CCNA Exploration2: Routing Protocols –Chapter 3 Exam

01. Which two statements correctly describe the concepts of administrative distance and metric? (Choose two.)

  • Administrative distance refers to the trustworthiness of a particular route.
  • A router first installs routes with higher administrative distances.
  • The value of the administarive distance can not be altered by the network administrator.
  • Routes with the smallest metric to a destination indicate the best path.
  • The metric is always determined based on hop count.
  • The metric varies depending which Layer 3 protocol is being routed, such as IP or IPX.

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CCNA Exploration2: Routing Protocols –Chapter 2 Exam

01. The output of the Router# show interfaces serial 0/1 command displays the following:

Serial0/1 is up, line protocol is down.

What is the most likely cause for the line protocol being down?

  • Serial0/1 is shutdown.
  • There is no cable connecting the routers.
  • The remote router is using serial 0/0.
  • No clock rate has been set.

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CCNA Exploration2: Routing Protocols –Chapter 1 Exam

01. Which two statements correctly describe the components of a router? (Choose two.)

  • RAM permanently stores the configuration file used during the boot sequence.
  • ROM contains diagnostics executed on hardware modules.
  • NVRAM stores a backup copy of the IOS used during the boot sequence.
  • Flash memory does not lose its contents during a reboot.
  • ROM contains the most current and most complete version of the IOS.
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Shell script for safely delete a file

The advantage of such a script is that the file can be recovered if the deletion was a mistake. The following bash shell script called “safdel.sh” using a turnkey menu to offer the following choices:

  • The user enters the file name to be deleted.
  • The name is checked to make sure the file exists and is an ordinary file. If not, the user is asked again for a file until a valid name is entered or the user exits. Read the rest of this entry »

CCNA Exploration 1: Network Fundamentals – Final exam

01. When connectionless protocols are implemented at the lower layers of the OSI model, what is usually used to acknowledge that the data was received and to request the retransmission of missing data?

  • IP
  • UDP
  • Ethernet
  • a connectionless acknowledgement
  • an upper-layer, connection-oriented protocol or service

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Setting up a Linux NFS Server

NFS: Network File System allows directories and files to be shared and accessed across a network; the client remotely accesses the data that is stored on the server as if they were local files. NFS developed by Sun Microsystems.
Installing NFS:
If the NFS software is not already installed on the system or not running, use rpm or yum to install the software, ntsysv to enable the startup scripts. You can manually start the daemons by typing:

service nfs start

The server has to be running the following daemons:
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CCNA Exploration 1: Network Fundamentals – Chapter 11 Exam

01. Immediately after a router completes its boot sequence, the network administrator wants to check the routers configuration. From privileged EXEC mode, which of the following commands can the administrator use for this purpose? (Choose two.)

  • show flash
  • show NVRAM
  • show startup-config
  • show running-config
  • show version

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“lenny” Debian”stable” distribution v5.0.4 download mirrors

Preferred download software:

Unix users: type in a terminal

  wget -c URL

or

curl -C - -L -O URL

Or use aria2 or wxDownload Fast

Windows users: use Free Download Manager or GetRight

MAC users: Speed Download

Alternatively use a download software  that allows you to resume downloading from the point where it failed if the download aborts.

CCNA Exploration 1: Network Fundamentals – Chapter 10 Exam

01. Refer to the exhibit. A student working in the lab selects a cable that is wired as shown. Which connection types can successfully be made with this cable? (Choose two.)

  • connecting a PC to a router’s console port
  • connecting two routers together via their fast ethernet ports
  • connecting two switches together at gigabit speeds
  • connecting a PC to a switch at Gigabit Ethernet speeds
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Installing and Configuring DNS Server in Windows Server 2003

Please note before you start with the installation you MUST configure the server with a static IP address, otherwise the installation wizard prompts you to configure the server with a static IP address during the installation process.

Installing DNS Server on windows Server 2003:

To install DNS server you may choose one of the two  following methods:

* Installing DNS Server through Control panel :

  1. Click Start ==> Setting ==> Control Panel ==> Add or Remove Programs.
  2. Click on Add/Remove Windows Components from Add or Remove Programs menu.
  3. On Windows Components click on “Networking Services” and then click Details.
  4. On Networking Services details select the Domain Name System (DNS) check box, click OK and then click Next.
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CCNA Exploration 1: Network Fundamentals – Chapter 9 Exam

01. Convert the binary number 10111010 into its hexadecimal equivalent. Select the correct answer from the list below.

  • 85
  • 90
  • BA
  • A1
  • B3
  • 1C

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CCNA Exploration 1: Network Fundamentals – Chapter 8 Exam

01. Which OSI layer is responsible for binary transmission, cable specification, and physical aspects of network communication?

  • Presentation
  • Transport
  • Data Link
  • Physical

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Installing CentOS 5.4 Step by step

What is CentOS:
CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor. CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendors redistribution policy and aims to be 100% binary compatible. CentOS mainly changes packages to remove upstream vendor branding and artwork. And YES CentOS is FREE.

CentOS is developed by a small but growing team of core developers. In turn the core developers are supported by an active user community including system administrators, network administrators, enterprise users, managers, core Linux contributors and Linux enthusiasts from around the world. Read the rest of this entry »

CCNA Exploration 1: Network Fundamentals – Chapter 7 Exam

01. Which three factors should be considered when implementing a Layer 2 protocol in a network? (Choose three.)

  • the Layer 3 protocol selected
  • the geographic scope of the network
  • the PDU defined by the transport layer
  • the physical layer implementation
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PuTTY the SSH and telnet client

PuTTY is an open source and a free implementation of Telnet, SSH, rlogin, and raw TCP computing protocols for Windows and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator. It is written and maintained primarily by Simon Tatham.

PuTTY was originally written for Microsoft Windows, but it has been ported to various other operating systems. Official ports are available for some Unix-like platforms, with work-in-progress ports to Classic Mac OS and Mac OS X, and unofficial ports have been contributed to platforms such as Symbian OS and Windows Mobile OS. Read the rest of this entry »