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Here are your free Cisco certification exam training questions for Friday, September 29! CCENT Certification: You've just created five Virtual LANs on a Cisco switch. Which of the following have you also created? A. More broadcast domains B. Fewer broadcast domains C. More collision domains D. Fewer collision domains CCNA Certification: A trunk port is considered a member of what VLANs, if any? A. The native VLAN only. B. None of them. C. All of them. D. The VLANs configured with the "vlan member" command. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Short answer: What is the prefix length of the mask used with Class B private addresses? CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: How often are VTP Summary Advertisements sent? A. Every 5 minutes. B. Every 5 minutes or upon a change in the VTP database. C. Only upon a change in the VTP database. D. There is no fixed time period, and Summary Advertisements are not sent when the VTP database changes. CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Which of th...

Here are the answers to Thursday's free Cisco certification exam training questions! CCENT Certification: Which of the following terms does NOT describe TCP? A. best-effort delivery B. guaranteed delivery C. uses acknowledgement numbers D. has no method of detecting lost segments Answers: A, D. Those two terms describe UDP. TCP does have guaranteed delivery and it does have a method of detecting lost segments. CCNA Certification: What are the frame relay LMI types? Answer: Cisco, ansi, and q933a. Cisco is the default. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: What port number does BGP use to create neighbor adjacencies? Answer: That's TCP port 179. Make sure to leave that one unblocked by ACLs! CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Classification and marking of data should be done at what layer of the Cisco switching model? Answer: That should take place as close to the origination point of the data as possible, which means the Access layer. CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: You notice that ...

Here are your free Cisco certification training questions (CCENT, CCNA, CCNP) for Thursday, September 27! All of today's questions are short answer except for the CCENT question. CCENT Certification: Which of the following terms does NOT describe TCP? A. best-effort delivery B. guaranteed delivery C. uses acknowledgement numbers D. has no method of detecting lost segments CCNA Certification: What are the frame relay LMI types? CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: What port number does BGP use to create neighbor adjacencies? CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Classification and marking of data should be done at what layer of the Cisco switching model? CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: You notice that TCP keepalives are enabled on a router, and you want to disable this feature. What global configuration command will you need to use? CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: RED has three different modes of packet dropping. Name them. Answers will be posted Friday! I'll also have a new CCNA /CC...

Welcome back! Here are the answers to your free Cisco CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP training questions from Wednesday, September 27! CCENT Certification: Host A and Host B are in VLAN 10; Host C and Host D are in VLAN 20. Assuming these hosts are on the same subnet, describe briefly which hosts can ping each other, and which ones can't. Answer: Hosts in the same VLAN will be able to ping each other, but by default, hosts in different VLANs will not be able to ping each other - even if they're in the same subnet. CCNA Certification: Identify the true statements. A. Full routing tables are exchanged when distance vector protocols are used. B. When distance vector protocols are in use, only changes to the network are advertised. C. Full routing tables are exchanged when link state protocols are used. D. When link state protocols are in use, only changes to the network are advertised. Answers: A, D. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: At what point(s) do BGP peers exchange full updates? A. E...

Welcome! Here are your free Cisco CCENT, CCNA, and CCNP training questions for Wednesday, September 26! CCENT Certification: Host A and Host B are in VLAN 10; Host C and Host D are in VLAN 20. Assuming these hosts are on the same subnet, describe briefly which hosts can ping each other, and which ones can't. CCNA Certification: Identify the true statements. A. Full routing tables are exchanged when distance vector protocols are used. B. When distance vector protocols are in use, only changes to the network are advertised. C. Full routing tables are exchanged when link state protocols are used. D. When link state protocols are in use, only changes to the network are advertised. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: At what point(s) do BGP peers exchange full updates? A. Every 30 seconds. B. Every 90 minutes. C. Immediately after the adjacency is formed. D. Upon a change in the network topology. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: You want to apply port security to a switch port. No other c...

Here are the answers to Tuesday's Cisco certification exam training questions! For you CCENT candidates, you now have a daily free question of your own! CCENT Certification: Of the following devices, which one does *not* forward broadcasts by default? A. hub B. router C. switch D. repeater Answer: B. Hubs, switches, and repeaters all forward broadcasts by default, but routers do not. CCNA Certification Exam: Identify the frame relay encapsulation options. A. Cisco (default) B. IETF (default) C. ANSI (default) D. Cisco E. IETF F. ANSI Answer: A, E. The encapsulation options are cisco and ietf, and cisco is the default. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Short answer: What LSA type indicates the location of the ASBR? Answer: Type 4 LSAs indicate the route to the ASBR. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Which of the following is true of the "collapsed core" design? A. There is no dedicated core switch. B. There is no dedicated distribution-layer switch. C. There is no dedicat...

Welcome back! Here are your free CCENT, CCNA, and CCNP training questions for Tuesday, September 26! CCENT Certification: Of the following devices, which one does *not* forward broadcasts by default? A. hub B. router C. switch D. repeater CCNA Certification: Identify the frame relay encapsulation options. A. Cisco (default) B. IETF (default) C. ANSI (default) D. Cisco E. IETF F. ANSI CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Short answer: What LSA type indicates the location of the ASBR? CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Which of the following is true of the "collapsed core" design? A. There is no dedicated core switch. B. There is no dedicated distribution-layer switch. C. There is no dedicated access-layer switch. D. A single switch will handle the tasks of all three of these layers. CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Short answer: What term is given to the network attack that occurs when an intruder gathers information in preparation for a larger attack in the future? CCNP Certific...

Here are the answers to Monday's Cisco certification training practice questions! CCNA Certification: Arrange the following route types in order of believability, from best to worst: static route, directly connected network, OSPF route, RIPv1 route, RIPv2 route, IGRP, EIGRP route. Answer: The administrative distance is the measure of believability; the lower the AD, the more trustworthy the route. From lowest to highest: Directly connected (0) Static route (1) EIGRP (90) IGRP (100) OSPF (110) RIP v1 and v2 (120) CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: You want to view the LSAs on an OSPF-enabled router, along with the amount of time since the last LSA for each link was received. What command will give you this vital troubleshooting information? Answer: show ip ospf database. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: What two blocks of the Enterprise Composite Network Model work together to bring WAN connectivity and Internet access to users? Answer: Enterprise Edge and Service Provider Edge. CCNP C...

Are You A Microsoft Vista Early Adapter? Would You Ever Be One? Here's a look at a recent Wall Street Journal article on Vista early adapters, plus my two cents thrown in. Feel free to throw your two cents in as well via blog reply! The Benefits And Pitfalls For Vista Early Adapters And don't forget that I've got over 200 CCNA, CCNP, home lab, Vista, and Network+ free tutorials over on the main site as well! Cisco CCNA, CCNP, Microsoft Vista, And Network+ Free Tutorials Enjoy! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

Welcome back! :) Here are your free Cisco certification exam training questions for Monday, September 24! To help get your brain clicking on a Monday - and we all need the help we can get in that department! - all of today's questions are short answer. Answers will be posted on Tuesday! Also, I'll have new CCNA and CCENT tutorials for you later today as well as a look at early Vista adapters. CCNA Certification: Arrange the following route types in order of believability, from best to worst: static route, directly connected network, OSPF route, RIPv1 route, RIPv2 route, IGRP, EIGRP route. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: You want to view the LSAs on an OSPF-enabled router, along with the amount of time since the last LSA for each link was received. What command will give you this vital troubleshooting information? CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: What two blocks of the Enterprise Composite Network Model work together to bring WAN connectivity and Internet access to users? CCNP C...

Here are the answers to Saturday's questions! CCNA Certification Exam: Short answer: EIGRP is considered a hybrid protocol. Briefly describe why. Answer: EIGRP is sometimes called a hybrid since EIGRP combines characteristics of link-state and distance-vector protocols. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: 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 neighbor C. show ip ospf border-routers D. show ip route ospf Answer: C. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: What's the default behavior for Voice VLANs and Portfast? A. A port configured with a voice VLAN will have Portfast autoenabled. B. A port configured with a voice VLAN cannot run Portfast. 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. Answer: A, C. Portfast will be autoenabled when you configure a voice VLAN on a switch port, but it's not automatical...

Here are Saturday's Cisco certification exam practice questions! CCNA Certification Exam: Short answer: EIGRP is considered a hybrid protocol. Briefly describe why. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: 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 neighbor C. show ip ospf border-routers D. show ip route ospf CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: What's the default behavior for Voice VLANs and Portfast? A. A port configured with a voice VLAN will have Portfast autoenabled. B. A port configured with a voice VLAN cannot run Portfast. 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 Certification / ISCW Exam: Identify the true statements. A. Cisco router passwords cannot begin with a number. B. Cisco router passwords cannot begin with a null space. C. Cisco router passwords can begin with any number...

My New CCNP ONT Exam Video Boot Camp Is Here! I'm very proud to announce that my ONT Video Boot Camp is here! Those of you working on your CCNP certification will definitely want to check this out! My New CCNP ONT Video Boot Camp! I do want to mention that due to a software issue beyond my control, my ONT Study Package will not be available until December, for which I apologize, but you can get all the same great training you've come to expect from The Bryant Advantage for your ONT studies on this great training video! Just click this link to be taken immediately to Trainsignal's website, where more details and a sample video are waiting for you! My New CCNP ONT Video Boot Camp! To your ONT exam success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

How To Succeed In Your CCNA, CCNP, or Any Other Certification Studies! That's quite a title! Let's see if I can live up to it! :) Recently, one of my students passed his CCNA exam (with a 1000, I might add!) and went straight into BSCI studies. Great move, but he had a question right off the bat that he posted in my private Cisco certification forum.... Hi Chris, After passing CCNA, I went thru some Cisco books for my next exam which is BSCI. I felt like I am lost. Then I decided to go for your package. Now I am relieved. But tell me one thing. What was your style of preparing for the exams ?? For CCNA, I went thru your guide and made a note of key points in my note book. You can call it a compressed notebook which saved a lot of my time while revising. Vaseem A. Great question, Vaseem! Here's my answer... Hi Vaseem! Join the club, the BSCI intimidates everyone at first. There's a tremendous amount of information to absorb for this one. I'll tell you the real key to...

Here are your free CCNA and CCNP practice questions for Wednesday, September 19! To make these questions even more challenging, all of today's questions are short answer! CCNA Certification Exam: Convert the binary string 01010101 into hexadecimal. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: A non-routing node on an ISIS network sends how many different ISIS hello types? CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Used with Integrated Services, what protocol creates a path for priority traffic in advance of the traffic actually needing it? CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: Which of the four delay types refers to the amount of time it takes for the data bits to actually cross the L1 link? CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: What globally configured command sets the minimum password length on a Cisco router to 15 characters? Answers will be posted Thursday! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

Welcome back! Here are the answers to Saturday's Cisco certification exam training questions! CCNA Certification: How often will OSPF send hello packets out a Serial interface? A. Every 10 seconds. B. Every 30 seconds .C. Every 45 seconds. D. Every 60 seconds. E. OSPF does not send Hellos via Serial interfaces. Answer: B. OSPF's default time for sending hellos out Serial interfaces is 30 seconds, as seen in this excerpt of show ip ospf interface. R1#show ip ospf interface serial0 Serial0 is up, line protocol is up Internet Address 172.12.123.1/24, Area 0 Process ID 1, Router ID 1.1.1.1, Network Type NON_BROADCAST, Cost: 64 Transmit Delay is 1 sec, State DR, Priority 1 Designated Router (ID) 1.1.1.1, Interface address 172.12.123.1 No backup designated router on this network Timer intervals configured, Hello 30, Dead 120, Wait 120, Retransmit 5 CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Regarding policy routing, why would you create a set statement to send packets to the interface null0? A....

Here are your free CCNA and CCNP practice questions for Saturday, September 15! CCNA Certification Exam: How often will OSPF send hello packets out a Serial interface? A. Every 10 seconds. B. Every 30 seconds. C. Every 45 seconds. D. Every 60 seconds. E. OSPF does not send Hellos via Serial interfaces. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Regarding policy routing, why would you create a set statement to send packets to the interface null0? A. This sends the packets to the routing engine to be routed normally while ignoring the policy. B. This allows the packets to be transmitted via Queue Zero. C. This sends the packets to the virtual interface dynamically created with policy routing. D. This causes matching packets to be dropped. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: In a typical Enterprise Edge block, what switch layers are present? A. Access B. Distribution C. Core CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Arrange the following in order of fastest to slowest: A. Distributed CEF switching B...

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The Secrets To Cisco Exam Success: "Break It Down" Having taken even Cisco routing and switching lab from the CCNA to the CCIE lab, I know well the feeling that you get when you take your first look at larger topics such as OSPF, BGP, and the dreaded (and inevitable!) IP version 6. You might think you're the only person having that the initial feeling of "How am I ever gonna learn this?", but believe me, you're not! The first time I looked at OSPF, I had that exact feeling. You learn static routing, then RIP v1 and V2, then.. WHAM! You've got LSAs and LSUs and virtual links and neighbor IDs... I'm here to tell you that this anxious feeling is normal, and it can be overcome by learning one fundamental at a time - and before long, you've mastered whatever protocol was giving you an anxiety attack! You know that a router breaks data down into bits before transmitting? That's just what you've got to do with any Cisco exam topic (or any ...

Here are your free Cisco CCNA and CCNP training questions for Wednesday, September 12! CCNA Certification: According to the Cisco routing code table, which of the following indicates a static default route? A. S B. S* C. D D. D* CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Which two protocols are designed to expedite network cutover to a working router when the primary router goes down? A. SNMP B. SMTP C. IRDP D. HSRP E. HARP CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Which statements are true regarding a Cisco multilayer switch? A. IP is enabled by default. B IP is not enabled by default. C. All ports are in L2 mode by default. D. All ports are in L3 mode by default. E. The switch ports are in neither L2 nor L3 mode by default. F. The switch ports are in both L2 and L3 mode by default. CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Identify the true statements regarding IPSec modes. A. Transport mode retains the original IP header. B. Transport mode does not retain the original IP header. C. Tunnel mode retains the origin...

Welcome back! My apologies that there were no questions posted yesterday, I'll make up for it later today. :) Here are the answers to Monday's Cisco certification training questions! CCNA Certification Exam: Short answer: EIGRP is considered a hybrid protocol. Briefly describe why. Answer: EIGRP is sometimes called a hybrid since EIGRP combines characteristics of link-state and distance-vector protocols. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: 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 neighbor C. show ip ospf border-routers D. show ip route ospf Answer: C. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: What's the default behavior for Voice VLANs and Portfast? A. A port configured with a voice VLAN will have Portfast autoenabled. B. A port configured with a voice VLAN cannot run Portfast. C. Removing a voice VLAN from a port does not disable Portfast. D. A port configured with a voice VLAN can run Portfast...

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Here are your free Cisco certification exam training questions for Monday, September 10! CCNA Certification Exam: Short answer: EIGRP is considered a hybrid protocol. Briefly describe why. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: 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 neighbor C. show ip ospf border-routers D. show ip route ospf CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: What's the default behavior for Voice VLANs and Portfast? A. A port configured with a voice VLAN will have Portfast autoenabled. B. A port configured with a voice VLAN cannot run Portfast. 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 Certification / ISCW Exam: Identify the true statements. A. Cisco router passwords cannot begin with a number. B. Cisco router passwords cannot begin with a null space. C. Cisco router passwords can b...

Here are the answers to Friday's Cisco certification practice questions! CCNA Certification: Short answer: Describe briefly what is meant by the term "OSPF external route". Answer: This is a route redistributed into an OSPF process. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: In what two OSPF network types are DRs and BDRs elected? A. broadcast B. non-broadcast C. point-to-point D. point-to-multipoint Answer: A, B. Both broadcast and non-broadcast networks will elect a DR and BDR. Point-to-point and point-to-multipoint networks do not. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: A switch port has just received a dynamic VLAN membership assignment. What other port feature will be enabled as a result? A. Uplinkfast B. Portfast C. Backbonefast D. dot1x port-based authentication Answer: B. Portfast will be autoenabled in this situation. CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Short answer: What is the maximum number of characters that can make up a Cisco router password? Answer: 25. CCNP Certification / ON...

How To Double Your Ability On CCNA Exam Day (Or On Any Exam Day!) I was about to call this posting "How To Double Your Chances On CCNA Exam Day", but that's not the case at all - because the wise computer certification candidate doesn't leave passing up to chance! That's not just some play on words - there are things that every single one of us can do to increase our ability on exam day. Over the last 10 years, I've taken computer certification exams from Cisco, Novell, Microsoft, and other vendors - and no matter the vendor and no matter the topic, there's been one very simple step that I took each time that literally doubled my abilities on exam day, and it's something you can do as well. I can hear you thinking "Okay, Chris, what the heck is it already????" Well, here's the secret, my friends: Get Plenty Of Rest The Night Before Your Exam. That's it. Simple enough. Costs nothing. But I'm telling you - it literally doubles ...

CCNP ONT Study Package Update (Yes, it is almost done! :) ) I'm finishing up the ONT Study Package, and I know quite a few of you have been patiently waiting! I've just added quite a bit of vital information for the ONT exam, including plenty of graphics from the Cisco WCS and a Cisco WLAN controller, so trust me - this one's worth the wait! The ONT Study Package will be out no later than September 20 - and an exclusive discount will be offered here! I'll have several excerpts and tutorials from the ONT course posted over the weekend, and the links will be posted here on the blog. See you then! To your CCNP exam success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

Here are your free Cisco exam training questions for Friday, September 7! CCNA Certification: Short answer: Describe briefly what is meant by the term "OSPF external route". CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: In what two OSPF network types are DRs and BDRs elected? A. broadcast B. non-broadcast C. point-to-point D. point-to-multipoint CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: A switch port has just received a dynamic VLAN membership assignment. What other port feature will be enabled as a result? A. Uplinkfast B. Portfast C. Backbonefast D. dot1x port-based authentication CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Short answer: What is the maximum number of characters that can make up a Cisco router password? CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: Short answer: What command will show you the size of the hardware queue for your router's Serial1 interface? Answers will be posted Saturday! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

Here are the answers to Thursday's Cisco certification exam training questions! CCNA Certification: In LMI Autosense, how many LMI messages are initially sent by the DTE? How does the DCE respond? Answer: The DTE sends three LMI messages, one of each type. The DCE then responds a single LMI message. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Name the tables in which the EIGRP successor route can be seen. Answer: The route and topology tables both hold the EIGRP successor. The feasible successor is found only in the topology table. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: You're decided to implement Uplinkfast in your network. What switches should be configured with Uplinkfast, and which ones should not? Answer: Cisco recommends that Uplinkfast be configured only on wiring closet switches - that is, switches at the Access layer of the Cisco switching model. CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Describe the basic purpose of a Cisco IOS Authentication Proxy. Answer: The basic use of a Cisco IOS Authentic...

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I'm Now Accepting Enrollment In My November CCNA Mastermind Online Boot Camp! If you're waiting for the ultimate in training for the Cisco CCNA 640-802 exam, your wait is over! I've packed my online CCNA Boot Camp with one bonus feature after another - and you won't believe everything you get, including 10 LIVE lectures and Q&A sessions with yours truly! One more thing you won't believe - the cost! I've made this course as affordable as possible - because it's time to say "goodbye" to $1500 - $4000 CCNA courses! The number of seats for my November class is limited - and I do not guarantee that price beyond the next 24 hours. Read more about this incredible course by clicking the link below, and join me online for 10 power-packed CCNA lectures, the most up-to-date CCNA study materials available, after-course support via my Cisco forum, and more! The Only CCNA Boot Camp From The Bryant Advantage! Believe me - you do NOT want to miss this course!...

Here are the CCNA and CCNP practice questions for Thursday, September 6! All questions today are short answer. CCNA Certification: In LMI Autosense, how many LMI messages are initially sent by the DTE? How does the DCE respond? CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Name the tables in which the EIGRP successor route can be seen. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: You're decided to implement Uplinkfast in your network. What switches should be configured with Uplinkfast, and which ones should not? CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Describe the basic purpose of a Cisco IOS Authentication Proxy. CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: Reminder - My ONT Study Package comes out September 20! At which level(s) of the Cisco switching model should traffic classification and marking be avoided whenever possible? Answers will be posted Friday! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

Here are the answers to Wednesday's Cisco certification training questions! CCNA Certification: Short answer: What is the decimal equivalent of the hex value Fa8? Answer: We have 15 ("F") units of 256, 10 ("a") units of 16, and 8 units of 1.3840 + 160 + 8 = 4008. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Which of the following statements are true regarding the expression of a single IPv6 address? A. There is no limit on zero compression. B. There is no limit on leading zero compression. C. There is a limit on how many times you can use zero compression. D. There is a limit on how many times you can use leading zero compression. Answer: B, C. Zero compression is the act of replacing blocks of zeroes with double-colons and can only be used once in a single address. Leading zero compression is the act of dropping leading zeroes in a single block, and there is no limit in how many times you can do this in an IPv6 address. Just remember to leave at least one number in such a b...

Here are Wednesday's Cisco certification exam practice questions! CCNA Certification: Short answer: What is the decimal equivalent of the hex value Fa8? CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Which of the following statements are true regarding the expression of a single IPv6 address? A. There is no limit on zero compression. B. There is no limit on leading zero compression. C. There is a limit on how many times you can use zero compression. D. There is a limit on how many times you can use leading zero compression. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Short answer: What command is used to place individual switch ports into an Etherchannel? Extra credit: How many physical channels can be placed into an Etherchannel? CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Identify the true statements regarding Authentication Header. A. AH uses IP protocol number 50. B. AH uses IP protocol number 51. C. AH authenticates the header. D. AH does not authenticate the header. E. AH encrypts the packet's p...

Here are the answers to Tuesday's questions! CCNA Certification: Convert the hex value c7 into a binary string. Answer: c7 converts into the decimal value 199 (12 units of 16, seven units of 1); the decimal 199 converts to 11000111 in binary. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: In ISIS, what is the most efficient point of a network at which to perform route summarization? Answer: L1/L2 routers are area boundary routers in ISIS, the most efficient point at which to configure route summarization. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Used with Integrated Services, what protocol creates a path for priority traffic in advance of the traffic actually needing it? Answer: RSVP, the Resource Reservation Protocol. CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: When a routing table lookup is performed for every packet in a transmission, what kind of switching is being performed? Answer: Process switching. CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: Name the three feature sets supported by the Wireless Control System. Answer: WC...

Should Cars Also Be Wi-Fi Hot Spots? Anyone who's spent any time on my website, reading one of my books, or taking one of my classes knows that I absolutely love technology. The ‘Net has made it possible for me to make a good living while working from home doing what I love, and it doesn’t get any better than that. I also get regular emails from students who have improved their lives through a career in information technology, and those emails always make my day. Having said that, a recent article in the Wall Street Journal really made me wonder if we’re ready for the next step – our cars as WiFi hot spots. Roger Cheng’s September 4 article mentions that Avis Car Rental is already putting a WiFi box into their cars (at an additional charge of $10.95 per day). These boxes are created by Autonet Mobile Inc., and they hope to offer the WiFi box as an option in new cars as well. Having our cars serve as WiFi hot spots is the next logical step in keeping us connected to the Net while...

Here are your free Cisco certification training questions for Tuesday, September 4. All questions today are short answer! CCNA Certification: Convert the hex value c7 into a binary string. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: In ISIS, what is the most efficient point of a network at which to perform route summarization? CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Used with Integrated Services, what protocol creates a path for priority traffic in advance of the traffic actually needing it? CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: When a routing table lookup is performed for every packet in a transmission, what kind of switching is being performed? CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: Name the three feature sets supported by the Wireless Control System. To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

Hey, welcome back! Here are the answers to Monday's Cisco certification exam practice questions! CCNA Certification: By default, what traffic does a Cisco router consider to be "interesting traffic"? A. All IP traffic. B. All ICMP traffic. C. All routing protocol traffic (routing updates) D. Pings and traceroutes. E. None. Answer: E. Interesting traffic is the traffic that brings the ISDN link up as well as resetting the idle-timer, and by default there is no interesting traffic. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: On a low-speed link, how often does EIGRP send hello packets? A. Every 5 seconds. B. Every 15 seconds. C. Every 60 seconds. D. Every 90 seconds. E. Every 300 seconds. Answer: C. On low-speed links, EIGRP sends a hello packet every 60 seconds. These interfaces include ATM SVCs and multipoint interfaces, Frame Relay multipoint, and ISDN BRI. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Identify the true statements regarding CoS. A. CoS is a Layer 2 value. B. ...

Here are your free Cisco certification exam training questions for Monday, September 3! CCNA Certification: By default, what traffic does a Cisco router consider to be "interesting traffic"? A. All IP traffic. B. All ICMP traffic. C. All routing protocol traffic (routing updates) D. Pings and traceroutes. E. None. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: On a low-speed link, how often does EIGRP send hello packets? A. Every 5 seconds. B. Every 15 seconds. C. Every 60 seconds. D. Every 90 seconds. E. Every 300 seconds. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Identify the true statements regarding CoS. A. CoS is a Layer 2 value. B. CoS is a Layer 3 value. C. CoS can be assigned as frames are switched from one port to another on the same switch. D. CoS can be assigned as frames are sent across a trunk. CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Short answer: What protocol number does the Encapsulating Security Payload use? CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: Which of the following is NOT a type of per-hop beha...

Whether you're working today or enjoying a holiday, thanks for stopping by! Here are the answers to Sunday's Cisco certification exam questions! CCNA Certification: Fill in the blanks: You want to change the frame LMI type on a serial interface from the default of ____________ to ansi. The command to do so is ____________ . Answer: The default LMI type is cisco; the command to change that to ansi is the interface-level command frame-relay lmi-type ansi. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: What combination of hex characters at the beginning of an IPV6 address indicates a broadcast? A. DD B. EE C. FF D. 00110011 E. None of the above. Answer: E. None of those - IPv6 doesn't use broadcasts. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Identify the RSTP port states. A. listening B. learning C. forwarding D. discarding E. querying Answers: B, C, D. The RSTP port state transition order: discarding, learning, forwarding CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Short answer: You're defining inspection ...

Here are the CCNA and CCNP certification practice questions for Saturday, September 1! CCNA Certification: Fill in the blanks: You want to change the frame LMI type on a serial interface from the default of ____________ to ansi. The command to do so is ____________ . CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: What combination of hex characters at the beginning of an IPV6 address indicates a broadcast? A. DD B. EE C. FF D. 00110011 F. None of the above. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Identify the RSTP port states. A. listening B. learning C. forwarding D. discarding E. querying CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Short answer: You're defining inspection rules on a Cisco firewall. What command are you using? CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: Which of the following offers intrusion detection? A. WEP B. WPA C. WEP2 D. WPA2 Answers will be posted Monday! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

I hope you're having a great weekend, and thanks for stopping by! Here are the answers to Friday's Cisco certification training questions! CCNA Certification Exam: How often will OSPF send hello packets out a Serial interface? A. Every 10 seconds. B. Every 30 seconds. C. Every 45 seconds. D. Every 60 seconds. E. OSPF does not send Hellos via Serial interfaces. Answer: OSPF's default time for sending hellos out Serial interfaces is 30 seconds. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Regarding policy routing, why would you create a set statement to send packets to the interface null0? A. This sends the packets to the routing engine to be routed normally while ignoring the policy. B. This allows the packets to be transmitted via Queue Zero. C. This sends the packets to the virtual interface dynamically created with policy routing. D. This causes matching packets to be dropped. Answer: D. Packets sent to the null interface are dropped by the router. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: In ...