two days til CCENT

Any pointers gents?

Using flash cards atm and the Exam Cram tear-out-sheet as my refresher till Thursday.

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Exercise in calculating subnets, broadcast, ranges, ip. Convert from binary to decimal and viceversa.
Knowing this very well and being capable of doing it quickly will save you the time to answer all the questions.

Jon_Cisco

You should have this no problem.
Remember to subnet quickly it's probably the most important part of time management.
The simulations are tricky because not all of the commands are available. I think you can use the ? for commands but they are not that tricky.

Good Luck!

Edificer

What Jon said. You got this.

Deathmage

Well tonight I'm rounding up my 3rd read of the CCENT flash cards, about 22 pages to go, read 350 pages last night in over 2 1/2 hours and then passed out after my eyes stared burning trying to stay awake....

Been gazing over the Exam Cram fact sheet every few hours the past few days just reading it also been placing with packet tracer on my flash drive at work on my lunches just setting up random labs.

I'm a little unsure about VLSM and NAT. but I go to do them in Cli and it comes back to be fine, just getting last second jitters probably, always happens to me.

I find myself day dreaming staring at my screen at work reciting setting up a router step by step in a CLi and then for a L2 and L3 switch.

I think I'm going to do some subnetting tonight and maybe take a practice exam from Lammel's Deluxe book's DVD. Tall order over the next 4 hours....

and then I got tomorrow day and night. Exam will be @ 3 pm Thursday!

The only thing I hate with a passion is IPv6....

in total I think I've invested over 1500 hours of study to this over 6 months, and the most in the past two months, no matter how many of these I take I never think I've studied enough.

Jamesweb

It sounds like you are ready to go and take this thing and get it done with a nice PASS! Good luck on the exam tomorrow. All that studying that you have done I have really just started doing about 3 weeks ago so I have a long way to go lol!

Blackout

CCENT is a walk in the park, know subnetting and know your show commands and your good.

Deathmage

Well I've been subnetting allot lately and my friend at the gym told me to just memorize the subnetting chart for the hosts, subnets, CIDR, mask, binary and to just minus the custom mask from 255.255.255.255 to get your wildcard on-the-fly.

So now I can make the Class C and B subnetting charts from memory in like 3 minutes for them both. Hopefully I won't get many Class A's, I simple can't count that high in my head.

I presume if it's like other exams I get a piece of paper or those dry erase boards, I'll just **** it to the sheet and use it to quick blow thru subnetting questions as a quick reference.

As for show commands I think I got them good, going to whip out the packet tracer tonight and make a lab from scratch again and use every show command I can find in my Boson book and use them. I already made 25+ labs this past month in it but just going to keep the commands fresh in my mind.

Deathmage

just whipping up a quick lab in packet tracer the past hour and a half. implemented SSH, port-security, ospf with VLSM, dhcp, SSH Crypto, NAT overload, and an ACL for one direction. IP helper-address, DHCP pool on vlan-specific routers. clock rate on Serial. I intentionally didn't do line configs on the core router.

each ospf router is a /30 subnetting 172.16.10.0 range starting at .0 and going to .11 but I just made it a full 16 since I'm pretty sure, now i'm guessing myself not good, block sises are 4, 8, 16,32 ,64 ,128, etc. So that my lgic, it was too big for a block 8 so I went with a block size 16.

Didn't do EIGRP or RIP since I know how to do them just like OSPF, but I personally like OSPF better, converges way faster.

did subnet for about 2 hours and got more practice writing out the graph.

I think I've typed just about every show command I can think of that I'll need.

Whay you guys think, did I miss anything?

core-router#show running-config
Building configuration...

Current configuration : 1484 bytes
!
version 15.1
no service timestamps log datetime msec
no service timestamps debug datetime msec
service password-encryption
!
hostname core-router
!
!
!
enable secret 5 $1$mERr$hx5rVt7rPNoS4wqbXKX7m0
!
!
!
!
!
!
no ip cef
no ipv6 cef
!
!
!
!
license udi pid CISCO1941/K9 sn FTX1524G662
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
spanning-tree mode pvst
!
!
!
!
!
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/0
ip address 172.16.10.5 255.255.255.252
ip nat inside
duplex auto
speed auto
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
ip address 172.16.10.2 255.255.255.252
ip nat inside
duplex auto
speed auto
!
interface Serial0/0/0
ip address 172.16.10.9 255.255.255.252
ip access-group permit-only-200 out
ip nat outside
!
interface Serial0/0/1
no ip address
clock rate 2000000
!
interface Vlan1
no ip address
shutdown
!
router ospf 1
log-adjacency-changes
network 8.8.8.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
network 192.168.200.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
network 192.168.220.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
network 172.16.10.0 0.0.0.15 area 0
!
ip nat pool NAT-Pool 172.16.10.9 172.16.10.9 netmask 255.255.255.252
ip nat inside source list 4 pool NAT-Pool overload
ip classless
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.16.10.10 150
!
ip flow-export version 9
!
!
access-list 4 permit 192.168.220.0 0.0.0.255
ip access-list extended permit-only-200
permit ip 192.168.220.0 0.0.0.255 8.8.8.0 0.0.0.255
deny ip 192.168.200.0 0.0.0.255 8.8.8.0 0.0.0.255
permit ip any any
!
!
!
!
!
line con 0
history size 50
!
line aux 0
!
line vty 0 4
login
!
!
!
end

core-router#
core-router#
core-router#
core-router#show ip route
core-router#show ip route
Codes: L - local, C - connected, S - static, R - RIP, M - mobile, B - BGP
D - EIGRP, EX - EIGRP external, O - OSPF, IA - OSPF inter area
N1 - OSPF NSSA external type 1, N2 - OSPF NSSA external type 2
E1 - OSPF external type 1, E2 - OSPF external type 2, E - EGP
i - IS-IS, L1 - IS-IS level-1, L2 - IS-IS level-2, ia - IS-IS inter area
* - candidate default, U - per-user static route, o - ODR
P - periodic downloaded static route

Gateway of last resort is 172.16.10.10 to network 0.0.0.0

8.0.0.0/24 is subnetted, 1 subnets
O 8.8.8.0/24 [110/65] via 172.16.10.10, 00:18:25, Serial0/0/0
172.16.0.0/16 is variably subnetted, 6 subnets, 2 masks
C 172.16.10.0/30 is directly connected, GigabitEthernet0/1
L 172.16.10.2/32 is directly connected, GigabitEthernet0/1
C 172.16.10.4/30 is directly connected, GigabitEthernet0/0
L 172.16.10.5/32 is directly connected, GigabitEthernet0/0
C 172.16.10.8/30 is directly connected, Serial0/0/0
L 172.16.10.9/32 is directly connected, Serial0/0/0
O 192.168.200.0/24 [110/2] via 172.16.10.6, 00:27:22, GigabitEthernet0/0
O 192.168.220.0/24 [110/2] via 172.16.10.1, 00:27:22, GigabitEthernet0/1
S* 0.0.0.0/0 [150/0] via 172.16.10.10
core-router#
core-router#
core-router#show ip os
core-router#show ip ospf ne
core-router#show ip ospf neighbor

Neighbor ID Pri State Dead Time Address Interface
192.168.200.1 1 FULL/DR 00:00:33 172.16.10.6 GigabitEthernet0/0
192.168.220.1 1 FULL/DR 00:00:33 172.16.10.1 GigabitEthernet0/1
172.16.10.10 0 FULL/ - 00:00:35 172.16.10.10 Serial0/0/0
core-router#
core-router#
core-router#
core-router#show cdp
Global CDP information:
Sending CDP packets every 60 seconds
Sending a holdtime value of 180 seconds
Sending CDPv2 advertisements is enabled
core-router#show cdp ne
core-router#show cdp neighbors
Capability Codes: R - Router, T - Trans Bridge, B - Source Route Bridge
S - Switch, H - Host, I - IGMP, r - Repeater, P - Phone
Device ID Local Intrfce Holdtme Capability Platform Port ID
vlan-200-router
Gig 0/1 135 R C1900 Gig 0/0
vlan-100-router
Gig 0/0 125 R C1900 Gig 0/0
google-router
Ser 0/0/0 127 R C1900 Ser 0/0/0
core-router#
core-router#
core-router#
core-router#show ver
core-router#show version
Cisco IOS Software, C1900 Software (C1900-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version 15.1(4)M4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: Support and Documentation - Cisco Systems
Copyright (c) 1986-2007 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Wed 23-Feb-11 14:19 by pt_team

ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 15.1(4)M4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
cisco1941 uptime is 1 hours, 20 minutes, 23 seconds
System returned to ROM by power-on
System image file is "flash0:c1900-universalk9-mz.SPA.151-1.M4.bin"
Last reload type: Normal Reload

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Cisco CISCO1941/K9 (revision 1.0) with 491520K/32768K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FTX152400KS
2 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
2 Low-speed serial(sync/async) network interface(s)
DRAM configuration is 64 bits wide with parity disabled.
255K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
249856K bytes of ATA System CompactFlash 0 (Read/Write)

License Info:

License UDI:

Device# PID SN

*0 CISCO1941/K9 FTX1524G662

Technology Package License Information for Module:'c1900'

Technology Technology-package Technology-package
Current Type Next reboot

ipbase ipbasek9 Permanent ipbasek9
security None None None
data None None None

Configuration register is 0x2102

core-router#
core-router#
core-router#
core-router#show flash
core-router#show flash

System flash directory:
File Length Name/status
3 33591768 c1900-universalk9-mz.SPA.151-4.M4.bin
2 28282 sigdef-category.xml
1 227537 sigdef-default.xml
[33847587 bytes used, 221896413 available, 255744000 total]
249856K bytes of processor board System flash (Read/Write)

core-router#
core-router#
core-router#
core-router#
core-router#
core-router#show ip inter
core-router#show ip interface br
core-router#show ip interface brief
Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol

GigabitEthernet0/0 172.16.10.5 YES manual up up

GigabitEthernet0/1 172.16.10.2 YES manual up up

Serial0/0/0 172.16.10.9 YES manual up up

Serial0/0/1 unassigned YES unset administratively down down

Vlan1 unassigned YES unset administratively down down
core-router#
core-router#show inter gig0/1
GigabitEthernet0/1 is up, line protocol is up (connected)
Hardware is CN Gigabit Ethernet, address is 000b.becb.0e02 (bia 000b.becb.0e02)
Internet address is 172.16.10.2/30
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1000000 Kbit, DLY 10 usec,
reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
Keepalive set (10 sec)
Full-duplex, 100Mb/s, media type is RJ45
output flow-control is unsupported, input flow-control is unsupported
ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00,
Last input 00:00:08, output 00:00:05, output hang never
Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
Input queue: 0/75/0 (size/max/drops); Total output drops: 0
Queueing strategy: fifo
Output queue :0/40 (size/max)
5 minute input rate 57 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 57 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
224 packets input, 15928 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0 abort
0 watchdog, 1017 multicast, 0 pause input
0 input packets with dribble condition detected
210 packets output, 15136 bytes, 0 underruns
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 1 interface resets
0 unknown protocol drops
0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier
0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
core-router#
core-router#
core-router#show cdp nei
core-router#show cdp neighbors
Capability Codes: R - Router, T - Trans Bridge, B - Source Route Bridge
S - Switch, H - Host, I - IGMP, r - Repeater, P - Phone
Device ID Local Intrfce Holdtme Capability Platform Port ID
vlan-200-router
Gig 0/1 134 R C1900 Gig 0/0
vlan-100-router
Gig 0/0 123 R C1900 Gig 0/0
google-router
Ser 0/0/0 126 R C1900 Ser 0/0/0
core-router#
core-router#
core-router#
core-router#show cdp neighbors de
core-router#show cdp neighbors detail

Device ID: vlan-200-router
Entry address(es):
IP address : 172.16.10.1
Platform: cisco C1900, Capabilities: Router
Interface: GigabitEthernet0/1, Port ID (outgoing port): GigabitEthernet0/0
Holdtime: 128

Version :
Cisco IOS Software, C1900 Software (C1900-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version 15.1(4)M4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: Support and Documentation - Cisco Systems
Copyright (c) 1986-2012 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thurs 5-Jan-12 15:41 by pt_team

advertisement version: 2
Duplex: full

Device ID: vlan-100-router
Entry address(es):
IP address : 172.16.10.6
Platform: cisco C1900, Capabilities: Router
Interface: GigabitEthernet0/0, Port ID (outgoing port): GigabitEthernet0/0
Holdtime: 178

Version :
Cisco IOS Software, C1900 Software (C1900-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version 15.1(4)M4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: Support and Documentation - Cisco Systems
Copyright (c) 1986-2012 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thurs 5-Jan-12 15:41 by pt_team

advertisement version: 2
Duplex: full

Device ID: google-router
Entry address(es):
IP address : 172.16.10.10
Platform: cisco C1900, Capabilities: Router
Interface: Serial0/0/0, Port ID (outgoing port): Serial0/0/0
Holdtime: 120

Version :
Cisco IOS Software, C1900 Software (C1900-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version 15.1(4)M4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: Support and Documentation - Cisco Systems
Copyright (c) 1986-2012 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thurs 5-Jan-12 15:41 by pt_team

advertisement version: 2
Duplex: full

core-router#
core-router#
core-router#
core-router#
core-router#show access-lists
Standard IP access list 4
10 permit 192.168.220.0 0.0.0.255
Extended IP access list permit-only-200
10 permit ip 192.168.220.0 0.0.0.255 8.8.8.0 0.0.0.255
20 deny ip 192.168.200.0 0.0.0.255 8.8.8.0 0.0.0.255
30 permit ip any any
core-router#
core-router#show ip ospf interface

GigabitEthernet0/0 is up, line protocol is up
Internet address is 172.16.10.5/30, Area 0
Process ID 1, Router ID 172.16.10.9, Network Type BROADCAST, Cost: 1
Transmit Delay is 1 sec, State BDR, Priority 1
Designated Router (ID) 192.168.200.1, Interface address 172.16.10.6
Backup Designated Router (ID) 172.16.10.9, Interface address 172.16.10.5
Timer intervals configured, Hello 10, Dead 40, Wait 40, Retransmit 5
Hello due in 00:00:04
Index 1/1, flood queue length 0
Next 0x0(0)/0x0(0)
Last flood scan length is 1, maximum is 1
Last flood scan time is 0 msec, maximum is 0 msec
Neighbor Count is 1, Adjacent neighbor count is 1
Adjacent with neighbor 192.168.200.1 (Designated Router)
Suppress hello for 0 neighbor(s)
GigabitEthernet0/1 is up, line protocol is up
Internet address is 172.16.10.2/30, Area 0
Process ID 1, Router ID 172.16.10.9, Network Type BROADCAST, Cost: 1
Transmit Delay is 1 sec, State BDR, Priority 1
Designated Router (ID) 192.168.220.1, Interface address 172.16.10.1
Backup Designated Router (ID) 172.16.10.9, Interface address 172.16.10.2
Timer intervals configured, Hello 10, Dead 40, Wait 40, Retransmit 5
Hello due in 00:00:04
Index 2/2, flood queue length 0
Next 0x0(0)/0x0(0)
Last flood scan length is 1, maximum is 1
Last flood scan time is 0 msec, maximum is 0 msec
Neighbor Count is 1, Adjacent neighbor count is 1
Adjacent with neighbor 192.168.220.1 (Designated Router)
Suppress hello for 0 neighbor(s)
Serial0/0/0 is up, line protocol is up
Internet address is 172.16.10.9/30, Area 0
Process ID 1, Router ID 172.16.10.9, Network Type POINT-TO-POINT, Cost: 64
Transmit Delay is 1 sec, State POINT-TO-POINT, Priority 0
No designated router on this network
No backup designated router on this network
Timer intervals configured, Hello 10, Dead 40, Wait 40, Retransmit 5
Hello due in 00:00:00
Index 3/3, flood queue length 0
Next 0x0(0)/0x0(0)
Last flood scan length is 1, maximum is 1
Last flood scan time is 0 msec, maximum is 0 msec
Neighbor Count is 1 , Adjacent neighbor count is 1
Adjacent with neighbor 172.16.10.10
Suppress hello for 0 neighbor(s)
core-router#
core-router#

going to make a NAT and ACL's but I think I'm good..jpg

acl blocking 15.jpg

no acl pings fine to 8.jpg

echo_time_cat

I would defer to someone who's already obtained a CCENT or CCNA to say you've got the show commands covered, but it looks like you do for the scope.

Hopefully, if there's a simulation running in the exam you can do a "show ?" if you are unsure.

Good luck!

Deathmage

A few hours to go, work let me take day off
But I'm just getting there a tad late to sleep....going in anyways...dedication!

The suspense is killing me!

Hammer80

When you walk in and sit down before you start the test they should hand you something to write on, use this to write down all the basic show commands and also make your self a subnetting table.

Here is my example that I used:

0 1
1 2
2 4
3 8
4 16
5 32

and also

255 32 24
254 31 23
252 30 22
248 29 21
240 28 20

you get the idea, this will make things so much faster.

bradl3yC

You've got this..

JoJoCal19

Good luck Deathmage!!

Mooseboost

Good luck man, I know you have this in the bag.

Deathmage

Some last minute study...exam at 4.

Two snowball rolls at a local sushi shop. Omega 3 for my brain..

Just some subnetting and flash cards.

GreaterNinja

Good luck Deathmage. Honestly, I think you are overdoing it a little too much...try and relax. I think you will be fine.

koz24

Sushi is a great meal before the test. Good luck man!

Deathmage

I'm an Aries, I'm a perfectionist

Probably going to arrive an hour early and take a 30 minute power nap to reset the frontal cortex.

Jon_Cisco

My test center is on a walking trail so I arrive a half hour early and take a walk. Good Luck!

Deathmage

In I go...

HAMP

Im too late to say, but as much as you know, I believe you could have by passed the ccent and taken the whole test for your CCNA.

Without a doubt you got this ccent and even ICND2

Deathmage

Sad panda.

I wasn't nervous and I was upset failing. I honestly had no idea what to expect. But thankfully I got subnetting down cold. I'll just focus on my weak spots, go over the blueprints and take it again soon...

1st time doing a Cisco so I'm content with the score, just no cigar yet. I was the same way going into the VCP5-DCV, I had no idea what the test was like. Overall the test wasn't hard, I just think I need to take practise tests to see the wording. I did zero practice tests just reading, videos, and labbing.

Score: 762

Operation of IP Data Networks: 33%
LAN Switching Technology: 82%
IP Addressing IPV4 and IPv6: 100%
IP Routing Technology: 43%
IP services: 100%
Network Device Security: 50%
Troubleshooting: 71%

Looks like to me I need to focus on OSI level stuff, routing and security.

Going to take some more practise tests, re-read Odom's book and do these flash cards till I remember them all.

Atleast I didn't totally bomb every section. Not going to frat, it's a test not the end of the world just means I need to study more.

HAMP

To be honest with you, im waiting for you to tell us its all a joke and you really passed.

Mooseboost

You have the the right attitude for the sure. It is always harder when you don't know what to expect from a vendor. Now you have seen it and you know what you need to work on. Buff out those weak spots and you will slam dunk it next time for sure.

volfkhat

Deathmage wrote: »

Sad panda.

NOOOOOOO

Wow....dude.... sorry about the setback.

But 762 is pretty damn close for a 1st-timer :]

But now i'm Confused.
How Much of this Exam is "Hands-on Simulations" versus standard "Multiple Choice" questions?

I had assumed the Cisco Exams were Heavily Hands-on (the OPPOSITE of CompTia)....

but perhaps this is not true?

Deathmage

volfkhat wrote: »

NOOOOOOO

Wow....dude.... sorry about the setback.

But 762 is pretty damn close for a 1st-timer :]

But now i'm Confused.
How Much of this Exam is "Hands-on Simulations" versus standard "Multiple Choice" questions?

I had assumed the Cisco Exams were Heavily Hands-on (the OPPOSITE of CompTia)....

but perhaps this is not true?

Ironically I felt I did good on the sims. They weren't hard just time consuming. I think that's one thing I need to work on, is take a practice exam or 10 in 90 minutes.

But one thing I've learned with learning and IT. Never be afraid of failure, sometimes failure is truly needed in order to succeed.

I'm just more determined to pass now. Going to get a cold beer and relax for a bit and in an hour get back to the books.

Positive note, at-least I got subnetting down cold. Those questions took me less than 40 seconds to figure out.

Just wish those dam dry erase pens werent so blunt, makes writing put a table on that board a science all upon it self.

tmcg

Just be careful you don't burn yourself out. Over studying can leave you second guessing yourself. Good luck I'm sure you'll ace it. I'm a strong believer of the motto that you'll get out what you put in..

Deathmage

Resceduled the exam for the 17th @ 3:45 pm. - I'm passing this thing, I'm kind of pissed off looking over this blueprint line for line and to think I got the basics wrong makes me shake-my-head.

like of all things I swear I'd fail on like, ACL's/NAT and those were the easiest by far.

IP Routing technology is making me shake-my-head too cause I swear I had that down cold, it really was the wording on some of them, they got some tricky wording and cause of it I second guessed myself a few times... *kicks stone - trust gut moron!* ...Network Device Security, I do that so much in my labs, shocked that's a 50%.

ahh well just keep on labbing and this time take practice exams, word of the street is Bosom or Measure UP?

alias454

I can relate. It really makes you bummed out when you think "I got this" and then...you feel like you studied for the wrong test. You'll get it next time.

One thing failing the CCNA helped me with was ideas for better lab scenarios. I had done labs but they didn't seem to cover the right frame of mind for the test.

Regards,

Deathmage

alias454 wrote: »

I can relate. It really makes you bummed out when you think "I got this" and then...you feel like you studied for the wrong test. You'll get it next time.

One thing failing the CCNA helped me with was ideas for better lab scenarios. I had done labs but they didn't seem to cover the right frame of mind for the test.

Regards,

I concur, I covered ospf really well lets just say it's made me see things I didn't cover at all like encapsulation and relays something I'm doing more in labs for ospf.

Ironically, in 3 books none of them covered the extent of some of the questions I got. Makes me convince I need to do practice exams this time.