Steve,
Welcome to the Monday, July 28 edition of The Mastermind!
In today's edition, you'll see the answers to last week's CCNA Security practice exam, plus a few free tutorials as well - and a limited-time offer on my Video Boot Camps as well!
Let's get started!
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Get Ready For Exam Success With These Practice Exams!
Answers to this CCNA Security practice exam have been posted:
CCNA Security: NTP, Telnet, SSH, And More!
When you're done there, tackle these practice exams as well!
CCNA Certification: Frame Relay Questions
CCNA Certification: HDLC And PPP Questions
CCNA Certification: Static Routing And RIP Questions
The questions on static routing and RIP includes a tutorial on floating static routes that you CCNP candidates should read as well!
CCNA Certification Training Questions: RAM, ROM, Flash, And More!
I'll have more free practice exams, tutorials, and coming later this summer - free video training for your Cisco certification exams and home lab setup!
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Thought For The Day:
"If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise."
- Robert Fritz
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Cisco Has Announced Three Additional CCNA Certifications!
But To Earn Them, You've Got To Be CCNA Certified, So Get Started Today!
Cisco has announced three brand-new CCNA-level Certifications:
CCNA Security
CCNA Voice
CCNA Wireless
Click those links to go to the new resource pages I've created for each new exam - I'll post practice questions, written tutorials, and video training on those pages in the weeks and months ahead.
There is a new CCNA Security tutorial on using SDM to configure one-step lockdown - the link is on the CCNA Security Resource page.
These new certifications are going to be a tremendous career boost to those who earn them.
Why? Just look at these statistics!
Security: Right now, 46% of companies included in the survey have a position dedicated to security - that's going to almost double over the next five years to 80%.
Voice: Currently, 40% of surveyed customers have a voice specialist. That number will rise to 69% in the next five years.
Wireless: While 33% of surveyed companies currently have a position dedicated to wireless, that value will double over the next five years to 66%.
(Stats were arrived at by Forrester Consulting during a study sponsored by Cisco. You can get a copy here.)
Those statistics tell a simple tale:
Network admins who have knowledge and certification in security, wireless, and voice will have a huge advantage over network admins who do not.
That's why Cisco is introducing these new certifications, and exactly why I'll be releasing Study Packages for all three of these specializations, beginning in September!
There's one detail you need to take care of now, though.
To earn any of these CCNA specialist certifications, you must earn your CCNA first, by either the one-exam (640-802) path or the two exam path (ICND 1 and 2).
This announcement by Cisco makes it more important than ever to be CCNA certified. Be ready to earn these new certifications by earning your CCNA now!
Just imagine how impressive your resume and reputation will be when you're CCNA certified and certified in security, voice, and wireless!
Personally, I'd hire you in a minute, and I've always been tough about who I hire. And if you already worked for me, you'd get the next promotion.
Get ready for these new certifications by starting on your CCNA now. Take five minutes to read this page - it's more important than ever.
The Ultimate CCNA Study Package
Starting this September, I'll be releasing Study Packages for CCNA Security, CCNA Voice, and CCNA Wireless. While I'm working on those, you need to be working on your CCNA to take advantage of these vital new certifications.
Click that link and let's get started!
The Ultimate CCNA Study Package
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Here are today's Cisco practice exam questions!
CCNA Certification:
What single command would double every RIP value show in the following command output?
R1#show ip protocols
Routing Protocol is "rip"
Sending updates every 30 seconds
Invalid after 180 seconds, hold down 180, flushed after 240
CCENT Certification:
You're configuring a Cisco switch and attempt to place a port into a VLAN that has not yet been created. What will happen, and what message should you expect to see?
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
You're working in SDM to configure an Easy VPN Server. You'll have three options for authenticating your Easy VPN Clients. What are they?
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
What do the following IPv4 fields have in common as they relate to IPv6?
Header Length
Identification
Flags
Fragment Offset
Header Checksum
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
What single word allows an HSRP router to take over as the Active router even if the current Active route is online?
CCNP / ONT Exam:
What headers are compressed by RTP Header Compression?
Answers right here on Tuesday!
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These Video Boot Camps will still be here on August 1, but I guarantee those free offers will NOT be here.
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Click on those links, order your Video Boot Camp from my friends at Trainsignal (I create and teach each course personally, and Trainsignal ships 'em), and let's get started!
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Here are the answers to yesterday's questions!
CCNA Certification:
Examine the following output and tell me what defaults have been changed.
R1#show ip protocols
Routing Protocol is "rip"
Sending updates every 30 seconds
Invalid after 180 seconds, hold down 180, flushed after 240
Answer: None of the RIP default timers have been changed.
CCENT Certification:
At which layer of the OSI model do the following protocols run?
SMTP, Telnet, HTTP, FTP, SNMP
Answer: They all run at the Transport layer - Layer 7 - of the OSI model.
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
You're working in SDM to create a VPN. What service must be running on the router to do so? (Hint: If the router isn't already running it, SDM will prompt you to activate it.)
Answer: AAA must be running. As shown here, the Launch Easy VPN Server Wizard button will not even be enabled if AAA is not running. Note that SDM has an Enable AAA option on the right-hand side of the window.
Clicking Enable AAA brings up the following prompt:
Answering Yes will enable AAA on the router and the Launch Easy VPN Server Wizard button will then be enabled.
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
When you enter the command shown below, what unusual characteristic will the route to 16.0.0.0 252.0.0.0 have that no other route in the EIGRP routing table will have?
R1(config)#interface serial0
R1(config-if)#ip summary-address eigrp 100 16.0.0.0 252.0.0.0
Answer: The exit interface for the summary route will be Null0, as shown in this routing table excerpt:
R1#show ip route
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100.0.0.0/8 is variably subnetted, 8 subnets, 2 masks
C 100.4.0.0/16 is directly connected, Loopback4
C 100.5.0.0/16 is directly connected, Loopback5
C 100.6.0.0/16 is directly connected, Loopback6
C 100.7.0.0/16 is directly connected, Loopback7
D 100.0.0.0/13 is a summary, 00:07:32, Null0
C 100.1.0.0/16 is directly connected, Loopback0
C 100.2.0.0/16 is directly connected, Loopback2
C 100.3.0.0/16 is directly connected, Loopback3
On R1, the summary route is seen as a route to Null0, which is basically a route to the trash can. If a packet comes into this router that doesn't match one of the seven more-specific routes, it will be "black-holed" - dropped by the router.
This default behavior of EIGRP route summarization helps to prevent routing loops.
This null route will only be seen on the router performing the manual summarization.
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
What two protocols are used to negotiate Etherchannel parameters between switches?
Answer: LAPB and PAgP.
CCNP / ONT Exam:
At what layer of the Cisco Hierarchical Switching Model should packet classification not take place?
Answer: You should perform packet classification as close to the end user as possible - and never classify packets at the Core layer!
That about does it for today! Enjoy your day, and I'll see you Tuesday!
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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