BCRAN 640-605 V.S. 505 ?'s [7:72774]

2003-07-22 Thread David Vital
I've looked at some of the listed requirements for the 605 and 505 BCRAN exams and they look almost identical. The list for the newer exam 642-821 has dsl and cable modem stuff. I'm using the 505 study material..I'm taking the 605 and wondering if I might see DSL stuff anyway. Anyone take 60

RE: OT - Ethernet Fire Alarm [7:72749]

2003-07-22 Thread David Vital
First thought. A fire breaks out in the Core network area. Perhaps a 6509 bursts into flames. That brings the network down or at the very least makes the spanning tree crap the bed for a good minute and a half. The alarm doesn't go off (at least not in a timely manner) and people die. Looking

CCIE required in UAE [7:72776]

2003-07-22 Thread afshin mehrpouya
A CCIE is required for a senior network consultation position in UAE. Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=72776&t=72776 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.c

Re: GRE TUNNEL/Ethernet-broadcast-like? [7:72738]

2003-07-22 Thread
I concur, even if you are a consarned top poster. ;-> As I understand it, the IOS version chosen for the CCIE Lab is done so for the purpose of allowing for the possibility of testing certain features. The proctors ( or at least those with whom I had my discussions ) are adamant that any given l

Re: running GRE/IPSEC between PE routers [7:72764]

2003-07-22 Thread
tunnel? what tunnel? your "show ip int brief" does not reveal a tunnel. your provider is where the tunnel is? So PE1 and PE2 are your CE peers? I've done GRE tunnels across the internet with study partners, and it works just fine. can your CE routers ping eachother? If not, where does the routing

RE: GRE TUNNEL/Ethernet-broadcast-like? [7:72738]

2003-07-22 Thread Reimer, Fred
Let me set the record straight. My only goal here is to prepare and succeed in passing the Cisco CCIE written and lab exams. I know that there are features and options that are available in certain versions of IOS, and those options can be, and are likely un-useful, to CCIE candidates. However, i

RE: GRE TUNNEL/Ethernet-broadcast-like? [7:72738]

2003-07-22 Thread Reimer, Fred
12.2(15)T5 is a recommended version for the IP v4 exploit, as far as I know, see (http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20030717-blocked.shtml). Are you suggesting that it is not appropriate? Do you recommend that we configure an "unreleased and unsupported feature?" I would not recommend

RE: MCNS EXAM - any pointers? besides the Book!!! [7:72760]

2003-07-22 Thread Will Gragido
Yes, make sure you know EZVPN. Will Gragido CISSP CCNP CIPTSS CCDA MCP Suite 325 9450 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. Rosemont, Il 60018 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Knowledge Behind The Network" -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of thartman Sent: Tuesday, July

Re: MCNS EXAM - any pointers? besides the Book!!! [7:72760]

2003-07-22 Thread annlee
You should be knowledgeable about everything in the Exam Guide. Many of the topics are not well covered in the MCNS book, but the Security Configuratio Guide is pretty good. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps1835/products_configuration_guide_book09186a0080087df1.html mind the wr

Re: Starting off towards a CCNP [7:72734]

2003-07-22 Thread Nakul Malik
I would recommend the following order: Routing --> Switching --> Remote access --> Support -Nakul wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > hi ppl, > Im planning to start on my ccnp---> first step joined groupstudy (as i did > for my ccna ;-) ). Just have a few queries regarding the certificati

Re: MCNS EXAM - any pointers? besides the Book!!! [7:72760]

2003-07-22 Thread Richard Deal
There is a new exam, called SECUR. With this exam, no PIX stuff is covered--only router stuff. I would definitely look at the objectives for the exam, since there is a bunch of new stuff, like Authentication proxy, IDS, and other stuff. Cheers! Richard Deal ""thartman"" wrote in message news:

running GRE/IPSEC between PE routers [7:72764]

2003-07-22 Thread Luan Nguyen
Hello, Anyone knows if you need to do anything special on the tunnel link for this to work? Like run tag-switching there for example? I have 2 cisco 2651xm acting as PE and have a GRE with IPSEC transport mode between them. The CE has all the routes to the other CE, mBGP look good, everything lo

RE: GRE TUNNEL/Ethernet-broadcast-like? [7:72738]

2003-07-22 Thread Luan Nguyen
Uhm, Why don't you just put the command there and see what's going on. I don't mess with 12.2.15Tx any more since, FYI, it has a bug with EIGRP stub connected - forgot the bugID, but if you have a spoke with that command, the hub won't withdraw routes even if the hub doesn't have that route any lo

Re: Starting off towards a CCNP [7:72734]

2003-07-22 Thread Mwalie W
Hi, Probably Cisco wants to make the CCNP/CCDP/CCIP certifications more difficult to acquirelike it appears that the passing score for BSCI will go up to 776, as I saw from a friend of mine who did the BSCI Beta test. So, we have to be prepared for challenges ahead. Good Luck! Message Post

RE: MPLS simulated lab at home [7:72759]

2003-07-22 Thread Luan Nguyen
I would try the cisco web site first. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/tech/tk436/tk428/tech_configuration_e xamples_list.html http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/tech/tk436/tk428/tech_tech_notes_list .html Well, I guess just go to the website (cisco, juniper redback...etc) and do a search on mp

RE: MPLS simulated lab at home [7:72759]

2003-07-22 Thread Vicuna, Mark
Cisco site has a decent set of configuration samples (as usual). MPLS and VPN architectures (cisco press) is a great starting point and you can go from there. hth, Mark. -Original Message- From: Eyabane Patasse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 10:27 AM To: [EMAI

Re: Superstitious Switches? [7:72746]

2003-07-22 Thread Chris
John please check and see maybe the joint of the balance is on that port. If you count the VLAN1 and CPU interfaces that makes 26. 26/2=13 if it is a Blind Justice. (see below). "I do have this horrible mental image of Blind Justice standing there with a packet stream going into each pan of the b

Re: Cisco 2621 & Window NLB...Slightly off topic [7:72496]

2003-07-22 Thread nettable_walker
This is a 10BASET hub ? ""Duncan Wallace"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Quick question for the group. I have a 2621, 1 of the FA ports connected to > a hub. from there, I have 2 servers running win2K's network load balancing. > Pretty simple config to cluster 2 web servers with a VI

Re: Superstitious Switches? [7:72746]

2003-07-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Always use ports 7 and 14. They're lucky. > > From: "John Neiberger" > Date: 2003/07/22 Tue PM 04:53:08 EDT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Superstitious Switches? [7:72746] > > This is not a joke, I promise, but it is very strange. Have any of you > noticed that by far the most problematic p

RE: Practice lab [7:72731]

2003-07-22 Thread Alan Ho
Has anyone use Todd Lammle's Virtual Lab? Is it useful for CCNP prep? Alan Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=72757&t=72731 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Repor

MPLS simulated lab at home [7:72759]

2003-07-22 Thread Eyabane Patasse
I am looking for sample MPLS scenarios that i can reproduce on my home lab to create an MPLS network, just for the knowledge of the technology. if anyone has some good links, or sample configs, please be kind to share. Regards & Thanks ___

List of Vulnerable IOS Versions?? [7:72758]

2003-07-22 Thread Stevo
Hey All, I'm doing an audit on my Cisco gear and wondered if Cisco has a list of IOS versions that had security holes in them. I don't care about what the hole is, but I do care that I'm running a vulnerable IOS version! Let me know Stevo Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/re

MCNS EXAM - any pointers? besides the Book!!! [7:72760]

2003-07-22 Thread thartman
I am taking the exam in approx 1 week and have read the MCNS book - any other pointers to hit hard for the exam. Thanx, tlh Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=72760&t=72760 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription inf

Re: a song for all of us [7:72729]

2003-07-22 Thread annlee
You're feeling better now, eh? Or is it the medications? Howard C. Berkowitz wrote: > Don't forget relevant folk: > >Pete Seeger: "This LAN is Your LAN" >Kingston Trio: "MTA" (triple duty for email, token management, and > looping) >Peter Paul & Mary: "If I had a token, I'd ring it i

RE: GRE TUNNEL/Ethernet-broadcast-like? [7:72738]

2003-07-22 Thread Reimer, Fred
Wow, I hope you don't try that on your CCIE lab! Last I heard, bridging was not supported on tunnel interfaces. At least it's not on the 12.2(15)T5 running on a 2651XM router I just tested. If you find a (recent, supported) version of IOS that supports "bridge-group" in a tunnel interface please

RE: GRE TUNNEL/Ethernet-broadcast-like? [7:72738]

2003-07-22 Thread Reimer, Fred
The client may not have control over the cloud in the center, and the cloud may only support TCP/IP. The only solution would be to properly route the supported protocol in the tunnel interface (Tunnel interfaces support AppleTalk, Banyan VINES, CLNS, DECnet, IP, or IPX), or use DLSW if SNA and/or

Re: a song for all of us [7:72729]

2003-07-22 Thread John Neiberger
Howard C. Berkowitz 7/22/03 3:59:01 PM >>> >Don't forget relevant folk: > > Pete Seeger: "This LAN is Your LAN" > Kingston Trio: "MTA" (triple duty for email, token management, and >looping) > Peter Paul & Mary: "If I had a token, I'd ring it in the morning" > >And surely there must be

OT - Ethernet Fire Alarm [7:72749]

2003-07-22 Thread Weaselboy
> My company's Facilities department manager mentioned in meeting that > he was having someone cable our entire building to support a new > fire/emergency alarm system, and I was just thinking that... hey... > the whole place is already networked. Isn't there some kind of > Ethernet-aware alarm or

Re: a song for all of us [7:72729]

2003-07-22 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
Don't forget relevant folk: Pete Seeger: "This LAN is Your LAN" Kingston Trio: "MTA" (triple duty for email, token management, and looping) Peter Paul & Mary: "If I had a token, I'd ring it in the morning" And surely there must be a version of "Alice's Restaurant" sung by Cisco Sales.

RE: Two ABRs on the same area - requirements [7:72587]

2003-07-22 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
At 7:06 PM + 7/21/03, alaerte Vidali wrote: >Thanks, > >The challenge I am facing is to improve the OSPF design of a network that is >in production, without changing the existing WAN links. The area 5 is bigger >than I think it would be ideal (there are 56 routers) and there is no >interesting

Superstitious Switches? [7:72746]

2003-07-22 Thread John Neiberger
This is not a joke, I promise, but it is very strange. Have any of you noticed that by far the most problematic port on the Catalyst 2950 switches is port 13? I'd bet money that at least 20% of the time we have a problem with a device connected to these switches they're connected to port 13. Just

RE: GRE TUNNEL/Ethernet-broadcast-like? [7:72738]

2003-07-22 Thread Luan Nguyen
Uhm. Never done this or heard of this before. I would just do something like: Interface LAN 1 Bridge-group 1 Interface tunnel 1 Source WAN Destination REMOTE_WAN Bridge-group 1 Since, concurrent routing and bridging makes it possible to both route and bridge a specific protocol on separate inter

RE: GRE TUNNEL/Ethernet-broadcast-like? [7:72738]

2003-07-22 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer
Ricardo J Castaneda wrote: > > Hello, > > A question barely came up to mind: Would it be possible to > "join" a broadcast domain, not by means of a LAN switch but > from one remote router to another, using GRE Tunnels? Why not just disable routing and enable bridging? That would be easier. :-)

RE: source specific m-cast error [7:72724]

2003-07-22 Thread s vermill
p b wrote: > > > I'm testing a setup using source specific multicast. On > the RPF interface for the target source IP (192.168.25.25) > I've configured the following command: > > ip igmp static-group 232.232.232.232 source 192.168.25.25 > > This seems to get the right messages forwarded up tow

Re: Starting off towards a CCNP [7:72734]

2003-07-22 Thread Tom Lisa
In the Academy program we offer BSCI first then follow with BCRAN , BCMSN and finish with the CIT course. The new CIT exam, when released, is supposed to kick the difficulty level up a couple of notches. HTH, Prof. Tom Lisa, CCAI Community College of Southern Nevada Cisco ATC/Regional Networking

Re: GRE TUNNEL/Ethernet-broadcast-like? [7:72738]

2003-07-22 Thread John Neiberger
Ricardo J Castaneda 7/22/03 12:18:17 PM >>> >Hello, > >A question barely came up to mind: Would it be possible to "join" a >broadcast domain, not by means of a LAN switch but from one remote router to >another, using GRE Tunnels? > >Since I haven't done it before, I kind of thought that it'll

RE: Practice lab [7:72731]

2003-07-22 Thread Larry Letterman
Either get cheap stuff on Ebay...or rent time on a Rack of gear from one of the many places that do that... Larry Letterman Cisco Systems -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DeVoe, Charles (PKI) Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 6:33 AM To: [E

Lab Equipment (for CCIE) in Calgary, Alberta [7:72740]

2003-07-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Guys, Can anyone please advise me a good resource to buy used/refurbished lab equipment for CCIE prepation in Calgary, Alberta, Canada location? Any other resource in Canada is also welcome. Thanks. Bharat Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=72740&t=72740 -

Re: Starting off towards a CCNP [7:72734]

2003-07-22 Thread Ricardo J Castaneda
The BCMSN book I have, seems to focus on Catalyst 4000, 5000, 5xxx, 6000, 8500 series. Does this mean I have an older Cisco Press book? best regards, Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=72739&t=72734 -- FAQ, list archiv

GRE TUNNEL/Ethernet-broadcast-like? [7:72738]

2003-07-22 Thread Ricardo J Castaneda
Hello, A question barely came up to mind: Would it be possible to "join" a broadcast domain, not by means of a LAN switch but from one remote router to another, using GRE Tunnels? Since I haven't done it before, I kind of thought that it'll be possible. For instance, having: R1eth0(no ip address

RE: Practice lab [7:72731]

2003-07-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Charles, A low budget solution to your problems can be found at www.ccie4u.com with rack rentals starting at $20. That should fit into your budget easily. Original Message: - From: DeVoe, Charles (PKI) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 13:33:03 GMT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Starting off towards a CCNP [7:72734]

2003-07-22 Thread dre
wrote in message ... > Im planning to start on my ccnp---> first step joined groupstudy (as i did > for my ccna ;-) ). Just have a few queries regarding the certification. > 1. I have the CCNP materials dated 2000. do they still hold good for the > current certifications? > 2. Im planning to start

Starting off towards a CCNP [7:72734]

2003-07-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hi ppl, Im planning to start on my ccnp---> first step joined groupstudy (as i did for my ccna ;-) ). Just have a few queries regarding the certification. 1. I have the CCNP materials dated 2000. do they still hold good for the current certifications? 2. Im planning to start of with the BCRAN certi

RE: Bandwidth, QoS, and Contention networks [7:72645]

2003-07-22 Thread Logan, Harold
be given no credibility whatsoever. I'm neither a wireless guru nor an RF engineer. The problem of ethernet and contention-based media has been solved for the most part by full duplex ethernet and layer 2 QoS. As far as the hosts on the network are concerned, the media is always available. "Conges

RE: Practice lab [7:72731]

2003-07-22 Thread Daniel Cotts
1) Labs available on the Internet. See archives for lists. 2) Form a group of folks in your area. Each person buys one box and the group builds a lab. 3) If the company where you work has many production routers, there is a chance there are older boxes or spares hidden away - sometimes at multiple

Practice lab [7:72731]

2003-07-22 Thread DeVoe, Charles (PKI)
I am currently working towards my CCNP after getting my CCNA. Problem is I no longer have access to any routers. I can read the books and get the knowledge needed to pass the exams. But I also want the practical experience to go along with it. How does someone on a low budget get access to equi