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Networking with Fibre 101
Can someone please sanity check this before I tear my hair out. I've worked with fibre before but this new site is giving me an issue and I need to work out what points I've neglected to test before saying that i've goofed up. Basically: - I've got two cabinets in a new warehouse, connected by a fibre optic cable, 50/125…
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Passed the BCMSN today... ISCW or ONT next?
Passed the BCMSN today. I already passed the BSCI, can anyone recommend which exam to work on next? ISCW or ONT? Thanks, E
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Ethernet/FastEthernet ports
I'm currently getting my CCNP lab ready for the CCIE in prep for the CCIE lab work i'll be starting just as soon as I've completed the ONT. My question is this; I have 6 core routers these are 3 2620XMs, 1 2610XM, 1 3640 and 1 3620. I need to add either a FE or an E port to at least 4 of them. What would be the best way to…
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BCMSN Scheduled
So, I scheduled my BCMSN for feb 9th. Hopefully it'll motivate me to finish with my studies. I just have to go over some areas (wireless!) and lab it up and I should be good to go. My home lab is comprised of 3 2950s, 2 3550s, and a 3640. Would it be beneficial to rent some rack space and practice the wireless, or should I…
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Please look over my voip lab
Hey guys can you look over my voip lab. And can you give me suggestions. will this work? look at the type of connections(it is kind of rough) but you can see what type of interfaces I am using for each and are they correct? and do I need Vic cards vwic and fxo cards? and why? do i need them to actually get this working?…
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New Service Provider Operations Track
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Bgp+mpls 986/1000
I just passed this exam today. I am so glad I did the combo exam, thus saving the money. I definitely was prepared for this thing, but having about 5+ months of preparatory study for it, made a huge difference. If finances would have cooperated, I would have taken it sooner, but, alas, life is life... Anyway, enough of the…
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Summarizing without over-summarization
I'm sure some will say this is a CCNA question... Bear with me, just seeking clarification... But, i'm going over the CCNP BSCI Official Exam Cert Guide 4th Ed. In ch2 Q&A, it asks... Summarize the following without over-summarizing: - 192.168.160.0/24 - 192.168.162.0/23 - 192.168.161.0/24 - 192.168.164.0/22 It gives the…
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Passed SNRS
953/1000 My weakest area was IPS with 80% but I figured I'll solidify alot of IPS information when I study for the IPS test 642-533. To study I used CBT nuggets & Cisco Press quick reference guide. I also have a Cisco ASA 5505 that was nice to play on ( I put it in my home network) I also found this book to be a good…
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link-local on frame-relay?
hi, i read that i need to map dlci using link-local ipv6, over frame-relay to obtain connectivity. But i tested with fc00:: , and it works; ie. i can ping one spoke, over hub, to another. So why do i need to include link-local?
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GRE over IPSec; IPSec encapsulated GRE
Guys/Gals I am confused on how this works. A PC on the HQ LAN sends a packet to a PC on the BRANCH LAN. I am doing GRE over IPSec between the two. Let us ignore any L2/1 stuff for now. I have tunnel say tunnel 0 with a command that says "tunnel source serial 0/0" and serial0/0 is my untrusted outside interface. I also have…
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OSPF-NBMA-nonBroadcast mode
Hello guys, i am configuring OSPF in an NBMA topology, as you guys know there are 5 modes in this, non-broadcast,broadcast,ptp,ptm and ptm non-broadcast. i have started with non-broadcast, and would like to get some help in its configuration, and would also appreciate if someone can give a link where the configuration of…
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NAT to multiple outside connections
Ok, first a brief run down of how I want things setup. Inside interface going to a 10.x.x.x subnet. 3 outside interfaces, each going to a DSL line. Lets call this 60.x.x.x, 65.x.x.x, and 75.x.x.x. Now I have all interfaces up and getting my PPPoE connection up with IPs, setting default routes to each and they are all…
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Do I really need PoE switches
hey guys I am building my voip lab do i really need PoE switches if the Ip phones have power bricks and what really does a L3 switch do in regards to Ip phones that a 2950 cant do? cant a 2959 do Qos so wont it work in my setup? yeah iw ould like a poe switch but since the ip phone have power blocks what does a L3 Poe…
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3640
I have a 3640 I recently bought, the NM module when plugged in registers the built in Ethernet interface in the IOS when it boots however any WIC 1 or WIC 2 modules installed do not register, all modules are known to be good. Could this be an issue with the hardware in the router?
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2620XM Router upgrade
Recently built my first lab, I have a 2620XM that doe snot have crypro on it, is their a way to upgrade?
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QoS - Match-all vs match-any
It seems like most of the QoS configuration examples I see use match-all.... Like I have seen VoIP QoS configs where there will be a match-all, then the match elements will be for multiple DSCP's... ie: class-map match-all VOIP match dscp ef match dscp af31 Now, wouldn't that be impossible? Since you can't have multiple…
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Ip sla
Hello, what is the purpose of ip sla responder command? I can configure simple icmp echo probes with ip sla 1 icmp-echo 10.0.0.2 source-ip 10.0.0.1 ip sla schedule 1 start now life forever And ping will work; I imagine udp-echo has the same logic only works with udp packets to specific port; So i configure something like:…
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multicast split-horizon??
Can someone explain this, please. R5 | | R1 ------R3------R2 From what i understood reading multicast documentation, the multicast traffic is never sent back out the interface it was received on, similarly to unicast protocols. But in the example above, let's say that R1 is source of traffic, R2 has ip igmp join-group…
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I have a dumb question..
Hey guys.. ahahahah I meant dumb question (sorry ;)haaha) I was setting up my cisco 2924 switch. And I set the vlan 1 ip interface address to 192.168.15.44 okay. and the ip default-gateway to 192.168.15.1 (actual gateway using). okay yeah I can ping 192.168.15.1 but I can also ping domain names. Get this I have no ip…
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Cisco Licensing!?
Have you guys come across any info on Cisco’s new licensing models? I noticed the following "stuff" after I couldn’t figure out why I only had like 6 protocol options to match in a class-map on a shiny new 881W router. Looks like feature sets have to be activated now? I loaded the "trial" advipservies and low and behold…
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Simulate a degraded QoS?
Hi, Probably an odd request... I'd like to experiment as see what a poor QoS is like, is there any way to inject delay, jitter or packet loss into a simulated WAN link? Lack of bandwidth is easy enough to simulate (which would do packet loss as well), but the rest? I'm currently using a 1760 as my frame-relay switch, which…
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Can you help me make a basic VOIP lab?
Hey guys this is what I have as far as equipment. I have my beloved cisco 2511 access router yeah! and: 5 x 1760 cisco routers 3 x 2950 cisco switches I have t1 dsu/csu card in each 1760. I want to get 1 more switch a 3550 with SMI (I will upgrade to EMI when I get it. I was going to use it to power my 2 IP phones and then…
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Has anyone taken the 642-681 AWLANSE
I'm looking for study materials for 642-681 AWLANSE. Has anyone taken this exam? I can't seem to find anything in ciscopress.
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CCVP – Ghost Town!!!!!
It's been awfully quiet on the CCVP boards of late. There must be more then like 5 of us studying! Post which tests(s) you're currently studying for, and which materials you are using. I took a well needed break for the holidays but hit the ground running last week. Currently working on CIPT2, using the Cisco Press book,…
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BCMSN or BSCI
I passed my CCNA and started work on BCMSN. Because BCMSN contains lots of stuffs taking from CCNA. Anyway, I follow entries in this forum and some people who took BCMSN say that they encounter some BSCI questions in BCMSN exam. There is no mention in Cisco's website about it. However some people recommend that BSCI must…
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cisco extension mobility on 3rd Party sip phones
Hi Guy's I want to buy a 3rd party SIP phone and was wondering if I can configure cisco extension mobility? I will be using CUCM Ver7 The phone I'm looking at getting is a linksys spa942
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EIGRP(bandwidth / clockrate )?
Hello All, I have a question regarding EIGRP WAN connections. EIGRP can support point-to-point and NBMA ( multipoint and point-to-point )... now i am studying self-study guide of bsci, and in one example where there is a hub and spoke design used. 1 central site and 10 remote sites. bandwidth available on central site link…
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Nssa
Hi, I have R1 as ABR connected to both (Area 0) and (Area 1) and (Area 1) define as NSSA. R1 received Type5 LSA from Area 0 for some external routes, my questions is did R1 convert Type5 as Type7 and forwarded to Area1 or not?
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regarding bsci ?
hello guys, i just want to ask that is it necessary to have 640-802 passed to sit for bsci exam ( or any other ccnp exam ) ? or can i give bsci and bcmsn papers first and then sit for 640-802 ? i have studied for 640-802 paper, now i am in the middle of my bsci , and i want to give my bsci and bcmsn first and then sit for…
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Routing change question
Just wanted to think out loud on this and make sure Im not missing something before I push this out. We have two connections to our MPLS WAN. connection 1 = DC1, connection 2 = DC2 Our core routers at each DC learn our external networks from the providers WAN routers at each DC. These routes are then redistributed into…
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Vss
So I had posted a while back about Cisco's 6509 Virtual Switching System. My coworker and I managed to get a couple 6509's with sup's (VS720-10GE), and some line cards, as well as some 3750's, and 3560's in the lab. We ended up created a scaled-down exact replica of our environment (which is currently the core 6500's…
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ASA 5505 Routing and Proxy Help!
Hi, Im new to the cisco area, and im in need of a little help. My question is simple; can the ASA 5505 Firewall edition take internet requests and forward them to different proxy addresses. the reason being that we have 2 proxy servers in front of the ASA 5505 firewall and they both have different addresses. Surely this is…
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BSCI Finished Moving On
Well I spent the last 5 months working on the BSCI. It was definitely hardest exam of my life (so far)!! I felt like my college tests were a joke compared to this. I definitely need to work on time management for my future CCNP tests, as I didn't do as well as I wanted to. Now waiting on results to be validated, and busy…
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ios version on a cat 4503
Heya I managed to get a 4503 for dirt cheap the other day (like 800 bucks), and would like to pimp up the IOS before I sell it to someone else for double or triple the price, atleast. And my gf doesn't like the noise, so I gotta get rid of it :p CISCO CATALYST 4500 CHASSIS 3- SLOT CISCO CATALYST 4500 SUP II PLUS IOS 2 GBIC…
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Net-flow on foundry
hello, I was just wondering if anyone knows how to capture net-flow data on foundry devices. Thank you
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vlan question
Hi, I just wish to verify the ff: 1. If a switch receives vlan 9 traffic from its trunk port but doesn't have vlan 9 on its vlan database, does it drop the packet? 2. If a switch receives vlan 9 broadcast traffic on its trunk link, it forwards it out its other trunk links (vtp pruning disabled) Thanks in advance.
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hsrp question
Hi, If hsrp group 5 and 6 (vlan 5 and 6) are active on router B, and both are on standby on router C, does that mean that when vlan 5 stations need to contact a host on vlan 6, it first goes to the vlan 5 gateway (active hsrp for vlan 5) and then routed to the active hsrp vlan 6 interface? I guess what i am really asking…
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CCNP Exams class led or Self Study
Hi, I'm not quite ready yet but possibly in the next 6 months I'm going to start on the CCNP track. I have been fortunate enough that my work has agreed to pay for a Global Knowledge Course for me but this maybe for only 1 or 2 of the exams. I would never rely fully on a classroom led course to get me through the exam. I'm…
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UCCX Exam
Anyone know of any study materials that are NOT: a. The UCCXD course b. Braindumps I am taking the UCCXD course on learning credits, and it seems to make sense to take the exam, but a search for learning materials didn't turn up anything legitimate. Otherwise, does anyone know if the course and a little on the job is…
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Bgp+mpls 986/1000
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ONT Scheduled[qplayed]
Just scheduled ONT for Feb 9, 2010 @ 1 PM
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CCIP finally finished
Today I passed MPLS+BGP exam to finish the CCIP. Seems like forever when they came out with this cert which looked interested to start. However, I didn't become truely passionate about it until prepping for the IE written when they had a whole section out of the guide dedicated to it. 2yr later done.. seems so sad nothing…
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rack space???
Hey guys I am looking for rack space that I could purchase and have for 2 months time and that I could ssh into and practice my CCNP and CCVP skills. I plan on going to a school in India and I want this rack space available when I go home at night after school is there any of you know that I can use and is decent price and…
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Route-Map
Anyone know why this route-map isn't working? route-map policy-route, permit, sequence 10 Match clauses: ip address (access-lists): 50 85 Set clauses: ip next-hop 192.168.20.26 Policy routing matches: 423 packets, 117419 bytes route-map policy-route, permit, sequence 20 Match clauses: ip address (access-lists): 112 Set…
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HSRP Question
Hi, Just wish to ask what is the maximum number of members per hsrp group? If i have 4 L3 switches for example, can i make them all members of the same hsrp group? Thanks.
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GRE Configuraion LAB Question
Hi Guys, I have a question, this is my first time doing this and i need your opinions, after watched Chris and Jeremy ISCW VPN videos, i started doing some labs (studing for the exam) and i came up with this lab, i used SDM and before apply it to the router i saved the configuration to look at it and lean more in details,…
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Putty Connection Manager Error
Hi, I am trying to configure putty connection manager with gns3 everthing is working fine except when i click on the device and try to open a console connection putty connection manager opens and gives a error of "Invalid Port Number". I am using Putty connection manager ver 0.7.1 beta build 136 with putty (beta 0.60).…
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IP Address being advertised on 2 VLANs
We have multiple VLANs in our building for each floor, and in some cases 2 VLANs on one floor. The issue started out with the IP addresses of printers in particular changing from the original IP (yes, they're DHCP assigned ). Printers/ports that are in the 202 VLAN, suddenly had IP addresses from the 21 VLAN. When I did a…
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How to emulate ppoe and ppoa in gns3.
Hi, Can anybody help me how to build/emulate ppoe lab in gns3.
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ONT tomorrow! (PASSED!)
Tomorrow is D-day, at noon EST. I'm ready for it to come and go. I took my CCNA in 2006, and my BSCI a few months later, and have slowly been working towards the CCNP since. After I found out my wife was pregnant with twins...it was game on- no more time sitting around! My goal over the next year is to attain all of the…
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vlan with trunks question
Hi, Sorry am a bit confused. If i have 3 switches named A, B, and C, where A is connected to B and B is connected to C and C is connected to A. vlan2 is configured on SW A but not on sw B so no stp blocking appears for vlan2. SW C also has vlan 2. When a station on vlan 2 broadcasts packets, will it still go to sw B and…
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CCIP finally finished
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PIX/ASA practice tests
Are there any ligit ones for this test? Thanks
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QoS in home network
Hi, I'm learning about QoS, MQC policers, shapers, queues; and i wanted to try to implement these in real scenario. Namely, how can i split up incoming bandwidth from isp into two equal parts, if there is congestion. My modem is connected to cisco router, which is connected to 3560, to which are connected two hosts. My DL…
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Cisco routers- Notes/comments
Hello, I was just thinking is there someway to place notes or comments in the config. Something like an FYI, like in scripting were you add the "#" for comments. >>>>thanks people.
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BSCI Passed
Passed on 1/4/2009 with a 910 after failing the week before with a 786. Went in on a whim the week before just to see how hard it really is. BGP smoked me, scored a 0%. Everything else I did fairly well on. Hit the books and lab hard with BGP and knocked it out. Studied for roughly 2 1/2 months and would have passed the…
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BSCI - Multicasting Question
Hey guys, I have a question in regards to multicasting, this question is actually in the Exam Certification Guide for the BSCI Cahtper 17, Question #7. 7. Which of the following multicast addresses does not share a multicast MAC Address. A. 225.145.1.1 B. 227.17.1.1 C. 235.17.1.1 D. 237.117.1.1 The answer shows as D. But,…
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Cisco ACS upgrade question
How do I go about upgrading ACS 4.1 to ACS 4.2. Do I have to order the software from cisco or I can just download from their website?
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upload to http server?
hi, how can i upload to http server? For example server: ip http server ip http path flash: client: copy http://RT1/file.txt flash: this lets me download from RT1; but if with copy flash:file.txt http://RT1/ it says I/O Error. How can i (and if) upload to http this way? thx
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VOICE LAB - cannot reach calls from one site to another
Hello Everyone!! I'm really newby on this so I hope maybe one of you experts guys could help me with this.. the topology is the following.. (also attached) I'm running cucm7 on a vmware machine for one site (siteA) and cucm-e for another site (siteB), both sites are interconected. On siteA I have an h.323 gateway (cisco…
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Can't get inbound or outbound calls coming in but POTS line is working?
So I've been working on my CUCM lab and trying to make calls work outbound and receive from and to the PSTN but they are not working: ! voice-port 1/1/0 connection plar opx 100 station-id number 100 ! voice-port 1/1/1 ! ! ! ! ! dial-peer voice 102 pots destination-pattern 9[^1]......... port 1/1/0 ! dial-peer voice 103…
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eigrp redistribute connected
Hi, I am so confused about (eigrp redistribute connected), I have below network R1 (s1/0)<>(s0/0) R2 And I configure R1 as below ! interface Loopback0 ip address 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.0 ! interface Serial1/0 ip address 172.16.1.1 255.255.255.0 clock rate 64000 router eigrp 100 redistribute connected network 172.16.0.0…
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info about ccnp certfication
hi, I have some confusion i hope experts can deal with it , for CCNP there is prerequisite of CCNA i want to do ccnp certifications as my company is asking me but can i do direct CCNP or ccna is important . what will happen if i give ccnp first then ccna cert
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Stub and Totally Stubby Area - Real Implementation
HI guys, I have just learned the new terms of Stub and totally stubby plus not-so-stubby areas. Its wonderful concepts and I would like to know how those terms are frequently implemented in real life network. Does anyone had the chance to do this implementation? Again, i am working on Boson Simulator and the commands are…
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CCNP 2010 Changes
I am taking my CCNP exams this week. Looks like two of the exams I studied for are being replaced. -Has anyone taken these new tests? -Will you be OK with the new tests as long as you studied for the old exams? -Is there a lot of new material? I may just end up taking the ISCW, ONT, and Composite instead of trying the new…
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What would make a site-to-site VPN go down after a couple of hours?
Both peers have all timers set to 24 hours in both the isakmp policy and the crypto map but unless I initiate connection to bring up the tunnel remote users can't. I always have to initiate communication. Why can't remote users do the same thing?
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Worried about Cisco's direction!
I know its still all speculation until at least another month, but it anyone else worried about the direction Cisco is going with the CCNP? Cisco is trying to make the certs more specialized, however the industry is requiring that the technicians know a bit of everything. Word on the street is they could be taking out…
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Pvstp
Ok, so I'm a little confused. My self-study guide seems to be slim on the details. So on switches using PVSTP do the VLANs have to be the same on all switches? If so, how does pvstp tell each switch which vlan the BPDU is for (on access ports)? I'm experimenting right now, and it looks like the VLANs have to match on the…
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Need advice for my CCNP home lab
Hi all.. this is my very first post.. I am building my CCNP home lab... Actually, i already cleared my BCMSN last yr.. (I know, i should have taken the BCSI first).. anyways, back to my lab.. thanx for your replies.. i am sorry... i should have added the serial and ethernet interfaces as well.. I am getting 3 x 3640's from…
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Unicast Routing Protocols
Why (EIGRP and OSPF) are Unicast Routing Protocols.
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CVoice ~ Passed
wooohooo title says it all really, I sat the exam this morning, yes I know its New Years eve, but at least I don't need to worry how I'm gonna celebrate this one lol Found the exam tough going, but that was probably due to the last week or so no real reading or labs, add to the fact with Voice it's all alien to me lol But…
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confusion about metro ethernet
Can someone provide explanation please. As i understand metro ethernet is just a MAN moving away from standard sonet/sdh layer 1 transport technology to ethernet based solution. The most advanced form is using IP/MPLS in core to allow services such as L3 VPN. However, I don't see this portrayed as WAN technology. Can this…
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small problem with GNS3
Hello All, I have today used GNS3 for the first time, i installed it on my pc which has got windows vista. i have installed GNS3-0.7RC1-win-32-all-in-one. i have few router ios images as well, when i run this program ( GNS3) after successfully installing it, i have added ios image in router and then after making…
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2511 image problem
I got a 2511 from a friend and i'm trying to upgrade it from netboot to an IOS. I found the instructions on cisco's website but there is just one problem. Cisco says: Connect the Ethernet interface 0 of your router to the network, through which you can reach the T.F.T.P. server. Configure the IP address on the Ethernet…
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Lab scenarios
Hi people, I Just finished CVOICE official self study book from Cisco (642-436) i did some practice exams, and though i am confident i could pass that exam pretty soon, there is no way on earth i am taking the exam without being able to first implement it in real situations. So my question is has any of you some scenarios…
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Cisco - Pearson Vue Exams on Saturday (UK)
Hi Everyone, I found the forum last night and there's some great information available on here. I'm looking to book my BCMSN exam but i'm struggling to find a testing centre available on a Saturday. Does anyone know if there are any test centres in the South Midlands that generally offer Saturday appointments outside of…
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All those in need of a Lab
Hey all, I noticed that it's a little dead here, right now. So in my boredom I made a simple little lab that should be useful for most areas of the CCNP. Scenario: A company just bought and installed a brand new network. Only their network admin quit before he configured any of it. It's all hooked up, but not configured.…
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How do I open pix 501 ports?
Hello, I'd like to open pix 501 ports to allow traffic from the internet to terminate on Windows server 2008 used as a VPN server. The pix is functioning already as a remote access vpn server and it's working fine. I wonder if I could use the win2k8 server as a site to site vpn server and the pix still sitting in front as…
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BSCI battle
I fought the BSCI and won today =) All I can say about the exam is that it was a major beating in the face. I studied for about 3 months with about 8 hours or so a week. I primarily used: - CBT to introduce the topics - Authorized self study guide - Bryant study guide to review - TCP Routing Vol1 to fill in the gaps During…
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Question about Vrf-Lite
With VRF lite, are Route distinguishers necessary? I see them in a lot of peoples labs, and just don't see the point to it. I thought they are only required for MP-BGP / MPLS VPNs, since VPN-IPv4 addresses are a type of BGP address.
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Question about Vrf-Lite
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CUCM Phone Registeration Trace Files
Hi, I am having problem to register sccp and sip phones simultaneously in CUCM7.0. I am getting all sorts of error messsages; to check the issue I used RTMT to collect trace files but I cannot understand them. I am looking for any document to understand the trace files for some troubleshooting. Can some one point out to…
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Command equivalent on PIX version 6?
I was just wondering if pix version 6.3 has an equivalent version of this command crypto map VPNPEER 10 set security-association lifetime seconds 86400 This command works on my ASA and pix version 7.X. Does 6.x have a similar command?
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I passed, and hello everyone
Hello everyone, although this is my first post I have been lurking around here for the past couple of months. I have been reading the posts on here which have had some great conversations, advice, and encouragement to all those who attempt these exams. So now that I have successfully taken and passed the BSCI exam this…
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OSPF and Testout
Not many people know this. 244.0.0.5 is the multicast address each router uses to send hello packets. This is the drother to drother IP address. Then you have your 224.0.0.5 and 224.0.0.6. For those of you who are in Cisco Academy classes, I suggest you purchase Testout to supplement your classes. What I do is read the…
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NBAR Question
Hi Guys, My questions is if NBAR will recognize Bittorrent traffic that is using another port? ex: when i run this cmd: sh ip nbar port-map i got this: port-map bittorrent tcp 6969 6881 6882 6883 6884 6885 6886 6887 6888 6889 if bittorrent is running using ex: 6346 will nbar detected it or it will only discovered traffic…
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Cat6509 question
hey Techies. We have a 6509 with dual sup's in our UAT, another in our HA-Prod environment, but I'm now putting together the design to replace our core 4500's with a pair of 09's. The question I have I can't find a definitive answer to online. Picture a high-avail pair of 09's, etherchannelled together. My thinking is to…
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study books for bsci 642-901
just wondering what you guys have found to be the most helpful book studying for the 642-901. So far I am seeing the following two books: 1) Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI) (Authorized Self-Study Guide) (3rd Edition) (Self-Study Guide) 2) CCNP BSCI Official Exam Certification Guide (4th Edition) (Exam…
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All you ISCW Gurus
Hey all, I'm having problems with a site-to-site VPN tunnel, I though you ISCW pro's could help me out (and it might be useful for learning). The phase 1 happens fine and the ISAKMP goes into QM_IDLE state. But the IPSec tunnel never comes up. Here's my debug: Looking for a matching key for a.b.c.d in default002769: Dec 17…
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I love dynamips/dynagen
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Getting Ready for CCNP - Start with BSCI 2 Weeks ago
Guys; Just ordered my lab as below specs from CiscoKits.com: Four 2611XM 128/32 Routers for IPv6, 12.4 & SDM concepts Two 3560 Layer 3 Switches Two 2960 Switches One Cisco 2511 Router with 16/16 to act as your Terminal Services Router Two Octol Cables for the 2511 Router One Cisco 2006 Wireless Controller Eight WIC-1T…
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isis route redistribution
When redistributing into ISIS, what is the difference between an isis metric type of internal and an isis metric type of exteral? I cannot seem to find any documentation to explain this. is this the same as L1 or L2??
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Bsci
I am curious, for those of you who have taken this test, did you read the exam certification guide first or Routing TCP/IP Vol I first (assuming you used these two books)? I have Routing TCP/IP Vol I and I am going to start in it today but I was wondering would it be better to read the BSCI book first? I am still focused…
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CVOICE beginner
Hello all, I'm beginning my CVOICE study the first of the year, and I'm excited but at the same time stressed out. I've begun to build my voice lab which consist of the following: Dell PowerEdge Server: ESXi VM: CUCM 7 Unity 7 (2003 server) Exchange 2007 32 bit (2003 server) Voice Gateway: 2621XM running 12.4 (T) Protocol…
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Amount of Material
So I have been studying for the CCNP for about 2 weeks now (I had started a while back but got side tracked). I am starting with the BCMSN and I have read the Cisco book once fully through...my question is how does one retain the amount of knowledge in this book? There are a ton of different topics and points that are…
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packet loss monitoring and automatic rerouting
Hi, I need an expert recommendation on the best way to monitor routes for packet loss and implement a failover mechanism should packet loss be encountered. I am a bit familiar with sla and object tracking however I am not sure whether these options would allow the below scenario. scenario: 5 pings to a remote IP 3 out of 5…
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DIS router
Hi, I am not understanding what is the benefit of (DIS router) in IS-IS if All physical routers still establish adjacency to each other, it is mean there is no reducing for LSP traffic because it is just a Pseudonode and Logically connected to all other nodes.
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Access-list logs on 5500 ASA?
Hello, I have an ASA 5500 and I'm searching for a command like: ip accounting access-violations That will show me match statements for those who are being denied by an access list so I can find their source IP address. Does anyone know a command for this? Thank you.
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STP Path Costs
So I see this nice little chart with path costs, question being is it something to commit to memory. I would image that 1/100/1000/10K costs would be good to know but what about the others (there are like 11 given), are they tested on the exam at all?