Chuck, that's an excellent compilation of lab advice! I notice that most of
the esteemed contributors had common threads to offer, which I'll surely
heed when my time comes. Are you getting close to taking another stab at
the lab soon? I know I'd like to get a 4-digit number.
t the PPTP configs for the PIX on CCO were flawed.
Maybe this is still the same, maybe not.
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Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 6:48 AM
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Subject: VPN to PIX using Win2000 or Millennium?? [7:16452]
Hi
Of course, how often is the root "physically" in the center? ;-}
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From: Gareth Hinton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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Subject: Re: What's the diameter of your switched network? [7:
of is that the "official"
cards cannot be forced into promiscuous mode.
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Here is the link for t
the following statement covers the permission to the 172.0.0
network as well. In this case it's not a big deal but if you use several
dozen or hundred access lists, having unnecessary extras may add noticeable
overhead.
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Phil, can you elaborate on the whereabouts of this info? A link maybe?
Thanks
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From: Circusnuts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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If you have the time
These
both can provide this type of access. In my office, for engineers providing
remote dialup support, we use a 2509 with an octal cable and external
modems. Works well and is a fraction of the cost of an AS box.
Good luck!
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From: Brian Whalen [m
Hmm...I don't know what the little "hole" is but accessing the console on a
6509 is just like any other device. Set your stop bits to 1 and give that a
try. 1 is the default setting for Cisco consoles.
Remember: 9600, 8, none, 1
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Rik
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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Subject: Ohio [7:26942]
I would like to know if there are any user on this board from Central Ohio.
Message Posted at:
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Chuck, I can read the frustration in your post...I feel your pain. I have
to say I am surprised to hear that your experience with the new lab was not
a good one. If there is anybody I would say that about, it is you.
I hope you are planning a vacation from Cisco. Certainly you are tired. A
It's been more than once when I've encountered autonegotiation/autosense
issues between a Cisco router and Cisco switch. I've even seen problems
when both interfaces were 10/100 and both hard-coded to 100/full and the
link wouldn't come up. This may a chink in the Cisco armor as I rarely
encount
A few days ago I started receiving duplicate emails from the Groupstudy.
Now I am receiving triplicate emails. Anyone else experiencing this?
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Larry, you haven't given us much but maybe you don't have much. One thing
that may help ease the symptoms is to turn on portfast on the ports the
servers are connected. When the port does flap, it won't take so long for
it to begin forwarding again.
You didn't mention what type of cards the ser
Most PBXs are modular, at least to a degree and so you would most likely
have the choice to add a linecard to support E1 circuits.
Rik
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Subject: Re: Dose PBX ha
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Cardinal Solutions Group
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Subject: I think I was right??? (PPP question)
Hey Groupies, 8)
I've got a question fo
free Radius servers around the WWW.
Hope this helps.
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Principal Consultant
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From: Croyle, James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 6:26 PM
To: 'Asad Jafari'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
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indow
and click on the "Advanced" button. This will provide a window that allows
you to do all kinds of neat stuff!
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Principal Consultant
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513.984.6700
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From: Chuck Larrieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday,
rom timeout, bad
hardware, etc.), that activity will increment the Carrier Transition count
by one. If you have DDR/BOD setup, this is a pretty typical thing. If not,
then you either need to make a config change or you might have bad hardware
somewhere in the line.
Rik Guyler
Principal Consultant
The real trick to doing this is the "legitimate college" part. I taught MS
courses at a local college and many of my students were there under the GI
Bill. Since it's under the guise of a college curriculum, they had very few
problems, except for the typical government red tape stuff you'll have
I don't think this is intentional.
However, you are now realizing the benefits of self study (with Groupstudy
input of course!) and what you gain by doing it all yourself. After all,
the real prize is not reaching the END of your journey, but the sum of ALL
the knowledge you collected along th
But...but...but...you're a woman! How could you teach Internet Engineers?!?
Just kidding Priscilla! You're awesome!
I get the same thing. I say "I'm a network consultant" and they say "Oh,
you work with computers!". Then I say "no, I work with routers, switches,
and acess servers". It gives
Well, there is this little-known site: www.cisco.com :-)
Look for a paper titled "Interdomain Routing with BGP" (or something like
that).
Might as well get used to the site now! You're gonna need it!
Rik
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Sent: Monday, July 24,
You can use either one on a 5300, but you won't get the full 64k support for
ISDN dialin if you use a channelized T. If you don't care about that and
the channelized is cheaper than the PRI (not in my area), then I would get
it. As for MPPP, it doesn't matter here either.
Rik G
Sounds like you're not getting name resolution. You need to specify a
Netbios name server (WINS) if you have one running. Add the following line
to the global configuration (watch the wrap):
async-bootp nbns-server x.x.x.x y.y.y.y
x.x.x.x is the WINS primary and y.y.y.y is the WINS secondary i
I have only worked on an AS5300 so there may be some differences.
Do you somehow "simulate" a T1 into the AS5200, or are you doing something
else? How do you provide service for incoming dialup connections? Much as
I'd like to have one, a T1 is *slightly* over budget for me. Maybe your
emplo
It seems that it might be easier to config if you allow only what you really
need and let the implied deny statement at the end of the access list work
better and smarter for you. If that can't be done, being more specific is
needed to look into this further. What kind of "Microsoft stuff" are y
p
and what I should expect to pay for such an animal as Ebay is not currently
showing any of these for sale. Also, if there are some "gotchas" I should
be aware of in regards to the blades I need to purchase to do this, I would
be most grateful.
Thanks in advan
Umm...I don't believe the Routing 2.0 is out yet either is it?
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From: Aaron K. Dixon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 10:49 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: BCMSN exam availability
All the CCNP v2.0 exams are available except the new FRS.
Does anybody know where I can get the list price (online) for Cisco
equipment?
Rik Guyler
Principal Consultant
Cardinal Solutions Group
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Here you go (watch the wrap)
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/104/1.html#I00
Rik
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From: Kevin Welch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 7:37 AM
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Subject: Good OSPF study material
I was wondering if anyone could recommend some
in between for LANE
but I am trying to trim the cost any way possible for the remaining
equipment. Any advice here would be greatly appreciated as I am out of my
league when it comes to ATM.
Thanks in advance!
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I
found the Cisco Press (Paquet) BCRAN book to cover the exam very well (the beta
exam at least). I read this book for a couple of weeks, not getting to the
last 2 chapters and still passed easily. I believe, as do many that have
posted similar opinions, that this is the easiest of the CCN
I don't think this question asks anybody to violate the NDA. She is not
asking for any specific details, only topics and test format. Cisco used to
put this information on their site in the form of "exam objectives", which
they no longer do, but not for reasons of NDA violation.
Besides, I'd li
I was just on CCO and the search engine changed! You no longer get 10k
responses (looks like 100 max and no other parameters given). I wonder if
this is a new limitation or if the engine has been upgraded and refined?
Hm
Rik
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I had the CBTs (ForeFront/CBT Systems) for CCNA 1.0 (gosh that seems so long
ago) and found them to be reasonably useful. I will note that I don't
believe they go into enough detail in some areas but that can be offset by
the fact that they provide a graphical explanation for everything, which I
Gee, I know some women that would LOVE that ratio! ;-}
Kinda funny how it works out, but even though there are fewer women than men
in this field, all of the women I have met doing this work were, well,
competent. I can't say this about every man I know doing this. Keep on
trucking!
Rik
Hmm...I seem to recall having to deal with jerks of both sexes, in a variety
of places, doing a variety of work, with a variety of skin color, and of a
variety of nationalities. I believe that we will all have to face some
"unfair" circumstances regardless of our gender. There are always jerks
Am I the only one not getting much mail from the group? Since yesterday
afternoon, the mail has just trickled in from Groupstudy, which is very
suspicious...
Rik Guyler
Principle Consultant
Cardinal Solutions Group
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with all the others in the same and other sandboxes. I would not
consider this exam any "easier". Just different.
Rik Guyler
Principle Consultant
Cardinal Solutions Group
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From: Kevin L. Kultgen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 1
hat I will
distribute to any or all list members. So, if you have a command or several
commands, please send them to me along with a brief description of what it's
used for (include the IOS version) and I will compile them and distribute
the list.
Thanks!
Rik Guyler
Principle Consultant
Cardinal
find and organize, comes from CCO.
Good luck!
Rik Guyler
Principle Consultant
Cardinal Solutions Group
-Original Message-
From: John Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 11:48 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Switching 2.0
Hi guys,
I am studying Kevin Down
us and poorly
worded. After all, these tests not only test your knowledge of the content,
but how good you are at taking tests. I'm 11 for 11 (haven't failed one
yet, knock on wood) and going for number 12 next week. I have not run out
of time yet either, but I'm grateful for the g
r my final CCNP test...
Rik Guyler
Principal Consultant
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You'll want to know something about the 6000/6500 series as well.
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From: Kari Nurdin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 3:08 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: BCMSN What Additional Swi
u the technology, not just exam preparation.
Good Luck!
Rik Guyler
Principal Consultant
Cardinal Solutions Group
-Original Message-
From: RAUL RENTERIA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 4:40 PM
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Subject: EXAM INFO CCNP 2.0
HELLO : THIS IS MY
gle switch port? Can't a single
switch port on a switch connected to a single switch port on another switch
carry traffic for more than one VLAN?
Answer these questions and you will answer your own! :-)
Hope this helps.
Rik Guyler
Principal Consultant
Cardinal Solutions Group
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, but
it seems to be lacking in certain resources. Once you have been on the list
for awhile, you will get used to these little "nuances".
Rik Guyler
Principal Consultant
Cardinal Solutions Group
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From: mictoby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, July 10, 20
book supports Leigh
Anne's statement. It goes so far as to mention this specific scenario as a
"gotcha". Of course this book is a little older now, so maybe the newer
product addresses this issue.
My 2 cents!
Rik Guyler
Principal Consultant
Cardinal Solutions Group
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te to firm up
a couple of areas, particularly ISDN. CIT and the design series tests
really haven't changed that much, so those books should be just fine.
Keep up the good work!
Rik Guyler
Principal Consultant
Cardinal Solutions Group
-Original Message-
From: Bob Edmonds [mailto:[
stuff will
still apply to the newer test.
Rik Guyler
Principal Consultant
Cardinal Solutions Group
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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Subject: Re: CIT studying
On 10 Jul 2000 14:57:23 -0400, [
Geez...all you guys had to do was ask! ;-}
Rik
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From: Chuck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 5:44 PM
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Subject: Re: Gigabit GBIC for 3550 [7:42680]
do great minds think alike, or what ;->
( see my response to the same q
I agree. Change the MTU on the bridges. I have a customer with 5 remote
sites connected via 802.11b and trunking across all 5 and I have to increase
the MTU.
What I would love to see is an update to the Aironet code that supports the
actual trunking header so my bridge management interfaces c
Well, you can, just like you can put 2 physical segments in the same logical
(IP) network. Of course, the question begs to be asked, "why?" as this
doesn't give you anything. You won't be able to do much with it except
bridge the traffic and then you kill the entire rationale behind VLANs.
After
Pete, bear in mind that this document is 2 years old. The IOS version on
the switch was 11.2. Anybody care to speculate on how much has changed
since 11.2? How about the changes in Dot1Q since then?
Nonetheless, I don't get a warm and fuzzy feeling with separating external
and internal traffic
port 1604 for
that public address.
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From: Matthew Tayler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 6:43 AM
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Subject: PIX & Citrix/nfuse access [7:18938]
Re-posted due to mail problems
Has anybody any experience on
en you would have to "shutdown" the "vlan 1" interface first then bring up
the new management interface.
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From: Ole Drews Jensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 4:32 PM
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Subject: IP address
getting 1 "pipe" capable of flowing 768k. The DLCIs
converge into this pipe in a logical fashion, not a physical one, hence the
layer 2 stuff (FR encapsulation) needed at this point.
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27;t
matter take heed - not everything can be judged on first impressions.
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Subject: Re: Alert: Some sort of IIS worm seems to be propagating
[7:
You have to instal the HTML content. The PDM (PIX Device Manager) is a
separate install from the OS.
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From: Kevin McIntyre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 7:48 PM
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Subject: Re: PIX 515 firewall sample
Check the archives on www.groupstudy.com Some time ago, Chuck Larrieu
posted a CCO link for the Stratacom stuff you might need.
Rik
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From: Donny Mateo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 3:52 AM
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Subject: CID - WAN switchi
Strange behavior indeed! I don't know if it's the same thing, but an old,
well-known bug with NT/Win2k and Catalysts is very similar. By connecting
an NT/Win2k serial port to the console port of a Cat when the PC is booting
will reset or freeze the switch. I have witnessed (in other words "done
In my area, telcos always provide the clock source. I have never had to
provide any form of clocking whatsoever. I am curious what type of router
is on the other side. If it's not Cisco, are you running PPP? If you had a
protocol mismatch, I wouldn't think layer 2 would even limp to "up" for 3
No. A quick look through the documentation reveals that bytes transferred
is not supported with the PIX.
Rik
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From: Hans Schimek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 10:50 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Cisco PIX & Websense (Accounting) ? [7
I like Bruce's book - coverage of a very broad range of technologies. If
your only goal is to pass a test then this book may be all you really need.
If, however, yopu desire to learn how things work, then you will need to
supplement it. I suggest using Kennedy Clark's CCIE Switching book and of
I agree with the "pretty much always" except when you want to load balance
over multiple paths. When multiple paths exist, fast switching moves data
on a per-destination basis and not a per-packet basis as process switching
does. Given different amounts of data will most likely be sent to differ
and save your money.
Rik
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From: Ole Drews Jensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 9:14 AM
To: 'Rik Guyler'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: GBIC: WS-G5484 / WS-G5486 [7:22675]
Rik,
I appologize if this question is terribly stupid, bu
While I don't judge people by their mistakes, I do tend to judge them by how
they correct them. Was it Debbie's fault your systems went down? No. I
don't pretend to live in a world where malfunctions don't happen, but when
your "systems" take a crap you should be ready to deal with the fallout.
Using a different IP subnet is the way to do it. The PIX treats this like a
virtual interface and has the intelligence built in to forward traffic
between the inside and the VPN address range.
Looking at your config, I agree with removing the conduit statement but I
don't believe that is causing
Yes to both. In the future, please check the archives at www.groupstudy.com
for the answers to such questions - they get asked many times over on a
regular basis.
Thanks,
Rik
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From: juno vtv [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 9:30 PM
To: [EMAI
Gosh Jenny, I don't have a clue but in the past I've had to reboot equipment
at times to make a few rare changes take full effect so maybe you're
correct. How much pain is involved in rebooting it?
Rik
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Sent: Tuesday,
Priscilla, I'm going to open my mouth wide in preparation for my size 11
foot. while I agree with your core message, I tend to believe that you may
be looking at a "typical" modern network through rose colored glasses. For
example, I have been working with 3 small/medium (700-1000+ hosts) sized
Yes, but not by you. If the Voice provider is the same as the FR provider,
then the T1 could possibly be reprovisioned for a FR data circuit. In this
case, however, I would think most providers would prefer to just run another
circuit into your facility and then turn off the old one.
Rik
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Dude, you are SOOO the man! Congrats!
Rik
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From: Nigel Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 7:55 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: CCIE#8387 [7:26309]
Well as it would turn out it's my turn to write that awesome email... I
just got b
Sure it's possible. No problemo. This is no different than connecting the
Cats together via single Gig links.
Rik
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From: Washington Rico [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 9:30 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 2 sets of Gigabit Ethernet Ch
There are some router models that have 10Mb interfaces that support trunking
(Dot1Q). What differentiates them is the IOS feature set. You need IP+ on
some of the older models whereas most of the newer models have 100Mb
interfaces and support trunking with just the IP feature set.
If your route
This reply is a lng one!
Please allow me to clear up a couple of misconceptions I have read on this
thread.
First, a while it is true a PIX blocks everything by default, this only
applies to inbound traffic initiated from the outside. Outbound sessions
initiated from the inside are all allo
Chances are this is NOT a DNS issue. Try to PING www.cisco.com by name and
see if you get name resolution. If you resolve the name to an address then
DNS is not at fault here.
I believe that your issue is more likely caused by an MTU problem. PPPOE
requires 8 bytes of overhead and so your MTU
Has anybody had a problem with PPPOE on a PIX 506 running 6.2(1) code? My
problem appears to be MTU-related - I can PING all day but HTTP only brings
up about a third of the sites I browse. There is a caveat in the docs about
MTU dropping to 1492 with PPPOE, which is supposed to happen automagic
My only gripe with the 3550 series is that they once again changed some of
the commands to do the same stuff. For example, to upgrade the IOS, the
image now resides in a folder in flash and you use the "archive" command
with several possible options. "Fallback" bridging is another one that
reall
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