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IPv6 Resources - Free Book
Saw this over on IPv6 Forum :: Driving IPv6 Deployment http://www.ipv6forum.com/dl/books/the_second_internet.pdf It looks like a pretty decent book. I'm trying to hoarde my IPv6 resources since I decided to tackle that subject first for ROUTE. I've been reading the ROUTE FLG from front to back but decided to skip ahead to…
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CCNP TSHOOT: Troubleshooting HSRP Webcast
Kevin Wallace host: Cisco CCNP TSHOOT: Troubleshooting HSRP The Cisco CCNP TSHOOT 642-832 exam presents certification candidates with a unique testing experience. Candidates must discover the true underlying issue for the problem being reported and must perform the majority of the exam in a simulated hands-on environment.…
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load balancing port-channel
there are 7 links in a port-channel and out of that 1 link is carrying double the traffic then the rest of the link in the port-channel. I would like to understand what the problem is , how to read the output of the command how to troubleshoot this This is what i was able to get show interface port-channel 1 etherchannel…
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HSRP Case Studies?
Are there any HSRP case studies? Best practices documents you guys would recommend I read? thanks,
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CCNP Switch - Day 1
Yo! Having a great day, in a great mood. So I am home and got bored. I know I promised to take the month off IT studies. But I couldn't do it. My Switch books, new in plastic just waiting for me! So I shot awake at 8am and havn't stopped studying since. I don't have access to a switch right now except a 2924xm and Packet…
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what is this?
hey guys I have a cisco 1700 router it is those SOHO type routers that are used for site to site vpns setup by AT/T. It has interface cards in it but looks like each have rivets that hold the cards in place vs the typical screws with springs? how do I get these cards out of this device to put different cards in or am I out…
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CUCM7 lab question
I hope this is an easy one. Our MCS's came with 7.1(5), which the Cisco SME quickly upped to v8 when he installed them for us. I'd like to use the 7.1(5) discs to VM us a lab. I understand that this requires cloning the mac and IP from our production servers. I can not, however, find the licence file or PAK from the…
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Is-is
is IS-IS still available in 642-902. will question be asked from IS-IS.
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new on cisco
Am new on cisco certs, studying ccna for now so i will like to have your advice in times of materials to use i just bought myself a sybex book 6th edition 640-802 for start and overview what cisco is all about mark me wrong if am on the wrong track i dont def mind getting more staff to get me throught the bridge.
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QoS Question (Policing & Strict Priority)
Hi, Just a quick clairifcation, im currently swatting for the 642-642 exam and was wondering if somebody could clarify the following code for me: VOIP(config)#do show policy-map llq-policy Policy Map llq-policy Class voice Strict Priority Bandwidth 168 (kbps) Burst 4200 (Bytes) police cir 192000 bc 6000 conform-action…
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BGP network missing mask
Hey guys, I'm looking at a BGP config here and some of the network commands provide the mask and some don't. So for example it looks like this: network 192.168.10.0 mask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.11.0 network 192.168.12.0 mask 255.255.255.0 What is the significance of leaving out the mask?
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Cisco Unity 7
Hi, I'm trying to get ready for CIPT1. I have CUCM7 installed on VMware and wanted to pair it with Unity7 for messaging and also for completion's sake. Has anyone been able to get ahold of a copy of Unity for study/lab purposes? I was told at a cisco forum that one can order a fully functional demo copy from Cisco…
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Need help with a script
I have to config 187 routers by march and I would like to see if anybody can help creating an script that would help me do this in a most efficient way. The way I'm doing it is by having a template that most of the config are the same ecept for the loop interface, both primary and backup line, interface for one access…
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cisco terminal server config
Hi all I'm putting together a how-to for a 2511 terminal server that I'll eventually post in the CCNA forum. Here's my config, which I'm posting here in the hopes that someone can point out any errors they see. It's from a working terminal server, but I needed to change the IPs so I'm hoping it is still a good config. Any…
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Is Unity Dead????????????????
I was going to write a blog post about this and maybe I will. Today we had the pleasure of playing with a exchange 2010 server with Unified messaging. It wasn't as feature rich as unity, but I wad pretty dam impressed and felt this was the beginning of the end for unity. Am I saying unity will be wiped out overnight no,…
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Bandwidth Points?
Has anyone got a good explanation for bandwidth points? It seems that 1 megabit equals one bandwidth point. We are contemplating purchasing some 7204VXR routers and would like to do 2 etherchannels with four Fast Ethernet ports in each group. However, by my reckoning this would be 1600 bandwidth points and I believe the…
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EIGRP "Variance"
I can't seem to prove EIGRP is unequal load balancing, but I may be going about this the wrong way. Below is the router config I am attempting to load balance through. Data is coming from 198.22.166.6 and going to 10.10.10.254. Doesn't the variance command, when set to 2, unequal load balance to links with a metric twice…
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CCNP 2010 updates
http://content.ll-0.com/cisco_netacademy/CCNP-FAQ-23Sep09.pdf?i=100109125824 The exams are listed below, new exams appear in bold type: •642-901 BSCI; replaced by 642-902 ROUTE •642-812 BCMSN; replaced by 642-813 SWITCH •642-832 TSHOOT •642-825 ISCW; no replacement •642-845 ONT; no replacement •642-892 Composite; no…
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Job outlook for CCNPs vs. CCNAs
Does anyone care to venture a guess as to the job outlook for someone with *some* experience who has an NP vs. an NA? Easier or harder? I know the income *should* be more, everything being equal - I just don't know what the job market is like for someone job-hunting who has an NP. If anyone is in this situation, feel free…
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Wireless: Web authentication need for WLAN guest traffic?
Hi guys, Is web authentication need for WLAN guest traffic? Since we have already deployed an EoIP and a anchor for the guest traffic? I wanted the guests to only use a WPA2 key and then get to the internet, with no authentication needed. Is this possbile?
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CCSP - New Version
Is there any good sources of study material for the new version of tests? 642-637 SECURE v1.0 642-617 FIREWALL v1.0 642-627 IPS v7.0 642-591 CANAC 642-545 MARS 642-647 VPN v1.0 or can I get away with studying some old material? thanks in advance.
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New to vpns etc... wanting to build a lab...what concentrator
I'm wanting to build a lab on the cheap that simulated what we have at work. Hundreds of sonicwall tz series firewalls tunneling through a cisco concentrator for various services. What is the cheapest I could get away with a concentrator. I will be purchasing a couple tz 170 and maybe a cheap sonicwall pro but i'm lost as…
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ROUTE Exam this friday !
Well my thread about it ! 200$ paid, Friday after noon i'm on it! Here's my final scores on the Boson Ex-Sim max since December 16. My first score was very BAD. I started reading the Route book in November for reviewing a bit for my CCNA exam on December 9th for routing protocols and then when my ccna completed, i've moved…
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Is it tooo much to ask vpn?
hey guys i have been looking thru the Complete Cisco vpn guide and cisco asa configuration. Is it too much to ask to have a step by step lab setup of site to site site to remote client site to ssl client this jumping all over and hopeyou figureit out is driving me nutz. I mean cant someone write a step by step of each? or…
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Passed QoS
Took the QoS exam today and passed. This completes my CCIP adventures. Was definitely a lot of fun. I enjoyed studying BGP, MPLS, and QoS just a little more than studying the CCNP topics. I used the QoS cert guide, QoS CBT Nuggets, RFCs, and the Cisco docs for my studies. I only read a little bit of the End to End Qos book…
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Passed QoS
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Small Buffer Misses
One of our routers is getting a lot of small buffer misses each day. Thousands. I'm not seeing ANY medium buffer misses, so it looks like when they miss the small buffer, they hit a medium buffer without incident. Should I increase the size of the small buffer queue to help this out? We have a lot of voice traversing this…
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Happy Boxing Day (ha)
Pros and cons of using the old IOS commands US old guys will use the command wr ter to view the running config The kids use sh ru Conclusion: show run is the better command to use, at present you only need to type five characters + CR whereas write terminal requires six characters + CR. Of course some IOS versions allow…
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Which would be more helpful
We have a small network but we are picking up some brand new switching gear. I want to reorganize and redesign the network. I don't have a lot of time to study up as I have a few other projects on my plate. At any rate what I am wondering if I should pick up the CCDA or the SWITCH book to compliment the network warrior…
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No Ping to IP Phone
Hi, I give to my IP Phone (7960) a static IP address, and from my call manager 6.0 I cannot Ping to my IP phone, also I cannot ping from my PC to IP phone. All devices in the same subnet and no any security configure, please any help.
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WS-C3560-8PC-S vs. WS-C3560-24TS-S
What am I going to miss going with the smaller model over the larger model other than port count? Will the 8PC-S do everything the 24TS-2 does? If this is the case, I can get 2 of the 8 port models for the price of 1 of the 24 port ones. WS-C3560-8PC-S Port Qty 8 Data Transfer Rate 100 Mbps Form Factor External Power Over…
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3550. Good deal?
Is this price to good to be true for a cisco 3550 emi switch? I am thinking of picking up three of them.... Cisco WS-C3550-48-SMI Switch 3550 with EMI 50 Qty Avail - eBay (item 310281764115 end time Jan-20-11 08:42:46 PST)
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ipv6 eigrp clarification
Hi, I was kinda lost today when i tried to form an adjencency over eigrp in ipv6 and i finally found that we must do a "No shutdown" on a routing protocol ? I have 12.4T IOS running in GNS3. Here the config needed. R1 interface Loopback0 ip address 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.255 ! interface FastEthernet0/0 no ip address duplex…
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Scheduled ROUTE 642-902
I just paid $200 for the test. Im taking it on January 4, 2011. Last week, Ive checked pearsonvue and they have empty slots for the first week of january. I found out today that those slots were taken. Now I have to drive an hour away from my house just to take the test. What a waste of gas... Let this be a lesson to…
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CDP on Windows
I know they have the tools like the fluke that can read cdp information from switch ports. But what I am wondering is if there might be a product out there that would allow you to read cdp messages using a laptop with windows (or some OS.) I am sure there are some programs out there, but the program has to be official i.e.…
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642-902 - done!
Just wanted to share my experiences with Route. Hardest IT cert I have ever taken. I wonder if I had beta questions so many questions just felt “unfair”. But a pass is a pass, so after work I’ll pop a beer open for that! So I passed with a low 800. I don’t have my sheet in front of me. But really. I honestly thought I had…
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Any body here use script?
I would like to know if anybody use script on a daily basics. I would like to know the language and if possible a sample of a simple scripts.
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Asa - maunal nat policy conflict
I have 2 ASA5510 devices running 8.3 (1) On one of the ASA's I am running a AUTO NAT policy to dynamically NAT all my LAN addresses to a global address. I am then running a Manual Static NAT for a server on the LAN. With this setup, I have no problems whatsoever and NAT is working flawlessly. However, on a second ASA, we…
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free 1800
Cisco 1800 Series 1841 Router WIC Capable what can I do with a 1841 router that I am getting free? what can I do with it that a 1760 series router cant? I have 7 1760s I use but what can an 1841 do that a 1760 cant?
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Hsrp
Hello All, want to ask one question regarding HSRP... we know that we can do load balancing with hsrp, for load balancing atleast two grops needed... now in ccnp book i have only seen example of 2 vlans... for 1 vlan Router R1 can be used and for 2nd vlan Router R2 can be used.... now in real if we have for example 10…
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Passed TUC Today
CCVP has been accomplished, didn't post any other exams being complete. Just don't have enough time with the new Job and other things going on right now. Next goal is to knock out the CCSP and CCNP Wireless Early next year enroute to taking the CCIE R&S lab again. Good luck to everyone else who is studying for CCVP. Study…
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INE Voice Lab
Has anyone invested in this: CCVP Self-Paced Bootcamps It seems a little to much to pack into 5 days... self paced. I was just wondering if anyone has had any experience with it, or if they have any idea when this would be a good thing to invest in. They also have this: CCIE Voice Lab Preparation Which seems a bit more…
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best on VPNs
Hey guys what are the best books on vpns in cisco? and firewall books? and if any CBT courses? I am really want to play and learn vpns and firewall. but want hands on skills not as much theory. I want step by step setup of: site to site vpn site to remote vpn clients using RAS (active directory) site to ssl vpn client…
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Seriously.. May release date???
So i just passed my QoS exam today.. interersting but boring at the same time. but now im stuck.. Cvoice/Qos out the way.. leaves Cipt 1/2 and TUC. right now..per amazon, if you search for 642-447 (v8.0).. release date MAY 2011. I was thinking I should just go and get v6.0 and take that test before feb 28th but then how…
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CUCM in VMWare
I sorta asked this question in the Virtu Forum.. not sure how many hits i may get there but is anyone running all of their cisco servers in one box? I plan on running it all in ONE box =) CCM pri/secondary, Unity, pub/sub... its LAB right? so why not.. if so.. can you provide a bit of detail on what kind of setup you…
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BGP network missing mask
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pvdm?
do I need a pvdm for fxo and fxs cards? Okay I am goingto buy 2 x fxs cards for my cisco 1760 routers to hook up 2 pots phones and I am buying 1 x fxo card so then I would need 3 x pvdms???? thanks
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Switch file names: switchmodel.SE <---?
What does the SE, SE1, SE2 stand for in Cisco switch file names? c3750-ipservicesk9-mz.122-55.SE1.bin <---example
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Add redundancy to ISP facing router
I attached a diagram. Previously had 1 router connecting between service provider (Ethernet hand-off to MPLS cloud) and network core. We are now adding a second router for redundancy. Using EIGRP internally to choose a path to MPLS network. What is typically done for the connection to the MPLS network? Right now I just…
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Passed BGP
Hey guys, I know CCIP is not that popular these days, but I passed the BGP exam! Results: 862/1000 - passing score 790 BGP Overview: 80% Route Selection Using Policy Controls: 80% Route Selection Using Attributes: 33% Customer to Provider Connectivity with BGP: 100% BGP Transit Autonomous Systems: 89% BGP Route Reflectors:…
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How to send Video File using Multicast.
The company that I work for is going to start sending a weekly video to 400 branches and i was ask if we can use multicast to send these videos. My impression was that you can use multicast to stream video or video-on-demand, but not to push files. if I can, how do I accomplish that? Router config, of course, what…
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Etherchannel/HSRP Design Question
We currently have a 3845 router which has two connections. G0/0 - Connects to internal core switch (10.10.10.2) G0/1 - shut G0/2 - shut G0/3 - Connects to provider switch (internet) (1.1.1.1) We are upgrading some equipment. Our internal switch will be replaced with 2 3750's in a stack. And we are also getting a second…
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WIC-2FE vs HWIC-4ESW
Random question here. WIC-2FE (two routed FE ports) is pretty expensive, around $1000. HWIC-4ESW (four switchports) isn't as bad, around $800 I think. What are the disadvantages of buying a 4ESW and creating a separate VLAN for each interface? Wouldn't this accomplish the same thing?
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Having helva time with vpn client 64 for windows7
hey guys what is the trick for vpn client 64 for window 7? I mean I get this fatal error and nothing I read works? Am I forced to use xpmode ??virtual mode? on my windows 7 machine I am using HOme edition windows 7 and it is 64 bit. Is this my problem will vpn client run on home edition????
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VMware Image
Hi, Any help from where I can buy a VMware Image for CallManager 7 ?
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Cisco Press 642-902 Appendixes
Does anyone by chance have the appendixes that came on a CD with Odom's CCNP:Route text? I purchased my book from Cisco Press, but I purchased the eBook which to my surprise doesn't come with the material on the CD or prac exams. If what I am asking is illegal, please remove this post.
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CBT Nuggets SWITCH Released
TE, I just received an email today that the CBT Nuggets SWITCH series has been released. I'll be interested to see anyone's feedback once they purchase it. Jeremy recorded this one as well so I'm sure it'll be very informative. -Peanut
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Etherchannel Question
Hey guys. I have a question regarding etherchannel. It seems when using both PAgP and LACP, as soon as I force the ports of the channel to be 1000/Full, the channel won't form. It works perfectly with auto/auto. Here's the config and show etherchannel summary for both switches. Switch 1:DSW1_CiscoLab#sh run int po1Building…
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DMZ qualified?
Hey guys we have a asa 5510 and it has a DMZ switch 2950 above it ports 1-8 just curious what makes ports on a switch DMZ qualified? what I mean is I read the configs and they do not seem special to make them DMZ ports. unlexx the vlans have to do something with being a DMZ? the descriptions all say DMZ port and the vlans…
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Load Balancing Question
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CCNP Switch Practice Exam
Hi Guys, I am currently finishing up FLG I found this to be a very good resource that the video lacks, I might go forth obtaining CCNP Switch lab companion, my question is what's the best practice exam I can start studying before taking the exam? I am trying to pass in one shot, as much as possible I don't want to loose my…
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Getting the hang of PIX OS, just one question
So I've spent this lovely holiday weekend playing around and getting the hang of PIX OS. got site to site VPNs working great. Now I am getting around to remote access VPN's. The PIX is running and I can ping out from the pix to the outside. And I can connect to the PIX from Cisco VPN Client no problem. Heres the issue's.…
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BGP - Network subcommand
So I am setting up a basic BGP topology. Weird thing, it doesn't work when I use the #network 192.168.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 but works fine when I do this #network 192.168.1.0 Any idea why that might be? Shouldn't they mean the same thing?
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Windows 7 has CDP for ipv6 ???
Just kidding, but my Windows 7 box did add a static ipv6 address automatically after I implemented ipv6 on my 2 3640's. And I set everything up statically on my 2 Ciscos And the W7 box uses DHCP for ipv4 I am thinking that my Intel NIC is the "culprit" because my W2K8 server did not add an ipv6 addy (it has an ipv6 capable…
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RADIUS and Accounting tools
Hi. Im going to implement a RADIUS solution for one of my clients, and need a bit of help since this would be a first time for me. They do have AD, and Im going to use it to authenticate the users. I still need to be able to monitor what they are doing on the switches, and from what I know, RADIUS does not do any…
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Auto PSTN configuration Script
Well I get asked a lot about PSTN templates or custom creation of PSTN configuration. And usually they are almost all the same except for port numbers and a few dialing pattern changes. So I started writing on my blog about some of the problems that most people run into and diagramming how I create a robust PSTN…
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PIX VPN -- Am I Missing Something?
Trying to bring up a VPN between two PIX 525's in my lab. Currently topology looks like this (INSIDE NETWORK)---PIX1 --- Router --- PIX2 --- (INSIDE NETWORK) I am not the most familiar person with PIX, but I think I got everything configured correctly. I can ping the outside interfaces of the pix from the other pix. But…
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Another dumb PIX question
So I been playing with OS 7.x and now I am playing around with OS 6.x which is remarkably different. I am wondering through the interfaces are administrativly down and I am trying to enable them. But no luck! How would I go about enabling outside interface ethernet0? Sorry this is a dumb question. lol
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Traffic Generator NEEDED
Guys - I've been tasked with finding the BEST traffic generator software for lab/mock/testing. Money truly is NOT an issue. I'm going to start researching now on what's out there - but I wanted to see if the guru's here have any suggestions. Just to give an idea of our little lab - we have a lab full of Nexus 7K/5K - and…
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Should I wait for CCNP?
I just got my CCNA and I am wanting to start up CCNP, but it has been suggested by my boss that I wait a year or so. I can see where he is coming from, CCNP is just a piece of paper if I do not have the experience to back it up. Long story short, I was an on-site support technician (basically help desk) for three years.…
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Not seeing any multicast traffic
Hello, I am trying to setup two 3750's on a multicast network. I have enabled ip multicast routing and ip routing on the switches. I have enabled ip pim dense-mode on the svi's (vlan 1). But when I do "debug ip mpacket", "debug ip packet" and "debug ip mrouting" I am not seeing anything at all. The two switches are…
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Need help understanding eigrp topology table
To my understanding a route qualifies to be a feasible successor if its reported distance is less than then current successors feasible distance. However, there are a few times here where the FS has a RD greater than the successors FD. Am I missing something? R1#sh ip ei to all-links IP-EIGRP Topology Table for…
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New CCSP... for however long that lasts
3 years, I suppose. I passed the IPS exam today... 823. I found it a surprise... I'd heard that it wasn't that tough, but still had no less than a dozen questions that were nothing more than best guesses. The Nuggets were good... the Study Guide was too... having the 4240 to play with was priceless. The sims were…
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Stupid implicit ACL Rule
Ok, so I'm trying to get my DMZ to talk to my clients. All my dmz traffic is getting dropped at the DMZ interface though. Phase: 1Type: ROUTE-LOOKUPSubtype: inputResult: ALLOWConfig:Additional Information:in 172.16.111.0 255.255.255.252 InsidePhase: 2Type: ACCESS-LISTSubtype: Result: DROPConfig:Implicit RuleAdditional…
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Specialist or Generalist
Hi Guys, Well it seems i argued with a friend of mine, and we couldn't find a solution. What do you think? Should you be a generalist or a specialist in Networking ? Two situations: 1. Specialist: Become a specialist in CCIE R&S 2. Generalist: Learn as much as you at the Professional Level(routing, security, voice,…
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Backlight Behavior - 7931G / CME 7.0(1)
OK, so I’ve been fighting with the default backlight behavior on a bunch of 7931G phones in CME and it looks like most of the published syntax is either incorrect for this model, or not the same in CME 7.0(1). Figured I’d post a working example just in case anyone else runs across this – The config basically turns the…
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VIC-2FXS/VIC-2FXO cards
Hi, Did 2800 series router support VIC-2FXS/VIC-2FXO cards or not?
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PRI 4 digits to 10 digits. Problem?
I'm not very familiar with the logistics between what I needed to do as far as gateway configurations when changing the number of digits the PRI sends in from 4 to 10 into the gateway. Any calls from the outside to inside would result in the number not being valid. And any attempt to get dial tone from an internal phone…
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Output Queue Drops!
HI Guys, I am not good with QoS, maybe someone can explain to me. I have alot of output drops on an interface that is facing a AP. So on switch, port fa0/7 an AP is connected. The switch has been configured with the default CNA profile. Can you help me, i need to tune up the QOS, but can someone explain a little in depth…
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TSHOOT router topology (gns3)
DISCLAIMER: I've gone out of my way to make things not specifically spelled out on the diagram different than I remember seeing them on the exam as to not break NDA. My advice to you if you're beginning to work on TSHOOT is to start your own lab, built it from the ground up and only look at what I've done if you get stuck…
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ROUTE was tough, too tough :(
Well today was the day I got in the ring with ROUTE and unfortunately I didn't come out on top. What can I say? I simply ran out of time My third or forth question was a Sim and it just through me off balance, I spent 30 mins on that 1st sim and I knew then it was going to be tough to make up the time. I set myself a…
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nat config oin asa 5510
Ok i need some help I'm new to the asa world but i want to know if this config would work or not. here's the scenario, local net (192.168.50.0/24)>ASA 5510 (inside 192.168.50.1/24) | (outside 192.168.222.14/30)> ISP MPLS (192.168.222.13/30)> internet cloud the isp has assigned 192.168.222.13 as our next hop and also given…
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unicast source reachable-via rx
Not sure if this is the correct place for this but it seems security releated to me. Does this command have any use if i have the ios firewall configured? And if so where should you apply it, the inside (LAN interface) or the outside (Internet interface)? thanks
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BAT process
Got to perform my first BAT user addition today. What a sweet process. Our pilot is for 50 users, so once the other 48 were picked, created the template and the csv file, ran the insertion, and Bob's your uncle... now 50 users. To quote Staples... "That was easy!" Gonna try the same with phones tomorrow.
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STCAPP for FXS Ports
Does anyone have some examples of using STCAPP? I want to create an ephone from an FXS port but I cant find complete documentation? Thanks for the help
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QoS not going anywhere for CCIP
For all those like me in the middle of obtaining their CCIP, you may have heard that the QoS is retiring. Lucky for us it is only for the CCVP. https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/certifications/ccip/qos?view=overview Fingers crossed things will stay that way and the CCIP won't go through a major overhaul or become…
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Cisc ASA 5550
Hello All, I need some help please and I hope you guys/gals can help. We're about to deploy and IPSEC solution using two Cisco ASA 5550 and RSA appliance for one time password using secure key fob. We want to be able to deploy the two firewalls in different locations for resilience communicating with the RSA appliance on…
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wan study for a small business
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I can't stop dialing 911.
911. Its a number we often need in times of emergency as I have dialed this year when a man had a seizure in a office I was working at, at the time. But what about those other times when people dial it. What do they usually do? Most hang up right away then the boys in blue show up, sometimes they can be a little unhappy.…
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MST (Multiple Spanning Tree) Revision Number
I searched the forum for similar topics regarding MST's configuration revision number and came up empty. I have read Cisco's "Understanding Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (802.1s)", both CCNP:SWITCH books and employed the Google machine finding little information regarding the revision command except the fact that it must…
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Old School - Modem
Not sure why I am wasting time with this lab http://www.cisco.com/application/pdf/paws/14281/async_backup_14281.pdf, but I love the sound of the modem. Anyways, the lab I am working on is for a backup to a serial link, the problem is that when the serial cable is removed the backup will not dialup. I can get the back up to…
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Quick Question obut Router for lab
For a CCNP lab are 2610, 2620, 2650 XM's good?
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Cheapest cisco router that supports DMVPN?
I've setup a couple of DMVPN networks using c1812/2821, and it's worked great. But I'm thinking of using cheaper routers for the spokes. Does anyone know which is the cheapest router that supports DMVPN? OSPF or EIGRP doesn't matter, either one is fine.
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Good books on ASA and FWSM
If anyone can recommend good books that are current in terms of firewall versions for ASA and FWSM or ACE please add links. Im considering what to buy. Cheers
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Translation Pattern on H.323
I have this scenario where my cucm is connected to a h.323 gateway (2811), it has a fxo port where I connect my home phone connection to pstn. Lets say my home phone number is 588-4863, and my local phone (ip phones) numbers ranges from 6001~6010. If I call my home phone number 588-4863 using my mobile phone, is it…
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Setting Up IPS Lab
Hi All, I was wondering if anyone could assist me with setting up a lab environment so I am able to get some experience with IPS? What is the best way to do it and get the tools from? :)
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O'Reilly's BGP book (by Iljitsch Van Beijnum)
Anyone care to share their thought on this book? I'm still working on my CCNP, but I'd really like a good intro to BGP, and this seems like good book. IRA seems a bit overkill before I've even passed ROUTE.
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BGP Source address
Hi guys, I'm having a moment of confusion. I'm currently working through the ROUTE Lab Manual and I've just finished Lab 6-2. The lab uses BGP between 3 routers and is almost identical to the lab in the BSCI version of this book. Basically, there is a part of the lab that asks you to ping the loopback interface on R3 from…
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Your opinion please on QOS
Hey guys Would you class " Frame Relay DLCI Prioritization " as QOS or just a feature of Frame Relay? I've a bit of a debate going with some of our students. Thanks BN
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Multicasting querier Highest or Lowest IP?
found some conflicting statements regarding the Querier election in IGMPv2. in the train signal multicasting section Chris Bryant says that the "router with the lowest IP address is the querier" in the CCNP self study book on page 604?: "router with the highest IP address is the designated querier" in the CCNP official…