To pass the BSCI exam, you need to know the difference between IRDP and HSRP. While they have the same basic function, the operation and configuration of each are totally different. The aim of both is to allow hosts to quickly discover a standby router when the primary router fails. IRDP is commonly used by Windows DHCP clients and several…
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Ccnp Certification Bcmsn Exam Tutorial Getting Started With Hsrp
Defined in RFC 2281, HSRP is a Cisco-proprietary protocol in which routers are put into an HSRP router group. Along with dynamic routing protocols and STP, HSRP is considered a high-availability network service, since all three have an almost immediate cutover to a secondary path when the primary path is unavailable. One of the routers will be selected as the…
Cisco Ccnp Certification Bcmsn Exam Tutorial The Hsrp Mac Address
To pass the BCMSN exam and earn your CCNP, you’ve got to know HSRP inside and out! Part of that is knowing how the MAC address of the virtual router is derived, and another part is knowing how to change this address. We’ll look at both features in this tutorial. We’ve got two routers on a segment running HSRP, so…
Ccnp Certification Bcmsn Exam Tutorial Hsrp Mac Addresses And Timers
To earn your CCNP certification and pass the BCMSN exam, you’ve got to know what HSRP does and the many configurable options. While the operation of HSRP is quite simple (and covered in a previous tutorial), you also need to know how HSRP arrives at the MAC address for the virtual router – as well as how to configure a…