??? Dumb Consultant ??? - Please Help [7:75213]

2003-09-10 Thread Steven Aiello
Hello all, I need some folks with hopefully a CCIE to answer this question. If there is an un subnetted class A, and there are 25 or users on the network. would the fact that the network is unsubnetted cause a large load of network traffic? here is the reason and layout. Our company uses

Re: Studying Switching [7:75030]

2003-09-10 Thread Steven Aiello
No sorry I know that peom, no spanning in there at all. LoL Steve Tom Lisa wrote: > Priscilla, > > Didn't Radia write a poem that starts something like > "I have never seen a tree as lovely as a spanning tree?" > > BTW, is it still possible to get a "free" copy of 802.1s & w. > I looked on the

Re: Please Help - CIDR - How the bits work [7:75050]

2003-09-10 Thread Steven Aiello
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Re: Please Help - CIDR - How the bits work What I figured out [7:75087]

2003-09-09 Thread Steven Aiello
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IP Subnet calc. [7:75085]

2003-09-09 Thread Steven Aiello
Any one know a good free subnet calc. After realizing how many break downs, and how many subnetworks you would have to figure for CIDR, I would rather not do it with pan and paper. Free is good, for the calc. cost. Steve Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=750

Re: Please Help - CIDR - How the bits work What I figured out [7:75086]

2003-09-09 Thread Steven Aiello
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Good network monitor prog. ??? [7:75081]

2003-09-09 Thread Steven Aiello
Any one know of a good network monitor prog.? It doesn't have to be free but not to expensive. My budget is nill. Any recomendations? Thanks, Steve Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=75081&t=75081 -- **Please sup

CIDR - I was dumb - thanks every one [7:75079]

2003-09-09 Thread Steven Aiello
I think I was over looking something very simple. CLASS-LESS! If I understand things correctly. If I have 10 bits for my host section I have a total of 1024 hosts. What I was stuck on is liner break down dividing subnets in factors of 2. But ( here was my mistake ) by powers of 2, I'm not s

Please Help - CIDR - How the bits work [7:75050]

2003-09-09 Thread Steven Aiello
I just started my routing class for my CCNP. We are covering CIDR. The book is VEERY vague on how the bit patterns break down and are used. This was a problem posed in one of my CCNP labs I have network number 192.168.24.0 / 22 from this I need networks with 400 hosts 200 hosts 50 hos

Cisco Vs. Low cost switches -Whats the Diff ? [7:74987]

2003-09-08 Thread Steven Aiello
Ok, So I know there is a big difference in the cost and performance of Cisco (even lower end models) and let say a netgear switch. But where do the difference lay? I know that there are memory issues and back plain differences in these 2 classes of switches. But how do I find out what a

??? Cisco Express Forwarding ??? [7:74794]

2003-09-04 Thread Steven Aiello
Another question, in CEF is the whole routing table held in a cache? If so what is the diffrence between this and the routing table held in RAM? Is the cache faster than the regular RAM in the router? Thanks, Steve Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=74794&t

??? Layer 2 routing ??? [7:74788]

2003-09-04 Thread Steven Aiello
Ok all I have a question on this subject. I know routing takes place at the network layer, and switching takes place at the data link layer because it works based on physical addresses. So how do we get route switching? I've just started my CCNP and we were learning about different cache met

Point to Point for a 26xx and a Watchguard SOHO [7:74719]

2003-09-03 Thread Steven Aiello
Hello all, I was wondering if any one has configured a Cisco and a Watchguard SOHO in Point to Point configuration to save on IP public IP addresses? Here is my situation. I have 1 router with 2 FE interfaces. There are 2 companies sharing a T1 line in a single building. One company wa

Off topic - MCSE study groups [7:74112]

2003-08-18 Thread Steven Aiello
Hay, Any one know of some good MCP or MCSE study groups? If so can let me know the news server? Thanks all, Steve Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=74112&t=74112 -- **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing fr

Re: CCNP >> MCSE >> hands on [7:73284]

2003-07-31 Thread Steven Aiello
you need an account on the 2k box with the cumputer name of the win 9x box. Then if you try to access the box it should ask you for a password. Simply enter the one you set and your good to go. Oh also do you have the client for MS networks installed Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi

Example of reflexive access list with VPN access [7:73269]

2003-07-31 Thread Steven Aiello
Hello all, I need some help with ACL's. What my goal is to allow VNP traffic in to my network to one firewall (Static IP address). Also I want to allow traffic out of my FE 0/1 interface out to the net using "established" access lists. The services I want to let out are. HTTP HTTPS SMTP

Microsoft VPN through a router [7:72824]

2003-07-24 Thread Steven Aiello
I was wondering what ports I would need to have open for a Microsoft VPN connection on my router. If I have done my home work correctly I think IPSec port: 50 L2TP port : 1701 PPTP port : 1723 Are these all TCP, UDP??? I don't really have a full understanding of how the protocal and port pr

Microsoft VPN through a router [7:72824]

2003-07-23 Thread Steven Aiello
I was wondering what ports I would need to have open for a Microsoft VPN connection on my router. If I have done my home work correctly I think IPSec port: 50 L2TP port : 1701 PPTP port : 1723 Are these all TCP, UDP??? I don't really have a full understanding of how the protocal and port pr

Re: hacking challenge [7:66720]

2003-04-03 Thread Steven Aiello
Depending on the servers you could do it in 5 min. There is an annonamys account that runs over netbios in the 130's port area. If there isn't a firewall in place to filer this port you can use the "net use" command and have access to the box. After this you can download the backup copy of t

Re: Speed Duplex Talk again [7:66402]

2003-03-31 Thread Steven Aiello
Ok seeing as how were talking about duplex mismatches. I have one workstation on my LAN that is clearly a dog when it comes to network traffic. I have set it to all different duplex settings and speeds, hoping to notice a change. How would I detect if there was a speed type mis-match? I'm n

Re: DS3 bandwidth issues [7:65790]

2003-03-21 Thread Steven Aiello
Wow Thank you sooo much. This is the best explanation of T-carrier Vs. Dx-Carrier I've ever read. I work in the IT field for some time, but not to much in the telco side and I could never really find what the difference was. THANKS A TON Steve Message Posted at: http://www.groupstud

Re: CCIE [7:65426]

2003-03-14 Thread Steven Aiello
Wow, I am so much more motivated to get my CCIE now. ahaha, that was hilarious. Steve Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=65444&t=65426 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/lis

Re: is 10baseT dead? [7:65263]

2003-03-14 Thread Steven Aiello
Ok, I am still a lowly CCNA however Einstein said make things as simple as they need to be and no more. I work on a LAN where we transmit large print files to Xerox laser printers. These files can get up to 1.5Gb in size and sometimes a bit larger. The Printers run on older Sun workstations

Re: is 10baseT dead? [7:65077]

2003-03-12 Thread Steven Aiello
Scott, I think you have a great point, it seems that most of the computer technologies we have today are not taken full advantage of. However instead of taking the air out the sale's staff sales as it were ( no pun intended ). Why not suggest upgrade from the Idf's to the server farm. Y

Re: PRI [7:64999]

2003-03-11 Thread Steven Aiello
If I remember correctly there are 64 channels in a PRI ISDN. I could be wrong it was one of things I memorized for my CCNA. Steve Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=65055&t=64999 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscrip

??? CCS ??? [7:65056]

2003-03-11 Thread Steven Aiello
Why can I not access some of the links people are posting point to Cisco's web site. It asks for a CCS login? Can any one get one and how would I go about it? Thanks, Steve Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=65056&t=65056 --

EtherChannel - WOW Thats great [7:64940]

2003-03-10 Thread Steven Aiello
That's for all the info on Ether channel. What a wonderful idea. Is Ether channel hard to set up? I don't have the 100 Mb routers to try this at home or even 2 100Mbs switches. Does any one have a sample config file form a router or switch that uses it? Thanks again all you are all great (

??? 2 Default Gateways ??? [7:64913]

2003-03-10 Thread Steven Aiello
Hello all I was just wondering if you could have 2 Default gateways, using static routes? If so what would you do just enter the ip default route command twice? Also will the router auto detect if one of those routes goes down and pass traffic only to the active interface. I know you can do

Security News Groups [7:64907]

2003-03-10 Thread Steven Aiello
Hello all, I saw a post a little bit ago about security news groups. I'll ask again because I also have been looking for one. Any one know of a good security news group? If so please share. Steve Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=64907&t=64907 --

??? Etherchannel ??? [7:64900]

2003-03-10 Thread Steven Aiello
Ok please don't be annoyed I have another vocab question. I know what Ethernet is and I'm fairly sure fiberchannel is basically some sort of fiber line. What is Ether channel? And where is it commonly used. Any one have a good link? Thanks, Steve Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy

??? MPLS ??? [7:64898]

2003-03-10 Thread Steven Aiello
Sorry for such a newbe question. But what is MPLS? And what is it? Any one have a link they can point me too? Just trying to learn more. Thanks, Steve Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=64898&t=64898 -- FAQ, list

OSPF into RIP redistribution [7:64502]

2003-03-05 Thread Steven Aiello
First I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but I'm just looking for a general overview and maybe a few good links. I've been told that there are some issues with RIP and OSPF redistribution. If so what are they and why. Thanks, Steve Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/r

Re: Multiple WAN Connections to a Network [7:64469]

2003-03-05 Thread Steven Aiello
Terry, I'm not totally sure what you are doing with your setup. Are you web hosting and you have the 2 connections up for fault tolerance? or some other reason. Unless I am mistaken is you are running between to AS's on the net you need to use BGP. ( Please all correct me if I'm wrong,

Re: OSPF attempting to form adjacencies with non-DR/BDR [7:64468]

2003-03-05 Thread Steven Aiello
Kelly, I'm going to take a stab at this because I JUST started working with OSPF in my lab at home. However, in the Cisco doc.s they were saying it's good practice to set your priority level to zero. Actually here is the paragraph. "OSPF routers all have the same priority value by default

??? collapsed backbone ??? [7:64467]

2003-03-05 Thread Steven Aiello
Hello all, in a recent post I saw the term "collapsed backbone". I know that the network backbone is usually a high speed connection that a server farm sits on, and could even extend out to your IFD's. However I'm fuzzy on the term collapsed backbone. What dose this imply. Thank you all,

Re: Cisco 2501 DC Power adaptors ? [7:64300]

2003-03-04 Thread Steven Aiello
I just had this prob. I got a router for my home lab that had DC power. Actually I just swapped an AC power supply from the same series router that I had into the one I wanted to use and it works just fine. Hope that helps, also I'm sure you can find them on e-bay. Steve Message Posted

routername(boot) ??? [7:64188]

2003-03-01 Thread Steven Aiello
I have recently received some routers for a home lab. When I boot one it displays the following. routername(boot)> what is this "(boot)" mean and how do I get ride of it? I've worked on routers before and never seen this. Thanks in advance. Steve Message Posted at: http://www.grou

Wildcard Masking on the BSIN Exam [7:63887]

2003-02-26 Thread Steven Aiello
Any one know if they cover wild card masking in depth on the BSIN Exam? Thanks, Steve Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=63887&t=63887 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisc

??? IS-IS ??? [7:63875]

2003-02-26 Thread Steven Aiello
Hello All, I'm wondering was IS-IS is. No pun intended. I'm assuming it's a routing protocol? I've gone through Cisco, CCNA acad. and have my CCNA and I've even started going over Semester 5 for the CCNP, but IS-IS is no where to be found... Is this a new protocol? Or does someone know

The CCNP BSIN ( I Think Exam ) [7:63749]

2003-02-25 Thread Steven Aiello
I have been readibng through the boards and from what I've seen the new CCNP Routing exam seems to be a bear. This is the next test I am studying for. Any one out there that have passed the test, that can give me a generally study out line? Also what books or test prep did you use. You guys

Re: Telnet Hole [7:63627]

2003-02-24 Thread Steven Aiello
Larry, Thank you for your reply, however what I was speaking of did not involve SSL. I know this may seem strange I know I am not mistaking. I checked with my Cisco instructor and he also remembered the exploit. The instructor even verified the passwords and config on the router. I am ass

Where to Start for CCNP [7:63630]

2003-02-24 Thread Steven Aiello
I recently passed my CCNA, and I am interested in starting on my CCNP. I am taking classes at a local college that offers 10 week classes based around each of the 4 tests. Basically the CCNP path lasts 40 weeks. I start in the fall and I wanted to get a jump start on my learning as I have bee

Telnet Hole [7:63627]

2003-02-24 Thread Steven Aiello
I was told that there was a telnet security hole in Cisco's IOS. I was told there was a way where you could specify a level to telnet into and doing so could over ride passwords set on the VTY term. Does any one know if this is true? Second has it been patched in IOS 12.x? and lastly how is

Route Summarization [7:62347]

2003-02-03 Thread Steven Aiello
Hello All, I have a question about route summarization. I was reading over the material from Cisco on the matter, I was wondering; or actually assuming. If you want to have route summarization in place to you need continuos network numbers? I know that the docs. said you would send a ne