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Here's your CCNP SWITCH Training Post for Monday, March 3! Today's practice exam question is followed by a CCNP SWITCH Video Boot Camp you MUST see! (Well, you don't have to.  But it would be smart!) Today's Question: Which of the following are Cisco switch defaults? A.  Port Security runs in shutdown mode. B.  The well-known MAC address for HSRP is 0000.0c07.acxx, with "xx" being the HSRP group number in hux. C.  Port Security is set to allow no secure MAC addresses. D.  HSRP interfaces are set with a priority of 100. E.  The HSRP Hello time is 3 seconds. We'll check the answer right after this! Get your CCNP with my  CCNP SWITCH Video Boot Camp   for $44! (An even better deal - get all  3 CCNP Video Boot Camps for just $99! ) The answer to today's question:  Every one of those is a Cisco switch default except "C".  By default, Por...

I'm back on the Bulldog Blog later today with new practice exams and videos, weather permitting! (I'm really getting tired of saying that.) Chris B.

Here's your CCNA and CCENT Training Post for Tuesday, February 25! To get everyone caught up (including me!), I've reposted the last two CCNA and CCENT videos I created for you -- and they're followed by a new practice exam.  Let's get to work! Chris B. Earn your CCENT and CCNA with my  CCNA 2014 Video Boot Camp  for just $44! Earn your CCNA, take a huge step forward in your career, and become more marketable -- all for less than fifty bucks.    Don't wait any longer. Join us today! Now on to today's practice exam! 1.  Put these route types in order of their administrative distance, from lowest to highest.   There may be a tie.  Then again, there may not be.  :) EIGRP internal OSPF external EIGRP external OSPF internal 2.   Convert the hex value 3ab to decimal. 3.   While you're at it, convert the binary string 00110011 to decimal. Answers right af...

Here's your CCNP ROUTE and TSHOOT Training Post for Tuesday, February 25! Today's post includes a new practice exam AND a video on one of the subjects in the practice exam! Thanks for making my  CCNP ROUTE Study Guide the #2 Top Rated Networking Book on Amazon! Having my books rank so highly is truly a dream come true for me. Thanks for making it happen! Let's get to today's questions!   All of today's Qs are in Flash Card format -- no choices given! 1 and 2:    When EIGRP loses a successor route and it doesn't have a feasible successor immediately at hand, it does a couple of things.   One of them is changing the letter next to that route in the Topology table. What letter would you expect to see next to the route in the Topology table before it was lost, and then while EIGRP's looking for a replacement for that lost route? 3.   Here's a message that can send chills through the bravest of network admi...

Here's your CCNP SWITCH Training Post for Tuesday, Feb. 25! Today's Post includes a new practice exam and a great HSRP video! Let's get back to a daily schedule around here, shall we?  : )  1.   Part of the HSRP group MAC address is predetermined.  What part? 2.   Take the answer to the first question and assume HSRP group number 20.  What is that group's full MAC address? 3.   What is the minimum priority you'd have to set on an HSRP-speaking router in order to ensure it becomes the Active router?  Assume all routers have the preempt option set. Let's check your answers right after this brief, important message! My CCNP SWITCH Study Guide is one of the best-reviewed study guides on all of Amazon -- and it's yours in seconds for just 9.99! Get it, then pass your CCNP SWITCH exam!   It really is that simple! 1.  Almost all of the HSRP MAC addr...

Here's your CCNA and CCENT Training Post for Wednesday, Febuary 19! Today's Post includes a new CCNA Chat! with yours truly, answering the #1 question new CCENT and CCNA candidates have -- and there's some other great info in there as well. I've also reposted the latest CCNA Video Practice Exam here, and there's much more to come in 2014 from TBA to help you earn your CCENT and CCNA, master IP Version 6, and much, much more! See you Thursday with more! Chris B. Earn your CCENT and CCNA with my  CCNA 2014 Video Boot Camp  for just $44! Earn your CCNA, take a huge step forward in your career, and become more marketable -- all for less than fifty bucks.    Don't wait any longer. Join us today! Earn your CCENT and CCNA with my CCNA Success! Study Guides ... ... they're Amazon Best Sellers for a reason!  : ) 

Here's your CCNA and CCENT Training Post for Tuesday, February 18! If you missed yesterday's all-new Video Boot Camp, you're in luck -- I've included it in this post.  It's the first video you'll see as you scroll down. Today's practice exam is in Flash Card mode -- no choices given.  It's just a small taste of my all-new CCNA And CCENT Online Flash Cards & Study Notes ,  coming in about 60 days to TBA! I'll see you Wednesday with a new exam and a brand-new video! 1.   These are the default OSPF hello and dead timers you'll find on interfaces that are part of an OSPF Broadcast network. 2.    Several networking protocols and services have more than one name, and the OSPF algorithm is no exception.    Tell me what both of them are. 3.    The mask that would match any preceding address in an OSPF network command. 4.    The mask that would match only the address specifically na...