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What are the job descrptions or diff between jobs of CCNA , CCNP
I just wanted to know that what is the diff between job descriptions of various Certs. I mean if i work as CCNA in company. what will be my tasks in a company. IF CCNP then what will be the tasks and if CCIE then what thing differs from job point of view. Because they have one CCIE do they need lower level CCNPs or CCNA.…
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Which two exams from CCNP security should i give
I am little bit confused. I have no practical work experience in Cisco filed but i do have system and linux administration 3 year experience. I have finished CCNP CCIP CCNA Security. Now When i see some job desciptions they do mentions Firewall and VPN thing. SO i am confused which exams should i give so that i can have…
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ROUTE OCG vs FLG
I purchased ROUTE OCG and I'm up to Chapter 4 at the moment... is it just me or does the author needlessly go on and on? I can't help thinking that some of the concepts that take pages and pages could have been summarized in about half a page ...does anyone else feel like this? And after all of that I still have to go back…
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Overlapping address
I'm trying to configure some loopback interfaces but apparently I have an overlapping address with Loopback2 when I try and configure the address of Loopback3. Loopback0 172.30.0.1 255.255.224.0 Loopback1 172.30.32.1 255.255.252.0 Loopback2 172.30.36.1 255.255.255.252 Loopback3 172.30.36.5 255.255.255.224 [% 172.30.36.0…
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VACL vs PVLAN;which should i use?
hello experts in the house, i have come again with my question as usual.Do you think it'll be better if i use a VACL to filter traffic between vlans or i should use PVLAN? I place POS servers,POS terminals and users whose PCs need to talk to the POS servers in the same vlan/subnet. Now, i can ping the POS servers from any…
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FWSM question
I'm not familiar with configuring this module and I was looking for just a very basic how-to for it. I have a 6500 series device with the firewall module. I was tasked with creating an inbound and outbound ACL to apply to a VLAN interface. The ACL's are around 2500 lines each. I noticed that the 6500 has the firewall…
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Video Training for CCNP Sec
Anyone know of any good CBTs for CCNP Sec? I know CBT nuggets just released some for it. Also INE said they will be releasing their CCNP Sec videos soon as well. I'm leaning towards IPExperts CCNP sec videos since there is a year end deal that is hard to pass up. Does anyone have any recommendations/opinions for videos?
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Route filtering with prefix-list
I can't quite get my head around what additional functionality -apart from speed, apparently- filtering with prefix-lists adds when compared to filtering with an ACL. Perhaps someone could give me an example of where an ACL wont work to make things clear. Thank you
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CCNP ROUTE notes
Would anyone be kind enough to share their notes for FLG and/or OCG ROUTE? Thank you.
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Ether Channel across multiple switches
Hello experts in the house, I am a bit confused about ether channel on cisco switches. I have a 3560 and 4 2960 switches. i want to try and connect the 2960s directly to the 3560 so that the 3560 will serve as my distribution layer switch while the 2960s will be the access switches.VLAN information will span the access…
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EIGRP and Summarization
Hey guys, Wondering if someone could help me understand EIGRP when auto-summary is in effect. Here is the discontiguous topology I am working with. 10.1.1.0/24 and 10.1.2.0/24R1 ---- 172.16.1.0 ---- R210.1.3.0/24 and 10.1.4.0/24 In this case, 2 subnets of the 10.0.0.0 network are to the left of R1, and another 2 subnets…
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BGP over IPSEC
Does anyone have any experience running a route based vti using bgp as the INTERIOR routing protocol? I have a client who wants to run the ipsec vpn this way and the senior Network Engineer says we have to do it.
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BFD and NSF
I've been researching using BFD (Bi-Directional Forwarding) instead of OSPF sub-second hello timers and I noticed there are some caveats in using NSF (Non-Stop Forwarding) and BFD together because apparently BFD can override the NSF process if it detects a link failure during SSO of RSPs. See article here (still trying to…
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BFD and NSF
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CCNP Switch lab Manual
After using the Route lab manual that a previous thread here had linked to, I decided to see if a similar switch manual existed, and found it here. https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/docs/DOC-10183 Just posting it in case anyone else finds it useful. EDIT: Oops, I didn't realize the thread linking to the route lab had a…
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CCNP Security expenses
I am wondering why CCNP Security path is so expensive? I mean the most cheapest one is regular CCNP. Everyone have to start with CCNA, progress to CCNP by taking 3 exams. Ok. However, for CCNP Security you would have to get CCNA, CCNA Security and then pass 4 (!) exams to get your CCNP Security. Much more expensive. And…
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No CCNA Should I study CCNP
This may seem like a weird question, but here it goes. I don't have my CCNA simply because I don't have the funds to sit the exam just yet. I'm confident I know the material and that I would pass, but coming up with the extra $250 is hard to do in these times. Would it benefit me to start my studies on CCNP as that's the…
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To upgrade ASA's past 8.2 or not... that is the question
What version are your production ASA's at? Ours are still at 8.2... I don't see any major benefits of upgrading to the newer versions just yet, but maybe I can be convinced The NAT changes seem to be a headache. There's also other changes that don't seem to give any real world advantages. I'm aware that you should skip 8.3…
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Cisco 6500
I am reading Network Warrior right now and I am on the section about VSS. This is very interesting and I would really like to lab it. Does anybody run 6500s in their lab? Seem very expensive but the labs would be nice to do.
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Route passed
Scored 825, with passing 790. I didn't really feel like I was ready, but at the same time I didn't feel I was learning anything through reading or labs so just went for it. First question I pretty much froze up and couldn't remember ANYTHING. Took me a while to get the gears working, but after that things didn't go too…
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Passed Tshoot
So I passed TSHOOT today! pretty happy. I had my doubts about taking it as I have not completed ROUTE yet but my co-worker (just recently became CCNP) urged me on. I think I was pretty prepared and found it wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be. We had built the topology in our lab 6 months ago and have been…
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IPSec Tunnel vs GRE Tunnel?
When working with VTI, what's the difference between tunnel mode ipsec ipv4 and tunnel mode gre ip? I've been wanting to do a packet capture to see if there's any difference in the packet but haven't had the time.
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Obscure EIGRP limitation...not NSF capable
Came across an odd shortcoming of EIGRP while doing some research on Non Stop Forwarding (NSF) for our 7600 routers. NSF allows routers that have redundant supervisors or RSPs to continue forwarding packets during a Stateful Switchover (SSO - i.e. one fails and the other takes over). Each routing protocol has it's own…
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Did anyone dared for CCDE
Just wanted to know if anyone tried or looking to go into that side. Does it is worth doing. how hard it is and itsjob prospects as compared to ccie
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MPLS and BGP journey
Hi, after some hard read and research on cisco website, i've finally made my first MPLS VPN lab to work, nothing huge, but i think i'm on the good way! When i started i was a complete noob on this technology and the more and more i advance into it, i'm really loving it! It's a bit hard to motivate myself because i know…
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BGP "no-advertise" community in practical use
I have seen situation where companies advertise some prefixes to their ISP's with "no-advertise" community in order to keep those prefixes in the ISP edge-router. At the same time, some prefixes they send over the same BGP session are without "no-advertise" community and thus spread across iBGP neighbours or the ISP and to…
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CCNP Switch
Hey Everyone, I recently landed a Network Admin job for a security exchange company. It's my first network job. I'm very excited about it. Most of the job responsibilities will include creating vlans, troubleshooting stp, going over VRRP and HSRP. I am tight on money right now and I know GNS3 is useless for preparing this…
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Please help me in confuguring this router as frame relay switch
Thats my topology. I understand that i can use frame relay switch option in GNS but I want to specifically use the router as frame relay switch in this topology. It seems that I am making a mistake somewhere. I am typing in the comannd " frame-relay switch", etc.. but I guess something more needs to be done or may be i am…
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isomair protocol use for?
I am using solarus winds tools. Does solarus winds use the isomair protocol for analyzing? thanks. I just see it heavily when I am doing protocol analyzing. I really like their tools
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interface name changes huh?
hey guys. I changed the interface name to something and there a nameif change but the interface's name remains the same old name. In the ASDM it is changed. but not in the CLI what gives? Do I freaking have to reboot the ASA to get it to change? thanks guys
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CCIE R&S study group forming
A lot of us are finishing out CCNPs at the same time due to the July cut-off date. Since there seems to be a bit of interest in getting a CCIE R&S study group going I thought I'd ask here who else would like to join. Reasons to join:* You could be part of the select few (less than 1% of network professionals) who obtain a…
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CCNP update
...hope I didn't scare anyone with the thread title. Before purchasing the Odom series I thought I'd come on here and ask if anyone had heard anything about the CCNP being updated. As far as I'm aware there was an update in 2008, then 2010... so was thinking perhaps one might be in line for 2012? Suppose Cisco announced an…
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MPLS Circuit Latency
I'm starting to look at private circuits to establish connectivity between some new locations. Due to the application traffic that will be traversing these circuits I need an extremely low latency solution. I have yet to deploy an MPLS circuit so I'm curious about the latency on these types of circuits. What experiences do…
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How to Configure CISCO LB router
Hi guyzz,,, I want to configure the cisco 2800 series and model 2851 router for load balancing purpose... here I am provided with 3 ISP providers how can i configure this??? can u guyzzz pls help me out with this...
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GOAL: CCNP in 3 months
Hey everyone, thought I would introduce myself and share my goal with everyone. I'm currently CCNA, CCNA Security (January 2011). I'm currently taking courses at a local community college... T-SHOOT Saturdays 830a-1p (8/27 - 12/19) SWITCH Mondays/Wednesdays 530p-1030p (10/31 - 12/14) ROUTE Mondays/Wednesdays 530p-1030p…
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Need Lab Advice - Buy a server?
Hey all I'm kind of stuck with the lab I've been building lately. I'm currently studying CCNP Route material, (mostly on my work laptop and home PC), but also have been building a dedicated lab mostly based on a CCIE lab as described here: CCIE Lab using GNS3 and Quad Nics for Switches | FAQ So in a nutshell what I…
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MPLS Circuit Latency
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ASA Failover using a switch
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Starting my lab
So I finally got the money to put into a lab. I have a budget of around $750 to $1000. My goals are CCNA Voice, CCNP and then may be CCNP Voice. Anything I should aim for that will cover all 3 or avoid? There is so many choices on Ebay I am very confused. I do know I need a 26xxXM, haven't figured out the differences yet…
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7 Digit Dialing in a centralized call-processing model
Hey TE, I have a client that has a CUCMBE box at a colo with a single PRI. The CTO negotiated with the carrier and they do not get charged for long distance. They have 8 sites, and my question is - how can I configure 7 digit dialing with respect to each site's respective area code? This seems like a common setup, and I'm…
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BGP+MPLS Composite Studies
No rest for the weary right? Now that the QoS exam is behind me I will be concentrating my efforts on the BGP+MPLS composite exam to complete the CCIP. I have a bit of experience with BGP from previous positions but am weak on the implementation side of MPLS. My goal is to have this one complete by the end of the year…
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TSHOOT Exam Topology question
Hi, I know Cisco gives you the topology prior to the exam but i was wondering if it is possible to either 1) take a copy of the topology in with you on paper Or 2) do you have time to note down the topology whilst the exam clock IS NOT counting down? This could be either by copying it from paper before you go in the test…
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Can't Wait!!
For those who recognize my handle, you probably already know that I'm studying for my CCNP, and on the side knocking out small entry level certifications like sales certifications or field technician certifications. I come from a security background, I studied security college, and am an active member of my college's cyber…
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IOS and NAT reflection
I have a Cisco 1841(advanced IP services) with following setup: As you can see, my inside local addresses are from 192.168.1.0/24 and inside global address is 194.22.12.1. I have done some port forwarding in Cisco1841: ip nat pool NAT 192.168.1.7 192.168.1.7 netmask 255.255.255.0ip nat inside destination list 150 pool…
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Cisco VPN server and client - connection drop
I have a Cisco 1841 router configured as Easy VPN Server. Here is the configuration of the router: [C] Cisco# Cisco#show running-config Building configuration... Current configura - Pastebin.com I have a Centos 5.7 server with installed Cisco VPN client for Linux. The client successfully connects to the VPN server but…
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Filtering Routes
alright, having a major brain fart on this. so im messing around practicing filtering routes via access list. In the example that i have, for some reason i'm having trouble understanding how they came up with the access list to filter the needed routes. So lets say you have the following routes: 2.2.0.0 - 2.2.9.0 /24. You…
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Fractional PRI config
So I'm working on converting over from using analog lines to a Fractional PRI and can't seem to get the configuration right. I have channels 1-10 available to me over the PRI, but my UC520 is only letting me pass calls on channel 23. DISCLAIMER: I have a very small amount of voice knowledge...I configured the UC520 to…
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Authenticating users on routers/switches using FreeRadius/Active Directory
Do any of you guys have experience setting up a FreeRadius server to query a windows AD server for user authentication on router/switches? I'm trying to figure out how to get the FreeRadius box to query the domain controller without joining the FreeRadius server to the domain (i'm forced to do it this way due to security…
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suspending a VLAN on a VTP client
So i'm working on lab 2-1 in the SWITCH NetAcademy manual and the last part of the lab deals with suspending a VLAN in a VTP domain. According to the lab manual... Note: The suspend state is advertised by VTP while the lshut state is not. The state suspend command can be issued on any switch in the VTP domain. It does not…
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SIP Caller ID Issues.
Hey TE Board, I'm having a bit difficulties setting up different caller ID's for my 2 DID's. I have a cisco 2801 router running CME doing a sip trunk with flow route. I have 2 DID numbers I am using when i call out my caller ID doesnt show up. atleast one doesnt. I want to know how to set up multiple Caller ID's for my IP…
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Doubt regarding ccnp (eigrp scope)
Can any one tell me do we need to go into the details of DUAL for CCNP Certification. Wating for your kind reply.
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Mismatched OSPF auth passwords does not fail adjacency??
I am labbing in GNS3, configuring two serial ports for authentication.. Here are the relevant parts of the config: R7# interface Serial0/1 ip address 10.78.1.7 255.255.255.0 ip ospf authentication message-digest ip ospf authentication-key psswd R8# interface Serial0/0 ip address 10.78.1.8 255.255.255.0 ip ospf…
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Glad I took CCVP first over CCNP
After finishing my CCVP, I decided to continue and get my CCNP (which i just started).. but looking backing through all the time spent on CCVP really makes me feel like it was the right choice mainly bc of the amount of time it takes to learn the voice side. I already came from a RS world and voice was brand new to me.…
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Implementing Route reflectors - Questions
Hey, Considering this is a bgp/SP Q i thought i would ask here :D Our network is growing and within the next 12 months theres a good chance the number of bgp speakers in the network is going to double and possibly treble. Currently we use a full mesh between about 6 devices, so to ease administration i was thinking about…
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Debug IP Packets
Hey guys, Needed some help with the debug ip packet command... I have some traffic that flows through RouterA (ie. a ping from one end of the network will go through RouterA to reach the destination). When I enable debug ip packet on RouterA, it does not show the packet being forwarded (it does not show that ICMP packets…
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2 BGP Multi-homed Sites, single AS number
Hi Folks. I have a single site which is multi-homed with ISP 1 and ISP 2 accepting a default route and advertising a class C. I have a second site that does not connect to site 1. I would like to do the same setup, multi-home to two ISP's and advertise a different class C. ARIN is giving me a hard time asking why I need a…
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TSHOOT 2/12. New CCNP!
Well just got back from taking my tshoot exam and are here to report i am now CCNP! :D after listening to some feedback from the boards here i decided to book it at the earliest date i could, which was 2 weeks after i had taken my ROUTE exam. Received 100% in the troubleshooting section but must have got 1 question wrong…
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Best site for GNS3 Lab Topologies?
I am looking for a site that has CBT Nuggets-style lab topologies, that include a write up on what you are supposed to accomplish in the network for each lab. I have seen a few sites that have the topologies themselves, but not necessarily the lab write up with targeted configuration goals that one has to figure out.…
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Switch lab
So I will begin my CCNP studies this week and have chosen to go with SWITCH first. This is what I currently have in my home lab. 3750-48-power 3550-48 3524-24 2960-24 will this suffice? Thank you.
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Did I get a good buy on these Cisco 3550 SMI Switches?
I offered $73.00 apiece for two CISCO CATALYST 3550 24 PORT SWITCH WS-C3550-24PWR-SMI switches, plus $30.00 shipping, and the offer was accepted and paid for a few hours ago. Total cost = $176.00 to my door. I bought these as I am currently studying for the ROUTE exam, and wanted to be prepared to hook these up to GNS3 for…
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Next up: SECURE
The title is pretty straight forward. I want to knock out the Cisco FW Specialist before years end and this is a the first step. The LAB: GNS3 Cisco 2610xm (x3) Cisco 2950 (x2) Cisco 1721 Cisco 2811 (2) - At work Study Materials: CCNP:Security Book SNRS CBTs Cisco CCNA:Security Lab Manual Cisco Docs I think this along with…
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Decided to continue my Cisco Studies
So after graduating WGU in August I took a long break from any type of learning. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do. Then few weeks ago I had the chance to set up a very expensive Cisco set up and I got to finally use a lot of the things I learned with my CCNA training. Now I just want more, I want to play with…
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Route exam cleared!
I messed up on the Redistribution lab though as I skipped it on accident thinking the sim on the the next slide!! The whole time i was thinking I was gonna fail the entire thing afterwards. Oh well, I'm well on my way to CCNP baby! SWITCH is up next...
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moving from 2950 to a 3560x non poe swith QOS help!
wrr-queue bandwidth (does not work in global config mode on this new 3560x?) mls qos cos 6 (works and I can enter it but when I save it it never saves) hey guys I am noob when it comes to QOS but I am changing out a switch and there are not too many unfamilar configs but this is the only QOS I see on the switch (global…
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AnyConnect 3.0.4235 and internal DNS (Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7)
I recently upgraded our Mac AnyConnect clients from 2.3 to 3.0.4235 via ASA push. Our Windows clients are still on 2.3. After the upgrade, we noticed that our Mac users (after tunneling in) are not picking up internal DNS settings. I upgraded the Windows client on my own machine through manual install and it seems to work…
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what will happen if my cisco cert expires
Suppose 1) i am CCNP CCIP certified and i didn't renew it for 5 years. what will happen. Do i need to give all exams again on one exam 2) if i am ccie certified and i didn't renew it in 5 years so after 5 years , i have to give lab exam again
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Fswm?
Anyone have any experience with these? It's used at my new job, and it's one of the things I want to catch up on before starting. I got the Cisco press book for it, but just curious as to why you would use it over an ASA? EDIT: Whoops, spelled it wrong. I'm talking about the FWSM
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VPN and packet size
Is there away to adjust the media mtu in a vpn or any other suggestions to enlarge packet size that will go through a vpn? What I have is a vpn setup in between two locations that comes up fine but need to have the ability to send a larger packet accross. Tried raising the MTU to 1500 on the inside and outside interfaces.…
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ospf vs eigrp
hi! I am designing internal network and i want to use OSPF as this is the routing protocol currently running and because its open standard etc. I also want to use nice and clean summarization, this block of addresses over here, that block over there etc etc... But the thing is that this network isnt exactly big enough to…
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Cat 6K w SUP720-3B and Policy Based Routing
Ok. I have Catalyst 6513 outfitted with a SUP720-3B. Monday night I re-routed a significant portion of the end user traffic through the use of policy based routing using a next hop of Y.Y.Y.Y to an HA Pair of ASA 5520s with the remaining traffic continuing to utilizing the default route of X.X.X.X to an ASA 5510. Traffic…
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Can any one sell me 2nd book of CCNP ROUTE and CCNP SWITCH for half the price?
Can any one sell me 2nd book of CCNP ROUTE and CCNP SWITCH for half the price? I am looking for a 2nd book as I cant afford to buy a new book. I have already spent a lot on training and I have to spend more on certification exams. It seems that I am running out of cash. Can any one help me who has already completed CCNP ?…
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IPSec VPN (Adtran -> Cisco)
Hello all, First off, I haven't really ever messed with IPSec before today. Just what I've seen in my books. I have been messing around in my lab with VPNs on Adtran devices, but I am wanting to do the same with Cisco. I have worked with Adtran for some time now, and after looking though the command reference I was able to…
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Lab Question
So, my wife and I were discussing about saving on room in regards to my toys. I'm curiuos if anyone else stores their lab within a closet and just telnets to the access server to do their work or does anyone have any space saving ideas for this other than that? Any positives or negatives to doing it through telnet to the…
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ASA Cut Through Proxy Redirect Issue.
Im going crazy trying to figure out what I missed. User logs in with anyconnect to the SSL gateway, when they type in an address in their browser it should redirect them to a login page on the cut through proxy asking for credentials. But it's not redirecting. I have to first type in the address of the proxy, then it…
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ASA Any rule to lesser networks
A UDP rule was created on Inbound. Any to Any was disabled. Outbound internet did not work after (previously fine). UDP rule was deleted and majically (I think) Any to any lesser network rule appeared. Any to Any disabled remains underneath. what happens if Any to Any lesser network rule is deleted? Will outbound internet…
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Minimum Amount of Equipment Needed for New CCNP: Voice Exams?
As the title says, could anyone recommend the minimum amount of equipment needed to pass the new CCNP: Voice Exams? I have two 1720 routers along with a 3550 switch from the CCNA: Voice exam. I can also borrow some Cisco phones from work (7940's, 7942's). I'm thinking I could use the 1720's for the branch offices with CME?…
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Please Help me in choosing the right paper.
I have completed my CCNA and I am planning to give my CCNA Security Cert exam within the next 2 - 3 weeks. Thereafter, I can afford only two CCNP security papers due to financial and time restrictions. I need a job by the month of Feb. This is the reason, I will try only for 2 papers while I'll go for the rest of the two…
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Neighbor Solicitation makes no sense!!!
I'm going over and over and over this - comparing the NS messages vs ARP, and the things I'm reading are just not adding up. Either that or (more likely) my logic is flawed or there's some step I'm missing or mistakenly adding. The various books say NS is better than ARP because it sends to the multicast address rather…
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Will 2 x 3550 do?
Hey guys! New to the forum! I'm doing my CCNA at the moment and I want to do CCNP but I'm tight for money right now... Can I use 2 x 3550 for CCNA and CCNP or do I need to add 2 x 2950s to my lab? I'm using GNS3 for the routers, so I think I'm OK there but don't know what I need for switches to get me up to CCNP? What do I…
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Additional Literature on CCNP SWITCH (642-813)
Im on my way to get my CCNP sertificate. After i passed CCNP Route, i thought that CCNP SWITCH will be peace of cake.. but after reading both OCG, FLG and watching Jeremy, and some other videos. I just feel unconfortible for that exam, i still think that I should know topics 120% percent to go and break that exam. Could…
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642-427 sched!
22nd @ 130.. My goal is pass, but if i fail, at least i can see the damn questions and study the sections i missed lol.. Im not confident about this test.. my materials have been my home lab, the old cbt's .. the old v6 book, the v8 SRND's , the quick guide v8 and CIP1/2 study guides.. specially for SAF info, registering…
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Question for our cisco experts
So this isn't really cert based but I figured someone might be able to help me out. I'm working with a company to bring up a 100MB MPLS Link. At each site there is a Cisco ASR1002 and it is connected to the MPLS via a duplex fiber pair from Level 3. Our first issue was the fiber had a SC end and the router had a single LC…
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STP and the max-age timer
Hi, Im doing up some study on STP, and in that regard I would like some info on the max age timer. I have a hard time figuring out exactly when this timer is used, and when its not. Can someone clarify this for me, thanks!
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How to make a certain AS exit through the AS of your choice?
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what are dummy vlans for like this 4094 ?
[FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#7ca653]s3(config)#int gi0/23s3(config-if)#switchport trunk encapsulation dot1qs3(config-if)#switchport trunk allowed vlan alls3(config-if)#switchport mode trunks3(config-if)#switchport trunk native vlan 4094[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] the previous engineer did this on the trunk line that is…
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Rate Limit ACL vs Service Policy.
In my QoS studies it hit me... Why would I want to use a rate-limit ACL anymore, since I can create a service-policy to do the same thing. I've used rate-limit ACLs on a few occasions but it recently only hit I could essentially do the same thing by assigning a % of the bandwidth to a particular class-map and instead of…
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Rate Limit ACL vs Service Policy.
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Studying Plateau
So I've reached a point in my studying where I can't focus anymore. I could be reading, and 5 pages later, i forgot what I just read. Might because I'm just bored re-learning EIGRP/OSPF. I've been on a non-stop studying mode (for other certifications, and now this one). I've tried to switch up and watch videos, but still…
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Tips for SWITCH
Hey everyone. I've noticed there aren't too many posts on SWITCH (most are ROUTE or TSHOOT), so I figured I'd get a topic going. I think I'm going to take SWITCH in a week or two, but I'm feeling slightly nervous because of the few other posts I've seen about the test questions being confusing, the sims crashing, or other…
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Pentium 3... really?
So I go to sit for the TSHOOT exam today and they sit me behind a pentium 3 with 512MB of ram. Apparently this is not enough to run the TSHOOT sim so 4 hours of my life just wasted waiting for them to try and fix the issue, type up an incident, driving, calling peason, etc. Pearson didn't seem to care much. No TSHOOT today…
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okay kind of a noob question
hahha okay I have seen both but wha is best for a patch panel and server rooms wires (cat5e type) UTP or STP??? thanks guys I am redoing my server rooms color coding and labelling everything nice. I cannot stand a mess..
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Payback at work
Since this is networking related I decided to share here I had a supervisor (not mine, not IT) come to me today asking me to "help a brother out". I said "O.K. what do you need"? He told me he needed a long network cable for his group. I said I would check with our desktop techs to see if they still have any of the cables…
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why do gre tunnels need their own IP ?
hey, I was just wondering why gre tunnels need their own ip address. I struggle to visualize why this is needed No where seems to explain why, I have read a few posts saying its there purely to tell the router through what interface to go through to reach the tunnel and thats it ? do tunnel interfaces basically work like a…
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Hitting a wall
So I've been studying for route for ... I don't know; something like 6 months now and I feel like I've hit a wall. I've gone through both the FLG (first) and the OCG (just finishing up ipv6 in), and for most of the ocg I was pretty confident I knew what the book was talking about. It solidified a few things I wasn't sure…
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StackPort is Topology Change Initiator?
This is a Catalyst 3750 Stack configured with StackWise. I have a device on the Stack somewhere that continues to cause RSTP convergence, but the stack master only reports that the topology change initiator is StackPort2. I should be able to trace this back to the end device without much problem, but the output on this…
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OSPF adjacency with PBR
Hi, I'm testing OSPF adjancency between router R1 and R3 with PBR and i want to know what kind of stuff (timers, cache..) would prevent these routers to become neighbors faster than 90 seconds after an access-list changing next-hop IP for OSPF traffic is lifted. OSPF is stuck in ATTEMPT for about 90 seconds after dead…
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tips for pasting in a very long config
Working on a network cut this weekend and I have a very long config (30+ pages printed out) to paste into a 7609 router. I've tried changing the console speed to 115200 but it hasn't helped much and i'm growing weary of pasting 30 lines at a time. I'm probably gonna put a dummy IP on it and use telnet or ssh. The biggest…
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So, today i decided to "Man up" and take my ROUTE exam....
...and passed! :D meh! 2 down 1 to go. It was an interesting exam looking back. I felt the exam Q's were mostly straight forward, i.e. they didnt ramble on and on and got to the point. I would say in usual cisco style it took a good few reads to try a decipher what the hell they were trying to ask :) . i felt i rushed a…
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Thinking about doing this track, undecided
I'm a CCNP/CCIP. I was thinking of getting into the CCNP Security track but I'm not entirely sure if it is worth it. I deal with ASAs and Checkpoint firewalls every now and then, and the track does look quite interesting. However I just recently bought an apartment and now I just cant see myself spending hundreds of…
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BGP Kick Off