Re: Why is OSPF E1 route preferred over E2 route? [7:61619]

2003-02-09 Thread ericbrouwers
ing on the context... and the context is not clear from their question... Remaining questions and simulations were rather straightforward. If you study all topics, this exam shouldn't be a problem. Eric - Original Message - From: To: "ericbrouwers" Sent: Friday, Jan

Re: Great Book..... [7:62625]

2003-02-09 Thread ericbrouwers
I'm wondering...there is a document on Cisco's Web site with the same title as the book you are referring to: Cisco ISP Essentials Essential IOS Features Every ISP Should Consider Lessons from people who have been operating backbones since the early days of the Net Version 2.9, Wednesday, June 06,

Re: Cisco Doc CD Errors [7:62417]

2003-02-09 Thread ericbrouwers
Thanks. I thought I was the only one having that problem. I got the expired problem a couple of days ago, after I rebooted my laptop. Yes, MS Windows laptops can be stable for more than one week - Original Message - From: "The Long and Winding Road" To: Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 20

Re: Why is distribute-list in not supported in OSPF? [7:62247]

2003-02-09 Thread ericbrouwers
s want to filter > LSAs within an area. Looks like the command "neighbor database-filter" > exists to do this. > > > > > > > > ericbrouwers wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > The "distribute-list access-list in [interface]" command is not supported >

Re: Cat4006 - Prompt [7:63984]

2003-02-27 Thread ericbrouwers
Hostnames and prompts can be changed by just entering the command with no string; hit enter after command: Switch(enable) set system name or Switch(enable) set prompt Eric - Original Message - From: "Eagles Fan" To: Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 3:32 PM Subject: Cat4006 - Promp

Re: default router for 2950 switch [7:64489]

2003-03-11 Thread ericbrouwers
James, I don't know whether anyone replied yet, but according to the software configuration guide on the Cisco documentation CD, http://127.0.0.1:8080/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat2950/1219ea1/scg/swipaddr.htm , you can use "ip default-gateway", like on the 2900: Switch(config)#interface vlan 1 Switc

Forwarding of VTP messages in transparent mode [7:65632]

2003-03-18 Thread ericbrouwers
Hi there, I always thought that only VTP v2 transparent mode switches forward VTP advertisements. This is, for example, suggested in the following link: http://127.0.0.1:8080/cc/td/doc/product/lan/c3550/1219ea1/3550scg/swvtp.htm#x tocid3 VTP transparent switches do not participate in VTP. A VTP t

Looking for equivalent commands on IOS/CatOS switches [7:65635]

2003-03-18 Thread ericbrouwers
Hi there, I'm looking for CatOS commands that are equivalent to the IOS based commands below: Clear the CDP tableclear cdp table Display CDP counters show cdp traffic Reset CDP counters clear cdp counters Moreover, is there an IOS command that is similar to "show po

Gratuitous ARP and HSRP [7:65633]

2003-03-18 Thread ericbrouwers
Hello all, I've read in the CCNP Switching Exam Cert. Guide that a standby router that becomes active in an HSRP group, sends a gratuitous ARP to update the ARP cache of the end stations with the new active MAC address... This is strange, since the same virtual MAC address is used by active and s

Removing IP address from CatOS switch [7:65634]

2003-03-18 Thread ericbrouwers
Hi, Consider this: suppose that you have configured an inband-management interface of an IOS-based switch Switch(config)#interface vlan 1 Switch(config-if)#ip address 172.16.10.2 255.255.255.0 Switch(config-if)#no shutdown Switch(config-if)#exit Switch(config)#ip default-gateway 172.16.10.254 If

Re: What is a distributed/collapsed backbone? [7:65225]

2003-03-18 Thread ericbrouwers
Marc, There are two nice whitepapers about designing switched multi-layer networks on CCO. Contain lots of networks design examples, including collapsed backbones. Search for: Designing High-Performance Campus Intranets with Multilayer Switching Author: Geoff Haviland Gigabit Campus Network Des

Re: Gratuitous ARP and HSRP [7:65633]

2003-03-18 Thread ericbrouwers
end > products don't have the limitation and some end stations don't really > respond well to it. > > i haven't actually used this before for money, so there is the > possibility of being wrong and your mileage may vary will use. but it > should start the ball rolling t

Re: Removing IP address from CatOS switch [7:65634]

2003-03-21 Thread ericbrouwers
nnection for sure. you will need to > make sure you have console access via a modem or console cable to a PC to > manage the device. > > For CatOS I am not 100% -- there is definitely no "clear interface sc0" > command. you may be able to say set interface sc

Re: Gratuitous ARP and HSRP [7:65633]

2003-03-21 Thread ericbrouwers
ic - Original Message - From: "Priscilla Oppenheimer" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 1:37 AM Subject: Re: Gratuitous ARP and HSRP [7:65633] > ericbrouwers wrote: > > > > It is indeed related to the command "use-bia". Here's a section > >

Re: What is a distributed/collapsed backbone? [7:65225]

2003-03-22 Thread ericbrouwers
Marc, There are two nice whitepapers about designing switched multi-layer networks on CCO. Contain lots of networks design examples, including collapsed backbones. Search for: Designing High-Performance Campus Intranets with Multilayer Switching Author: Geoff Haviland Gigabit Campus Network Des

Re: E1 [7:65643]

2003-03-28 Thread ericbrouwers
I think you made a typo: G.703 is framed. Refer explanation below. A G.703/G.704 link is an European PCM trunk that consists of 32 timeslots (numbered from 0 to 31) representing channels. Beware of the numbering because some people number differently. One channel is 64kbps, so 32 channels gives 20

Re: A career in MPLS..... [7:66609]

2003-04-03 Thread ericbrouwers
If you really want to make big money, go for MPLampS: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-bala-mplamps-04.txt Very specialized, but big market, :-) Eric - Original Message - From: "nrf" To: Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 4:20 AM Subject: Re: A career in MPLS. [7:66609] > ""C

Re: CAS and CCS - out-of-band and in-band [7:66607]

2003-04-04 Thread ericbrouwers
Interesting discussion, In-band, out-of-band are very confusing terms when used in digital telecoms/datacoms. People and books will tell you contradicting things. For the right definitions you can best refer to ITU or ANSI specs. I haven't been involved in classical telecoms for years, but this i

Re: CAS and CCS - out-of-band and in-band [7:66607]

2003-04-05 Thread ericbrouwers
Thanks for the clarification, this makes it clearer. Eric - Original Message - From: "Vikram JeetSingh" To: "ericbrouwers" ; Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 1:28 PM Subject: RE: CAS and CCS - out-of-band and in-band [7:66607] > Yah Eric you mentioned almost all

Re: encap for ethernet interface ? [7:70802]

2003-06-17 Thread ericbrouwers
Ethernet type Novell Cisco - ----- Ethernet version 2 Ethernet_II arpa Novell 802.3 raw Ethernet_802.3 novell-ether IEEE 802.3Ethernet_802.2 sap IEEE 802.

Re: netbios [7:71084]

2003-06-24 Thread ericbrouwers
Is NetBIOS a protocol in the sense of ISO's OSI definition?? I never really checked it. Originally it was a programming interface on IBM PCs. I did some network programming with NetBIOS back in 1989... yes, old man... When I started reading commercial Cisco certification books, the authors sometim

Re: OSPF Topology Question - Parkhurst's Book [7:65532]

2003-06-24 Thread ericbrouwers
I haven't seen any feedback from others on your thoughts. See my comments below. Eric - Original Message - From: "The Long and Winding Road" To: Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 8:13 AM Subject: OSPF Topology Question - Parkhurst's Book [7:65532] > Ran into something in Parkhurst's OSPF b

Re: OSPF Tricks of the Trade [7:66308]

2003-06-24 Thread ericbrouwers
See feedback inline. Eric - Original Message - From: "The Long and Winding Road" To: Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 7:09 AM Subject: OSPF Tricks of the Trade [7:66308] > After wrestling with Solie this afternoon, it suddenly occurred to me that > there is a typical instruction in the

ASBR in backbone area?? [7:61614]

2003-01-22 Thread ericbrouwers
Hi there, Cisco Press' CCNP Routing Exam Certification Guide advises to place an ASBR in the backbone area (p. 290, chapter 6): "... If there is any redistribution between other protocols to OSPF on a router, it will be an ASBR. Although you can place this router anywhere in the OSPF hierarchical

Wrong definition type 4 summary LSA for ASBRs [7:61615]

2003-01-22 Thread ericbrouwers
Hi, For those that are reading Cisco Press' CCNP Routing Exam Certification Guide: there is a very confusing definition of type 4 summary LSAs on page 292, chapter 6: The AS external ASBR summary link- This LSA is sent to a router that connects to the outside world (ASBR). It is sent from the Are

OSPF 30 minutes topology table exchange [7:61617]

2003-01-22 Thread ericbrouwers
Hello, Again for those reading Cisco Press' CCNP Routing Exam Certification Guide. It's not clear to me how often the OSPF topology table is exchanged by default. I thought this happened every 30 minutes, regardless of other recent updates. The cert. guide is not consistent about this: Page 166:

OSPF hello implementation [7:61618]

2003-01-22 Thread ericbrouwers
For those reading Cisco Press' CCNP Routing Exam Certification Guide: Sorry to bother you again. Chapter 4, page 178, suggests the use of TCP to exchange OSPF hello packets: "... To understand this complexity, it is useful to identify the main characteristics of OSPF. These key attributes of OSPF

Why is OSPF E1 route preferred over E2 route? [7:61619]

2003-01-22 Thread ericbrouwers
Hi, Why is an E1 route preferred over an E2 route for the same destination? The cost of an E1 route is the sum of the external reported cost and the internal cost used to reach that destination. The cost of an E2 route is always the external cost, irrespective of the internal cost to reach that r

Re: OSPF 30 minutes topology table exchange [7:61617]

2003-01-23 Thread ericbrouwers
Thanks, I now noticed that there is also some more detail about this in the IP Configuration Guide: LSA Group Pacing. - Original Message - From: To: "ericbrouwers" Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 6:09 PM Subject: Re: OSPF 30 minutes topology table exchange [7:61617] >

Re: Why is OSPF E1 route preferred over E2 route? [7:61619]

2003-01-23 Thread ericbrouwers
Thanks, although I'm not sure I completely understand it now... I will reread tomorrow. Eric - Original Message - From: "cebuano" To: "'ericbrouwers'" Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 1:09 AM Subject: RE: Why is OSPF E1 route preferred over E2 r

Re: OSPF hello implementation [7:61618]

2003-01-23 Thread ericbrouwers
n [7:61618] > ericbrouwers wrote: > > > > For those reading Cisco Press' CCNP Routing Exam Certification > > Guide: Sorry to > > bother you again. > > > > Chapter 4, page 178, suggests the use of TCP to exchange OSPF > > hello packets: > > > &

Re: OSPF 30 minutes topology table exchange [7:61617]

2003-01-23 Thread ericbrouwers
noyed by the overlap in the different books I used. Probably I would have been better off using one or two good resources that are also useful for later CCNP/CCIE study. Eric - Original Message - From: "cebuano" To: "'ericbrouwers'" Sent: Thursday, Janu

Re: Wrong definition type 4 summary LSA for ASBRs [7:61615]

2003-01-23 Thread ericbrouwers
:21 PM Subject: RE: Wrong definition type 4 summary LSA for ASBRs [7:61615] > ericbrouwers wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > For those that are reading Cisco Press' CCNP Routing Exam > > Certification Guide: > > there is a very confusing definition of type 4 summ

Re: Wrong definition type 4 summary LSA for ASBRs [7:61615]

2003-01-25 Thread ericbrouwers
thing right now. I'm reading the Sybex BSCI book. Eric - Original Message - From: Pistone, Mike To: 'ericbrouwers' Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 10:50 PM Subject: RE: Wrong definition type 4 summary LSA for ASBRs [7:61615] I'm reading the CP CCNP Ro

Re: ASBR in backbone area?? [7:61614]

2003-01-27 Thread ericbrouwers
sage - From: To: "ericbrouwers" Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 6:05 PM Subject: Re: ASBR in backbone area?? [7:61614] > > What kind of problem do you see putting the ASBR on the backbone area? > > Just to think about. > > > > > > "ericbrouwer

Re: OSPF to Internet Q [7:61823]

2003-01-27 Thread ericbrouwers
e mail below, where a Cisco Press author proposes to connect an (Internet) ASBR to the OSPF backbone area. It's good to hear that there doesn't seem to be a general design guideline...Lots of freedom... ;-) Eric - Original Message - From: "ericbrouwers" To: Sent: Mon

BGP prefix list question [7:62138]

2003-01-29 Thread ericbrouwers
Hello, I've a question about BGP prefix-lists. In BGP prefix commands the operators "le" and "ge" can be used. For instance: ip prefix-list abc permit 0.0.0.0/0 ge 8 le 24 I suppose that the "e" in "le" and "ge" means "equal to", doesn't it? I ask this because Cisco's prefix-list documentatio

Why is distribute-list in not supported in OSPF? [7:62247]

2003-01-31 Thread ericbrouwers
Hello, The "distribute-list access-list in [interface]" command is not supported in IS-IS and OSPF. Why??? I tried to find an explanation in Cisco's OSPF design guide: Filtering information with link-state protocols such as OSPF is a tricky business. Distribute-list out works on the ASBR to

Re: DLCI Prioritization [7:71428]

2003-06-29 Thread ericbrouwers
interface), you also lose all other traffic on the secondary DLCIs. Eric - Original Message - From: "Srivathsan Ananthachari" To: "ericbrouwers" Cc: Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 1:14 PM Subject: RE: DLCI Prioritization [7:71428] Does that mean that if I want my prima

Re: encap for ethernet interface ? [7:71681]

2003-07-01 Thread ericbrouwers
There are other systems that allow you to change the Ethernet encapsulation, for example Juniper routers: set interfaces fe-0/0/0 unit 0 encapsulation dix set interfaces fe-0/0/0 unit 0 encapsulation 802.3-llc set interfaces fe-0/0/0 unit 0 encapsulation 802.3-snap I think I've also seen

Re: CCSE VALUE IN US : OT QUESTION !!!!!!! [7:71768]

2003-07-02 Thread ericbrouwers
Search on the Internet. For example try http://www.realrates.com/ . Eric - Original Message - From: "Priscilla Oppenheimer" To: Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 7:13 PM Subject: RE: CCSE VALUE IN US : OT QUESTION !!! [7:71768] > =?iso-8859-1?q?Mr=20piyush=20shah?= wrote: > > > > Dea

Re: router simulation on ccnp recertification [7:71765]

2003-07-02 Thread ericbrouwers
> Router(config)#interface serial 0/0 > % Invalid input detected at '^' marker. Maybe you had to use "interface serial 0" instead of "interface serial 0/0". I never experienced any problems with the router simulation questions. Eric - Original Message - From: "Dimitrije" To: Sent: W

Re: ISDN case... [7:72017]

2003-07-08 Thread ericbrouwers
This is normal behaviour: if you configure BRI as backup, it will go in standby mode and line protocol goes down. You can avoid this by configuring a dialer interface as backup. Then the dialer interface will go in standby mode, but the BRI stays up!! This is preferred since: 1. some Telco's will l

Re: ISDN case... [7:72017]

2003-07-08 Thread ericbrouwers
way we get small bill" :) > > how about the routing section ? did you had a look at? > > > cheers, > Heiman. > > ""ericbrouwers"" wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is normal behaviour: if you configure BRI as backup, it will

Re: ISDN Port goes to Deactivated mode [7:72022]

2003-07-08 Thread ericbrouwers
Probably layer 1 and 2 are deactivated by the Telco. It's better to use a dialer interface as backup of a serial line. Then L1/2 stays up. Refer to other ISDN thread as well. If you don't want to do that, try to change the TEI negotiation. Cisco's default is TEI negotiation when the router is powe

Re: IPv6 in the Enterprise Network [7:73667]

2003-08-10 Thread ericbrouwers
Eurocontrol, the European organisation for safety of air navigation, is planning to migrate parts of their international X.25 based networks to IPv6. Later UMTS (wireless 3G networks) releases will use IPv6 as well. Will last some years though. Eric - Original Message - From: "annlee" T

Re: CCIE Security vs Routing & Switching [7:74664]

2003-09-02 Thread ericbrouwers
Hi there, If I wanted to be a CCIE, I would go for Security track or maybe the voice track, but I think the latter is too specialized. Security is something you need to know anyway, if you want to be a good and respected network professional. Companies will understand that you know the most import