the delay that will occur if the current root port goes down. What Cisco feature can help? A. Portfast B. Backbonefast C. Uplinkfast D. BPDU Skewing CCNP / BCRAN: What field does a PPP frame have that an HDLC frame does not? A. flags B. address C. control D. protocol E. data CCNP / CIT: You'd like to create document...

Here are the answers to Thursday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification exam training questions! CCNA: According to the Cisco routing code table, which of the following indicates a static default route? A. S B. D C. S* D. D* Answer: C. A static route is indicated by "S", a static default route by "S*". CCNP / BSCI: What does the cost of an OSPF E1 route indicate? A. The cost of the path from the local router to the ASBR. B. The cost of the path from the local router to the destination network. C. The cost of the path from the ASBR to the destination network. D. The cost of the path from the local router to the ABR. E. The cost of the path from the ABR to the destination network. Answer: B. OSPF E1 routes are routes learned via redistribution and that reflect the OSPF cost of the path from the local router to the destination. The default for a redistributed route is E2, and that cost includes only the cost of the path from the ASBR to the final destination; the cost...

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CCNA: According to the Cisco routing code table, which of the following indicates a static default route? A. S B. D C. S* D. D* CCNP / BSCI: What does the cost of an OSPF E1 route indicate? A. The cost of the path from the local router to the ASBR. B. The cost of the path from the local router to the destination network. C. The cost of the path from the ASBR to the destination network. D. The cost of the path from the local router to the ABR. E. The cost of the path from the ABR to the destination network. CCNP / BCMSN: What is the current port cost for a 100 MBPS port on a Cisco switch? A. 10 B. 19 C. 100 D. There is no default port cost. E. 1 CCNP / BCRAN: You're in privileged exec mode. What privilege level do you have? A. 0 B. 1 C. 10 D. 15 E. 100 F. 255 CCNP / CIT: You want to simulate a planned change to your network in order to spot issues in advance. What online Cisco tool will help you do this? A. Connectivity Planner B. Connectivity Solver C. Network...

Here are the answers to Wednesday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification exam training questions! CCNA: The length of what STP stages are determined by the FWD_DEL value? A. listening B. learning C. forwarding D. blocking Answers: A, B. The Forward Delay value sets the length of both the listening and learning stages. CCNP / BSCI: Short Answer: What's the maximum hop count for a valid RIP route? Answer: 15. When the metric hits 16, the route is considered unreachable. CCNP / BCMSN: Which of the following is NOT true of a destination SPAN port? A. It can be part of an Etherchannel. B. It can be have any port speed. C. It doesn't participate in VTP, STP, or CDP. D. It doesn't participate in PAgP, LACP, or DTP. E. It can be a source SPAN port as well. Answers: A, B. A destination SPAN port cannot be part of an Etherchannel and cannot be a source SPAN port. CCNP / BCRAN: When it comes to transporting data over ATM, what type of environment is best suited for RFC 1483 bridging?...