Re: methods for summarizing routes in FATKID ospf401

2001-04-08 Thread Richard Deal
What about a static route? "Clue Less" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi, > > Just trying out ospf401 on fatkid, and was reading the hints about > summarizing. Here's the hint > > "There are two built in OSPF methods to summarize OSPF routes.

Re: How to become a CCSI [7:1362]

2001-04-20 Thread Richard Deal
tudents ask you questions and you must continually tell them you'll have to look it up (and I've seen many cases like this), then as an instructor, you won't survive in this business very long. Hope this helps...and good luck to those that are really serious about trying this!!

Re: Typo [7:2011]

2001-04-25 Thread Richard Deal
e latter is the more preferrable. I haven't experienced this problem lately (version 5.x code), but have experienced it in 2.x and 3.x code--I don't remember with 4.x Hope this helps. Enjoy! Richard Deal ""Jennifer Cribbs"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]"&g

Re: CCNP test order [7:2122]

2001-04-26 Thread Richard Deal
Having taught all of these classes (and still teaching), I agree with the below order. Enjoy! Richard Deal ""mtxpert"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I took the routing test first and found it's information was repeated >

Re: Switch command questions [7:2477]

2001-04-30 Thread Richard Deal
The test covers the IOS of the 1900 series and the set-based interface of the 5000 series--the IOS interface of the XL and 5000 is NOT covered. And yes, there are some significant differences between the IOS of the 1900 and XL series, as you have found out. Enjoy! Richard ""Hunt Lee"" wrote i

Re: ATM question [7:4452]

2001-05-14 Thread Richard Deal
, instead of passing them transparently through the network, tried to process them, causing the customer all kinds of problems. Hope this helps! Enjoy! Richard Deal [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Author of the following Coriolis books: CCNP Switching Exam Cram, CCNP Remote Access Exam Prep, and C

Re: Configure ATM point to point subinterface [7:4539]

2001-05-15 Thread Richard Deal
This is correct...assuming that the other end IS point-to-point. the encapuslation will have to match on the two ends, like "aal5snap". Enjoy! -- -------- Richard Deal [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Author of the following Coriolis books: CCNP Switching

Re: Case Sensitive Passwords on Cisco IOS CLI [7:4718]

2001-05-17 Thread Richard Deal
It's the 1900 switch that uses case-insensitive passwords. The routers, ATM switches, set-based switches, and XL switches have case-senstive passwords...basically everything else. -- Richard Deal [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Author of the following Cor

Re: ISDN [7:5081]

2001-05-19 Thread Richard Deal
Sometimes you get get a good deal, but expect to fork over about $1,000. Everyone in the CCNP/CCIE hunt is looking for one. :-) Teltone makes a very nice one. I really like their 4-port model where you have 2-U and 2-S/T interfaces. Good luck!!! -- -------- Ri

Re: why isn't PNNI more popular, esp. for telcos? [7:5098]

2001-05-19 Thread Richard Deal
brainer. Enjoy! -- -------- Richard Deal [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Author of the following Coriolis books: CCNP Switching Exam Cram, CCNP Remote Access Exam Prep, and CCNP Cisco Lan Switch Configuration; as well as a CCNP test author for ww

Re: Terminal Server for the first time !!! [7:5119]

2001-05-19 Thread Richard Deal
Try this: line 1-8 absolute-timeout 480 transport input telnet transport output telnet telnet transparent stopbits 1 Enjoy -- Richard Deal [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Author of the following Coriolis books: CCNP Switching Exam Cram, CCNP Remote

Re: Terminal Server in detail !!! [7:5177]

2001-05-20 Thread Richard Deal
You need "transport output telnet"--this is the default, but you've overrridden it with the "none" parameter. Enjoy! -- ---- Richard Deal [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Author of the following Coriolis books: CCNP Switching Exam Cram, CCN

Re: ATM in Lab [7:5319]

2001-05-21 Thread Richard Deal
10, but you can build PVCs, it will support SVCs, and it will do SoftPVCs. Enjoy! -- -------- Richard Deal [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Author of the following Coriolis books: CCNP Switching Exam Cram, CCNP Remote Access Exam Prep, and CCNP Cisco Lan Switch Configurat

Re: STP commands [7:6871]

2001-06-02 Thread Richard Deal
Dear Hunt, 1 & 3 apply to all VLANs on the respective ports--all VLANs are treated the same. Commands 2 and 4 allow you to change the values on a per-VLAN basis, treating each VLAN differently. Hope this helps! Enjoy! Richard Deal [EMAIL PROTECTED] * CCNP test author for www.equizware.com

Re: Vlans - maximum no of devices [7:8128]

2001-06-12 Thread Richard Deal
realized one day that when they added another machine to the network, it broke the cycle, and then they decided to redesign their network with routers (which was why I was there). Enjoy! Richard Deal [EMAIL PROTECTED] * CCNA/CCNP test author for www.equizware.com--500 questions each for the CCNA Rout

Re: Vlans - maximum no of devices [7:8128]

2001-06-12 Thread Richard Deal
x27;m currently redesigning a network that would have > > a vlan containing about > > 300 devices. Is the 254 restriction a design one? > > Please can someone > > enlighting me on this issue. Richard Deal [EMAIL PROTECTED] * CCNP test author for www.equizware.com--500 q

CSPM 2.3i and NT versus 2000 [7:35980]

2002-02-20 Thread Richard Deal
I'm about to run a trial of CSPM 2.3i for some IDS sensors that I have. I noticed in the release notes that this version of the product only runs on Windows NT 4.0; however, I --REALLY-- would like to run this on Windows 200 server. Has anyone had any success on running this on Windows 2000 serv

Re: Embryonic connections [7:38451]

2002-03-15 Thread Richard Deal
popular form of a Denial of Service (DoS) attack where a hacker floods a service with TCP SYNs. Many firewall solutions, including the PIX and the IOS Firewall feature set have mechanisms to deal with this kind of attack. Hope this helps. Cheers! -- Richard Deal * Author of the ebook "CCNA Se

Re: Advanced BGP Class [7:26838]

2001-11-20 Thread Richard Deal
se tell Larry I said "hi!" and I'd be curious to find out what he's up to. Best of luck Time! -- __ Richard Deal email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://pages.prodigy.net/richard.deal * Just finished a CCNA ebook available at Boson (www.boson.com): + "C

Re: diffie-hellman clarification [7:28438]

2001-12-07 Thread Richard Deal
ey exchange, even though the man-in-the-middle sees the public keys that are shared, it doesn't see the private keys, nor the new "secret" key derived from the remote's public and your private. Hope this helps Happy holidays! -- ________

Re: Cisco PIX firewall book [7:33216]

2002-01-25 Thread Richard Deal
was a pretty good book. I expected the book to be about 500 pages but it comes in at about 350 pages. Hope this helps! Enjoy! -- Richard Deal * Author of the ebook "CCNA Secrets Revealed!" and Exam Cram and Exam Prep books from the Coriolis Group * Test author for QuizWare (www.quizw

History of the PIX Firewall [7:62512]

2003-02-05 Thread Richard Deal
To all, I have received an email from Brantley Coile, on of the two co-developers of the PIX firewall, congratulating me on my book. He kindly sent me information about the development of the PIX and its subsequent sale to Cisco. If you would like to see the entire story, please visit this link (w

Re: PIX Console, Telnet password [7:64184]

2003-03-03 Thread Richard Deal
You can restrict console access with a username and password, but it requires you to configure AAA. Cheers! -- Richard A. Deal Visit my home page at http://home.cfl.rr.com/dealgroup/ Author of Cisco PIX Firewalls, CCNA Secrets Revealed!, CCNP Remote Access Exam Prep, CCNP Switching Exam Cram, a

Re: CSPFA 3.0 Study Material [7:64214]

2003-03-04 Thread Richard Deal
t; Jason, I haven't taken the test yet but will be at the end of the month. > The book I am using is Cisco Pix firewall by Richard Deal. Alot of people > consider it the best one out. Or you can wait till March 31st and get the > cisco press book. > > > John > > > On

Re: Help Pix 501 [7:64278]

2003-03-04 Thread Richard Deal
Juan, The PIX does not permit you to telnet into it from the "outside" interface--this is a security feature. There are two solutions available: SSH and a VPN. My recommendation is to go the hard route and set up a remote access VPN connection to the PIX--SSH has been shown recently to have some v

Re: Pix port TELNET redirect [7:64764]

2003-03-08 Thread Richard Deal
Jojo, I didn't see the ACL applied to the interface; also, make sure you execute "clear xlate" after this. Cheers! -- Richard A. Deal Visit my home page at http://home.cfl.rr.com/dealgroup/ Author of Cisco PIX Firewalls, CCNA Secrets Revealed!, CCNP Remote Access Exam Prep, CCNP Switching Exam

Re: can PIX IDS block spam?? [7:65017]

2003-03-11 Thread Richard Deal
Carol, No, the PIX cannot block email SPAM. It can help filter web content information, but requires a third party product, like WebSense or Sentian to assist. You'll need to find another solution than the PIX. Cheers! -- Richard A. Deal Visit my home page at http://home.cfl.rr.com/dealgroup/

Re: PIX Question [7:65095]

2003-03-12 Thread Richard Deal
Manny, Yes, you can limit the maximum number of connections to a device and the maximum number of half-open (embryonic) connections. This is done with the NAT command, at least in your case, since the connections are going from high-to-low security levels. The NAT command allows you to specify the

Re: CCNP recertification [7:65292]

2003-03-14 Thread Richard Deal
Priscilla, I hate to burst the bubble, but the current BSCI test includes IS-IS. I'm not sure about the new foundation exam, since I couldn' find when this was updated, but the BSCI exam was updated within the last 6 months, so I'm assuming you'll find IS-IS on it. Cheers! -- Richard A. Deal Vi

Re: PIX Question [7:65095]

2003-03-14 Thread Richard Deal
Was this NAT or PAT? If PAT, and the client kept on trying to open up new connections, the source port would probably be different for each, thus a new xlate in the translation table. Cheers1 -- Richard A. Deal Visit my home page at http://home.cfl.rr.com/dealgroup/ Author of Cisco PIX Firewal

Re: PIX Question [7:65095]

2003-03-18 Thread Richard Deal
Was this NAT or PAT? If PAT, and the client kept on trying to open up new connections, the source port would probably be different for each, thus a new xlate in the translation table. Cheers1 -- Richard A. Deal Visit my home page at http://home.cfl.rr.com/dealgroup/ Author of Cisco PIX Firewal

Re: Mentor Technologies... Bankrupt? [7:23274]

2001-10-18 Thread Richard Deal
tp://www.mddailyrecord.com/current_issues/2_89_monday/businessnews/58338-1 .html > > -- __ Richard Deal email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://pages.prodigy.net/richard.deal * Just finished a CCNA ebook available at Boson (www.boson.com): + "CCNA Secrets Revealed!" * CCNP test

MCNS passing mark [7:24935]

2001-11-01 Thread Richard Deal
To all, Does anyone know the MCNS passing mark as well as the number of questions? Thanks!!! Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=24935&t=24935 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/

Re: "QuizWare" vs. "Boson" [7:26361]

2001-11-15 Thread Richard Deal
ame format, same questions... > > Dvass -- __________ Richard Deal email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://pages.prodigy.net/richard.deal * Just finished a CCNA ebook available at Boson (www.boson.com): + "CCNA Secrets Revealed!" * CCNP test author for QuizWare (www.qu

Re: Pix & non-Rfc networks. [7:56347]

2002-10-28 Thread Richard Deal
To all, In 6.2 of the FOS you CAN do this :-). You just have a situation of overlapping networks. here is the info on how to accomplish this: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/secursw/ps2120/products_configuration _guide_chapter09186a00800eb71e.html#xtocid26 (watch the wrap). Cheers! Richa

Re: 828 3des Performance [7:57703]

2002-11-19 Thread Richard Deal
Arni, I believe the throughput of the 800 series is about 384Kbps when doing encryption, so you might want a bigger router. Cheers! -- Richard A. Deal Visit my home page at http://home.cfl.rr.com/dealgroup/ Author of Cisco PIX Firewalls, CCNA Secrets Revealed!, CCNP Remote Access Exam Prep, CC

Re: Pix questions [7:57686]

2002-11-19 Thread Richard Deal
Ramesh, As to routing, the PIX will forward packets from one interface to another, but you have to do certain things to accomplish this: >From higher security level to lower, you need nat and global commands; from lower to higher, you need static and access-list commands. Fro external people acce

Re: 828 3des Performance [7:57703]

2002-11-20 Thread Richard Deal
Arni, Thanks for the kudos! Just do a search on Cisco's web site for "+router +encryption +throughput". Unfortunately, the only place I've ever seen this information brought together was Cisco's official course material (like the CSVPN coursebook). Hope this helps. Cheers! -- Richard A. Deal Vi

Re: pix vpn [7:57740]

2002-11-20 Thread Richard Deal
Ciaron, You know, I've been impatiently waiting for the same feature. When I teach classes that are remote for Boson, we use a 3002 and a router. I need to set up a GRE tunnel and then encrypt this tunnel. And because this stuff typically goes through a firewall, I need a TCP VPN connection. It wo

Re: CSS1/CCSP [7:58241]

2002-11-29 Thread Richard Deal
John, The CSS1 exams are valid until the end of January, upon which you must take the new exams. CiscoPress doesn't have any books out yet on the new tests. Cheers! -- Richard A. Deal Visit my home page at http://home.cfl.rr.com/dealgroup/ Author of Cisco PIX Firewalls, CCNA Secrets Revealed!,

Re: PIX Book [7:58250]

2002-11-29 Thread Richard Deal
Arni, Thanks for the plug on my book. You can also use it to study for the new PIX exam, if you are thinking of pursing the CSS1, CCSP, or PIX specialist certification. If you have any questions while reading it, please don't hesitate to shoot me an email. Cheers! -- Richard A. Deal Visit my ho

Re: CSS1/CCSP [7:58241]

2002-11-29 Thread Richard Deal
n message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > So when are you going to write one, Rich? > We're waiting. :) > > > Quoting Richard Deal : > > > John, > > > > The CSS1 exams are valid until the end of January, > > upon which

Re: CSS1/CCSP [7:58241]

2002-12-01 Thread Richard Deal
wish I did. Too many other things to do and keep up with. Not much > available on the PDM. Cisco's got squat on their site about it other than > installation. Wonder what all I can do thru the PDM that I just don't know > about. > Thanks for writing the book. > > Mark >

Re: CSS1/CCSP [7:58241]

2002-12-01 Thread Richard Deal
aces configuration examples like 0,100,99 > and 70. Thanks > Shahid > Richard Deal wrote:Mark, > > Actually, Mark, I'm one step ahead of you :-). My PIX book came out at the > end of October from McGraw-Hill/Osborne. I wrote it as a non-certification > book, but it co

Re: 501 reloading [7:58946]

2002-12-12 Thread Richard Deal
To all, I have the same problem with my 501 at home--the power connector that Cisco developed is junk. Just touching the power connector (seated into the PIX) usually causes it to have conniptions. Cheers! -- Richard A. Deal Visit my home page at http://home.cfl.rr.com/dealgroup/ Author of Cis

Re: Resricicting Certain Users -Pix 515 UR [7:58861]

2002-12-12 Thread Richard Deal
To all, WebSense, and N2H2 (in 6.2), are good solutions if you want to filter web CONTENT--if you have a statitic list of sites, then using an ACL will do the job. Another solution, especially if you have roaming users and their IPs are assigned via DHCP, is to use Cut-Through proxy--with this sol

Re: Perhaps O/T: Window TCP Rcv Window [7:59400]

2002-12-18 Thread Richard Deal
To all, There is a freeware program called Dr. TCP Win for Windows 2000/XP that allows you to change both the MTU and TCP Window size--requires a reboot, though, after the change. Cheers! -- Richard A. Deal Visit my home page at http://home.cfl.rr.com/dealgroup/ Author of Cisco PIX Firewalls,

Re: PIX DHCP problem [7:60893]

2003-01-12 Thread Richard Deal
To all, Use the "show route" command to see if you received the default route. One configuration mistake that you might have made with the "ip address" command is omitting the optional "setroute" parameter at the end. This parameter accepts and uses the default route received from the ISP. The com

Re: Richard A. Deal Books [7:62027]

2003-01-28 Thread Richard Deal
Mark, Thanks for the kudos. I worked really hard on the book and I know, after having written 6 books, that you can't please everyone. However, of all of the books that I've written, I'm proudest of this book. Yes, there are some errors that slipped in during my last review of the book and when it

Re: Richard A. Deal Books [7:62027]

2003-01-29 Thread Richard Deal
d, some multiple > times, and I hope I'm not offending anyone by asking this question: How well > does a book publisher pay for the books you write? I'm not expecting any > specific figures, but a ballpark figure would be interesting. > Thanks! > GM > > -Original

ARe: PIX and asymmetry [7:62100]

2003-01-29 Thread Richard Deal
Jamie, Not quite...what you can do, however, is have all traffic go through one PIX and have another PIX as a failover. In this scenario, if one PIX would fail, the other could kick in--in this scenario, only one PIX is active. Of course, this still presents a problem of an exit path--by default,

Re: IDS [7:51147]

2002-08-12 Thread Richard Deal
Joe, The Cisco Press book has material to help you with both tests. Boson and I use the book to teach our CSS1 bootcamp classes. Cheers! -- Richard Deal * Author of the ebook "CCNA Secrets Revealed!" and Exam Cram and Exam Prep books from the Coriolis Group * Test author fo

Re: VPN tunnel with IPSec over GRE [7:54634]

2002-10-01 Thread Richard Deal
It's probably an MTU problem. I have an IPSec connection being tunneled via GRE, which in turn, is tunneled by another IPSec connection. Don't ask why I'm doing this :-) But we had to set the MTU down to 1320 to prevent fragmentation, and thus performance, issues. In your case, you might want to

Re: BSMSN 1.1 Vs 2.0 [7:71932]

2003-07-05 Thread Richard Deal
David, No, the course has completely changed. The switches are different--3550s and 2950s. Most of the content is different, including topics like new enhanced STP features, CEF, VRRP, queuing and prioritization, metro and optical, and many other topics. I'd definitely take the newer version since

Re: Exam changes [7:71982]

2003-07-07 Thread Richard Deal
DJ, You need to either take the course or buy a used one off of eBay. And the newer courseware won't be cheap--in some instances, expect to pay up to $300US for it, depending on the demand. Cheers! -- Richard A. Deal Visit my home page at http://home.cfl.rr.com/dealgroup/ Author of Cisco PIX

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"" w

Re: New Switching Exam [7:74684]

2003-09-03 Thread Richard Deal
Huge differences. I'm just finishing my Exam Cram book for Que Publishing on the new exam, and there is probably a 50-70% change in material. Out of all of the CCNP exams, this one definitely changed the most. MLS is completely revamped--CEF; new enhancements to STP--RSTP and other stuff; IOS conf

Re: New Switching Exam [7:74684]

2003-09-08 Thread Richard Deal
Tu Do, Thanks for the kudos! And goo luck with your studies! Cheers! -- Richard A. Deal Visit my home page at http://home.cfl.rr.com/dealgroup/ Author of CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide (Exam 640-801), Cisco PIX Firewalls, CCNA Secrets Revealed!, CCNP Remote Access Exam Pr