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TSHOOT Passed
Scored 986/1000 (The 14 points were most likely 1 or 2 of the MC/DND questions at the beginning of the exam). The first 2 tickets went fine, but on the 3rd Ticket I couldn't find the Technology that I knew was the problem (2nd Section) and ended up having to abort the ticket. That threw me off until I got a couple of…
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CCNP Security OCG Books
Hey All, So I've read some chatter about the new CCNP Security OCG coming out this month, but according to the almighty Amazon, the books don't seen to be releasing until April (SISAS) and some of the other ones (SENSS, SIMOS) don't release until August and September!? Any insight on this? Is there another place I can go…
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Cisco 3560-24PS-s can it take Software Release 15.0(1)
As the title says can this 3560-24Ps-s install the Software Release 15.0(1) Have two on ebay i would like to buy and would like to confirm before i pull the trigger
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MPLS TE reservable bw
The above section is a copy and paste from a cisco press te book, i'm not sure what is meant regarding the default being 75%. As per below i can configure the rsvp reserved bandwidth to be 100% of the link bandwidth. The tunnel can be configured to use all the allocated bandwidth. By default the bandwidth on a link is 0,…
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CCNP Switch: Punt vs Glean
Hi Everybody, Can anyone explain the difference between Punt and Glean? The more I look at it, the less sense it makes. Thanks!
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CBT Nuggets CCNA Service Provider SPNGN1 & SPNGN2 Training Videos
Looks like there are now CCNA Service Provider (CCNA SP) training videos available! First I have seen outside expensive 3 to 4 thousand dollar vendor training classes. SPNGN1 is complete and SPNGN2 is in the works. Exciting! CBT Nuggets also completed MPLS Fundamentals and they are working on two more video series in MPLS…
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GNS3/VMWare/VBox/Server08R2/Windows10 Lab
So I was messing around with GNS3 and wanted to show case the power of what it can do it you have not played with it yet. Once I started CCNP Route I kind of fell in love with. So utilizing my skills learned be a Server admin and desktop support I created this cool lab. You have to make a couple loopback adapters for all…
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Passed TSHOOT Now CCNP!
I finally got around to taking my TSHOOT exam to finish the CCNP track and I must say I really like the lab exams vs multiple choice questions. It was challenging but fun. 986/1000 Now on to CCNP-Voice.
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IP-phone provisioning... help desk solution?
My manager asked if I could set the help desk up to provision phones, and create user and voicemail accounts. I know there are both Cisco and aftermarket tools created for just such a purpose... to give them just enough control to do the above, without having access to the entire UCM infrastructure. I'm curious if any of…
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CCNP Route Lab Challenges?
Hi I'm currently studying for the CCNP Route exam, and are switching between reading a couple of chapters and then labbing it. Ive got the official lab manual, but i honestly don't feel like i get anything out of it. I don't get why they just serve the answers for you. Whats the point? No matter how hard you try you can't…
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Salary as a CCNP
I'm working at an ISP with my CCNA and have been here several years. I'm looking for something that pays better, so I know what salary range to expect with what I have. I was wondering if instead of a CCNA I had a CCNP, what kind of salary offerings employers usually extend? I would certainly expect it to be better than…
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CCNP v2 Lab gear
Hey, Just curious to know what people are using for labs, real gear or Boson sim etc. While doing CCNA I went with real gear. I have two 2950's in my lab setup, and want to add either two 3550's or 3650's. Am I correct is saying that the 3550's wont support IOS15.0 and private vlans. so maybe i should just concentrate on…
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Keeping fresh
Hi All, Throwing a question out there looking for some tips. Basically, I'm slowing down on the studying scene for now whilst looking for a new job. At the same time I want to still keep constant with my knowledge I have and not begin forgetting topics here and there. Just wondering if anyone has encountered the same…
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Passed ROUTE!
Passed route today. Scored in the 800's thought for sure I would be in the 900's based on my answers but a pass is a pass. I took the Route course through Global Knowledge and also uses CBTNuggets, OCG, GNS for the labs and Cisco labs that came with the Global Knowledge course. I thought the exam was the toughest I've…
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Does anyone know what RG-AR-IF-INPUT1 is?
I have noticed with newer IOS 15.2(4)M6a, that when using passive-interface default for RIP. An interface RG-AR-IF-INPUT1 is now set as a passive-interface, showing in "show ip protocols" and is also included as part of "show run all". Anyone know what this is used for?
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Study schedule look ok?
So next weekend I finally start on CCNP, I've bought all 3 OCG books and will be starting on Route first. I'm planning on reading the OCG, with CBT nuggets. Once I finish, then I'll move on to Udemy's Chris Bryant videos along with GNS3vault labs. Is this what most would do? I was thinking giving myself 5 months for route…
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Cisco commands you didnt know that you needed to know.
I wanted to start a thread to see what cool commands are out there that you use that is not a well known command. I will start with my 3 favorites! Router#who Router#show cry ses "Shows vpn session" Router#test interfaces
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Passed T-Shoot, my thoughts!
Passed Tshoot this morning and here is what I think about it. Without having to do configurations on the equipment I think its pretty worthless. I messed up the very first ticket while looking at my note pad after I went through every ticket and aborted each one to get a general idea of the problem for isolation. Use the…
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Passed SPCORE
Tough Exam! Had me sweating! I just finished the Global Knowledge SPADVROUTE class last week. Looks like multicast is going to kick my butt, but I got a great understanding of it from the class. A lot of the BGP stuff was overlap from my ROUTE BGP studying.
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Understanding QinQ and trunk port behaviour
I've always took it for granted in understanding how a trunk port does its work, a frame will will travel through the access port hit the trunk port. The trunk port will tag into with the vlan and send it over the link, at the other end of the trunk vlan is stripped off and forwarded to the access port it needs to go to.…
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CIPC and IP blue not registering to UC500
Hi Expert, can someone please help me here, i am using uc520 in lab trying to regiter cipc and ipblue but no luck, config below: using ipblue and cipc on laptop ip address 192.168.1.210 error msg on the ipblue is: failed to retriev configuration from tftp server 192.168.1.195 really appreciate your help. ! ip dhcp relay…
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I could use some advice or a perspective
I've been planning to get my CCNP this year, I recently received the new books. My company however wants me to administer our DMZ within a few months from now, it could also be within weeks. What I'm now wondering is do i put the CCNP studies on hold and go for CCNP security? There aren't even any new books out except one.…
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What is the meaning of label space in MPLS?
Hi, Can anyone explain to me what a label space is? More specifically what is a platform-wide label space? I can only guess what a per-interface label space is.
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CCNP Lab
Ok it is time to go ahead and build my CCNP lab What equipment would be best, my job will provide me with any image that is needed to upgrade With that said i have this alread Switch 3750 48 port 3350 Router: None What else do i need, are 1841 good enough, 2, or are the 26xx good enough will be buying these over a period…
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Book experience vs Real World experience
Getting close to wrapping up my CCNP I have noticed how people treat you different. Its mostly from some Engineers who have been in the industry for awhile and do not have any certs but real world experience. I feel like they look down on new Engineers who are doing certs to gain the knowledge that they would have no other…
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CCNP Data Center Thread - Here we go!
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CCNP Route.....
I'm not the sort of person to usually post about what I've achieved etc but today was an 'experience' after finding the CCNA exam I did 8 months ago really easy.. So I sat CCNP Route today and it was harder than I thought... It took me 1 Hour 15 Minutes and I passed with a score of 84X/1000. I really hate having to use the…
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CCNP R&S on Udemy
Not sure when the new Years offer ends, but Udemy is having a US$10 sale currently. For those on a budget, the CCNP 2015 All-in-One Video Boot Camp With Chris Bryant series is also just US$10! Never tried Chris Bryant before, but for that price...it also includes the new v2 exam updates when recorded.
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Jumping into CCNP Data Center
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Passed CVoice!!
I just passed the Cvoice today scored 1000/1000. To be honest that test was a bit disappointing. I felt the exam was along the lines of 640-460 plus the topics of CUBE and GK. Its like all of this info they have you study but the exam just glosses over it all.. Materials I used: Cbtnuggets CVoice INE CCNP Voice -watched…
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CCNP Voice with one year Experience at Cisco
I'm currently in a contract position at Cisco Systems making $14.50 hourly. By August I will have a CCNP Voice. My current job allows me experience supporting a variety of Cisco phones using Cisco Unified Call Manager and Unity. I was wondering if there CCNP's who have similar experience. After a year here, what salary…
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New version CCNP CCNP Routing and Switching 2.0
CCNP Routing and Switching - IT Certifications and Career Paths - Cisco Systems CCNP Routing and Switching Exams and Training Courses v2.0 Refresh CCNP Routing and Switching Exams and Training Courses v2.0 Refresh The exams and training courses have been refreshed to reflect the alignment with changing industry job roles…
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CCNP Journey -- Complete! (long post)
Hi everyone, Yesterday I was fortunate enough to finish off TSHOOT to complete my CCNP. I thought I would make a post about my CCNP journey. I passed my CCNA back in 2013 and had been eyeing the CCNP ever since. I gathered my resources a couple months later but I was never able to get back into study mode. I would review…
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Just bought full set of CCNP 2.0 Books
Got an email from Cisco Press offering all 3 books for $113 inc international shipping. (£70) which I thought was pretty good. Basically getting one book for free when comparing to Amazon prices. If anyone is interested, the deal ends tomorrow (15/10), you get $40 off automatically, but if you apply the discount code…
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syslog snmp dhcp, no snmp-server enable traps dhcp ?
Hi, Playing around with snmp traps, I wanted to enable dhcp traps using the command #snmp-server enable traps dhcp http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/snmp/command/nm-snmp-cr-book/nm-snmp-cr-s4.pdf Release Modification 12.2(33)SRC This command was introduced. But I am not seeing it listed?…
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help with switching lab in gns3?
Hi all, Cant seem to think if im doing something wrong here, im trying to set up a pretty simple lab in GNS3. I want to develop this into a vrf lab, but im failing at the first hurdle. The topology is as below: - Router(emulating a sp) fa0 >> fa2/0 switch fa2/1 >>> fa0/0 router (emulating customer) the switch is a 3700…
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Time frame to finish NP:S
I'll be starting the CCNA:Security right after Christmas, followed by the NP:Security track into 2015. For those of you who've been through it all, is expecting to be done with it all by the end of 2015 a realistic expectation? I don't have as much time as you single guys and gals, since I'm married with three small…
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Which exam better fits my organization needs?
I am doing my CCNA Voice in less than three weeks (max) hopefully.. I look to take another Voice exam to broaden my Voice understanding.. I want something that fits my organization needs.. We have a head office where two call managers are.. another main location and another call manager there.. and a DR site with a DR CM..…
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Holiday voicemail message?
This is a first for me... be great to get some advice. The environment I inherited... no one had set up Holiday messages before. And sure enough, this year I have a few lines that require something outside the usual "Closed" message. Here's the dilemma: I went to the Holiday Schedule section under System Settings in Unity.…
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CCNP SWITCH v2
Hi, I know its a little early to be asking this .... Has anyone read the SWITCH v2 books (OCG vs FLG) ? any reviews ? also, I looked through the exam specs and the only thing that i might have problems with using my current lab is stackwise. I have 2x3550s and 2x2950's. Has anyone noticed any other topics that might…
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CCNP T-Shoot Book
Since I have some down time before I take my exam, I started reading the Cisco Press Tshoot book. After the first few chapters I started wondering if I was the only one who has ever read this book but actually picked up a few pointers. I really like the command "show run | section " command. Also been using the "show…
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what cables will I need
Putting together a lab to work on CCNP and eventually add to it to practice CCIE. Here is a list of what i have so far. Looking for information on what additional cables I will need to configure various labs?? thanks [FONT=Arial, sans-serif](3x)CISCO 1841[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif](1x)Cisco 2650xm…
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CCNP v2 OCG books release date
So i pre ordered the OCG books from cisco press and the original release date said December 10th, i log in today and i am now seeing Dec 30th, is there no proper release and this is just an estimate, can anyone shed some light on this issue, i was looking fwd to the books coming in by end of the month, now it looks like…
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Unity user-config question
Hey techies. Just walked into an environment where the previous admin had the habit of only configuring their users to use full 10-digit extensions to retrieve their voicemail. Made me curious what you all do. Me, I'm partial to having their full ten digits in their user profile (we require ten digit dialling for all PSTN…
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Passed CCNA
Hey guys. Yesterday I passed my CCNA and I am so excited. I will do my VCP-DCV next but probably by Summer I will start my CCNP. I guess now I have the right to start hanging out with you :)
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Virl
Anyone use Cisco VIRL? I'm considering purchasing it to study for the Route Exam. virl.cisco.com Thank you
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IOS Preference for CCNA/CCNP
Hey guys, Getting back into the swing of things and I want to make sure that I'm up to date. Does 12.4T still cover most of the topics/commands on the current tests? Current routers/switches used to cover most of the exam topics/commands? Do I need to update/upgrade? Any information would be helpful to make sure I'm using…
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INE CCNP R&S Work Book
Hi All! So I've just seen that INE are releasing a CCNP R&S work book for the new v2 exams, the switch book is already out. I think this could be a good for those of us who will be studying for the exam next year, I can only presume that they will be releasing follow-on books for Route/TSHOOT. It would be ideal if they did…
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New ccnp tests!!!!!!
Hello guys, How are ya'll? I was wondering if anyone yet taken any of the new CCNP tests & if so, how hard was it? Wht materials have you used to succeed? I'd be grateful for any responses. Thank you.
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management tool for home lab
Hello all, building a CCNP Lab for use at home, got the routers(4x1841), switches(4x3560), rack(12u), terminal server(2620xm w/nm-16a), looking for any advise on possible tools to use to load initial configs, backup configs, etc to make it quicker and easier to complete labs. I know virtual labs and rental racks include…
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Third Party SIP devices don't show up as description, only with phone number.
Does anyone know what the mechanism is that allows a third party SIP device in CUCM to show up as an incoming call as it's description, not its phone number?
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Better book your test date before the deadline.
FYI, If you plan on taking the CCNP exams before the deadline you might want to book them now. I went online to book my T-Shoot and there was nothing in December for Pittsburgh at 4 test centers and first available was Jan 15. There was only 5 days open after that. Really wanted to get this done before the New Year.
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Please suggest
Dear Friends I wanna ask which will be the best Certification for me I have passed CCNA R & S Now I am confuse at Next Certification Please suggest which will be the best CCNP or CCIE
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Passed Route today
Suck it Cisco! lol. Found it to be quite challenging and scored a 834. A pass is a pass I guess. Got stuck on a lab where you have to make OSPF play nice with EIGRP. Did 49 questions in 40 minutes and got this lab on the last question and spent 25 minutes tinkering with it. I went over the config over and over and it…
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CIPT1 DNS question
In the book it states "DNS name resolution is required for the CUCM server name if remote teleworkers will be accessing a CUCM with an RFC 1918 private IP address over a Virtual Private Network (VPN) tunnel. DNS is required in this scenario because the IP Phone will send a registration to the private IP address of CUCM…
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which troubleshoot exam to take ?
Hello, I have completed CCNP routing and switch exams. Now I just need to take the troubleshoot in order to complete my CCNP. I was wondering how much more difficult would it be for to take the new troubleshoot exam 300-135 instead of the older one which expires at end of Jan. 2015 ? I mean would I be at a big disadvantage…
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Certification Methods
Afternoon All, Just a quick question out of interest really how you guys acquired your Cisco certs whether it be CCNA,CCNP,Voice,Security etc. I have self-studied my CCNA and CCNP (so far) and just wondered how you other guys have managed to get your certs and also what methods you have all used (Self-Study, Bootcamps).
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Out Of Band management network
Hi All, I have been tasked with implementing an access policy for Out Of Band management to our network devices in the event of a critical emergency. The idea is that engineers will be connecting to a central console server over the public Internet using an always on DSL connection. My question is how are others…
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BGP redirection
Hey. I am curious to know how BGP redirection mechanism works when your website is under DDoS attack and you're willing to take protection from an anti-DDoS service provider. Step-by-step (maybe with configuration examples).
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Interconnecting Netgear DSL Router to Cisco 3550 Router for Internet Access
I've about pulled what little hair I have out of my head on this one, and need some configuration help. I have a Cisco Catalyst 3550 switch with five Windows 7 desktops, an Avaya PBX and five Avaya IP phones attached. All of these devices are on a 192.168.0.0/24 subnet, and are communicating properly. I will refer to this…
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CCNP ROUTE Exam Passed ! :)
Hey all, Just wanted to share :) Did the exam today and passed. Was thanks to this forum and a couple of other sources that I have been using to get it. Thanks for sharing all your notes and advice, lurking here has been fruitful :) So now onto Switch :) Pity that I will have to do v2 now, but at least Route is behind me.
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Is it necessary to know Linux for CCNP Voice?
Guys, I've noticed that all Unified platforms such as CUCM, CUP, CUC and etc are Linux-oriented. Does it mean that in order to master CCNP Voice should also master Linux OS?
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My own ROUTE bootcamp
I was thinking about doing the INE bootcamp for ROUTE, just to cram some information and just have a total study focus. I keep hearing about the CCIE bootcamps, so I want to do one just for fun! Work wasn't exactly going to release me for 6 days, so I decided to do my own bootcamp. I took Friday off, and this coming Monday…
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CCNP R+S new material vs old
Finally going for CCNP Route after slacking off for a while . Booked the test for the end of this year. I will probably have to mix the old exam with the new exam (Old Route, New Switch and New Tshoot). I kinda figure I will probably need to read the new Route books before taking Tshoot because I cant find a site that has…
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CCNP Switch Exam
Hi All, Booked my CCNA Switch exam for 2nd December, any advice or tips to go over again and again before I sit this exam. Gone through the Switch Simplified and Chris Bryant series which I think has covered most of the content I think.... also been labbing in Packet Tracer and my home lab!
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CCNP Switch: MST vs HSRP
Hi Everybody, Sharing a discovery: Ports blocked by MST can interrupt the function of HSRP. I know that sounds obvious, but it wasn't for me at first. Troubleshooting in my lab for why the Standby router was stuck on "unknown" led to this revelation. Just sharing my experience. Thanks for listening!
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CollabCert
Any of you guys use CollabCert for anything - vids, workbooks, rack rentals or even the bootcamp? Cheers A
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Practical use question - cme or cme to cucm over vpn tunnel?
Hi, while playing around with some lab routers and internal dial peers I was wondering if it would be of practical use to let's say add ipsec vpn to a pair of 2620xm routers with voice-2v / fxs for a remote "office" to "home/office" scenario? Then maybe even add cucm running on esxi host to the mix as the master call…
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Best starting out learning materials
For someone just beginning the NP:Security, what would be the initial study materials to start with? Any recommendations?
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What's the earliest one can take the new security tests?
If I wanted, what's the earliest one can take the new NP security tests?
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CCNP Route is boring!
Just passed my CCNP Switch back at Cisco live and really enjoyed the content and learned a ton. Now I sit here with the CCNP Cisco press book, Route Simplified, CBT and Bryant videos and I'm stalling. I'm on video 6 on the CBT's and not sure if I'm going to make it through. I originally wanted to do the CCNA security…
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New CCNP Security track
Having just completed my CCNP R+S , I am really keen to get my NP in Security, looking at the Cisco website, the exams are now new, 300-208 is the first one, but there are no materials available yet? how are we supposed to study without books! anyone help please? Cisco are being a bit vague on study materials...
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How I passed CCNP !
I just passed the final tshoot exam during the week. Thanks for all the help on this forum. I picked up some good advice here in the beginning. I would say you don't have to do any expensive courses. These are not value for money unless your work is paying for them and even then I would personally think that I would get…
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CCNP Switch : max # of root ports
Hi Everyone, Fact checking the book. What is the max number of root ports a catalyst switch can have? I think 1. Thanks!
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PSTN Simulator
Hello I am trying to build a home lab for CCVP and was wondering if there is a way to simulate PSTN. I checked on ebay, they have some boxes that go for over $2500 that can simulate BRI, PRI and T1 but that too much for me. I was hoping for something under $100. Could you please share your experiences on how did you go…
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WAN Technology and L3 Routing Question
Hi All, I have a question with regards to using Frame-Relay/MPLS over L3 Routing Protocols (ie. RIP, OSPF, EIGRP etc.). Can someone please correct me if I get this wrong...I would like to be enlightened more. 1. Is Frame-Relay the same as MPLS in terms of L2 style of packet forwarding? 2. Do we use Frame-Relay, ATM, MPLS…
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system requirements
I'm studying CCNP I may buy "ASUS Transformer Book T200TA" with the following specs Win 8.1 Intel®Quad Core Z3775 1.46 GHz Processor LPDDR3 2GB SDRAM 32GB eMMC With 500 GB HDD Integrated Intel® HD Graphics 11.6" 16:9 IPS HD (1366x76 with Multi-Touch Screen Will "CISCO Packet Tracer" and "GNS3" softwares work smoothly on…
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CCNP Route Simplified and ACLs
Finally got some free time to complete my CCNP yeeh(jinxed it) I'm reading ROUTE Simplified, and I'm at the section "ACCESS LISTS AND IP PREFIX LISTS FUNDAMENTALS" and I'm a bit confused. Dude says it's important to understand the difference between standard and extended acls and I agree. But then he gives an example…
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CCNP Route v2 Study Materials?
Hi all, sorry if this has been posted a million times. I've passed my CCNA R/S a few months ago and I'm trying to get back on track with my studying. I currently have a lot of v1 material (cbt nuggets, flg, a few others) but never started reading them. I'd like to start fresh with the v2 material. Can someone kindly point…
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Jabber Iphone on CME hangs up call when answered
I have shared lines configured with sccp and sip phones. It was originally working fine for a couple of days but now it has issues. When connected via wifi the Jabber client can make calls on net and off net but disconnects when answering a received call. I have it set up on a Samsung Android and after playing with the…
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New CCNP Voice exams and old results
Hello guys. As you probably know the last day for taking 642-XXX exams of CCNP track is January 29 2015 and after that day only new 300-XXX exams will be available. At the moment I'm going to prepare for the first exam of CCNP Voice track. Let's suppose that I will manage to pass only 1-4 before 642 series will expire. My…
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UC520 SIP Outbound Calls
Hi, as they say "if you don't use it, you loose it"...oh so true... Having problems with my SIP connection at home via my ISP. SIP registration is up, inbound SIP calls are fine, outbound SIP calls are being blocked but were previously working....grrrr...but overflowing (as they should) back to the PSTN where I'm…
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CCNP Study Materials???
Hi! I just passed my ICND2 today and just to continue the momentum.. I wanna start off checking out CCNP. What can you guys recommend as study materials and w/c is easy to get first? CCNP Switch or Route?
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Wanted: Assistance with CCNP&CCIE:Sec topology ideas
G'day all! I recently breezed through my CCNA: Security and I've been trawling the internet for the past week or so, trying to map out suitable lab scenarios in preparation for getting lab experience before the OCG's are released for CCNP: Security that will also translate in to suitable labs for CCIE: Security, though I'm…
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Admit 1 to CCNP (R&S) Club
Afternoon, Not much to say on this one except I passed TSHOOT yesterday and am now a fully paid member of the CCNP R&S club! :) Found this exam to be the easiest of the lot. If you know how to use the basics (ping etc) and can read configurations and various command outputs then you'll be fine. I would also suggest…
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Ipv6
Hi Guys, Hope everyone is well, Just had a quick question trying to wrap my head around ipv6 subnetting. If you had a network address of lets say 2343:2155:1266:1235::/64 1.How would you write the subnets down. (range of subnets for example in ipv4 it would be like 192.168.4.0 192.168.8.0 etc 2.How do you find the…
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Translation Rule HELP
Hello, I am attempting to get my router to accept a translation rule, but for some reason (I cannot see why) it is not accepting the match string. I have altered it in every way I can think of, but to my eyes, the syntax seems sound. DHCP_ROUTER(config-translate)#Rule 1 /^1919454\(....\)$/ /\1/…
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Difference between OCG and FLG books
Just wondered what the differences between the official learning guide series and the foundation learning guide series of books was for CCNP? I understand they are bringing out the new revisions of these books over the coming months so whats a good place to start? I'm not planning on starting CCNP R&S for a while as I want…
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Home Voice Lab help request
Hello, This was originally posted under the CCNA Voice forum, but I did not receive any responses. I am hoping someone will be able to help me here. I am trying to setup 2 7960 Cisco IP phones with a 2800 series router with CME and a 3560 switch. I believe I have the configurations proper on the router and switch, but…
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CCNP: Port-Based Authentication (802.1x) lab?
Hi Everybody, I hope you are having a nice day. I am attempting to lab 802.1x at home. I have successfully set up FreeRadius on an Ubuntu server (which was a great crash course in installing and setting up Ubuntu and FreeRadius). But now, in regards to setting up 802.1x, the Cisco book (by Hucaby) only includes the cisco…
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Certification question with version change
If I passed the CCNP Route 1.0 before Jan 29, 2015, would that count towards the CCNP if I completed switch and tshoot 2.0?
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Thoughts on TSHOOT 642-832
Greetings all. I completed TSHOOT 642-832, 986/1000 (and CCNP R&S) today and thought I'd pass along my recommendations for anyone looking to complete this exam before it expires in January, 2015. 1. I started off by going through the various posts on TSHOOT in this forum for an idea how to tackle the exam. Note that I…
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Copying Image from Switch-to-Switch help
Okay so I am in the middle of researching this but thought I would post it while I am working on this as well. Background: One of my 3550s apparently has an older image code and im simply trying to copy over the code on one of my other switches to the one needing upgraded. I am trying to copy across the cross over cable…
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portfast edge and portfast network???
Hey all, Haven't posted here in forever, but thought I'd run this one by everyone. On a Cisco 6509, I have options for 'spanning-tree portfast edge', and 'spanning-tree portfast network'. There's also a 'disable' option but that's obvious. My question is, what's the difference between 'edge' and 'network' and in what…
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CCNP Switch - VTP info does not cross Access switchports?
Hi Everybody, I just wanted to share this. Maybe I am doing something wrong. Does VTP info cross over Access switchports? I just changed a port to trunk and the VTP info was shared. Interesting!
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tshoot class what should i expect to learn
Hi all. I am a noc worker and my work is paying for a ccnp level tshoot course. Currently I am not Cisco certified but would say I'm at around the ccna level. What should I learn that could be relevant to my job. Background on my work enterprise level with two dcs and hundreds of branch sites. We use mpls, bgp, eigrp, ios…
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IPv6 OSPF link local addressing
Hi, I'm just wondering if someone can verify if my logic is flawed or if its a lab problem.... I created an ethernet network with 3 nodes, i addressed the nodes as follows: R1 (fe80::1), R2 (fe80::2), R3 (fe80::3). I enabled OSPFv3 on the interfaces and all worked well .... I added a new node to extend the network into a…
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Starting CCNP
I passed my CCNA 3 weeks ago and getting ready to start studying for CCNP. I ordered Boson Netsim 10 and have the books Route 30-101, Switch 300-115 on preorder for the new exams. Any thoughts and/or input appreciated.
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CCNP Route Simplified book
I'm really annoyed with how big this book is. I feel like 5 year old reading a dictionary every time I pick it up. I have been bouncing back and forth between the FLG and Simplified and may stick with the FLG due to size alone. I tossed it on the front seat of my Type S this morning going to work and it triggered the…
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Incoming Dial-Peer-Translation pattern question
I came across an article yesterday and it showed the steps how to fix Missed Call/Received Call numbers so that you can dial them from the menu correctly (auto-add a 9, etc.)? I tried it this morning and came up with this translation pattern: voice translation-rule 6 rule 1 /^201\(.*\)/ /8\1/ rule 2 /\(..........\)/ /81\1/…