RE: why there is an ethernet frame size limitation

2001-01-24 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Okay, here's the $100,000 question - something I've never quite figured out when I've read your work, Priscilla. I understand how you can create a maximum collision domain of 2500 m when using 10Base5, but you list 2500 m as the maximum collision domain when using 10Base2 and 10BaseT. What is th

RE: Another 802.3 and Ethernet Question

2001-02-05 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
To answer your question, my question to you John, would be this: What is the purpose of the default Ethernet frame type on a Cisco router? You've posed an excellent question - one that I mulled over for quite some time until I answered the question I've asked you to solve... Understanding why t

RE: Another 802.3 and Ethernet Question

2001-02-06 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
John, What's the purpose of a default frame type? In IPX? What does the router do with other frame types not specified? Now what about with IP? What's the purpose of the default frame type? What does the router do with other frame types not explicitly specified? -- Leigh Anne -Orig

RE: Another 802.3 and Ethernet Question

2001-02-06 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tony van Ree Sent: February 6, 2001 2:51 PM To: Leigh Anne Chisholm; John Neiberger; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Priscilla Oppenheimer Subject: RE: Another 802.3 and Ethernet Question Hi, Those not specified by the router are either routed by the server

RE: Another 802.3 and Ethernet Question

2001-02-06 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
is > any additional configuration required? > > And with that, we're lead back to John's original question: What is the > purpose of a default Ethernet frame type for IP? > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of >

RE: Cisco 1600 Router Down/Flapping ?

2001-02-07 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
If the command "show frame-relay pvc" is identifying the PVC status as "inactive", the PVC connection between your router and switch is working properly. There is a problem between the switch and the destination router. Ensure all configuration parameters on the remote router have been configure

RE: Access-List Statement Clearification Request

2001-02-07 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Question 1: As John pointed out in Question 2, access lists in the range of 1-99 are reserved for IP standard access control lists and are to be used in conjunction with the "ip access-group" statement. Access lists in the range of 1-99 cannot be used in conjunction with the "ipx access-group" s

RE: help about frame relay

2001-02-07 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
The DLCI value is not stored contiguously within the Address field of the Frame Relay frame, but rather is subdivided into two separate components—one containing the DLCI high-order bits, and the other containing DLCI low-order bits. A frame relay address field can be two, three, or four bytes in

RE: Another 802.3 and Ethernet Question

2001-02-07 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
is week. Priscilla covered it really well in one of her >> > > replys on a similar question. >> > > >> > > Teunis >> > > >> > > >> > > On Tuesday, February 06, 2001 at 04:55:01 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > > >> > &

FW: Another 802.3 and Ethernet Question

2001-02-08 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
-Original Message- From: Leigh Anne Chisholm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: February 8, 2001 10:17 AM To: Jim Dixon Subject: RE: Another 802.3 and Ethernet Question Actually, what I'm saying is that John wanted to know whether or not he should change the default Ethernet frame

RE: not quite sure...

2001-02-08 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Would Router B retransmit if Frame Relay was used as the encapsulation protocol? If so, how would Frame Relay detect the loss of the "packet"? What about X.25--would Router B retransmit? How would X.25 detect the loss? What about HDLC? PPP? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [m

RE: not quite sure...

2001-02-09 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Howard's correct. Think about voice - do you really want voice packets retransmitted? Due to delay and sequencing issues, likely not... Understanding each protocol and its capabilities is the best way to understand where retransmission occurs. Some protocols have both error detection and error

RE: Sub-interfaces and Secondary interfaces

2001-02-12 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
One disadvantage of using secondary interfaces is that Cisco has indicated secondary interface support will disappear in future IOS releases, in favour of supporting subinterface configurations. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nabil Fare

RE: certificationzone.com

2001-02-13 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Earlier this week, CertificationZone announced sometime this week that they would be putting up ZoneII - the new CertificationZone website. I'll bet you a quarter they're in the process of swapping web files! -- Leigh Anne -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PRO

RE: VTY LINES NON EXISTENT!!!!

2001-02-13 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
You'll find you'll get that error message on that switch, as well as on any router that doesn't have a VTY password specified. It's a security precaution to prevent unauthorized users from telnetting to a device where an administrator has accidentally forgotten to assign a password. Connect via

RE: VTY LINES NON EXISTENT!!!!

2001-02-13 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Whoops. That's what I get for writing a message as I'm running out the door. Now I notice that you can't find where to set the VTY password. If someone hasn't done so by the time I get back, I'll help you out then. -- Leigh Anne -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[E

RE: VTY LINES NON EXISTENT!!!!

2001-02-13 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Pierre, I see that Jorge Moreira managed to answer your question about vty passwords on the Cisco Catalyst 1900 series switch. What threw me (and Rik as well) was your inclusion of "XL" after 1912--the Cisco Catalyst 1912 (and 1924) switches are not part of the XL series. I needed a few minutes

RE: MORE TECHNICAL DETAILS ON PROBLEM SOLVED: VTY LINES NON EXISTENT!!!! :

2001-02-13 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
question is no. The only password that you can set on the 1900 is the enable password/secret ... Pierre-Alex -Original Message- From: Leigh Anne Chisholm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 2:09 PM To: Pierre-Alex; Dale Cunningham Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE

RE: MORE TECHNICAL DETAILS ON PROBLEM SOLVED: VTY LINES NON EXISTENT!!!! :

2001-02-13 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
e 1900 is the enable password/secret ... Pierre-Alex -Original Message- From: Leigh Anne Chisholm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 2:09 PM To: Pierre-Alex; Dale Cunningham Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MORE TECHNICAL DETAILS ON PROBLEM SOLVED: VTY LINES NON EX

RE: DISTURBING: Spanning Tree Protocol Does not Work.

2001-02-13 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Which ports on the 2924XL are trunking? The only port I can see configured for trunking is FA0/20. I'm not clear on exactly where you've connected the 1912's 0/26 and 0/27 ports on the 2924XL... Also, you indicate that you've set up the 2924XL to be the root bridge -- you might want to check wh

RE: DISTURBING: Spanning Tree Protocol Does not Work.

2001-02-13 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
ng just fine. Check the LED's on both of your switches to see if you see a solid orange glow... -- Leigh Anne -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Leigh Anne Chisholm Sent: February 13, 2001 10:22 PM To: Cisco@Groupstudy. Com Subject: R

RE: DISTURBING: Spanning Tree Protocol Does not Work.

2001-02-14 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Pierre-Alex -Original Message- From: Leigh Anne Chisholm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 1:29 AM To: Pierre-Alex; Cisco Groupstudy (E-mail) Cc: Dale Cunningham Subject: RE: DISTURBING: Spanning Tree Protocol Does not Work. Okay, here's the jist

RE: VTY LINES NON EXISTENT!!!!

2001-02-14 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Message- From: John Nemeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: February 14, 2001 6:00 AM To: Leigh Anne Chisholm; Rik Guyler; Cisco Groupstudy (E-mail) Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: VTY LINES NON EXISTENT!!!! On Jul 6, 7:16am, "Leigh Anne Chisholm" wrote: } } You'll notice that

RE: %SYS-4-CONFIG_NEWER

2001-02-14 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
What is the version of your boot roms? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Ibidunni Sent: February 14, 2001 4:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: %SYS-4-CONFIG_NEWER Folks, I was wondering if someone can assist me in solvi

RE: DISTURBING: Spanning Tree Protocol Refuses to Cooperate!

2001-02-14 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
3580 Designated port is 23, path cost 0 Timers: message age 20, forward delay 15, hold 1 Pierre-Alex -Original Message- From: Leigh Anne Chisholm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 9:57 AM To: Pierre-Alex; Cisco Groupstudy (E-mail) Cc: Dale Cunningham Su

RE: %SYS-4-CONFIG_NEWER

2001-02-14 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Actually, the message indicating "%SYS-4-CONFIG_NEWER" is generated by the bootstrap code in reference to the the startup-config information stored in NVRAM. If the bootstrap mini-IOS code is of a version less than the full IOS version loaded within the router, this warning will appear during the

RE: RE: DISTURBING: Spanning Tree Protocol Does not Work.

2001-02-15 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
See comments inline: >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of >Paul Werner >Sent: February 14, 2001 10:09 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: RE: DISTURBING: Spanning Tree Protocol Does not Work. > >>Okay, here's the jist of things. > >Big hu

RE: DISTURBING: Spanning Tree Protocol Refuses to Cooperate!

2001-02-15 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Y will be the root port and port Z will be blocked) Did that fulfill some of your thurst for knowledge? :) Pierre-Alex -----Original Message- From: Leigh Anne Chisholm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 10:38 AM To: Pierre-Alex Subject: RE: DISTURBING: Spanning Tre

RE: USER MODE PASSWORD!!!

2001-02-15 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
lto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: February 15, 2001 11:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Dale Cunningham; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: USER MODE PASSWORD!!! I FOUND IT! Cisco1912(config)# enable secret level 1 cisco will require the password of "cisco" before allowing access to USER mode!

RE: Citrix is faster via Internet than LAN/WAN

2001-02-19 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
ts. -Original Message- From: Germain, PJ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: February 19, 2001 1:12 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Citrix is faster via Internet than LAN/WAN They are all DPEN600s or better. But, mostly all are DPEN600. 600MhZ with 130 MB RAM. -

RE: bootstrap error mesg

2001-02-19 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
tend to run from the mini-IOS long-term. -Original Message- From: Leigh Anne Chisholm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: February 14, 2001 7:04 PM To: Circusnuts; Michael Ibidunni; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: %SYS-4-CONFIG_NEWER Actually, the message indicating "%SYS-4-CONFIG_NEWER&

RE: what is the average age of people in this stuff?

2001-02-24 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
I'm 32, and have been having **SEVERE** issues lately with being able to remember things. A few weeks ago I had lunch with two friends after a Cisco User Group meeting. After lunch, one friend headed off back to his office while the other and I continued to chat. There was a long pause in my

Private Internet Addressing

2001-02-25 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
I did a traceroute to one of US West's customers... got some interesting results: 13 206 ms 179 ms 123 ms gig0-0-0.phnx-sust1.phnx.uswest.net [206.80.192.253] 14 1016 ms 151 ms 975 ms 207.224.191.2 15 233 ms 124 ms 123 ms 192.168.8.1 16 151 ms 179 ms 123 ms 192.168.100.147 17

RE: Private Internet Addressing

2001-02-26 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Where I'm located, it seems that "major" ISP's are being bought left-right-and-center. I would think that with some of the acquisitions that have been made, what could have been a simple "merging" of networks would get a little ugly, trying to remove the duplicate "private internet addressing"

RE: FR + Poison Reverse...

2001-02-27 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
If you don't want to read all of my quotes, look for the portion contained therein enclosed by double asterisks (**). >From Cisco's site: "Normally, routers that are connected to broadcast-type IP networks and that use distance-vector routing protocols employ the split horizon mechanism to red

RE: FR + Poison Reverse...

2001-02-27 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
is ENABLED but isn't much of an issue since it's a point-to-point link. -- Leigh Anne > -Original Message- > From: Brian Lodwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: February 27, 2001 11:26 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: FR + Poison Reverse

RE: FR + Poison Reverse...

2001-02-27 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: FR + Poison Reverse... > > > Leigh Anne Chisholm, > Actually by default on IP interfaces: > Split-horizon is disabled on Frame-relay physical interfaces > Split-horizon is enabled on Frame-relay point-to-point and multipoint >

RE: Private Vlans

2001-02-27 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Thank you, "nobody" for helping teach common sense - but Timothy DID indicate he did try to find the information on Cisco's site before he posted his query to the group. PRIVATE VLANs are the latest switching hype to come out of Cisco. Our local Cisco rep recently did a presentation which covere

RE: O/T One question CID test

2001-03-12 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
If "none of the above" is the correct answer, why would "E" be the right one to select? If "E" actually WAS the correct answer, there would be no need for "F". Thus, F must truly be the correct response IF E is correct. Dang! Job wanted: Test question writer. Will work for slivered peanuts.

RE: O/T One question CID test

2001-03-12 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
But John, you've forgotten logic in your equation. If Priscilla says it's "E", then it's "E". Priscilla wrote the book on top-down network design! (-: -- Leigh Anne -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Neiberger Sent: Monday, March 12

RE: O/T One question CID test

2001-03-13 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
: Mask Of Zorro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 9:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: O/T One question CID test E has to be right, not F, cause it says none of the above, yet that is exactly what is written above it... Z >From: &q

RE: O/T One question CID test

2001-03-13 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: O/T One question CID test E has to be right, not F, cause it says none of the above, yet that is exactly what is written above it... Z >From: "Leigh Anne Chisholm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Leigh Anne Chis

RE: ISL & VLANS between routers

2001-03-13 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Along the same lines as Jim Dixon and Zorro - what is the undying need for end-users in both buildings to be able to belong to the same VLAN? What would necessitate such a design? Would implementing Jim's recommendation (creating separate VLANs with the same policies for users in each building)

RE: 2500 wont save config

2001-03-19 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
If a Cisco router has been set with a configuration register to bypass parsing the startup-config file (such as in the case of password recovery - and it's oh so easy to forget to reset the config register to 0x2102 afterwards), the operation of the router will appear as if the router isn't saving

RE: Vlan Question

2001-03-22 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Why wouldn't you just put the one person on a different subnet and then use ACL's to control traffic flow? What will deploying VLANs get you that subnetting wouldn't? > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Brad Shifflett > Sent: March 22,

RE: IP Address Calculation [1:1010]

2000-11-23 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Mitsunori: I was looking through the Sybex CCNA Study Guide 2nd edition, and couldn't find the question you reference--I assume it's from a different book in their CCNA series... I recently completed a project with Sybex that is due out in January. The one thing my editor and I really worked on

RE: 2509 start-up message!! AND Router(boot)#

2000-12-06 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
That message really drove me nuts until I understood what it meant. The system bootstrap is also known as the "boot image", "rxboot image", "boot loader", or "boot helper". The system bootstrap is a subset of the system IOS loaded on the router. The system bootstrap is used to perform network b

RE: 2509 start-up message!! Still not working....

2000-12-08 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
ed the flash modules to see if that will make any change but still the same problem? Any hints on this issue to save me from going through all this each time I turn the Router on? Thxs again, Ash -Original Message----- From: Kevin Wigle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 07

RE: ccna test 507

2000-12-10 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Sybex has a "CCNA Virtual Test Center" due out in January that has a fairly in-depth section of questions that cover frame-relay and switching. All questions are based on fundamental knowledge required to pass the CCNA. The benefit though of these questions is in the explanations that have been

RE: CCIE R/S Pass Mark

2000-12-11 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Priscilla, I think having a survey to validate the test is an excellent idea, however the disclaimer on the exam does specifically state that your score is dependent on how you answer the questions. It didn't give me the impression that it's to discriminate between CCSI's and non CCSI candidates

RE: eXtreme ,juniper, Foundary and Cisco

2000-12-11 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
If you really want to know if Extreme supports all standard protocols, I think you should ask your Extreme reps if their switches support RFC 2549: IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service... If Extreme says that they support it, your decision is simple! Darn I loved that article! -O

RE: netboot

2000-12-12 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
If you have any boot system commands in your config file, a net boot will NOT be attempted. Here's a groupstudy message I posted last month that explains the boot sequence... -Original Message- From: Leigh Anne Chisholm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: November 6, 2000 6:29

RE: Configuration Register and Netboot Failure

2000-12-13 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
I looked up the reference you make with respect to setting bit 13--it's a confusing sentence but what it's saying, is that if you have boot system commands set in your configuration files, a net boot will NOT be attempted if bit 13 is set if no boot system commands are able to load a valid IOS ima

RE: TFTP Subdirectories

2000-12-13 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
1. It can't create the file name because of the /'s you are using. It doesn't recognize that you're attempting to put it into a subdirectory... My best advice would be to use a single Cisco directory, and name your running-config file something like 12132000_2500running-config. That way you hav

RE: Configuration Register and Netboot Failure

2000-12-15 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
--- System Configuration Dialog --- Refer to the 'Getting Started' Guide for additional help. Default settings are in square brackets '[]'. Configuring interface IP parameters for netbooting: Configuring interface Serial0: Is this interface in use? [yes]: THIS CONTINU

RE: IP addressses - Are networks 2^x or (2^x)-2 ???

2000-12-18 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
I disagree. You've identified the VALID range of Class A, B, and C addresses - addresses that can be assigned to end-systems. You have NOT identified the FULL SCOPE of the Classes. As per your previous email: On RFC 943 (Assigned Numbers) it says on page 1: Class A has 7 bit network number wh

RE: trunking problem

2000-12-19 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Your post isn't very clear as to exactly where you are seeing CRC errors - is it just on the switch ports? Or is it on the router as well? I've been having a similar problem with a Catalyst 1900. Its got a port that reported a LOT of CRC and aligmnent errors. Absolutely abysmal file transfer r

RE: Last Nights DC Cisco Meeting

2000-12-19 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Wow... think of the implications if Cisco did that. How many post-secondary institutions charge money disseminating knowledge that might be required knowledge to pass the CCIE exam. Should they be quivering as well? What about Sybex? What about Cisco Press (since they're not owned by Cisco). W

RE: Help about a technical interview I had PLEASE!

2000-09-15 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
John/Sam I interviewed with an organization recently and completely blew one question. I was asked what in an SMTP header will help troubleshoot email delivery problems. Now I immediately start thinking about framing formats, and I don't know the frame format of an SMTP header. I panic. I

RE: Full-duplex operations

2000-09-25 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
I remember coming across a knowledge base article on Microsoft's site that indicated poor performance with NICs set to full duplex was because Windows NT didn't support full-duplex operation. This was one of those cases where when the Microsoft Help Desk tech had the client change the client's

RE: STP question

2000-09-29 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Actually, Spanning Tree only runs if it detects the presence new or absence of expected BPDU's. Plugging a PC into a switch port will not cause the Spanning Tree Algorithm to execute. -- Leigh Anne > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf

RE: Ethernet Trivia

2000-10-06 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Ahh Kevin, your post reminds me of some research I did when I was putting together my paper on LAN Switching for CertificationZone. I was looking at how to calculate the round-trip propagation delay for 10BaseT networks. Here's a few technical numbers for you you (and possibly other Groupstud

RE: upcoming caslow book

2000-10-26 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
That's a good question. Apparently Caslow's "Cisco Certification: Bridges, Routers and Switches for CCIE's" is now out of print... My initial impression is that his new book won't cover all the same material as his first. For those of you who've been wanting to buy Cisco Certification: Bridges,

RE: Boot Sequence

2000-11-06 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
If the configuration register value on a Cisco router has been set to 0x2102, and the router is unable to load a valid IOS image from Flash, the router will: 1. Attempt a net boot using the boot field value in the configuration register to determine the filename to use when requesting the IOS ima

RE: C C I E W r i t t e n P r a c t i c e V e n d or s

2001-04-05 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
That's easy. CertificationZone of course! (-: -- Leigh Anne > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Larry Oates > Sent: April 5, 2001 1:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: C C I E W r i t t e n P r a c t i c e V e n d or s > > >

RE: Token-Ring DB9 to RJ-45 adapter [7:374]

2001-04-12 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
A couple of weeks ago, I wandered through the inventory area of a local wire and cable supply outlet. I noticed they had several Token Ring media filters. Since there's no demand for them from corporate customers (and hasn't been for quite some time), they offered to give them away for free becau

RE: certifiactionzone [7:1171]

2001-04-18 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
The answer to your question really depends on what it is you want to get out of the exam simulations. Both Boson and CertificationZone provide questions that cover CCNA and CCIE concepts - and both provide answers. If you want to use a simulated exam to check to see how prepared you are to chall

RE: Recruiters Comments!! [7:2310]

2001-04-27 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
If it's a 3rd party recruiter, they're likely wondering because they have a client who has requested the recruiter find candidates that have achieved CCNP certification. If you're close to completing your certification, they might be able to persuade the client to look at your resume and consider

RE: Spanning Tree Protocol [7:2564]

2001-04-30 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
problem of not being able to initially obtain a DHCP lease. If a PC is not configured to bridge frames between LAN segments, the switch port to which the PC is connected can safely begin forwarding frames immediately. -- Leigh Anne Chisholm > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROT

RE: Spanning Tree Protocol [7:2564]

2001-04-30 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
It's a symptom of the problem I wrote about earlier in this thread. When a MAC becomes active on the network, the computer isn't able to communicate for the first 50 seconds the port detects the end-system is active. The port begins in blocking mode, then transitions to listening, then learning.

RE: Lost Cisco CD [7:2727]

2001-05-01 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
I have to agree with Kevin's comments, Peter. Patrick told you exactly who your best resource is - and that's the Cisco Account Manager for your area (also known as "your rep"). They would likely be able to get you what you need the fastest. You needed an answer quickly, and Patrick provided th

RE: CCNP exams-The Truth [7:38249]

2002-03-15 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Actually, I too believe the V2 CCNP exams are too easy - and I don't have years of experience working on Cisco equipment. The sections of the CCNP test I scored highest on were those that I learned the night before, or the day of. Just reading a chapter 24 hours prior to taking the exam was bett

RE: MPLS White Paper Announcement [7:40035]

2002-04-01 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Whether it's April 1st, or April 2nd, all I can say is that someone over at CertificationZone obviously had too much time on their hands! Russian? -- Leigh Anne PS. I wonder if CertZone has any readers that are fluent in Russian. I'd love to see how the translation did. -Original M

Word of Caution - RE: Shipping Home Lab Equipment [7:12913]

2001-07-18 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Just a word of caution for everyone out there that's buying equipment for their home labs. Yesterday I had a Catalyst 5002 delivered to my home by UPS. It was packaged in a Dell computer box and left at my door. The driver didn't wait for a signture or even to see if anyone was home. The box w

Code Red impact on Cisco products - FW: [I] Cisco Security [7:13162]

2001-07-20 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
I received this email from one of the SE's in Cisco's Calgary office. Code Red may impact certain Cisco products. Both Cisco and Microsoft are advertising a fix (details are included below). -Original Message- Most of you have probably seen the Code Red worm affecting Microsoft IIS. As

RE: Ethernet Trivia mostly, Need an EE's answer probably. [7:13234]

2001-07-21 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
A quick search of the IEEE 802.3 spec didn't turn up any matches for 1 m as being the minimum length for 10BaseT (nor even 10Base2). There is a reference in the document however in Section 14 - "Twisted Pair Medium Attachment Unit (MAU) and baseband medium, type 10BaseT" has a clause that indicat

RE: Cisco Press Vs Sybex Which Way Forward ===> [7:13243]

2001-07-22 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Howard's got some excellent points in his post--especially with regard to the fact that even though you haven't passed a particular exam doesn't mean that you're not qualified to develop material for that exam... Although I can't find any information as to exactly what certifications Todd has, I

RE: Cisco Press Vs Sybex Which Way Forward ===> [7:13243]

2001-07-22 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Leigh Anne Chisholm Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 11:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Cisco Press Vs Sybex Which Way Forward ===> [7:13243] Howard's got some excellent points in his post--especially with regard to the fact that even though you have

RE: VLAN: ISL or 802.1Q? [7:13325]

2001-07-23 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
You can mix different trunking protocols (a network doesn't have to be all ISL or all 802.1Q), but I wouldn't recommend it. Some of Cisco's newer switches don't support ISL believe it or not--so the old adage that if your network is all ISL, you should stick with ISL doesn't apply anymore. And o

RE: Cable modems & 2501s?? [7:13626]

2001-07-24 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Why not scrounge an older computer (even a 386 will do) and plunk 2 nic's in it. Set it up as your firewall between the internet and you. Then connect the external network nic of the linux box connecting to the cable modem, the internal network nic and router to a hub? Security, and connectivit

RE: Cable modems & 2501s?? [7:13626]

2001-07-24 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Why couldn't you plug the cable modem and router into a hub and have the router do one-arm routing? A better alternative though (because of security) is the one I posed in a previous message... -- Leigh Anne -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Beha

RE: ccna challenge question [7:13565]

2001-07-24 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Classful addressing doesn't mean that routers do not look at the subnet mask. Au contraire! Routers ALWAYS are concerned with subnet mask information! Classful addressing just means that a router that receives a routing update for a network for which it does not have a directly connected interf

RE: Cable modems & 2501s?? [7:13626]

2001-07-24 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
gt; hands on ("THE LAB"). Once I convince my self that I can actually setup this > config. Then I'll progress to other scenarios. > > Thanks again for your input. > > Greg Macaulay > Oldest CCNP/CCDP on Earth > Lifetime Member of AARP > Retired Attorney/Law Prof

RE: ccna challenge question [7:13565]

2001-07-24 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
uting. Again, only if this was an actual test question!!! If this was something someone asked me off the top of my head, I would agree, but it is a challenge question.... - Original Message - From: "Leigh Anne Chisholm" To: Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 7:10 PM Subject: RE: ccna

RE: ccna challenge question [7:13565]

2001-07-25 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Ed, what you're forgetting is this: a directed broadcast would either be generated by a device 172.18.2.0 network that has been configured with a subnet mask of 255.255.254.0 or by and end-system specifically trying to reach an end-host configured as part of that subnet (for example, a user-initi

RE: ccna challenge question [7:13565]

2001-07-26 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Message- From: Chuck Larrieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 8:06 PM To: Leigh Anne Chisholm; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ccna challenge question [7:13565] one final belaborment of the point. ( where is Bob Vance, whose thoroughness would be quite welcome here? ) o

RE: 1,000 Commission Per Sale! 10215 [7:13927]

2001-07-26 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Ever hear of 1-800 (or 1-888) numbers being call-forward to 1-900 pay numbers? You get a nasty bill in the mail. As an aside, for those of you using dialup--one of the local police officers in charge of internet fraud told of an incident where people who visited a web page had their modems disco

RE: OT Approx release date for 2600 series routers. [7:14161]

2001-07-30 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
I think it was the summer of 1998. I know that they were definitely out in the fall of 1998 so it had to be just shortly before then. -- Leigh Anne -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Curtis Phillips Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 7:43 AM To

RE: OSPF and Access-lists [7:14229]

2001-07-30 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
224.0.0.10 is IGRP / EIGRP multicasts. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis H Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 2:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OSPF and Access-lists [7:14229] Assuming you do not have any permit statements it woul

RE: Suggested changes to the e-mail format of Grou [7:14263]

2001-07-30 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
No matter what you do, there will always be someone that's not happy with what you've done. The more you try to accommodate, the more work you undertake--and Rule #1 applies again. Someone out there will not be happy with what you've done. Just let it go... save yourself the headaches. If peo

RE: PEC CIMs [7:14291]

2001-07-30 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Sorry John, they've been near flawless for me. The distance-vector routing CIM doesn't display the pop-up quizzes, but other than that, I've had no problem whatsoever. -- Leigh Anne -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 5:44

RE: thoughts on this one from cert zone [7:14394]

2001-07-31 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Actually, Spanning Tree Protocol can give a worst-possible-case path depending on the design of the network. All Spanning Tree Protocol does in terms of best path selection is determines the best path to the root bridge, not to any layer 2 end-host. -- Leigh Anne -Original Message- F

RE: thoughts on this one from cert zone [7:14394]

2001-07-31 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
you, but your answers are more straight-forward. It's a mystery. ;-) It really does read a lot like a CID question. Maybe it's Robert Padjen? Talk to you later, Priscilla At 04:14 PM 7/31/01, Leigh Anne Chisholm wrote: >Actually, Spanning Tree Protocol can give a worst-possible-case p

RE: thoughts on this one from cert zone [7:14394]

2001-08-01 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Okay, I'll have to fess up. I had someone at CertificationZone check to see who wrote that question and it turns out that... IT WAS ME! I wrote that in February of 2000. That was truly horrible. Sorry folks... -- Leigh Anne -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAI

EIGRP's interpretation of NBMA and "disabling multicasting"? [7:14693]

2001-08-02 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
On Cisco's site, I've been searching for information as to when the hello interval is set to 5 seconds and when it is set to 60 seconds. Hellos are sent every 5 seconds except on low-speed, NBMA media. Low-speed is defined as 1.544 Mbps and under. No problems there. What I don't understand is

RE: EIGRP - Stuck in Active [7:14803]

2001-08-04 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Thomas, You might want to look at the following link. It might help you troubleshoot your SIA problem. "What Does the EIGRP DUAL-3-SIA Error Message Mean?" http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/103/18.html -- Leigh Anne > ""Thomas"" wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Hi All, > >

RE: EIGRP's interpretation of NBMA and "disabling [7:14912]

2001-08-04 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
I'm SIA. Stuck in active. No reply to query received. -Original Message- From: Chuck Larrieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 12:56 PM To: Leigh Anne Chisholm; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: EIGRP's interpretation of NBMA and "disabling multicast

RE: EIGRP's interpretation of NBMA and "disabling [7:14912]

2001-08-04 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
ents are there. Oh well--it's just a curiosity thing. I'll play when I have more time. -- Leigh Anne -Original Message- From: Tony Medeiros [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 5:25 PM To: Leigh Anne Chisholm; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: EIGRP's i

RE: Load Balancing... [7:14865]

2001-08-04 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Since you're concerned about redundancy, have you verified that the two providers you have selected are using different physical media to transport your data to the US? Fiber seems to be grossly incestuous up here with telcos leasing bandwidth to other telcos. The redundancy you think you're get

RE: Subject: EIGRP's interpretation of NBMA and "disabling [7:14982]

2001-08-05 Thread Leigh Anne Chisholm
Here's the link I got the quote from: http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios122/122cgcr/fipr _c/ipcprt2/1cfeigrp.htm#xtocid2271313 Check out the third paragraph for the quote. -- Leigh Anne -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On

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