No reason to be sorry! I'm all for "vigorous" discussion ;-) No BGP in the NA because we are talking about SMALL to medium business. Yes, they should know about how to connect up to the Internet, using a default route, etc. But you are not going to find that many ISPs, if any, that are willing to setup a BGP peer with a store-front business with a 16 address space public network (or even granted they are given a /24 public subnet). If you find any, let me know!
That's why I say EGP for NP. A medium to large business certainly may need EGP expertise. And I suppose that's a slight difference in the way people think about the different certification levels. When I say RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF should be requirements for a NA I mean the candidates should be }experts{ in those protocols. Not just having a passing understanding, have read about it in a book once, or used some study guide to rote-memorize answers to common questions. So, on the one hand I think the standards should be tougher, requiring "expert" level knowledge for the IGP's, and on the other I don't think a NA needs to know anything about EGP's. Fred Reimer - CCNA Eclipsys Corporation, 200 Ashford Center North, Atlanta, GA 30338 Phone: 404-847-5177 Cell: 770-490-3071 Pager: 888-260-2050 NOTICE; This email contains confidential or proprietary information which may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the named recipient(s). If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected the email, please notify the author by replying to this message. If you are not the named recipient, you are not authorized to use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email, and should immediately delete it from your computer. -----Original Message----- From: Dom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 6:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Reimer, Fred'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Please Help - CIDR - How the bits work [7:75050] And one last point, No LAN is an island, why two IG(P) protocols and no EG(P) protocol? A NA should at least a some understanding of how to connect to the outside world - when to use BGP and when not to. Sorry Fred, not having a go at you personally, but these are points we all need to think about. Best regards, Dom Stocqueler SysDom Technologies Visit our website - www.sysdom.org -----Original Message----- From: Dom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 September 2003 23:37 To: 'Reimer, Fred'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Please Help - CIDR - How the bits work [7:75050] Oh, and while I'm on the subject - why EIGRP? This is a proprietary Cisco Protocol. OK, I believe that Juniper may have implemented it, but to the best of my knowledge no one else has. Best regards, Dom Stocqueler SysDom Technologies Visit our website - www.sysdom.org -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Reimer, Fred Sent: 09 September 2003 22:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Please Help - CIDR - How the bits work [7:75050] I guess my expectation and Cisco's, or at least their current expectations as listed on their web site, don't match then. By my definition a beginner should know about CIDR, EIGRP, and OSPF. It's not like they are inherently difficult to understand. People tend to make it sound like rocket science or voodoo magic. It's just a routing protocol folks. Fred Reimer - CCNA Eclipsys Corporation, 200 Ashford Center North, Atlanta, GA 30338 Phone: 404-847-5177 Cell: 770-490-3071 Pager: 888-260-2050 NOTICE; This email contains confidential or proprietary information which may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the named recipient(s). If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected the email, please notify the author by replying to this message. If you are not the named recipient, you are not authorized to use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email, and should immediately delete it from your computer. -----Original Message----- From: "Chuck Whose Road is Ever Shorter" [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 3:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Please Help - CIDR - How the bits work [7:75050] ""Reimer, Fred"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > May be I had advanced access to the new NA material then ;-) In my > view, a > NA should be able to handle basic RIP, OSPF, EIGRP in a small to > medium sized network. That would certainly include CIDR. A NP, IMO, > would be for > advanced RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, and basic BGP, like for configuring a > mid-large sized network for connection to the Internet including > minimal BGP. IE, IMO, is for ISP engineers that have to deal with > extensive IS-IS, BGP using > all options, etc, and large to huge (global) networks. > > May be I'm just expecting too much, but if you don't understand CIDR > you shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a router, let alone be > responsible for configuring them. with all due respect, I disagree. CCNA is promoted by Cisco as being someone capable of designing and configuring a small network. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/learning/le3/le2/le0/le9/learning_certificati on_t ype_home.html "The CCNA certification (Cisco Certified Network Associate) indicates a foundation in and apprentice knowledge of networking. CCNA certified professionals can install, configure, and operate LAN, WAN, and dial access services for small networks (100 nodes or fewer), including but not limited to use of these protocols: IP, IGRP, Serial, Frame Relay, IP RIP, VLANs, RIP, Ethernet, Access Lists." my experience has been that small nets have less if any need for CIDR knowledge or expertise. Cisco has over the past couple of years been slowly upping the ante, and I wish Cisco would get clear as to what skill sets are appropriate at what certification level. Cisco tends to be all over the map on this, and has been the netire time I have been playing at certification. But in general, I believe the idea is that CCxA is beginner, CCxP is intermediate, and CCIE is high level. as with all things certification related, YMMV. I've known CCNA's who manage large networks, and I've known CCIE's whose knowledge of certain specific areas was less than expert. As can be expected, depending on experience, job, place of employment, years in the field, etc. Chuck > > Fred Reimer - CCNA > > > Eclipsys Corporation, 200 Ashford Center North, Atlanta, GA 30338 > Phone: 404-847-5177 Cell: 770-490-3071 Pager: 888-260-2050 > > > NOTICE; This email contains confidential or proprietary information > which may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the named > recipient(s). If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected > the email, please notify the author by replying to this message. If > you are not the named recipient, you are not authorized to use, > disclose, distribute, copy, print > or rely on this email, and should immediately delete it from your computer. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Priscilla Oppenheimer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 12:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Please Help - CIDR - How the bits work [7:75050] > > Reimer, Fred wrote: > > > > No offense, but this is CCNA material. > > Do they still teach classful for CCNA, though? Perhaps the only thing that's > hard for him is that 192.168.24.0 has a mask of 255.255.255.0 in a classful > system. Moving the prefix over to the left of that classful boundary > isn't something they teach for CCNA yet. (They will soon. The new > Networking Academy books teach it from the start now.) > > Priscilla > > > If you are going for > > your CCNP, then > > you should already have your CCNA and know the answer. But > > anyway... > > > > If you need a network with 400 hosts, the smallest subnet would have > > a /23 mask. So take the first part of your given network and assign > > it to that: > > > > 192.168.24.0/23 (192.168.24.0-192.168.25.255) > > > > Then you need one with 200 hosts. Well, that could fit within a /24 > > subnet, so assign the next available to that: > > > > 192.168.26.0/24 (192.168.26.0-192.168.26.255) > > > > Now you only have 192.168.27.0/24 left from the original > > 192.168.24.0/23 (which covered 192.168.24.0-192.168.27.255). You > > need two 50's, so that > > should fit within /26 subnets each. Assign them: > > > > 192.168.27.0/26 (192.168.27.0-192.168.27.63) 192.168.27.64/26 > > (192.168.27.64-192.168.27.191) > > > > Finally, you need three subnets that can have two hosts each, which > > would fit within /30 subnets. So assign: > > > > 192.168.27.192/30 > > 192.168.27.196/30 > > 192.168.27.200/30 > > > > > > Fred Reimer - CCNA > > > > > > Eclipsys Corporation, 200 Ashford Center North, Atlanta, GA 30338 > > Phone: 404-847-5177 Cell: 770-490-3071 Pager: 888-260-2050 > > > > > > NOTICE; This email contains confidential or proprietary > > information which > > may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the named > > recipient(s). > > If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected the > > email, please > > notify the author by replying to this message. If you are not > > the named > > recipient, you are not authorized to use, disclose, distribute, > > copy, print > > or rely on this email, and should immediately delete it from > > your computer. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Steven Aiello [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 8:02 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Please Help - CIDR - How the bits work [7:75050] > > > > I just started my routing class for my CCNP. We are covering > > CIDR. The > > book is VEEEEEERY vague on how the bit patterns break down and > > are used. > > > > > > This was a problem posed in one of my CCNP labs > > > > I have network number > > > > 192.168.24.0 / 22 > > > > from this I need > > networks with > > > > 400 hosts > > 200 hosts > > 50 hosts > > 50 hosts > > 2 hosts (for serial int - no ip un-numbered allowed ) > > 2 hosts > > 2 hosts > > > > Also no NATing > > > > Thanks all I really could use the help > > > > Steve > > **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy > > Store: > > http://shop.groupstudy.com > > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: > > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: > http://shop.groupstudy.com > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: > http://shop.groupstudy.com > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: http://shop.groupstudy.com FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: http://shop.groupstudy.com FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=75180&t=75050 -------------------------------------------------- **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: http://shop.groupstudy.com FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html