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LACP with STP Sim

Answer and Explanation:

Below is a good solution commented by toy_man123. Please say thank to him!

Each of these vlans has one host each on its port
SVI on vlan 1 ip 192.168.1.11 with snm
Switch B
Ports 3, 4 connected to ports 3 and 4 on Switch A
Port 15 connected to Port on Router.
Tasks to do
1. Use non proprietary mode of aggregation with Switch B being the initiator
Assumed use LACP with B being in Active mode
2. Use non proprietary trunking and no negotiation
Assumed use switchport mode trunk and switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
3. Restrict only to vlans needed
Assumed either vtp pruning or allowed vlan list. vtp pruning command did not seem to work on the
simulator so landed using allowed vlan list
4. SVI on vlan 1 with some ip and subnet given

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5. Configure switch A so that nodes other side of Router C are accessible
Assumed this to mean that on switch A default gatway has to be configured.
6. Make switch B the root
Could not get this to work. Exam hung when I tried the command
spanning-tree vlan 1,21-23 priority 4096
So passed on this configuration. Anyone else got this correct
What I tried ..
on Switch A
verify with show run if you need to create vlans 21-23
int range fa0/9 10
switchport mode access
switchport access vlan 21
spanning-tree portfast
no shut
int range fa0/13 14
switchport mode access
switchport access vlan 22
spanning-tree portfast
no shut
int range fa0/16 16
switchport mode access
switchport access vlan 23
spanning-tree portfast
no shut
int range fa0/3 4
channel-protocol lacp
channel group 1 mode passive
no shut
int port-channel 1
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
spanning-tree allowed vlans 1,21-23
no shut
int vlan 1
ip address x.y.z.11 255.a.b.c
no shut
On switch B run the command show cdp neighbors detail and get the ip address of port from router C.
Now use this ip address of port of router C to configure as default gateway on Switch A
SA(config)# ip default-gateway 192.168.1.1
On switch B do only the channel group and port-channel stuff
Only mode is active instead of passive.
copy run start did not work. Tried combos of wr, copy running-config startup-config, copy
system:running-config nvram:startup-config. All variations did not work.

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Got some errors on mismatch of native VLAN. Switch B had some ports on vlan 98 configured for
native vlan. Tried setting native vlan on Port-channel 1 on switch B to 1. Configuration command took
but errors still were occuring. Ran out of time I had allocated so gave up.

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MLS and EIGRP Sim

Notice: This is just a sketch about this sim. I can not guarantee the information posted below is
correct. So if you know anything new about this sim please post here. Your ideas and comments are
warmly welcome!
Question:
I am still not sure about the question but we need to configure the Multilayer Switch so that PCs from
VLAN 2 and VLAN 3 can communicate with the Server.

Answer and Explanation

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the config (commented by a certprepare.coms reader but he does not leave his name, but please say
thank to him!)
mls>enable
mls# configure terminal
mls(config)# int gi0/1
mls(config-if)#no switchport -> not sure about this command line, but you should use this
command if the simulator does not let you assign IP address on Gi0/1 interface.
mls(config-if)# ip address 10.10.10.2 255.255.255.0
mls(config-if)# no shutdown
mls(config-if)# exit
mls(config)# int vlan 2
mls(config-if)# ip address 190.200.250.33 255.255.255.224
mls(config-if)# no shutdown
mls(config-if)# int vlan 3
mls(config-if)# ip address 190.200.250.65 255.255.255.224
mls(config-if)# no shutdown
mls(config-if)#exit
mls(config)# ip routing (Notice: MLS will not work without this command)
mls(config)# router eigrp 650
mls(config-router)# network 10.10.10.0 0.0.0.255
mls(config-router)# network 190.200.250.32 0.0.0.31
mls(config-router)# network 190.200.250.64 0.0.0.31
NOTE : THE ROUTER IS CORRECTLY CONFIGURED, so you will not miss within it in the exam , also
dont modify/delete any port just do the above configuration.
in order to complete the lab , you should expect the ping to SERVER to succeed from the MLS , and
from the PCs as well.
If the above configuration does not work, you should configure EIGRP with no auto-summary
command:
no auto-summary

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VTP Lab 2
Question:
Acme is a small export company that has an existing enterprise network comprised of 5 switches;
CORE,DSW1,DSW2,ASW1 and ASW2. The topology diagram indicates their desired pre-VLAN spanning
tree mapping.
Previous configuration attempts have resulted in the following issues:
CORE should be the root bridge for VLAN 20; however, DSW1 is currently the root bridge for VLAN
20.
Traffic for VLAN 30 should be forwarding over the gig 1/0/6 trunk port between DSW1 and DSW2.
However VLAN 30 is currently using gig 1/0/5.
Traffic for VLAN 40 should be forwarding over the gig 1/0/5 trunk port between DSW1 and DSW2.
However VLAN 40 is currently using gig 1/0/6.
You have been tasked with isolating the cause of these issuer and implementing the appropriate
solutions. You task is complicated by the fact that you only have full access to DSW1, with isolating
the cause of these issues and implementing the appropriate solutions. Your task is complicated by the
fact that you only have full access to DSW1, with the enable secret password cisco. Only limited show
command access is provided on CORE, and DSW2 using the enable 2 level with a password of acme.
No configuration changes will be possible on these routers. No access is provided to ASW1 or ASW2.

Answer and Explanation:

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1) CORE should be the root bridge for VLAN 20; however, DSW1 is currently the root
bridge for VLAN 20 -> We need to make CORE switch the root bridge for VLAN 20.
By using the show spanning-tree command as shown above, we learned that DSW1 is the root
bridge for VLAN 20 (notice the line This bridge is the root).
DSW1>enable
DSW1#show spanning-tree

To determine the root bridge, switches send and compare their priorities and MAC addresses with each
other. The switch with the lowest priority value will have highest priority and become the root bridge.
Therefore, we can deduce that the priority of DSW1 switch is lower than the priority of the CORE
switch so it becomes the root bridge. To make the CORE the root bridge we need to increase the
DSW1s priority value, the best value should be 61440 because it is the biggest value allowed to
assign and it will surely greater than of CORE switch. (You can use another value but make sure it is
greater than the CORE priority value by checking if the CORE becomes the root bridge or not; and that
value must be in increments of 4096).
(Notice that the terms bridge and switch are used interchangeably when discussing STP)
DSW1#configure terminal
DSW1(config)#spanning-tree vlan 20 priority 61440
2) Traffic for VLAN 30 should be forwarding over the gig 1/0/6 trunk port between DSW1
and DSW2. However VLAN 30 is currently using gig 1/0/5
DSW1 is the root bridge for VLAN 30 (you can re-check with the show spanning-tree command as
above), so all the ports are in forwarding state for VLAN 30. But the question said that VLAN 30 is
currently using Gig1/0/5 so we can guess that port Gig1/0/6 on DSW2 is in blocking state (for VLAN
30 only), therefore all traffic for VLAN 30 will go through port Gig1/0/5.

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The root bridge for VLAN 30, DSW1, originates the Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDUs) and switch
DSW2 receives these BPDUS on both Gig1/0/5 and Gig1/0/6 ports. It compares the two BPDUs
received, both have the same bridge-id so it checks the port cost, which depends on the bandwidth of
the link. In this case both have the same bandwidth so it continues to check the senders port id
(includes port priority and the port number of the sending interface). The lower port-id value will be
preferred so the interface which received this port-id will be the root and the other interface (higher
port-id value) will be blocked.
In this case port Gig1/0/6 of DSW2 received a Priority Number of 128.6 (means that port priority is
128 and port number is 6) and it is greater than the value received on port Gig1/0/5 (with a Priority
Number of 128.5) so port Gig1/0/6 will be blocked. You can check again with the show spanningtree command. Below is the output (notice this command is issued on DSW1 this is the value DSW2
received and used to compare).

Therefore, all we need to do is to change the priority of port Gig1/0/6 to a lower value so the
neighboring port will be in forwarding state. Notice that we only need to change this value for VLAN
30, not for all VLANs.
DSW1(config)#interface g1/0/6
DSW1(config-if)#spanning-tree vlan 30 port-priority 64
DSW1(config-if)#exit
3) Traffic for VLAN 40 should be forwarding over the gig 1/0/5 trunk port between DSW1
and DSW2. However VLAN 40 is currently using gig 1/0/6
Next we need to make sure traffic for VLAN 40 should be forwarding over Gig1/0/5 ports. It is a
similar job, right? But wait, we are not allowed to make any configurations on DSW2, how can we
change its port-priority for VLAN 40? There is another solution for this
Besides port-priority parameter, there is another value we can change: the Cost value (or Root Path
Cost). Although it depends on the bandwidth of the link but a network administrator can change the
cost of a spanning tree, if necessary, by altering the configuration parameter in such a way as to
affect the choice of the root of the spanning tree.

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Notice that the Root Path Cost is the cost calculated by adding the cost in the received hello to the
cost of the interface the hello BPDU was received. Therefore if you change the cost on an interface of
DSW1 then only DSW1 will learn the change.
By default, the cost of a 100Mbps link is 19 but we can change this value to make sure that VLAN 40
will use interface Gig1/0/5.
DSW1(config)#interface g1/0/5
DSW1(config-if)#spanning-tree vlan 40 cost 1
DSW1(config-if)#end
You should re-check to see if everything was configured correctly:
DSW1#show spanning-tree
Save the configuration:
DSW1#copy running-config startup-config
(Notice: Many reports said the copy running-config startup-config didnt work but they still got the full
mark)
Remember these facts about Spanning-tree:
Path Selection:
1)
2)
3)
4)

Prefer
Prefer
Prefer
Prefer

the
the
the
the

neighbor advertising the lowest root ID

neighbor advertising the lowest cost to root
neighbor with the lowest bridge ID
lowest sender port ID

Spanning-tree cost:

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VTP Lab
Question:
The headquarter offices for a book retailer are enhancing their wiring closets with Layer3 switches.
The new distribution-layer switch has been installed and a new access-layer switch cabled to it. Your
task is to configure VTP to share VLAN information from the distribution-layer switch to the accesslayer devices. Then, it is necessary to configure interVLAN routing on the distribution layer switch to
route traffic between the different VLANs that are configured on the access-layer switches; however, it
is not necessary for you to make the specific VLAN port assignments on the access-layer switches.
Also, because VLAN database mode is being deprecated by Cisco, all VLAN and VTP configurations are
to be completed in the global configuration mode. Please reference the following table for the VTP and
VLAN information to be configured:

Requirements:
VTP Domain name

cisco

VLAN Ids

20

21

IP Addresses

172.16.71.1/24

172.16.132.1/24

These are your specific tasks:

1. Configure the VTP information with the distribution layer switch as the VTP server
2. Configure the VTP information with the access layer switch as a VTP client
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4. Configure inter-VLAN routing on the distribution layer switch
5. Specific VLAN port assignments will be made as users are added to the access layer switches in the
future.
6. All VLANs and VTP configurations are to completed in the global configuration. To configure the
switch click on the host icon that is connected to the switch be way of a serial console cable.

Answer and Explanation:

1) Configure the VTP information with the distribution layer switch as the VTP server:

DLSwitch#configure terminal
DLSwitch(config)#vtp mode server
DLSwitch(config)#vtp domain cisco (use cisco, not CISCO because it is case sensitive)
(Requirement 2 will be solved later)
3) Configure VLANs on the distribution layer switch
To create VLANs on a switch, use the vlan vlanID# command:
DLSwitch(config)#vlan 20
DLSwitch(config)#vlan 21
Configure Ip addresses for Vlans:
DLSwitch(config)#interface vlan 20
DLSwitch(if-config)#ip address 172.16.71.1 255.255.255.0
DLSwitch(if-config)#no shutdown
DLSwitch(if-config)#interface vlan 21
DLSwitch(if-config)#ip address 172.16.132.1 255.255.255.0
DLSwitch(if-config)#no shutdown
DLSwitch(if-config)#exit
4) Configure inter-VLAN routing on the distribution layer switch
DLSwitch(config)#ip routing
DLSwitch(config)#exit
DLSwitch#copy running-config startup-config
2) Configure the VTP information with the access layer switch as a VTP client
ALSwitch#configure terminal
ALSwitch(config)#vtp mode client
ALSwitch(config)#vtp domain cisco
ALSwitch(config)#exit
ALSwitch#copy running-config startup-config
(Notice: Many reports said the copy running-config startup-config didnt work but they still got the full
mark)

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Spanning Tree Lab Sim

Question:
The headquarter office for a cement manufacturer is installing a temporary Catalyst 3550 in an IDF to
connect 24 additional users. To prevent network corruption, it is important to have the correct
configuration prior to connecting to the production network. It will be necessary to ensure that the
switch does not participate in VTP but forwards VTP advertisements that are received on trunk ports.
Because of errors that have been experienced on office computers, all nontrunking interfaces should
transition immediately to the forwarding state of Spanning tree. Also, configure the user ports (all
FastEthernet ports) so that the ports are permanently nontrunking.

Requirements:
You will configure FastEthernet ports 0/12 through 0/24 for users who belong to VLAN 20. Also, all
VLAN and VTP configurations are to be completed in global configuration mode as VLAN database
mode is being deprecated by Cisco. You are required to accomplish the following tasks:
1. Ensure the switch does not participate in VTP but forwards VTP advertisements received on trunk
ports.
2. Ensure all non-trunking interfaces (Fa0/1 to Fa0/24) transition immediately to the forwarding state
of Spanning-Tree.
3. Ensure all FastEthernet interfaces are in a permanent non-trunking mode.
4. Place FastEthernet interfaces 0/12 through 0/24 in VLAN 20.
Answer and Explanation:

Switch>enable
Switch#configure terminal
Switch(config)#interface range fa0/1 24
Switch(config-if-range)#switchport mode access (Make all FasEthernet interfaces into access
mode)
Switch(config-if-range)#spanning-tree portfast (Enables the PortFast on interface)

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Next, we need to assign FastEthernet ports 0/12 through 0/24 to VLAN 20.
By default, all ports on the switch are in VLAN 1. To change the VLAN associated with a port, you need
to go to each interface (or a range of interfaces) and tell it which VLAN to be a part of.
Switch(config-if-range)#interface range fa0/12 24
Switch(config-if-range)#switchport access vlan 20 (Make these ports members of vlan 20)
Switch(config-if-range)#exit
Next we need to make this switch in transparent mode. In this mode, switch doesnt participate in the
VTP domain, but it still forwards VTP advertisements through any configured trunk links.
Switch(config)#vtp mode transparent
Switch(config)#exit
Switch#copy running-config startup-config
(Notice: Many reports said the copy running-config startup-config didnt work but they still got the full
mark)

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AAAdot1x Lab Sim

Question:
Acme is a small shipping company that has an existing enterprise network comprised of 2
switches;DSW1 and ASW1. The topology diagram indicates their layer 2 mapping. VLAN 40 is a new
VLAN that will be used to provide the shipping personnel access to the server. For security reasons, it
is necessary to restrict access to VLAN 20 in the following manner:
Users connecting to ASW1s port must be authenticate before they are given access to the network.
Authentication is to be done via a Radius server:
Radius server host: 172.120.39.46
Radius key: rad123
Authentication should be implemented as close to the host device possible.
Devices on VLAN 20 are restricted to in the address range of 172.120.40.0/24.
Packets from devices in the address range of 172.120.40.0/24 should be passed on VLAN 20.
Packets from devices in any other address range should be dropped on VLAN 20.
Filtering should be implemented as close to the server farm as possible.
The Radius server and application servers will be installed at a future date. You have been tasked with
implementing the above access control as a pre-condition to installing the servers. You must use the
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Answer and Explanation:

1) Configure ASW1
Enable AAA on the switch:
ASW1(config)#aaa new-model
The new-model keyword refers to the use of method lists, by which authentication methods and
sources can be grouped or organized.
Dene the server along with its secret shared password:
ASW1(config)#radius-server host 172.120.39.46 key rad123
ASW1(config)#aaa authentication dot1x default group radius
This command causes the RADIUS server dened on the switch to be used for 802.1x authentication.
Enable 802.1x on the switch:
ASW1(config)#dot1x system-auth-control
Congure Fa0/1 to use 802.1x:
ASW1(config)#interface fastEthernet 0/1
ASW1(config-if)#switchport mode access
ASW1(config-if)#dot1x port-control auto
Notice that the word auto will force connected PC to authenticate through the 802.1x exchange.
ASW1(config-if)#exit
ASW1#copy running-config startup-config
2) Configure DSW1:
Define an access-list:
DSW1(config)#ip access-list standard 10 (syntax: ip access-list {standard | extended} acl-

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name)
DSW1(config-ext-nacl)#permit 172.120.40.0 0.0.0.255
DSW1(config-ext-nacl)#exit
Define an access-map which uses the access-list above:
DSW1(config)#vlan access-map MYACCMAP 10 (syntax: vlan access-map map_name [065535] )
DSW1(config-access-map)#match ip address 10 (syntax: match ip address {acl_number |
acl_name})
DSW1(config-access-map)#action forward
DSW1(config-access-map)#exit
DSW1(config)#vlan access-map MYACCMAP 20
DSW1(config-access-map)#action drop (drop other networks)
DSW1(config-access-map)#exit
Apply a vlan-map into a vlan:
DSW1(config)#vlan filter MYACCMAP vlan-list 20 (syntax: vlan filter mapname vlan-list list)
DSW1#copy running-config startup-config
(Notice: Many reports said the copy running-config startup-config didnt work but they still got the full
mark)

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