Welcome to the Thursday, October 9 edition of The Mastermind!
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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
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Identify the true statements.
A. show cdp neighbor displays the IP and MAC address of each directly connected neighbor.
B. A default static route has a mask and destination of 0.0.0.0.
C. Split horizon is disabled at the global configuration level.
D. The AD of RIP is higher than that of OSPF and EIGRP internal routes.
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
What are the preconfigured security policies in SDM's Basic Firewall Wizard?
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
What command can be used to add or remove protocols forwarded by the ip helper-address command?
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
Identify the true statements regarding DHCP Snooping.
A. When you enable this feature, all ports are trusted by default.
B. Enabling this feature results in all ports being considered untrustworthy.
C. DHCP Snooping must be configured at the interface level and there is no default for trust/untrust.
D. You configure this at the interface level and by default all ports are considered untrusted.
Between the WCS and the Location Appliance, which must be initially configured at the CLI?
A. The WCS only.
B. The Location Appliance only.
C. Both.
D. Neither.
My new Cisco Certification Pop Quiz Video series started this week, and here's the first one for you - a free video quiz on RIP, along with answers illustrated on real Cisco routers and switches!
CCNA Video Exam: RIP
CCNA Security Tutorial: DHCP Snooping
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Identify the true statements.
A. In VTP, the domain name is case-sensitive.
B. If you want to create a VLAN that only has members attached to a single VTP Client, you still have to create that VLAN on a VTP Server.
C. The trunking protocol ISL is an industry-standard protocol.
D. Dot1Q runs on non-Cisco switches with no problem at all.
Answers: A, B, C. Dot1q is Cisco-proprietary. The other three statements are correct.
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
Which of the following IPS features should specifically be enabled if the router is performing load balancing?
A. Use Built-In Signatures (as backup)
B. Enable Deny Action On IPS Interface
C. Enable Engine Fail Closed
D. Enable SDEE Events
Answer: B. Note the description in this screen shot from my CCNA Security Study Package:

CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
You want to set the weight for all routes learned from a BGP neighbor to 200. That neighbor's IP address is 172.12.123.3. What command should you run under the BGP process to make this happen?
Answer: Under the BGP process, run the neighbor 172.12.123.3 weight 200 command.
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
Name the five security options available on the Security tab in the Cisco Aironet Desktop Utility.
Answer: You can see the options under "Set Security Options" in this screen shot from my BCMSN Study Package:

To bring up the login screen for Cisco WCS, you open a web browser and browse to what IP address?
Answer: 127.0.0.1.CCIE #12933
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