Steve,
Welcome to the Friday, August 29 edition of The Mastermind!
I've got three new CCNA and CCNP practice exams for you today, with links to them later in today's newsletter. My CCNA Security tutorial series will pick up on Monday as well, so there's a lot of great information for you here and in the days and weeks ahead!
In the meantime.. let's get started!
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Three New CCNA And CCNP Practice Exams Are Ready For You!
Here's a new CCNA training exam on EIGRP - and I recommend you CCNP candidates check it out as well!
CCNA Practice Exam: EIGRP
For CCNP candidates preparing for the BSCI exam, here's a new practice test on BGP:
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: BGP Practice Test Questions
And here's a new CCNA Security practice exam on VPNs!
CCNA Security Practice Exam: Virtual Private Networks
The second part of my exclusive CCNA Security tutorial on using Security Device Manager to configure one-step lockdown has been posted:
CCNA Security Exam Tutorial: SDM And One-Step Lockdown
You can find more CCNA and CCENT exams here:
CCNA And CCENT Exam Practice Exams
Don't feel left out, CCNP candidates - I've got more questions sets and tutorials on the way for you, too, and there are plenty of tutorials for you on the main Tutorials page!
Many of our new visitors might not know about the Tutorials page - this page has links to over 200 articles, tutorials, and practice exams for Cisco certifications along with plenty of articles on improving or starting your IT career!
Cisco Certification Tutorials Page
So get over there and start reading! : )
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Thought For The Day:
When baseball great Ty Cobb was 70, a reporter asked him, "What do you think you'd hit if you were playing these days?"
Cobb, who had a lifetime batting average of .367, said "About .290, maybe .300."
The reporter replied, "That's because of the travel, the night games, the artificial turf, and all the new pitches like the slider, right?"
Cobb replied, "No, it's because I am seventy."
Now that's believing in yourself!
- From "The Success Principles" By Jack Canfield
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Here are today's Cisco training questions!
CCNA Certification And CCENT Certification:
List the three locations from which a Cisco router attempts to load a valid IOS image during the boot process. And list them in order! :)
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
Short answer: Define the term man-in-the-middle attack.
In the world of WPA , what is "Michael", and what does it / he do?
What is "comfort noise"? Is it desirable? How do we enable it, if it's not enabled by default?
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
In what particular situation would you find yourself using the OSPF command summary-address? Your answer should include the OSPF router type(s) that can run that command.
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
When a Cisco switch port receives a dynamic VLAN assignment, what is autoenabled on that port at the same time?
CCNP / ONT Exam: (My ONT Study Package is now available - the introductory price ends on Sunday, August 31!)
What protocol is used by the WCS to communicate with the WLCs it monitors?
Answers right here on Saturday, August 30!
In the meantime, spend some time at my Cisco CCNA, CCNP, and CCENT tutorials page - that page has links to over 200 Cisco practice exams, tutorials, articles, and videos are on the way!
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Here are the answers to yesterday's questions!
CCNA Certification And CCENT Certification:
Short answer: Describe the potential issue created by the following command.
R2#debug ip packet
IP packet debugging is on
Answer: This is a powerful debug that can result in overwhelming the router's CPU if there's quite a bit of traffic running when you activate the debug. You may not even be able to enter undebug all !
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
Short answer: Define the term dictionary attack.
Answer: You know how some programs require alphanumeric passwords, and / or numbers to appear in the password as well? That's because the average person will set a non-numeric password of 7 characters or less on average, and it's that tendency that a dictionary attack attempts to take advantage of.
A basic dictionary attack attempts to guess a key or password by using words with 7 characters or less. There are different kinds of dictionary attacks, and I'll have them covered in my upcoming CCNA Security Study Guide.
Describe the major purpose of both Yagi and Omni antennae, and the main difference between the two with regards to signal strength.
Answer: A Yagi antenna (technically, the full name is "Yagi-Uda antenna") sends its signal in a single direction, which means it must be aligned correctly and kept that way. Yagi antennas are sometimes called directional antennas, since they send their signal in a particular direction. In contrast, an Omni antenna sends a signal in all directions.
The unidirectional signal a Yagi antenna sends makes it particularly helpful in bridging the distance between Wireless Access Points. The multidirectional signal sent by Omni antennas help connect hosts to WAPs, including roaming laptop users.
Short answer: Define the term packetization period.
Answer: Packetization period is the actual amount of voice that's encapsulated in each packet. Measured in milliseconds, the normal packetization period is 20 ms. If the packetization period is shortened, the resulting packets are smaller; if this period is lengthened, the packets will be larger.
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
What OSPF device(s) send Type 2 LSAs?
Answer: Type 2 LSAs are sent out by the DR only.
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
Name the three violation options available with port security, and name the action taken by the switch for each option.
Answer: The default is shutdown, and it's just what it sounds like - the port is placed into error-disabled state and manual intervention is needed to reopen the port. An SNMP trap message is also generated.
Protect mode simply drops the offending frames, while restrict mode drops the offending frames and will generate both an SNMP trap notification and syslog message regarding the violation.
CCNP / ONT Exam: (My ONT Study Package is now available!)
You're using the WCS to add a wireless controller to your network. What menu path should you take?
Answer: Select Configure, then Controllers, then Add Controllers from the drop-down box.
That's it for today! There's plenty of tutorials and practice exams waiting for you on the website, so get over there and start reading - I won't tell your boss! : )
See you Saturday!
To your success,
Chris Bryant
CCIE #12933
http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/
The Bryant Advantage, 9429 Apple Blossom Drive, Mechanicsville, VA 23116, USA
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