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Local Span 2
One of many reasons to use the Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) feature is a Cisco switch is to copy frames out a port that connects to a network analyzer (like Wireshark). Wireshark can then analyze the...
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Answers: Local SPAN 2
Configuring local SPAN does not take a lot of commands. The bigger danger is capturing too much, which risks losing some of the messages and also causing you more work to see the content that you want...
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IPv6 Extended ACLs 1
Are you comfortable matching packets with extended IPv6 ACLs? How about with TCP and UDP ports in those ACLs? Here’s a 10-minute lab exercise to practice; all you need is the time and a piece of paper...
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Answers: IPv6 Extended ACLs 1
This latest lab breaks the config lab mold just a tad, but for a good reason. It looks like a straightforward config lab, requiring just 10 minutes or so to do on paper. But it sets you up for one of...
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Multilink PPP 2
Multilink PPP (MLPPP) makes multiple parallel links act like one link from a layer 3 perspective. In this next lab, the lab begins with a working configuration that does not use MLPPP, with two...
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Answers: MLPPP 2
This lab asks you to do a basic migration: move from using two parallel serial links as independent links to instead treating them as one layer 3 link using MLPPP. This lab requires new configuration...
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Introducing OSPF Enabler Exercises
This post kicks off a series of two types of related exercises here in the CCNA Skills blog. The first is an OSPF Enabler, and the other will be an EIGRP Enabler. Basically, they help you practice the...
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OSPFv2 Enabler #1
Have you mastered how to configure OSPFv2 yet? If not, look at this exercise that sets up a series of problems for you. In one exercise, you’ll get to choose how to configure about 10 different...
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OSPFv2 Enabler #1 – Answers
The first OSPF Enabler exercise asked you to configure three routers, specifically to add the OSPFv2 network commands. This post lists the answers – simple enough. The Topology It is probably best to...
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EIGRP Enabler #1
At some point, you need to master the network commands used with routing protocol configuration. This exercise gives you some practice on that one specific point, specific to EIGRP configuration. Your...
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EIGRP Enabler #1 – Answers
The first EIGRP Enabler exercise asked you to configure four routers, specifically to add the EIGRP network commands. This post lists the answers – simple enough. ICND2 Premium Edition.eBooks in most...
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OSPFv2 Enabler #2
Time for another OSPF Enabler exercise. The idea is simple: In one exercise, you’ll get to configure about 10 different OSPFv2 network commands, with different requirements for each. Just getting in...
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OSPFv2 Enabler #2 – Answers
This latest OSPF Enabler exercise asked you to configure four routers in a two-area design. As usual, the exercise asks for different styles of OSPFv2 network commands, for no other reason than to give...
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EIGRP Enabler #2
Now for some more EIGRP work. Your job: read and react to a set of requirements to then choose how to configure about a dozen EIGRP network commands. Simple, useful, do it and move on to the next...
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EIGRP Enabler #2 – Answers
This latest EIGRP Enabler exercise asked you to configure three routers, specifically to add the EIGRP network commands. This post lists the answers – simple enough. Two Books in a Box, for Less $:CCNA...
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OSPFv2 Enabler #3
In this latest OSPF Enabler exercise, you’ll configure a network of four routers with three areas. As always, the idea is simple: In one exercise, you’ll get to configure about 10 different OSPFv2...
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OSPFv2 Enabler #3 – Answers
This latest OSPF Enabler exercise asked you to configure four routers in a three-area design. As usual, the exercise asks for different styles of OSPFv2 network commands, for no other reason than to...
View ArticleCLI Vs API Twitter Chat
The Cisco SE organization and Cisco DevNet are teaming up to hold a Cisco Chat about CLI and API. It has a catchy title: “Have APIs Killed the CLI?”. This blog post gives some short background, with a...
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EIGRP Enabler #3
The goal is to get so good at your OSPF and EIGRP network commands that you get bored with all these exercises. There yet? If not, here’s another. As always with the EIGRP and OSPF Enabler exercises,...
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EIGRP Enabler #3 – Answers
EIGRP Enabler exercise 3 asked you to configure four routers, specifically to add the EIGRP network commands. If you’ve not seen these before, check out the Routing Protocol Enabler intro post....
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