STP Puzzle #1
This blog post is the first of what may be a whole new type. You can read all day about Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), and learn the theory, but that’s not enough. When you later try to apply STP concepts
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STP Puzzle Overview
I’ve named a new type of blog post: an STP Puzzle. The big idea is pretty simple. The problem tells you some (but not all) facts about Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) in a small switched network. Your job: determine as
Auto-summary Essentials + an Example
Today’s post is a ramble on the [no] auto-summary command. Think you know it? The proof of the pudding: give me one sentence that specifically states on what routers you need to consider the auto-summary setting, and characterize what happens
An auto-summary exercise
I just wrapped a Config Museum lab over in the CCENT Skills blog, but it happened to bring up a nice CCENT topic: auto-summary. Many people struggle with the concept. So I figured I’d use that lab as a backdrop
Config Museum: IPv6 Static Routes
This blog post begins with a router triangle, IPv6 addresses, and working interfaces. All routers can ping their own IPv6 addresses, but the routers only know their own IPv6 connected routes. Your job: Add static IPv6 routes for the LAN
Answer, Config Museum Lab: IPv6 Addressing
This blog post simply lists the answers to the earlier lab exercise from a few days ago. This post makes no sense without the first one, so don’t look until you read the other post. No guile, no tricks, just
