Steve,
Welcome to the Tuesday, July 29 edition of The Mastermind!
Thanks to all of you who have contacted me to let me know how much you're enjoying the new, expanded answers section in the daily newsletter. You're welcome!
I've got a new CCNA Security practice exam for you today, and plenty of CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP help for you as well, so....
Let's get started!
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Get Ready For Exam Success With These Practice Exams!
Here's your latest CCNA Security practice exam:
CCNA Security Exam: Network Attacks And Defenses
I'll post the answers to those questions on Friday. In the meantime, take on these practice exams as well - answers are at the bottom of each page!
CCNA Security: NTP, Telnet, SSH, And More!
CCNA Certification: Frame Relay Questions
CCNA Certification: HDLC And PPP Questions
CCNA Certification: Static Routing And RIP Questions
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:
"The world doesn't pay you for what you know; it pays you for what you do. There's an enduring axiom of success that says, 'The universe rewards success.' Yet as simple and as true as this principle is, it's surprising how many people get bogged down in analyzing, planning, and organizing when what they really need to do is take action.
When you take action, you trigger all kinds of things that will inevitably carry you to success. You let those around you know that you are serious in your intention. People wake up and start paying attention. People with similar goals become aligned with you.
Things that once seemed confusing begin to become clear.
Things that once appeared difficult begin to be easier.
You begin to attract others who will support and encourage you.
All manner of good things begin to flow in your direction once you begin to take action.
-- Jack Canfield, The Success Principles
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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:
How do you hardcode RIP to accept and send only Version 2 updates?
Extra credit: What is RIP's default for versions sent and accepted?
CCENT Certification:
What Virtual LANs, if any, cannot be deleted from a Cisco switch?
A. VLAN 1
B. VLAN 100
C. VLAN 0
D. No VLANs are exempt from deletion.
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
Short answer: In SDM, you might see a green square next to a signature. What does that symbol indicate?
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
What two symbols should you expect to see next to a valid and best BGP path in the output of show ip bgp?
A. ^
B. $
C. >
D. <
E. *
F. +
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
HSRP uses the concept of an Active router. What is VRRP's equivalent to that router type?
A. Up
B. Master
C. Available
D. InCharge
E. VirtualUp
CCNP / ONT Exam:
Which of the following statements regarding GRE are true?
A. Uses IP protocol 47
B. Defined in RFC 1702
C. Is considerd to be a carrier protocol
D. Is considered to be a passenger protocol
Answers will be posted right here on Wednesday, July 30!
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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.
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Here are the answers to yesterday's 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
Answer: Use the timers basic command to change RIP values. IOS Help shows how to use this command to double each value:
R1(config)#router rip
R1(config-router)#timers basic
R1(config-router)#timers basic ?
<0-4294967295> Interval between updates
R1(config-router)#timers basic 60 ?
<1-4294967295> Invalid
R1(config-router)#timers basic 60 360 ?
<0-4294967295> Holddown
R1(config-router)#timers basic 60 360 360 ?
<1-4294967295> Flush
R1(config-router)#timers basic 60 360 360 480
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?
Answer: The switch will dynamically create the VLAN and send you a message indicating just that. Here's the message I received when placing a port into VLAN 500, a VLAN that did not previously exist on this switch:
SW1(config)#int fast 0/1
SW1(config-if)#switchport mode access
SW1(config-if)#switchport access vlan 500
% Access VLAN does not exist. Creating vlan 500
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?
Answer: The choices are Pre-shared key, Digital Certificates, and Both, as shown here in this screen shot from my CCNA Security Study Package. (Click the image for a larger view.)
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
Answer: None of them made the cut to IPv6 - they're IPv4-only fields.
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?
Answer: preempt. In the following example, R2 was not the Active router even though its priority was higher than the current Active router. After reconfiguring R2's priority statement with the preempt option, R2 becomes the Active router.
Note that may preempt now appears in the output of show standby on R2.
R2(config-if)#standby 5 priority 150 preempt
1d11h: %STANDBY-6-STATECHANGE: Ethernet0 Group 5 state Standby -> Active
R2#show standby
Ethernet0 - Group 5
Local state is Active, priority 150, may preempt
Hellotime 4 sec, holdtime 12 sec
Next hello sent in 1.844
Virtual IP address is 172.12.23.10 configured
Active router is local
Standby router is 172.12.23.3 expires in 10.204
Virtual mac address is 0000.0c07.ac05
2 state changes, last state change 00:00:13
CCNP / ONT Exam:
What headers are compressed by RTP Header Compression?
RTP HC will compress RTP headers, certainly - but it will also compress IP and UDP headers.
RTP compression can result in quite a bit of overhead reduction. Consider those three headers and their size:
IP Header: 20 bytes
UDP Header: 8 bytes
RTP Header: 12 bytes
RTP HC will result in that overall header size being reduced to anywhere from 2 to 4 bytes, depending on whose documentation you're reading.
That's it for today! Enjoy your day, and I'll see you Wednesday!
To your success,
Chris Bryant
CCIE #12933
http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/
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