OSPF network commands challenge all of us when first learning OSPF. Should you master ACLs, and then return back to OSPF? Just forge ahead with OSPF? This most recent lab gives you practice with the OSPF network command and with
The OSPF network command can cause a bit of mental trouble for anyone just starting out. The reason: the first two parameters require us to do a little math, compare that result to the router’s interface IP addresses to then
This #CCENT lab may have seemed simple at first, but it has just enough steps so that it is easy to miss a step. If you did the lab on paper only, make sure to check your answer here –
Many of us start out learning about the simplest Cisco security option: one password for all users to reach user mode, with no per-user login. By today’s standards, that security method is archaic. Today’s lab lets you upgrade from that
Informally, these labs are like any repetitive types of practice when learning a sport. Basketball players take lots of jump shots, soccer players practice long and short passing drills, baseball players take grounders, etc. And the best of the pros
NetFlow serves a great purpose in Cisco devices, first analyzing and keeping statistics of packets passing through the device, and then forwarding those statistics on to a NetFlow Collector for later analysis. However, from a #CCNA exam prep perspective, NetFlow
Protect the console. Protect Telnet. And protect enable mode. All basic tasks, and all a useful and necessary starting point for learning about security for Cisco devices. This lab shows the answer for the related password lab. As always, first
Protecting access to the CLI of Cisco routers and switches starts with basic password security. From there, you can move on to use per-user login security that requires both a username and password, whether using locally-configured username/password pairs or whether
Time to check your config for a back-to-back serial link in a lab. Check out the requirements back in the lab post, create your answers, and come back here to check your work.
Take two routers in a lab, both with serial interfaces, and connect them with a back-to-back serial cable. Do you remember the details of how to configure both routers so that both routers can ping each other? Today’s lab provides
