The CCNA 200-301 exam includes the same VLAN and VLAN trunking concepts, configuration, and verification found in the CCNA exams for most of their history. However, this version of the exam chooses to ignore VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) – a
Don’t just read about networking! Practice it! Many people practice by reviewing and doing the examples in a book. Today’s post details the Examples in the ICND1 100-105 Official Cert Guide Chapter 11 with matching Packet Tracer files. Enjoy!
Can you think abstractly about how layer 2 switching works, and how VLANs and trunks impact their forwarding decisions? Or do you need to see the specific configurations to make sense of it? This latest practice question pulls in a
Layer 2 switching seems easy – but then you must think through how it works in a real network. Applying the ideas proves whether you really understood the concepts or not. This next question gives you that kind of practice
The previous post posed a question that appeared straightforward – but one that set up a couple of the more common mistakes that people make with the subject of Layer 2 frame forwarding. The goal was twofold: yet another practice
How does a Layer 2 switch choose where to send a frame? Does it think about more than the destination MAC address? One of the common mistakes videos in the new “CCENT ICND1 100-105 Exam Prep LiveLessons” product talks about
This latest lab takes a task that is relatively simple to learn and master and puts it into the context of a simple migration. The task: to migrate some switch access ports from connecting to PCs only, to instead connect
Ready to prepare some access switches to support IP phones? This latest config labs sets up the problem for that specific task. And yes, voice VLANs are another one of the topics now explicitly listed in the new ICND1 100-105
Configure a VLAN? Easy. Configure both a voice and data VLAN on an access port? Not too hard. Make sure it all works in a small network? Yet another small step, all required learning on the path to being a
Creating a VLAN is simple: just configure the vlan number command. However, even in a small network with four switches, like the one used in this next lab, a VLAN config lab can give you a few things to think
