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Answers: Local SPAN 1
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 Standard ACL 1
IPv6 ACLs – new to #CCNA with the 2016 exam revisions – include both standard and extended ACLs. However, IPv6 standard and extended ACLs have only subtle configuration differences. This lab helps you...
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Answers: IPv6 Standard ACL 1
The previous lab exercise requires you to configure a standard IPv6 ACL. The address range matching should be pretty straightforward. You also need to choose where to put the ACL, and for which...
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Multilink PPP 1
Multilink PPP (MLPPP) makes multiple parallel links act like one link from a layer 3 perspective. Then, when a router’s layer 3 routing decides to forward a layer 3 packet out the layer 3 MLPPP...
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Answers: MLPPP 1
Configuring multilink PPP (MLPPP) uses a large number of commands for a single feature. However, many of the commands are repetitive on several interfaces. The trick is to figure out which commands are...
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SNMPv3 2
In real life, you will probably configure SNMP correctly, use a similar configuration on all routers and switches, and then forget the details of how to configure all the other possible options. For...
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Answers: SNMPv3 2
This lab asks you to use both authentication and privacy with SNMPv3, so it takes a few longer commands compared to some SNMP configurations. Focus on the basics, because there are many basics with...
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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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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. Ciscopress.com:Free US 2-day...
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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...
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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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