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CCNA Success Secrets

There has never been a CCNA Guide like this.

Success Secrets is not about the ins and outs of CCNA. In-stead, it answers the top questions that we are asked and those we come

across in forums, our consultancy and education programs.

It tells you exactly how to deal with those questions, with tips that have never before been offered in print.

This book is also not about CCNA’s best practice and standards details. Instead, it introduces everything you want to know to be

successful with CCNA.

Table of Contents

10 Practice questions for Cisco Certified Network Associate

(CCNA)................................................................................................. 9

10 multiple choice Free CCNA Practice Exam: 640-802 .............. 13

Free Cisco CCNA, CCNP, CCENT Tutorial on Switching,

Spanning-Tree Protocol (STP) ......................................................... 17

CCNA, CCENT, CCNP Tutorial on Routers and Routing.......... 19

Free CCNA tutorial about Cisco IOS Software, Cisco Router

Configuration modes and Cisco CLI (Command Line Interface).

.............................................................................................................. 21

CCNA Training Courses .................................................................. 23

CCNA Security Exam Tutorial: When It's Good To Add Salt .... 25

History of Cisco networking ........................................................... 27

The Discussion Of CCNA Advice For You ................................... 30

The Cisco Learning Network Playground..................................... 37

CCNA: Cisco Certification Success Story ...................................... 40

Why People should get Network+, CCNA, CCNP or CCIE

Network Based Certifications.......................................................... 43

Cisco CCNA And CCNP Practice Exam Questions: Frame Relay,

Uplink fast, And More!..................................................................... 45

Cisco CCNA, CCNP, and Security Practice Exam: Frame Relay,

NTP, Authentication, And More! ................................................... 49

Cisco Expert-Level Certifications.................................................... 53

Cisco CCNA, CCNP, Security, And CCENT Practice Exam

Questions: Debugging RIP, SDM, And More! ...............................56

Cisco CCNA, CCNP, and CCENT Questions: SDM, Lily Pad

Networks, and More!.........................................................................60

Cisco announces new CCNA Concentrators .................................64

CCNA, CCNP, And Cisco Security Practice Exam Questions:

OSPF Stub Areas, Switches, And More! .........................................66

CCNA, CCNP, and Cisco Security Questions: BGP Attributes,

Switching Problems, And More!......................................................70

CCNA, CCNP, And Security Exam Questions: Usernames,

Passwords, TCP, And More! ............................................................74

A CCNA Certification Validates Advanced it Skills ....................78

CCNA ICND Exam Tips ...................................................................81

Cisco CCNA and CCENT Practice Exam: 10 Questions on Point-

To-Point Connections, PPP, and HDLC .........................................84

CCENT, CCNA, CCNP, CCIE Interview Questions.....................90

Cisco CCNA Certification Training Tips........................................93

Cisco CCNA Certification Introduction .........................................96

CCNA CERTIFICATION - A SHORT ELABORATION ..............98

Cisco CCNA, CCNP, CCENT, and CompTIA Network+ and

Security+ Questions: VLANs, SYN Attacks, and More! ............101

How to pass CCNA: 6 Steps to Success ........................................104

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) 640-802 Exam ......109

CCNA Certification-A threshold in networking profession .....112

How To Get The Necessary CCNA Certification Training....... 115

Get Your CCNA and Advance Your Career ............................... 117

Cisco CCNA Certification Exam FAQ: Discussing 640-801 And

640-802 .............................................................................................. 120

Your First Step to Network Certification - CCNA(Cisco Certified

Network Associate)......................................................................... 123

Get CCNA at Home ........................................................................ 125

CCNA Training Courses ................................................................ 134

Doing the CCNA Certification Exam With No Experience? You

May Get Your Head Bitten Off!..................................................... 136

CCNA ICND Exam Tips ................................................................ 140

Cisco CCNA And CCNP Practice Exam Questions: Frame Relay,

Uplinkfast, And More!.................................................................... 143

Cisco CCNA, CCNP, And Security Practice Exam: Frame Relay,

The IPS, And More!......................................................................... 147

Cisco CCNA And CCNP Practice Exam: HDLC, PPP, Secure

Remote Connections, And More!.................................................. 151

Cisco CCNA, CCNP, Security, And CCENT Practice Exam

Questions: Debugging RIP, SDM, And More! ............................ 156

CCNA, CCNP, and CCENT Practice Exam Questions: Password

Encryption, The IOS Firewall Set, And More! ............................ 161

CCNA, CCNP, And Cisco Security Practice Exam Questions:

OSPF Stub Areas, Switches, And More! ...................................... 167

Cisco Courses-Your ticket to the world of networking experts172

Cisco Training Classes for a successful IT career ........................175

Three Levels of Cisco Certifications ..............................................178

Cisco CCNA, CCNP, and CCENT Practice Exam: The Boot

Process, WPA, Network Attacks, and More! ...............................180

It is Now Easy to Get Through Cisco Exams ...............................185

CCNA, CCENT, And CCNP Practice Exam Questions: VTP, BGP

Attributes, SRST, And More!..........................................................187

CCNA, CCNP, CCENT, And Cisco Security Questions: RFC

Address Ranges, OSPF Router Types, And More!......................191

CCNA, CCNP, And Cisco Security Practice Exam Questions:

POSTs, ROM, RAM, And More! ....................................................195

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10 Practice questions for Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

By Georgia Stath

After you study your text books it is important to test your newly acquired knowledge and see just how well you have absorbed the material. Practice exams....

Reinforces what you learnt - fill in the gaps of what you missed * Gets you used to answering questions to build confidence and familiarity

Here are 10 Multiple Choice exams questions for you to practice on:

Question 1# - Which of the following are valid parameters for an extended IPX access list (Choose all that apply)?

A. source-network B. permit or deny C. source-socket D. protocol E. list-number

Question 2# - Which of the following is not valid?

A. router show RAM B. router show version C. router show running-config D. router show startup-config

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Question 3# - Which of the following is a congestion man-agement scheme that identifies conversations, separates packets that belong to each conversation, and shares band-width fairly between the various streams?

A. Weighted Priority queuing B. Prioritizing queuing C. FIFO fair queuing D. Weighted fair queuing

Question 4# - Which of the following describes a full-duplex transmission?

A. Data transmission in only one direction B. Data transmis-sion in both directions, but only one way at a time C. Uses a single cable D. Uses a point-to-point connection from the transmitter of the transmitting station to the receiver of the receiving station

Question 5# - What would be the proper command to set a bandwidth of 56K for a serial interface?

A. Router# bandwidth 56000 B. Router (config-if) #band-width 56,000 C. Router (config) #bandwidth 56000 D. Router (config-if) #bandwidth 56

Question 6# - Which of the following is not part of the data link layer?

A. Determines network topology B. Performs flow control C. Performs physical addressing D. Terminates a session E. Transports data across the physical link

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Question 7# - You have an IP address of 172.16.13.5 with a 255.255.255.128 subnet mask. What is your class of address, subnet address, and broadcast address?

A. Class B, Subnet 172.16.13.0, Broadcast address 172.16.13.255

B. Class B, Subnet 172.16.13.0, Broadcast address 172.16.13.127

C. Class B, Subnet 172.16.0.0, Broadcast address 172.16.255.255

D. Class A, Subnet 172.16.13.0, Broadcast address 172.16.13.127.

Question 8# - Coaxial cable was used for which types of Ethernet networks? (Select 2)

A. 10Base-T B. 100Base-T4 C. 10Base2 D. 100Base-FX E. 10Base5 F. 100Base-T

Question 9# - As a system administrator, you need to set up one Ethernet interface on the Cisco router to allow for both sap and Novell-ether encapsulations. Which set of com-mands will accomplish this?

A. interface Ethernet 0.1 ipx encapsulation Novell-ether ipx network 9e interface Ethernet 0.2 ipx encapsulation sap ipx network 6c

B. interface Ethernet 0.1 ipx encapsulation Novell-ether interface Ethernet 0.2 ipx encapsulation sap

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C. interface Ethernet 0 ipx encapsulation Novell-ether ipx network 9e interface Ethernet 0 ipx encapsulation sap ipx network 6c

D. interface Ethernet 0.1 ipx encapsulation Novell-ether ipx network 9e interface Ethernet 0.2 ipx network 6c

Question 10# - Using a switch we divide the network into multiple _________ domains

A. collision B. broadcast C. bridged D. virtual

ANSWERS

Question 1 - Correct Answers: A, B,C,D,E Question 2 - Cor-rect Answers: A Question 3 - Correct Answers: D Question 4 - Correct Answers: D Question 5 - Correct Answers: D Ques-tion 6 - Correct Answers: D Question 7 - Correct Answers: B Question 8 - Correct Answers: C,E Question 9 - Correct Answers: A Question 10 - Correct Answers: A

About the Author

By Georgie Stath - Certification Help is a beginners guide to getting certified. Also find 8 Accelerated Learning Tech-niques that will see you getting certified faster.

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10 multiple choice Free CCNA Practice Exam: 640-802

By Georgia Stath

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

After you study your text books it is important to test your newly acquired knowledge and see just how well you have absorbed the material. Practice exams....

Reinforces what you learnt - fill in the gaps of what you missed * Gets you used to answering questions to build confidence and familiarity

Here are 10 Multiple Choice exams questions for you to practice on:

Question 1# - Which of the following are ways to provide login access to a router? (choose all that apply)

A. HTTP B. Aux Port C. Console D. LLC E. Telnet F. SNMP

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Question 2# - Which statement is true regarding the user exec and privileged exec mode?

A. They both require the enable password B. User exec is a subset of the privileged exec C. The '?' only works in Privi-leged exec D. They are identical

Question 3# - This modem standard has a speed of 28.8k and has error-correction features.

A. V.42 B. V.32bis C. V.90 D. V.34

Questions 4# - What would be the proper command to set a DCE clock rate of 56k for a serial interface?

A. Router (config) # clockrate 56000 B. Router# clockrate 56000. C. Router (config-if) #clock rate 56000 D. Router (config-if) # clockrate 56k

Question 5# - What is an example of a MAC address?

A. Az32:6362:2434 B. BA:281x:8288 C. 101:354:665:8734:ffd6:8023 D. A625:cbdf:6525

Question 6# - Which command does not show that two devices are failing to route packets between them success-fully?

A. show interface B. trace C. telnet D. ping

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Question 7# - You are designing a network which needs to support 200 users. You don't plan to extend the segment beyond the current number of users. Which subnet mask would best meet your needs? Select the best answer.

A. 255.255.0.0 B. 255.255.255.0 C. 255.0.0.0 D. 255.224.0.0 E. 255.255.255.200

Question 8# - MAC is to Ethernet what ________ is to Frame Relay.

A. DLCI B. LCI C. PVC D. None of the above

Question 9# - The 802.2 frame specifies a type whereas 802.3 frame specifies a length:

A. True B. False

Question 10# - What is used to see if a client is still con-nected to a NetWare server?

A. Spoofing TCP/SAP B. Watchdog packet C. GNS Round Robin D. DNS Round Robin

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ANSWERS

Question 1 - Correct Answers: B,C,E Question 2 - Correct Answers: B Question 3 - Correct Answers: A Question 4 - Correct Answers: C Question 5 - Correct Answers: D Ques-tion 6 - Correct Answers: A Question 7 - Correct Answers: B Question 8 - Correct Answers: A Question 9 - Correct An-swers: A Question 10 - Correct Answers: B

About the Author

By Georgie Stath - Certification Help is a beginners guide to getting certified. Also find 8 Accelerated Learning Tech-niques that will see you getting certified faster.

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Free Cisco CCNA, CCNP, CCENT Tuto-rial on Switching, Spanning-Tree Proto-col (STP)

By M Aslam

A Layer 2 switch, which functions as a transparent bridge, offers no additional links for redundancy purposes. To add redundancy, a second switch must be added. Now two switches offer the transparent bridging function in parallel. LAN designs with redundant links introduce the possibility that frames might loop around the network forever. These looping frames would cause network performance problems.

For example, when the switches receive an unknown unicast, both will flood the frame out all their available ports, includ-ing the ports that link to the other switch, resulting in what is known as a bridging loop, as the frame is forwarded around and around between two switches. This occurs because parallel switches are unaware of each other. The Spanning-Tree Protocol (STP), which allows the redundant LAN links to be used while preventing frames from looping around the LAN indefinitely through those redundant links, was devel-oped to overcome the possibility of bridging loops. It enables switches to become aware of each other so that they can negotiate a loop-free path through the network. Loops are discovered before they are opened for use, and redundant links are shut down to prevent the loops from forming. STP is communicated between all connected switches on a net-

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work. Each switch executes the Spanning-Tree Algorithm (STA) based on information received from other neighboring

switches. The algorithm chooses a reference point in the network and calculates all the redundant paths to that refer-ence point. When redundant paths are found, STA picks one path to forward frames with and disables or blocks forward-ing on the other redundant paths.

STP computes a tree structure that spans all switches in a subnet or network. Redundant paths are placed in a blocking or standby state to prevent frame forwarding. The switched network is then in a loop-free condition. However, if a for-warding port fails or becomes disconnected, the STA will run again to recomputed the Spanning-Tree topology so that blocked links can be reactivated. By default, STP is enabled on all ports of a switch. STP should remain enabled in a network to prevent bridging loops from forming.

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CCNA, CCENT, CCNP Tutorial on Routers and Routing

By M.Aslam

Routers are the critical part of all the networks and can be both security aid and security vulnerability. A router basi-cally has more network interfaces through which network traffic is forwarded. Or it might be blocked. The router decides when to forward packets between the networks based on internal routing table. The routing table can also be static. That means where each route is explicitly defined or dynamic where the router learns new routes by the use the routing protocols.

A router also supports access control lists that specify which packets to allow or blocked. Every packet going through a router will be checked against the ACL to see if the packet is allowed to be forwarded. Lots of current routers offer secu-rity capabilities along with their routing functionality. Seg-menting the network using routers limits the amount of the data flowing through segments. It also applies to broadcast traffic.

Routers also allow technicians to explicitly deny a few pack-ets the ability to be forwarded between segments. Using just the internal security features of some, routers can prevent users through internal network from using the Telnet to

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access external systems. Telnet are always a security risk as the passwords and all communications are transmitted in cleartext. Because of this, it's best not to create Telnet ses-sions between the internal network and an external network. Without a firewall, the rule can be put in place within the router to drop packets attempting to connect to port 23 on any external systems. After all of this is done by properly con- figuring the ACLs for the router. Spoofed packets are packets that contain the IP address in the header that are not the actual IP address of the originating the computer. Routers combat this by giving the technicians the ability to drop packets which are coming through the interface from the wrong subnet. . If the packet comes in from the router's external interface by using an IP address from the network on the router's internal interface, the router can be instructed to drop the packet and not forward it. There are two types of access lists available to filter traffic on Cisco routers. One of them is a standard access list. It allows technicians to filter traffic from specific addresses or subnet ranges. Cisco also provides extended access lists, which allow technicians to filter based on a variety of criteria. This access list allows technicians to use source addresses, destination addresses, and specific network services as the basis of filtering rules.

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Free CCNA tutorial about Cisco IOS Software, Cisco Router Configuration modes and Cisco CLI (Command Line Interface).

By M.Aslam

The majority of Cisco routers run Cisco IOS Software with the command-line interface (CLI). The CLI is used to inter-face with the device and send commands to the device. This is achieved through the use of a terminal, a terminal emula-tor, or a Telnet connection. Some routing cards, such as the Multilayer Switch Feature Card (MSFC) daughter card for the Catalyst 6000 series LAN switches, also run Cisco IOS Software. Understanding the Cisco IOS Software CLI is as fundamental to supporting routers. There are three ways in which you can access the CLI: you access the router through the console; through a dialup device through a modem attached to the auxiliary port; or by using a Telnet connec-tion.

Whichever method you use, you enter user exec mode first. User exec mode is one of three command exec modes in the IOS user interface. Enable mode, also known as privileged mode or Privileged exec mode, and command mode are the others. Enable mode is so named because the enable com-mand is used to reach this mode.

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User mode allows commands that are not disruptive to be issued, with some information being displayed to the user. Privileged mode supports a superset of commands compared to user mode. However, none of the commands in user mode or privileged mode changes the configuration of the router. Passwords are required for Telnet and auxiliary access as of Cisco IOS Release 12.x and later. However, there are no preconfigured passwords; therefore, you must configure passwords for Telnet and auxiliary access from the console first.

All Cisco routers have a console port, and most have an auxiliary port. The console port is intended for local adminis-trative access from an ASCII terminal or a computer using a terminal emulator. The auxiliary port is intended for asyn-chronous dial access from an ASCII terminal or terminal emulator; the auxiliary port is often used for dial backup.

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