Knowing when and how to create an OSPF virtual link is an essential skill for BSCI and CCNP exam success, not to mention how important it can be on your job! As a CCNA and CCNP candidate, you know the theory of virtual links, so let’s take a look at how to configure a virtual link, as well as some…
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Cisco Ccnp Certification Bsci Exam Tutorial Isis Hellos And Adjacencies
In my last ISIS tutorial, I mentioned that while ISIS and OSPF are both link state protocols, their actual operation differs greatly. To pass the BSCI exam and earn your CCNP, you’ll need to know these differences! Today, we’ll take a look at ISIS Hello types and the adjacency types that form through the use of these Hellos. Hello packets…
Cisco Ccnp Bsci Certification Troubleshooting Route Redistribution Part I
If there’s one CCNP / BSCI topic that looks so easy but can lead to a real headache, it’s route redistribution. I’m not even talking about the routing loops and suboptimal routing that can result when route redistribution is done without proper planning – I’m talking about the basic commands themselves. Leaving out one single command option, or forgetting what…
Cisco Ccnp Bsci Certification Exam Five Ospf Details You Must Know
Preparing for your BSCI exam on your way to the Cisco CCNP certification, you can quickly get overwhelmed by the details! Here are five commonly overlooked points you should keep in mind when it comes to your OSPF studies. The virtual link command includes the area number of the transit area, and if authentication is being used on Area 0,…
Cisco Ccna Ccnp Certification Exam Tutorial Dialer Watch
Dialer Watch is a vital part of your CCNA and CCNP studies, particularly for the BCRAN exam, but it’s one of the most misunderstood technologies as well. To help you pass the CCNA and CCNP certification exams, here’s a detailed look at Dialer Watch. Dialer Watch allows you to configure a route or routes as “watched” when the watched route…
Cisco Ccnp Bsci Tutorial Comparing Ospf And Isis Hellos
While studying to pass the BSCI exam and preparing to earn your CCNP certification, you’ll quickly notice that while OSPF and ISIS are both link-state protocols, there are a lot of differences between the two. One major difference is the way the two protocols handle hello packets. Hello packets are imperative to keeping OSPF and ISIS adjacencies alive. Since they…
Cisco Ccnp Bsci Exam Tutorial Using The Ospf Command Area Range
Your BSCI and CCNP exam success depends on knowing the details, and one such detail is knowing the proper way to summarize routes in OSPF. Route summarization is not just a test of your binary conversion abilities, but knowing where and when to summarize routes. It will not surprise any CCNA or CCNP certification candidate that OSPF gives us the…
Ccnp Bsci Exam Tutorial Route Summarization And The Ospf Null Interface
CCNP exam success, particularly on the BSCI exam, demands you understand the details of route summarization. This skill not only requires that you have a comfort level with binary conversions, but you have to know how and where to apply route summarization with each individual protocol. You also have to know the “side effects” of route summarization. With OSPF, there…
Cisco Ccnp Bsci Exam Tutorial Route Summarization
Preparing to pass the BSCI exam and earn your Cisco CCNP? Route summarization is just one of the many skills you’ll have to master in order to earn your CCNP. Whether it’s RIP version 2, OSPF, or EIGRP, the BSCI exam will demand that you can flawlessly configure route summarization. Route summarization isn’t just important for the BSCI exam. It’s…
Cisco Ccna Ccnp Certification Ospf E2 Vs E1 Routes
OSPF is a major topic on both the CCNA and CCNP exams, and it’s also the topic that requires the most attention to detail. Where dynamic routing protocols such as RIP and IGRP have only one router type, a look at a Cisco routing table shows several different OSPF route types. R1#show ip route Codes: C – connected, S –…