Steve,
Welcome to the Thursday, September 4 edition of The Mastermind!
My CCNA Security tutorial series resumes this week, with a new tutorial on using SDM to perform a security audit:
CCNA Security Exam: SDM And Security Audits
I'll have another CCNA Security tutorial for you on Friday.
My exclusive Cisco Video Training series begins very soon, with videos on topics from building a Cisco home lab to the best way to study for exam success - and everything in between!
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In the meantime.. let's get started!
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Answers Have Been Posted To My Latest Cisco Exams!
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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Thoughts For The Day:
"If you are bored with life, if you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals."
-- Lou Holtz
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Here are today's Cisco training questions!
CCNA Certification And CCENT Certification:
You're configuring a point-to-point connection between a non-Cisco router and a Cisco router. Which of the following combinations of PTP protocols will function correctly on this combination?
A. Use HDLC on both routers.
B. Use PPP on both routers.
C. Use HDLC on the Cisco router and PPP on the non-Cisco router.
D. Use PPP on the Cisco router and HDLC on the non-Cisco router.
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
A. You'll see the username in plain text.
B. You'll see asterisks for the username as you enter it.
C. You'll see nothing for the username - not even the cursor moving.
D. You'll see the password in plain text.
E. You'll see asterisks for the password as you enter it.
F. You'll see nothing for the password - the cursor will not even move.
You're using HTTP to open a connection to your Wireless Control System. What will happen?
A. Nothing unusual, you'll be prompted for a username and password.
B. You'll first be redirected to an HTTPS connection.
C. You'll first be redirected to an SNMP connection.
D. Your connection will fail.
What service can redirect a VOIP call to the PSTN when CallManager determines that there is not enough bandwidth available for a high-quality VOIP call?
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
Short answer: What multicast addressing range is commonly called the "local network control block"?
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
What command resulted in the following output?
R1# ?
*Apr 9 20:15:10.542: HSRP: Fa0/0 API MAC address update
*Apr 9 20:15:10.546: HSRP: Fa0/0 API Software interface coming up
*Apr 9 20:15:10.550: HSRP: Fa0/0 API Add active HSRP addresses to ARP table
*Apr 9 20:15:10.554: HSRP: Fa0/0 API Add active HSRP addresses to ARP table
CCNP / ONT Exam:
Short answer: What is "war driving"?
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Here are the answers to yesterday's questions!
CCNA Certification And CCENT Certification:
Write a configuration that would allow the following three users to successfully telnet in with the appropriate access level. Their first name is their username, last name is their password. (Don't do this at work! :) ) Include any necessary line configuration.
Users:
Jack Trump - highest privilege level possible
Donald Canfield - lowest privilege level possible
Stacy Putty - higher than Canfield, but lower than Trump
Answer: You'd need three separate username/password commands....
username jack privilege 15 password trump
username donald privilege 0 password canfield
username stacy privilege 1 password putty
You could put any value from 1 - 14 for the last password.
You'll also need the login local command on the VTY lines in order to use this local username/database for telnet authentication.
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
Answer: RFC 3704 (an updated version of RFC 2827) recommends that packets from the following network ranges be prohibited from entering your network:
0.0.0.0 /8
10.0.0.0 /8 (RFC 1918 Class A private range)
127.0.0.0 /8 (loopback address range)
172.16.0.0 /12 (RFC 1918 Class B private range)
192.168.0.0 /16 (RFC 1918 Class C private range)
224.0.0.0 /4 (reserved for IP multicasts)
240.0.0.0 /4 (RFC 1918 Class E private range)
What happens if you start the WCS service and it's already running? Discuss any potential issues that could arise from this situation.
Answer: All that happens is that you'll receive a message that WCS is already running. Nothing bad happens. Don't mean to disappoint you. ;)You're running cRTP, and UDP checksums are not in use. What is the approximate compression percentage of the IP, UDP, and RTP headers?
Answer: If UDP checksums are not in use, you're going from 40 bytes of headers to only 2 - a 95% reduction in header overhead.
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
What is the net effect of the following configuration? Are there options for this command that should be considered?
R1(config)#router ospf 1
R1(config-router)#default-information originate
Answer: As shown here, this router will advertise a default route into OSPF as long as one actually exists in the router's routing table. To advertise a default route even if none exists in the local router's tables, use the always option at the end of this command.
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
What should you do to avoid the error message shown below?
SW2(config)#int fast 0/8
SW2(config-if)#switchport nonegotiate
Command rejected: Conflict between 'nonegotiate' and 'dynamic' status.
Answer: The Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP) can be turned off at the interface level with the switchport nonegotiate command, but as you see below, you cannot turn DTP off until the port is no longer in dynamic desirable trunking mode.
SW2(config)#int fast 0/8
SW2(config-if)#switchport nonegotiate
Command rejected: Conflict between 'nonegotiate' and 'dynamic' status.
SW2(config-if)#switchport mode ?
access Set trunking mode to ACCESS unconditionally
dynamic Set trunking mode to dynamically negotiate access or trunk mode
trunk Set trunking mode to TRUNK unconditionally
SW2(config-if)#switchport mode trunk
SW2(config-if)#switchport nonegotiate
You can verify DTP operation (or non-operation) with show dtp.
SW1#show dtp
Global DTP information
Sending DTP Hello packets every 30 seconds
Dynamic Trunk timeout is 300 seconds
4 interfaces using DTP
CCNP / ONT Exam:
What options will IOS Help show in the following configuration?
R1(config)#int tunnel 0
R1(config-if)#ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
R1(config-if)#tunnel source 10.1.1.1
R1(config-if)#tunnel destination ?
Answer: You'll be prompted for to enter either a destination IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) or a hostname.R1(config)#int tunnel 0
R1(config-if)#ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
R1(config-if)#tunnel source 10.1.1.1
R1(config-if)#tunnel destination ?
Hostname or A.B.C.D ip address or host name
X:X:X:X::X IPv6 address
That's it for today! Enjoy your day, and when you've got a few minutes (or a few hours!), head over to my Cisco CCNA And CCNP Tutorial Page - over 200 free tutorials, articles, and practice exams await you!
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