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Here are Tuesday's Cisco certification practice questions! CCNA Exam: A frame enters a switchport . Which of the following does the switch examine first? A. Source IP address B. Destination IP address C. Source MAC address D. Destination MAC address CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: In the following EIGRP configuration, what does the first "100" represent? And while you're at it, tell me what the second "100" represents, too! R2( config )#router eigrp 100 R2( config -router)#redistribute ospf 1 metric 1544 100 1 255 1500 CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: What single command can be used to change the speed and/or duplex setting of multiple ports simultaneously? CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: Briefly describe the "principle of minimum trust". Not too briefly, though! ;) CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: You want to run Weighted Fair Queueing on a link that's running faster than 2.048 MBPS . What global configuation command allo...

Here are the answers to Monday's Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification practice questions! CCNA Certification: Short answer: A frame is about to be transmitted over a trunk. What term describes the process of identifying the destination VLAN? Answer: This is known as "tagging" the frame. CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Fill in the blank: An IPv6 address consists of ____________ bits. Answer: 128 bits. That's right, 128 bits! :) CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Approximately how long does it take a switch running RSTP to detect a down link? A. 20 seconds (the MaxAge value). B. 2 seconds (the Hello Time value). C. 15 seconds (the Forward Delay value). D. None of the above. Answer: D. An RSTP port will detect a down link in about 6 seconds. When a RSTP port misses three BPDUs, the link is considered down. The RSTP Hello Time is 2 seconds. CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: You've just created an IP inspection rule. How should it be applied? A. Globally. B. ...

Here are Monday's Cisco certification practice questions! CCNA Certification: Short answer: A frame is about to be transmitted over a trunk. What term describes the process of identifying the destination VLAN ? CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: Fill in the blank: An IPv 6 address consists of ____________ bits. CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam: Approximately how long does it take a switch running RSTP to detect a down link? A. 20 seconds (the MaxAge value). B. 2 seconds (the Hello Time value0 C. 15 seconds (the Forward Delay value) D. None of the above. CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam: You've just created an IP inspection rule. How should it be applied? A. Globally. B. On a per-protocol basis. C. On a per-interface basis. D. On a per-access list basis. CCNP Certification / ONT Exam: (By the way, my Ultimate ONT Study Package will be out July 31!) Which of the following is NOT a service class found in the Customer Model service class? A. best-effort B. gu...

Happy Monday! ;) Here are the answers to yesterday's Cisco certification exam practice 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 ...

Thought For The Day: You must do the very thing you think you cannot do. - Eleanor Roosevelt Here are Sunday's CCNA and CCNP practice questions! 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: At which level(s) of the Cisco switching model should traffic classification and marking be avoided whenever possible? Answers will be posted Monday! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/

Here's a new tutorial on Hot Standby Routing Protocol's interface tracking feature! Very important reading for CCNP candidates, and really, for any network admin! Cisco CCNP Tutorial On HSRP Interface Tracking Enjoy! To your success, Chris Bryant CCIE #12933 http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/