LLQ Modular QoS on VPN/Tunnel/or POS [7:69792]

2003-05-30 Thread Jennifer Mellone
All,

I'd try this myself if I had a router at my fingertips...

1. I'd like to apply LLQ for my VoIP traffic over a site to site VPN using
Cisco's Modular QoS technique. Will the router "bark" if I try to apply my
output service policy to the tunnel interface? Or do I need to apply it to
the regular serial interface?

2. Also, in a different network, can I apply my output service policy to a
POS interface, or will the router bark?

I've applied service policies to serial interfaces in the past with no
problem, but you never know what will happen when it's a new kind of
interface.

- Jennifer Mellone


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MSFC Rewrites CoS to 0 [7:61476]

2003-01-21 Thread Jennifer Mellone
If an access switch port trusts CoS from the IP phone, then why is COS
re-written to 0 on the MSFC after you went through all the trouble to ensure
that it was set it to a non-zero value? Doesn't the CoS need to be preserved
after leaving the access switch?

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/152.html#sixth

- Jennifer Mellone
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RE: NetIQ Chariot [7:57710]

2002-11-27 Thread Jennifer Mellone
It's good for simulating VOIP phone calls while measuring delay, jitter, and
packet loss.

- Jennifer


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RE: odd & even # IPs on an ACL [7:56551]

2002-10-30 Thread Jennifer Mellone
Cute!

So I'm thinking that tomorrow (Halloween) I'll put on a subnet mask.
It will be 255.255.0.0, and the two 0's will have little holes in the middle
for my eyes ;-)

- Jennifer Mellone


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RE: Jitter, RTD [7:56150]

2002-10-24 Thread Jennifer Mellone
I saw "jitter" in the title, so with respect to voice:

NetIQ Chariot, along with an Avaya product called Expertnet, can measure
MOS, jitter, delay, and packet loss while simulating voice calls (software
installed on PCs simulate IP phones). Chariot is a very expensive product,
and Expertnet isn't a shrink wrapped product today. Consultants bring it in
and use it on the network and write a report/make recommendations.
http://www1.avaya.com/enterprise/testimonials/svc1737.pdf
http://www.netiq.com/solutions/voip/default.asp


- Jennifer Mellone


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RE: 4006 IP Phone DHCP problem [7:56049]

2002-10-23 Thread Jennifer Mellone
Larry,

Don't mind me, I'm not challenging the configs, just trying to learn -
sometimes Cisco's website can be very unclear to me ;-)

I forgot to ask - How are those Avaya phones working out compared to Cisco
phones?

- Jennifer


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RE: 4006 IP Phone DHCP problem [7:56049]

2002-10-23 Thread Jennifer Mellone
Larry,

I noticed you have the command "switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q". 

Do you need to configure the interface/port as a trunk when you do the "set
port auxiliaryvlan" command (catos) or the "switch voice vlan" command (ios
switch)? According to Cisco's website, you don't for a catos switch, but you
do for an ios switch:
 
Check this out:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/voice/ip_tele/network/dgcampus.htm#xtocid364019

NO TRUNKING HERE ON CATOS SWITCH:

Voice VLAN Configuration

To configure the VVID from the Catalyst software CLI, use the set port
auxiliaryvlan command. You can use this command to set the VVID on a single
port, on a range of ports, or for an entire module. The following example
shows how to display the command syntax:

Console> (enable) set port auxiliaryvlan help

Usage: set port auxiliaryvlan 



(vlan + 1..1000)


In the following example, the VVID is set to 222 for ports 2/1 through 2/3.
When the phone powers up, the switch instructs it to register with VLAN 222.

Console> (enable) set port auxiliaryvlan 2/1-3 222

Auxiliaryvlan 222 configuration successful.


The following examples show how to display which ports are in which
auxiliary VLAN:

Console> show port auxiliaryvlan 222

AuxiliaryVlan auxVlanStatus Mod/Ports

- - -

222 222 1/2,2/1-3

Console> show port 2/1

Port AuxiliaryVlan AuxVlan-Status

- - --

2.1 222 active


-

TRUNKING HERE ON IOS SWITCH:

 

The following is an example of VVID configuration on Catalyst switches
running Cisco IOS at the interface level (for example, Catalyst 3524-PWR and
2900XL):

interface FastEthernet0/1

switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q

switchport trunk native vlan 

switchport mode trunk

switchport voice vlan 

spanning-tree portfast

switchport mode trust



- Jennifer
PS - are you going to trust the CoS going from phone to switch?



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RE: MPLS and QOS study materials for R&S Written [7:56099]

2002-10-23 Thread Jennifer Mellone
I was thinking of using the appropriate sections of the QoS Configuration
Guide and Multiservice Configuration Guide (IOS 12.1) from the Cisco CD/Web.
I figure they need to be read for the lab anyway (that's why I picked IOS
12.1).

I started reading the QoS guide, and it has theory in the beginning and
config stuff/examples later on. I like it because it's structured/organized
(vs. reading a URL here and a URL there).

But is it enough detail (and the right info.) for the test?

Is this a good idea? Just wondered if others found these references to be
helpful.

- Jennifer

P.S.- The duplex printer is great for this, and Kinko's can put spiral
binding on the printouts - makes it nice and neat :-)


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RE: frame-relay traffic shaping [7:55432]

2002-10-11 Thread Jennifer Mellone
Here's a sample section of a map-class config that I wrote up for VoIP FRTS,
complete with running commentary on the commands (including min CIR and
CIR). Scott Keagy's Integrating Voice and Data Networks (Cisco Press) was
great for frame relay traffic shaping.

map-class frame-relay theframeclass
{Do not use the command “frame-relay fragment ”, as this is recommended to
reduce serialization delay for speeds of 768K or less.}
 frame-relay mincir out 1536 {This is the provisioned CIR assigned by
service provider}
 frame-relay cir out 1536 {Technically, this is higher than min CIR, since
traffic can be sustained at a higher rate – that’s CIR. But make CIR=Minimum
CIR here.}
 frame-relay be out 0 {Set excess burst to 0 since we don’t want to burst
over CIR for voice.}
 frame-relay bc out 15360 {Set committed burst, which is 15360 bits, or
1/100 of CIR (1536K CIR). This makes serialization delay=10ms, a reasonable
value. Serialization Delay = frame size (bits) / link bandwidth (bps).}
 no frame-relay adaptive-shaping {Turn off because we do not want the frame
relay circuit to throttle back. If the router receives BECNs on the
interface, the router would start to throttle back to the Min CIR value.
This is why we turn it off and lock the Min CIR to the actual CIR value.}
service-policy output thepolicy {attach policy here for the queuing. If you
don’t put a policy here, frame relay traffic shaping defaults to FIFO. In
that case, you would override with the preferred “frame-relay fair-queue”.}

- Jennifer Mellone





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RE: OT: FXO FXS terminology - comments? [7:54331]

2002-09-27 Thread Jennifer Mellone

That sounds great and makes more sense now! I always like reading your posts
:-)

I always confuse which device plugs into which port. I remember it like this:

Plug phone or "Station" into FXS (where Station=S)
Plug PBX/CO into FXO (where Office=0)

- Jennifer


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Study CCO URLs vs. Cisco Press for CCIE Written? [7:53767]

2002-09-20 Thread Jennifer Mellone

Hi CCIE Written Candidates,

Have you looked at the URLs on the Cisco blueprint page? These URLs are kind
of ad-hoc, and some use IOS 12.1 and some use IOS 12.2. Ad-hoc drives me
crazy since I desire structure. So I have an idea for a study procedure -
let me know what you think:

Simply go to the appropriate configuration guides (versus command reference)
on the Cisco website (documentation CD) and go through the sections that
match up with the blueprint. I figure that 12.1 is best, since that's what's
in the lab. For example, the QoS Configuration Guide at  would do nicely for
the QoS section of the test. Of course, if there's a chapter of a config.
guide in there that isn't on the blueprint, just don't read that chapter.

My logic? I figure that we'd have to read the "CD" anyway to prepare for the
lab...We'd get a leg up on it. Everyone keeps saying "the CD is your
friend". If I don't understand something, I can always consult the Cisco
Press books for another point of view on a subject. Also, a single chapter
in a config. guide contains theory at the beginning, with practical config.
commands in the middle, and verification/troubleshooting at the end, with
the "show" or "debug" commands. Now that the test has changed to a more
scenario/practical format with "show" and "debug" output, perhaps that's a
good thing?

The downside is hunting through and picking out the applicable chapters,
then finding a nice fast printer (hopefully duplex) to use at night when
nobody is around ;-)

What does everyone think about this idea? It's certainly a radical departure
from my CCNP prep, where I used the Cisco Press course books and used
Doyle/Halabi/Caslow etc. to clarify some specific things.

And what about Caslow? I thought that book was mainly for lab prep. But
maybe now that the test has changed to a more scenario/practical format,
it's good to use it for the written? And I have the first edition...

- Jennifer

PS- I actually haven't tried any of this yet. Got to get organized first so
I can do this in a methodical and structured manner.


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Wanted-CCIE Lessons Learned/Attitude/Plan [7:49167]

2002-07-18 Thread Jennifer Mellone

LESSONS LEARNED, ATTITUDE, AND STRUCTURED STUDY PLAN

I was wondering if anyone could elaborate on "lessons learned" when studying
for CCIE. What did you do right? What did you do wrong? If you had to do it
all over again, what would you change - especially if someone wants to pass
the first time?

I think the attitude "do it right and try and pass the first time" could be
helpful (I know it doesn't always happen in reality). It seems more positive
than "I'll fail the first time so I know what to expect the second or third
or later time".

My instinct tells me that determination and practicing on the routers every
night and on weekends for at least 6 months is key, and is easier said than
done. There are no short-cuts. This is fine; it's the price one must pay.
But how does one do that in a methodical and structured manner such that all
the major stones are unturned? Of course, some stones will be unturned
quicker than others due to experience, and others will be slower due to lack
of experience/knowledge. I feel "ad hoc" practice could be counter productive.

For example, a structured approach would be something like: go through
Caslow's book and do the labs for x-months, and/or do the Fat Kids for
x-months, and/or do the CCBootcamp labs for x-months, and take the Caslow
course x-months before the lab, then hammer down on the weaknesses, etc.
Some comments on this would be great.

I realize this is like Navy Seal training. No amount of conditioning will
*fully* prepare you for the famous "hell week". As the Seal trainees say,
"The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday" ;-)

- Jennifer Mellone
CCNP, FNCNE (Foundry Networks)
B.S.E.E., M.S. Engineering Management
a, b, c, d, e ;-)



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Networks vs. Aggregates for Multihoming

2001-01-25 Thread Jennifer Mellone

ISP A asked me which 2 ARIN class C's I wanted to advertise.  I told them
xxx.yyy.216.0 and xxx.yyy.217.0.  Then they came back and said, did you want
us to announce the 2 /24's or the /23?

I thought, isn't this up to me?  I'm the one who configures it on my end.
For example, I can use the aggregate command if I want to advertise the /23,
and I can leave out the aggregate command if I want to advertise the 2
/24's.

router bgp zzz
 network xxx.yyy.216.0 {advertise the Class C address to the Internet}
 network xxx.yyy.217.0 {advertise the Class C address to the Internet}
!
 aggregate-address xxx.216.0.0 255.255.254.0 summary-only {send the summary
route/aggregate route vs. individual routes}

I figure it's best to use the aggregate command to keep the ISP/Internet
routing tables down.  Is this good strategy to use the above config when I
do the multihoming/backup/load share thing (have another router configured
exactly the same way, but to ISP B?

Jennifer L. Mellone

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Cisco Press Certification Guides vs. Cisco Press Regular CCNP Books

2001-01-15 Thread Jennifer Mellone

Hi Group,

As far as passing the CCNP is concerned (vs. dealing with real-life
issues)

Does anyone have any experience with:

CCNP Remote Access Exam Certification Guide - Brian Morgan, Nov. 2000
CCNP Support Exam Certification Guide - Amir Ranjbar, Nov. 2000

vs.

Building Cisco Remote Access Networks - Dan Farkas, Dec. 1999
Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting - Catherine Paquet, Jun. 1999

I only want to read 1 book for Remote Access 2.0 and 1 book for Support 2.0.
I was thinking the Nov. 2000 books may be more up to date with the new 2.0
CCNP track vs. the old 1.0 track?

- Jennifer Mellone

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BCMSN/Switching2.0: Here's the Gouge...

2001-01-12 Thread Jennifer Mellone
 late.  But
that was ok.  When I got to question 45 out of 64, I clicked next to advance
to question 46.  The computer hung a bit and I heard the hard drive making
noises for what seemed like an eternity.  We were having stage 3 power
alerts today (cold/rainy & lack of online power plants) in San Jose and I
had visions of me losing my test and having to go through it again on
another day.  But question 46 came up and I continued.  After I answered
question 64 (last one), I hit next and saw "test report printing out".  I
thought, oh no, where's the Congratulations message?  Oh shxx.  But then I
clicked next and saw the Congratulations!  Is it me or does anyone else get
hyper after a Cisco test and then "crash"/want to go to sleep 2 hours later?
And this is only for CCNP (vs. CCIE)!

I'll post to the list as I continue the road to CCNP.

For my info. on Routing 2.0, refer to previous post from 10/20/2000
"BSCN/Routing 2.0: Here's the Gouge..."

- Jennifer Mellone

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Scores on Boson's and Colts - BCMSN

2001-01-07 Thread Jennifer Mellone

For folks who did Boson and Colts and passed BCMSN:

How well do the scores on the Boson's and Colts predict success on the real
BCMSN?

For example, I took Boson BCMSN Test #2 quiz A, B, and C and got 77, 75, and
69 (I don't like that trend!).
Then I took Colt "BCMSN post assessment" and got 48/63 (passing score
47-ouch!).

With scores like that, do you think I'd pass by a comfortable margin, or
maybe just barely pass, or maybe not pass at all?

- Jennifer Mellone

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Printing out the Colt Questions/Answers

2001-01-04 Thread Jennifer Mellone

Hey, is there a way to print out the Colt tests with answers?  I tried a
colt once, but they only provide answers to the ones I got wrong.

I like to see the q's and a's together;  I cover up the answer, mentally
answer the question, then look to see if I got it right-- one question at a
time.  Or at least have the answers at the end of the document.  Having the
printout can let me do this.

- Jennifer Mellone

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Subject: Fwd: Boson Tests


It's a little kludgy, but...

What I used to do to get a printout of all the Boson questions/answers to
take with me on the road was to open a blank Word document, start the Boson
test, then highlight the complete answer info (click/drag), right-click,
select "Copy" to copy the highlighted text, then ALT-Tab to my Word doc and
CTRL-V to paste the text.

Kinda awkward, but hey, it worked, it was free and I didn't have to schlep a
laptop into the hotel just to review.

-Austin





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Boson
> test, then highlight the complete answer info (click/drag), right-click,
> select "Copy" to copy the highlighted text, then ALT-Tab to my Word doc
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> Kinda awkward, but hey, it worked, it was free and I didn't have to schlep
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> What I used to do to get a printout of all the Boson questions/answers
to take with me on the road was to open a blank Word document, start the
Boson test, then highlight the complete answer info (click/drag),
right-click, select "Copy" to copy the highlighted text, then ALT-Tab to
my Word doc and CTRL-V to paste the text.
> 
> Kinda awkward, but hey, it worked, it was free and I didn't have to
schlep a laptop into the hotel just to review.
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RE: Query about Catalyst 6509 Software

2001-01-03 Thread Jennifer Mellone

I would ask the TAC *exactly* which version they recommend to solve the
problem-- maybe they said to use 6.1?  Can they pin this to a bug?  Be
careful because sometimes they say upgrade if they don't have any other
explanation.  But 5.4 train is old;  there is a 5.5 train out there now.

Personally I would not go to the 6.1 train yet (too new, and do you really
need the features- probably not, since 6.1 was designed to support the sup2,
and you probably have the sup1a).  Also 6.1 may require more memory or
flash, which you may or may not have.  5.5.4b was in vogue before the
holidays (fixed some bugs in 5.5.4).  But now 5.5.5 is available on CCO.
Maybe 5.5.5 would be good to try.  I installed 5.5.5 in a lab environment
and didn't see anything glaringly wrong software-wise when I was getting
familiar with dual MSFC failover and the flexwan.

- Jennifer Mellone

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Subject: Query about Catalyst 6509 Software


Hello everybody

Currently I am working in collecting more details for a software upgrade in
a Catalyst 6509 using software version 5.4(4) our problem is a spanning tree
issue that we dont seem to be able to resolve.. TAC has recommended an
upgrade of software.

Is somebody is using version 6.1(2) could I please given advice about its
reability, difference of commands with the current version we use?

TIA

Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood

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Cisco's TFTP Program

2000-12-29 Thread Jennifer Mellone

Hi Gang,

Is it me, or has anyone else had this problem using the Cisco TFTP
program---

I TFTPed software from my laptop to a switch just fine today.

But then I tried to TFTP IOS code from my laptop to a router today.  I got
an error message (from the TFTP program itself), and the program immediately
closed down.  I even rebooted the laptop and this did not help.

- Jennifer Mellone

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Sanity Check: Setting up 2-Cat6509s (each with 2 MSFCs) with FlexWan modules: BGP, 2 ISPs

2000-12-12 Thread Jennifer Mellone


Can you tell me if this (see diagram below) can be implemented, and will it
work right for BGP load balancing, redundancy, etc.?

It's 2xCatalyst6509s, each with 2 MSFCs (supervisor with router built in),
and each with 1 flexwan module (like a 7500 port adapter, with a serial
interface for T1).  Each 6509 connects to a pix.  The pixes are configured
for failover.  Since the pix can only have one default route, I figure I
need HSRP.  Configure static route on MSFC with pix as next hop.  But the
traffic will only go through the top catalyst as a result (bottom catalyst
is the backup).  Note that there is 1 unique IP address per interface per
MSFC card (see diagram).  Someone said I needed that.  I thought the 2 MSFCs
in 1 box could have the same IP on the interface; that same person said no.
Vlan 100 is the external vlan.  Vlan 50 connects the 2 "routers" together,
for the IBGP.  I'm a bit squirrely on this vlan 50 thing with the IBGP.  Is
that ok?  Do I need the vlan 50, or should I remove it and have the IBGP go
through Vlan 100?  That same person said I can get rid of vlan 50.  I figure
even if the traffic all goes to the top catalyst6509, I can still get the
BGP to load balance.  What do you think about all of this?

- Jennifer Mellone

   vlan100 T1
pix 1 (10.1)--(10.2,10.4)catalyst6509w/2-msfcs(30.1)--ISPA
| | (20.2,20.4)
| |  |
|failover |hsrp 10.6 |hsrp 20.1
| |vlan100   |vlan50-IBGP
| |  |
| | (20.3,20.5)T1
pix 2 (10.1)--(10.3,10.5)catalyst6509w/2-msfcs(40.1)--ISPB
   vlan100

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BGP Local Pref and MED/Metric - Route Maps Inbound/Outbound

2000-12-09 Thread Jennifer Mellone

BGP Local Pref is used to control outbound traffic.  MED/Metric is used to
control inbound traffic.  Why is it that you do an inbound route map (vs
outbound) when setting local pref and an outbound route map (vs. inbound)
when setting MED?  It seems opposite.

- Jennifer Mellone

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RE: Cisco 7000 RP flash card

2000-12-06 Thread Jennifer Mellone

I think it's the thing that looks like a piece of metal masking tape along
the edge/border of the card.  The edge I'm talking about is on the section
of the card that you push on when you insert the flash card, not the side
with the pins. 


metal "tape"
++
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|card|
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++
-pins-
router

-Original Message-
From: Barrett
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 12/6/00 8:27 AM
Subject: Cisco 7000 RP flash card

I am looking at purchasing a flash card for my 7000 series router.  In
researching compatable flash cards, I came across the following
statement
from Cisco  "All RP-specific flash cards must have a metal sleeve
installed."  Does anyone have any information on this "metal sleeve".  I
have never heard of it and Cisco does not explain it at all.  I plan on
trying to find the flash card second-hand, so I need to know what to
look
for.
Thanks,  Barrett


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1 ASN versus 2 for BGP?

2000-10-26 Thread Jennifer Mellone

Suppose I set up BGP multihoming from company X site A to 2 ISPs (load
balance). If I decide to additionally set up BGP multihoming from company X
site B to 2 other ISPs (load balance), can I still use company X's ASN or do
I need to get a second ASN?  My guess is that I need 1 ASN.  Would there be
a time when I'd need 2 ASNs?

- Jennifer

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Courses for CCIE: voice, atm, or security?

2000-10-24 Thread Jennifer Mellone

I'm doing the CCNP track now for the next 6 months, but I'm looking ahead.
Assuming you've already had the usual ACRC/BSCN, CLSC/BCMSN, etc. which
course(s) would you take within the next 6 months if you wanted to get CCIE
in the future after completing CCNP:
cvoice, catm, or mscn? or perhaps something else? Just want to strategically
plan out a training plan with my company.

- Jennifer

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BSCN/Routing 2.0: Here's the Gouge...

2000-10-20 Thread Jennifer Mellone

I'm debriefing myself within hours of passing this test (my first CCNP
test), so the information I share is fresh in my head.  I hope it helps some
folks out there.

The Breakdown:
61 questions, 75 minutes, need 690 (on a scale of 300-100) to pass.
It took me 1 hour, and I'm a slow test taker.

Section Analysis:
Routing Principles (not so many questions)
Extending IP Addresses (not so many questions)
Configuring OSPF in a Single Area (tons of questions)
Interconnecting Multiple OSPF Areas (alot of questions)
Configuring EIGRP (not so many questions)
Configuring Basic Border Gateway Protocol (tons of questions)
Implementing BGP in Scalable Networks (not so many questions)
Optimizing Routing Update Operation (a few questions)
Implementing Scalability Features in Your Internetwork (a few questions)

Types of Questions:
1) Theory, and lots of it, where you have to pick the best 2 or 3 of the
bunch
2) Here's the config, and what does it mean, what does it do
3) Which config. accomplishes the following xxx
4) What command do you use to do xxx, and you select from a huge list in the
exhibit; know if you're in global mode, interface mode, etc.
5) Drag & drop "matching" style
6) Summarization related
7) Apply the theory you know to some situation, such as interpreting show
command outputs

Key Concepts to Study (theory and implementation):
Distance Vector/Link State, How BGP/OSPF/EIGRP work (e.g., updates, hellos,
opens), ip helpers, OSPF LSAs, Summarizing, BGP route selection criteria,
route reflector, next hop, prefix list, policy routing, redistribution (for
BGP/OSPF/EIGRP), basic show commands

Resources:
1. If you have the BSCN course material, that's great.  Or buy Cisco Press
BSCN book when it comes out.  These are bread and butter for the test and
keep you focused on what you need to know for the test, rather than having
to dig around multiple sources (I hate that).
2. Supplemental resources to further explain things that you don't fully
understand from the above are Doyle's TCP/IP Cisco Press book, ACRC Cisco
Press book, Halabi's Internet Routing Architectures Cisco Press book, and
Thomas's OSPF Cisco Press book (to view the show command screen outputs).  I
basically used these for reference, not for reading cover to cover.

Practice Tests (do after you think you're done studying for the test):
1. Boson (I bought test 3, which has some lu lu's on there, especially quiz
D.  Each of 4 quizzes in test 3 had 51 questions, so test 3 had 204 total
questions.  Some questions stressed the same stuff over and over, but that's
ok so I can retain and take each quiz just once.  Test 1, 2, or 3 can be
downloaded for about $30 each from http://www.boson.com/)
2. Free CCO/Colt (strange wording that will deflate your confidence if you
use that as a basis for your understanding, plus they don't give you the
answers; they just tell you which questions you answered wrong)
http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/front.x/wwtraining/colt/ColtLogin.pl

Misc. Tips:  There is no such thing as too much studying!  The questions
really make you think and apply what you learned;  very few questions are
simply recalling things by rote (those of course, are the easy ones).  Close
the books by 10pm the night before the test and watch ER :-)

I'll post to the list as I continue the road to CCNP.

Jennifer L. Mellone
Network Systems Consultant
CCNA, MCSE, MCP+I
Lucent NetworkCare Professional Services
(formerly International Network Services)
1213 Innsbruck Drive, Bldg. 1
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BSCN: Distribute lists and prefix lists- extended or standard?

2000-10-17 Thread Jennifer Mellone

Please tell me if I am correct:

Distribute lists are defined by standard access lists (vs. extended access
lists).  True?

Prefix lists are also defined by standard access lists.  True?

- Jennifer

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BSCN: BGP Atomic Aggregate

2000-10-17 Thread Jennifer Mellone

Does anyone know an easy definition of what the atomic aggregate is and what
it does?  I do know it is set by default unless the "as-set" command is
used.

- Jennifer

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BSCN: Seed/Default Metrics with Redistribution

2000-10-12 Thread Jennifer Mellone

When you redistribute into a protocol, which metric do you use?  The books
say use a metric consistent with that of the receiving protocol.  The books
say, for example, use 20 when the receiving protocol is OSPF, which is
default.  What metrics should you use for the other protocols?  Would you
use the same metric every time (like 20 for OSPF)?  Here are the commands:

For redistribution into OSPF or EIGRP
redistribute  [] [metric ]
---now for eigrp, what metric do you put there, as there are 5 metrics (see
below)

For redistribution into EIGRP or IGRP
default-metric 

For redistribution into OSPF, RIP, or BGP
default-metric 

- Jennifer

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Maximum Number of Route Maps Applied to a Neighbor?

2000-09-19 Thread Jennifer Mellone

How many route map statements can I apply to an EBGP neighbor?  Is it only 1
inbound and 1 outbound?

For example, is this illegal?

router bgp xxx
 network a.a.a.a
 network b.b.b.b
 network c.c.c.c
 neighbor d.d.d.d remote-as yyy
 neighbor d.d.d.d route-map firstin in
 neighbor d.d.d.d route-map firstout out
 neighbor d.d.d.d route-map secondin in
 neighbor d.d.d.d route-map secondout out

- Jennifer

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RE: How do I break out of traceroute?

2000-09-12 Thread Jennifer Mellone

Try   6

- Jennifer

-Original Message-
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Sean Lee
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 3:50 PM
To: Cisco@Groupstudy. Com
Subject: How do I break out of traceroute?


Hello All,

What's the key combination to break out of traceroute?

Thanks!
Sean

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Traffic "threshold" for BGP?

2000-08-14 Thread Jennifer Mellone

Here is our BGP setup with a single ISP:

external 7507 router (EBGP, AS yyy))
||
| 4 T1's | 1 DS3
||
ISP router#1 ISP router#2
(AS xxx) (AS xxx)


Here's what's happening: All inbound/outbound traffic is going through the
DS3, and no traffic is going through the T1s!

Here's what the manager wants: Load balancing with the DS3 and T1s (T1's not
a backup mechanism).  He wants all 5 circuits to be used all the time.  He
wants the T1's to be used first, for example, and when the load reaches 50%
on them (or any other %), the DS3 gets used.  Kind of like dialer-load
threshold with ISDN ;-)  I'm not aware of anything like that, are you?  He
specifically wanted me to ask that question...

But I was thinking that the only way you could do load sharing is have the
T1's be preferred outbound (higher local-pref than DS3) and the DS3 inbound
(lower MED than T1).  Currently on the router the route-maps set both
local-pref and MED inbound/outbound on all circuits!  Not very clean.

- Jennifer Mellone, BGP rookie

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FRS 2.0 Book Ideas (applies to all 3 2.0 tests)

2000-08-14 Thread Jennifer Mellone

Hello FRS'ers,

How are the following Cisco Press books
http://www2.ciscopress.com/series.cfm?series=2&news=0 for FRS 2.0 (or each
individual test for that matter):

Route:

"Advanced Cisco Router Configuration" (skip the appletalk and IPX), but
supplemented with BGP from Basam Halabi's nice BGP tutorial on Cisco's web
site http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/459/bgp-toc.html.  The tutorial is
less overwhelming than the full "Internet Routing Architectures" book;  book
can be used to fill in some more details on topics.

Dial:

"Building Cisco Remote Access Networks" (tailored to dial 2.0 vs. 1.0?).

Switch:

"Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks" (CCNP series) vs. "Cisco LAN
Switching" (CCIE series).  The CCIE series book is a great professional
reference to have around the office when doing real world stuff, but kind of
big to read cover to cover (for a test) vs. BCMSN book.

- Jennifer

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BGP - 1 DS3, 4 backup T1s, 1 ISP

2000-07-02 Thread Jennifer Mellone

Hello folks that are also "Geeking Out" over the 4th of July---

We are revamping the Internet architecture, and we are going to have a brand
new external 7507 with 1 new DS3 and 4 T1s.  There will be EBGP and static
routing.  Right now the T1s are on the existing external router with static
routes and OSPF.  The internal router (and it's replacement 7507) has/will
have static routes and EIGRP.  EIGRP is the main protocol in the netork.
Anyway, the 4 T1s will backup the DS3, but when the backup occurs, I'd like
them to load share.  I read that ebgp-multihop is the technique to use when
load sharing parallel links, using the loopbacks vs. the regular neighbor
addresses.
a. Can you tell me if my proposed BGP config is correct or point out things
that are wrong or missing?  Config. is below.
b. Is this backup strategy good?
c. The T1s won't be used unless the DS3 dies, right?
d. Do I need to worry about filters or attributes (like weights, local
preference, MED, etc.) in this case?
e. Oh, should I do ip route-cache or no ip route-cache on the T1s and DS3?
I figure leave the defaults ip route-cache to save on CPU cycles.
f. I want this config. to be a stepping stone in case the we decide to
connect to another ISP.  Would another external router be required?

- Jennifer Mellone

router bgp jjj {this is ARIN registered ASN for the company}
 network k.k.k.k {this is registered class B to be advertised}
 network l.l.l.l {registered class C which will go away later; re-ip to the
class B}
 neighbor a.a.a.a remote-as xxx {xxx ISP's ASN; a.a.a.a loopback of ISP's
router for 1st t1}
 neighbor a.a.a.a ebgp-multihop
 neighbor a.a.a.a update-source loopback0
 neighbor b.b.b.b remote-as xxx {xxx ISP's ASN; b.b.b.b loopback of ISP's
router for 2nd t1}
 neighbor b.b.b.b ebgp-multihop
 neighbor b.b.b.b update-source loopback0
 neighbor c.c.c.c remote-as xxx {xxx ISP's ASN; c.c.c.c loopback of ISP's
router for 3rd t1}
 neighbor c.c.c.c ebgp-multihop
 neighbor c.c.c.c update-source loopback0
 neighbor d.d.d.d remote-as xxx {xxx ISP's ASN; d.d.d.d loopback of ISP's
router for 4th t1}
 neighbor d.d.d.d ebgp-multihop
 neighbor d.d.d.d update-source loopback0
 neighbor e.e.e.e remote-as xxx {xxx ISP's ASN; e.e.e.e is the ISP's DS3
serial link address}
!
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 h.82.10.145 210 {ISP's serial link address for 1st
T1}
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 h.82.10.149 210 {ISP's serial link address for 2nd
T1}
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 h.82.10.153 210 {ISP's serial link address for 3rd
T1}
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 h.82.10.157 210 {ISP's serial link address for 4th
T1}
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 e.e.e.e 205 {e.e.e.e ISP's DS3 serial link; low
admin distance to prefer this path}
ip route k.k.k.k 255.255.0.0 k.k.k.4 {to get to the k.k.k.k class b stuff;
k.k.k.4 is the virtual IP for the 2 firewalls}
ip route l.l.l.l 255.255.255.0 1.1.1.16 {remove this 1.1.1.1 class c stuff
later}

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