Welcome to the Tuesday, September 22 edition of The Mastermind!
The parade of Cisco Certification success continues! We've received one email after another from those of you who have recently earned your CCNA and CCNP - congratulations to every single one of you!
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Four New Bryant Advantage CCNA / CCNP Videos Have Just Been Posted On YouTube!
Even if you're not working on a home lab right now, I strongly recommend these videos for all CCENT and CCNA candidates, as these videos also review some important Frame Relay concepts:
CCNA / CCNP Home Lab Video: Frame Relay Switch Theory
The second video shows you how to configure a Frame Relay switch, along with verification and troubleshooting procedures:
CCNA / CCNP Home Lab Video: Frame Relay Switch Configuration
I'm often asked whether I recommend the one-exam or two-exam path to the CCNA. Here's a video to help you decide:
The Path(s) To CCNA And CCENT Success
And if you'd like to take a video tour of my CCNA / CCENT Study Package, I have that ready for you as well!
CCNA / CCENT Study Package Video Tour
While you're there, be sure to click "subscribe" to be the first to know about future Cisco certification videos I'll be posting regularly on YouTube, including in-depth looks at the new Security, Wireless and Voice videos, along with study tips and a lot more!
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Thought For The Day
"Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work."
-- Jack Nicklaus
Opportunities are everywhere for Cisco certified network admins today ... just look at these recent sales figures from last quarter!
Cisco product sales rose 8.8%
Cisco service sales climbed 16%
Someone's got to install and troubleshoot all of this equipment - and Cisco certified network admins are at the front of the line!
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CCNA Voice and Wireless questions return on October 1!
CCNA Certification And CCENT Certification:
The statements below describe RAM, ROM, Flash, and/or NVRAM. Identify the term(s) that each statement describes.
A. Contents are lost on a reload
B. Default location from which the IOS image is loaded.
C. Contains the startup configuration
D. Contains the running configuration
E. Stores the power-on self-test programs
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
You're configuring SSH and want to define how many seconds must pass before an incomplete SSH connection is terminated. What command can you use to do this?
A. exec-timeout
B. ip ssh time-out
C. ssh terminate
D. ip ssh timer-log
E. ssh idle-timer
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
Which of the following values must match exactly between potential OSPF neighbors in order for a neighbor relationship to form?
A. hello time
B. dead time
C. stub flag
D. process number
E. AS number
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
Short answer: What is the basic purpose of a VMPS?
Short answer: Name the three business-critical sub-categories of traffic created by SDM when using the QoS Wizard.
Answers right here on Wednesday, September 24!________________________________________________
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"I would like to update you on my progress on the CCNP scene but before that again I would like to thank you again personally for the great BSCI, BCMSN and ISCW guides.
"I have scored 968 for the composite exam (I figure that I would like to see if I could do both the BSCI and BCMSN in one shot using your guides and boy was I not disappointed ;-)). I scored a perfect 1000 in my ISCW exam, too!" -- Nickelby Thane
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Just click the following image for ordering information, place your order online with Trainsignal (I create and record the courses, Trainsignal handles the shipping) and you'll receive a free download of any of my CCNP Study Packages - guaranteed only through midnight tonight, Monday, September 22!
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CCNA Certification And CCENT Certification:
In the wonderful world of WANs, what is the "demarc point"?
Answer: That's the point where your network's wiring and equipment meet that of the service provider. It also makes for some interesting tech support discussions. ("No, sir, I'm quite sure the problem is on your side of the demarc point!")
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
Just 34 days until the release of my CCNA Security Study Package!
R1# ?
Session audit trail is disabled
Session alert is enabled
one-minute (sampling period) thresholds are [400:500] connections
max-incomplete sessions thresholds are [400:500]
max-incomplete tcp connections per host is 50. Block-time 0 minute.
tcp synwait-time is 30 sec -- tcp finwait-time is 5 sec
tcp idle-time is 3600 sec -- udp idle-time is 30 sec
Answer: That's the (very) partial output of the show ip inspect config command.
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
In OSPF, Area 0 cannot be made into which of the following ?
A. stub
B. total stub
C. not-so-stub stub
D. partial stub
Answer: A, B, C, D. You can't configure Area 0 as any kind of stub area.
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
What global command will enable BPDU Guard on all ports on your Cisco switch?
Answer: SW1(config)#spanning-tree portfast bpduguard default
CCNP / ONT Exam:
Name three values commonly examined to determine the bandwidth of a VoIP call.
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