200-301 V1 Ch06: Switch Management

This next lab begins with a switch that has been configured to allow Telnet + SSH, including password protection – except the fact that neither switch yet has an IP address. This lab asks you to [...]

For this next lab, instead of just asking you what the IEEE auto-negotiation rules look like, the lab asks you to configure some switches in ways that affect auto-negotiation. But the lab gives [...]

The CCNA certification includes many prominent features that need to be configured. VLANs. Trunking. Routing protocols. IPv4 addressing. IPv6 addressing. But there are also the occasional small [...]

One of the first configuration items that become second nature is the configuration of basic password settings. But it is also easy to forget about the small differences in password security [...]

A layer 2 switch does not need an IP address or default gateway for its primary purpose of forwarding layer 2 Ethernet frames. However, the switch does need an IP address and a default gateway [...]

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 [...]

The simplest way to protect the CLI uses passwords shared by all, rather than a per-user username and password. Using a per-user login method improves security. The easiest option for using [...]

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 [...]

The #CCNA exam can pack a punch with what looks like a simple question, and this latest practice question is just such an example. The question asks about switch forwarding, but it combines [...]

You can learn how a LAN switch forwards frames in just a few minutes, and then explore that idea in different contexts throughout your entire span of studying for #CCENT and #CCNA Routing and [...]