My CCNA Practice LAB
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This may help someone study for the Cisco Exam. I created this one weekend when I was going through Todd Lammle's CCNA Study Guide 4th Edition. So this will make a lot more sense if you have read the book. Unfortunately I did not save the document after finishing the final Chapter, but it is in print so I will post a revision later. This is meant to go hand in hand with the routersim that comes with the Deluxe Edition of the book.
Anyways, hopefully this helps some of you. I passed my school test with a 90% (45/50) after mastering this! We'll see if it works when I take the exam in a week!
To the CCNA folks, is this a decent practice lab?
Practice Cisco Network Setup
First, erase the startup configuration on all switches and routers!
Chapter 4
Set all routers with the encrypted password as Cisco.
Setup the console and auxiliary passwords on each Cisco router.
Set the current time and date on all Cisco routers.
Set up a banner message on all off the Cisco routers.
Configure a hostname on each of the routers and switches.
Save all configurations so they run at startup.
Q - What is the command to encrypt all passwords?
Q – What command switches you to privileged mode without completely exiting?
Chapter 5
Configure the following routers & switches with IP addresses and hostnames. Remeber, this is a 17.16.0.0 network!
2621A f 0/0 = 11.2/24 (set a description on this interface)
2621A f 0/0 = 10.1/24
2501A e 0 = 11.1.24
2501A s 0 = 20.1/24
2501B s 0 = 20.2/24
2501B s 1 = 40.1/24
2501B e 0 = 10.2/24
2501C s 0 = 40.2/24
2501C e 0 = 50.1/24
1900A = 10.3/24 (configure default gateway)
1900B = 10.4/24 (configure default gateway)
Next configure 2621A with only static routes to each network..=
Configure 2501A with RIP.
Configure 2501B with RIP (set serial 1 so it does not advertise RIP updates)
Configure 2501C using a default route.
Now reconfigure 2501A & 2501B with IGRP.
Verify all configurations with at least 3 commands.
Q – What are the administrative distances of static routes, RIP, and IGRP?
Q – What are the default composite metric(s) of RIP and IGRP?
Q – What is the difference between link-state and distance-vector?
Q – Name 3 solutions that counter routing loops:
Q – What are the default update times for RIP and IGRP?
Chapter 6
Has been omitted since the routersim had nothing for this, but I suppose I could add some questions.
Chapter 7
Configure the following switches passwords, hostnames, and IP addresses etc.
Delete all information on the 1900A and 1900B switches.
Next set the user and enable passwords to Cisco on both switches.
Next set the hostnames to 1900A and 1900B respectively.
Next set up each switches IP address and default gateways.
1900A = 10.3/24 (set gateway)
1900B = 10.4/24 (set gateway)
Q – What is the default LAN switching type on a Cisco 1900 switch?
Q – How is the root bridge determined?
Q – How are the root ports determined?
Q – How is the designated port determined?
Q – How is the blocking port determined?
Q – Which LAN switch type forwards after reading the destination address?
Q – Which LAN switch type performs a complete CRC before forwarding?
Q – Which LAN switch type forwards after reading the first 64 bytes of a frame?
Q – What is the command to delete the startup-config on a 2950 series switch?
Chapter 8
*this section may have errors, but I will add the updated version soon.
Create VLAN’s on Cisco 1900 switches.
First disable any existing VLANS on each switch.
Now setup the VTP domain name on each switch to routersim.
Next setup a VLAN named sales on each switch.
Turn trunking on fast Ethernet ports 26 and 27 for 1900A
Turn trunking on fast Ethernet port 26 for 1900B
Make 1900B a VTP client
On 1900A configure port 1 as a member of VLAN 1 and port 5 for VLAN 2
Repeat this process for 1900B except port 2 in VLAN 1 .
Verify your VLAN and VTP settings with at least 3 commands.
Q – What are 3 benefits of using VLAN’s?
Q – What are the differences between static and dynamic VLAN’s?
Q – What is the difference between an access link and a trunk link?
Q – What are the two different standards for frame tagging?
Q – What is VTP and what is it used for?
Q – What is router on a stick?
Chapter 9
Manage a router by backing up the IOS, configurations, using CDP, and hostnames.
First verify the IOS file name, total size, and the register on 2501B.
Now backup the IOS to the TFTP server on 172.16.10.6
Now restore the IOS from the same TFTP server
Next, verify that CDP is running on any router.
Now increase the CDP timer and hold timer by 30 seconds.
Now use CDP to see information on neighboring devices.
Use CDP to see detailed information on these devices.
Now take a look at your CDP traffic.
Now telnet into router 2501A from router 2501B
On 2501A see how many connections are open and how many users are on it.
Now create a host table of all routers and switches on 2501B.
Q – What is stored on a Cisco routers ROM?
Q – Where is the IOS stored?
Q – Where is the startup-configuration stored?
Q – Where are the running configurations, buffers, and ARP cache stored?
Q – In a nutshell, what are the steps in a Cisco routers boot sequence?
Q – What command is used to change the configuration register?
Q – What configuration register is used to recover a password in IOS and ROM?
Q – What 3 things should be verified before backing up an IOS?
Q – What command is used to disable CDP on an interface and the entire router?
Q – What command is used to close a connection to a router?
Q – What is the command [Crtl+Shift+6, then X] used for?
Q – What commands enable and disable domain lookups?
Chapter 10
Creating access lists on your network for security.
Verify that host 10.5 and 50.2 can connect to each other both ways.
Block all connections from host 172.16.50.2 to network 172.16.10.0.
Remove this access-list before continuing.
Now block all telnet traffic from 2621A to 2501B using an access list.
Q – What are the number ranges for a standard access list?
Q – What are the number ranges for an extended access list?
Q – Where do you want to place a standard access-list?
Q – Where do you want to place an extended access-list?
Chapter 11
*will be added soon[/b]
Anyways, hopefully this helps some of you. I passed my school test with a 90% (45/50) after mastering this! We'll see if it works when I take the exam in a week!
To the CCNA folks, is this a decent practice lab?
Practice Cisco Network Setup
First, erase the startup configuration on all switches and routers!
Chapter 4
Set all routers with the encrypted password as Cisco.
Setup the console and auxiliary passwords on each Cisco router.
Set the current time and date on all Cisco routers.
Set up a banner message on all off the Cisco routers.
Configure a hostname on each of the routers and switches.
Save all configurations so they run at startup.
Q - What is the command to encrypt all passwords?
Q – What command switches you to privileged mode without completely exiting?
Chapter 5
Configure the following routers & switches with IP addresses and hostnames. Remeber, this is a 17.16.0.0 network!
2621A f 0/0 = 11.2/24 (set a description on this interface)
2621A f 0/0 = 10.1/24
2501A e 0 = 11.1.24
2501A s 0 = 20.1/24
2501B s 0 = 20.2/24
2501B s 1 = 40.1/24
2501B e 0 = 10.2/24
2501C s 0 = 40.2/24
2501C e 0 = 50.1/24
1900A = 10.3/24 (configure default gateway)
1900B = 10.4/24 (configure default gateway)
Next configure 2621A with only static routes to each network..=
Configure 2501A with RIP.
Configure 2501B with RIP (set serial 1 so it does not advertise RIP updates)
Configure 2501C using a default route.
Now reconfigure 2501A & 2501B with IGRP.
Verify all configurations with at least 3 commands.
Q – What are the administrative distances of static routes, RIP, and IGRP?
Q – What are the default composite metric(s) of RIP and IGRP?
Q – What is the difference between link-state and distance-vector?
Q – Name 3 solutions that counter routing loops:
Q – What are the default update times for RIP and IGRP?
Chapter 6
Has been omitted since the routersim had nothing for this, but I suppose I could add some questions.
Chapter 7
Configure the following switches passwords, hostnames, and IP addresses etc.
Delete all information on the 1900A and 1900B switches.
Next set the user and enable passwords to Cisco on both switches.
Next set the hostnames to 1900A and 1900B respectively.
Next set up each switches IP address and default gateways.
1900A = 10.3/24 (set gateway)
1900B = 10.4/24 (set gateway)
Q – What is the default LAN switching type on a Cisco 1900 switch?
Q – How is the root bridge determined?
Q – How are the root ports determined?
Q – How is the designated port determined?
Q – How is the blocking port determined?
Q – Which LAN switch type forwards after reading the destination address?
Q – Which LAN switch type performs a complete CRC before forwarding?
Q – Which LAN switch type forwards after reading the first 64 bytes of a frame?
Q – What is the command to delete the startup-config on a 2950 series switch?
Chapter 8
*this section may have errors, but I will add the updated version soon.
Create VLAN’s on Cisco 1900 switches.
First disable any existing VLANS on each switch.
Now setup the VTP domain name on each switch to routersim.
Next setup a VLAN named sales on each switch.
Turn trunking on fast Ethernet ports 26 and 27 for 1900A
Turn trunking on fast Ethernet port 26 for 1900B
Make 1900B a VTP client
On 1900A configure port 1 as a member of VLAN 1 and port 5 for VLAN 2
Repeat this process for 1900B except port 2 in VLAN 1 .
Verify your VLAN and VTP settings with at least 3 commands.
Q – What are 3 benefits of using VLAN’s?
Q – What are the differences between static and dynamic VLAN’s?
Q – What is the difference between an access link and a trunk link?
Q – What are the two different standards for frame tagging?
Q – What is VTP and what is it used for?
Q – What is router on a stick?
Chapter 9
Manage a router by backing up the IOS, configurations, using CDP, and hostnames.
First verify the IOS file name, total size, and the register on 2501B.
Now backup the IOS to the TFTP server on 172.16.10.6
Now restore the IOS from the same TFTP server
Next, verify that CDP is running on any router.
Now increase the CDP timer and hold timer by 30 seconds.
Now use CDP to see information on neighboring devices.
Use CDP to see detailed information on these devices.
Now take a look at your CDP traffic.
Now telnet into router 2501A from router 2501B
On 2501A see how many connections are open and how many users are on it.
Now create a host table of all routers and switches on 2501B.
Q – What is stored on a Cisco routers ROM?
Q – Where is the IOS stored?
Q – Where is the startup-configuration stored?
Q – Where are the running configurations, buffers, and ARP cache stored?
Q – In a nutshell, what are the steps in a Cisco routers boot sequence?
Q – What command is used to change the configuration register?
Q – What configuration register is used to recover a password in IOS and ROM?
Q – What 3 things should be verified before backing up an IOS?
Q – What command is used to disable CDP on an interface and the entire router?
Q – What command is used to close a connection to a router?
Q – What is the command [Crtl+Shift+6, then X] used for?
Q – What commands enable and disable domain lookups?
Chapter 10
Creating access lists on your network for security.
Verify that host 10.5 and 50.2 can connect to each other both ways.
Block all connections from host 172.16.50.2 to network 172.16.10.0.
Remove this access-list before continuing.
Now block all telnet traffic from 2621A to 2501B using an access list.
Q – What are the number ranges for a standard access list?
Q – What are the number ranges for an extended access list?
Q – Where do you want to place a standard access-list?
Q – Where do you want to place an extended access-list?
Chapter 11
*will be added soon[/b]
