Hi All

I passed the BSCI exam today, i got 893.

I didnt get much on BGP which i thought i would. I did however get quite a lot on ipv6 and OSPFv2 and v3.

I got 3 sims: Redistribution, OSPFv3 virtual links & EIGRP summarisation. The OSPFv3 virtual links & EIGRP summarisation were spot on but the redistribution was a little different.

Two things. The metric for ISIS was to be 57 not 50 and also EIGRP routes int ISIS had to be level-1 only.

How2Pass is great, ive used them for CCNA, ONT and now BSCI and they are all spot on. I got a couple of new questions but they were not hard and if you know the routing protocols then the answers are easy.

Id definately recomend people look at IPv6 and multicast these were areas that seemed to come up alot. I think Cisco are starting to realise that IPv6 is going to be a big thing.

Good luck to anyone else taking the exam.

Is there any quick and sure fire way to tell if an IPv6 address is valid or not. I know it ask this question at least once during the exam and I recognize the IPv6 loop back but a normal host address is a little more difficult to tell if it is valid or not. I am also aware that if it has any hexadecimal character above a f it isn't valid, but I really need some good solid info on how to determine quickly if an IPv6 address is valid or not. Thanks,

just wondering if anyone else thinks this questions is wrong... The part about eigrp authentication requiring simple text or MD5... am i missing somthing?

my test is tommorrow and i thought i should clarify

thanks

hi, whats with Q NF57, answers keep changing...

TCP is used for reliability is fine
but
if I select "BGP will never send a message unless it is triggered" then its marked incorrect.
answer given is BGP is a path vector protocol

Now if I select BGP is a path vector protocol  then its marked incorrect.
then given answer is "BGP will never send a message unless it is triggered"

Ive never heard of a path vector protocol  ;D

Admins - whats up with the exam?

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Passed today with a 905! Thanks H2P, invaluable material on here! Going to Vegas to celebrate for a few days then study for BCMSN which I should be taking in a couple of weeks. On to the exam:

Time was more of a factor than I had anticipated; 9 minutes left at the end. I did not see as much IPv6 and BGP as I was thinking. Quite a few multicast and very heavy on EIGRP. Sims were all from H2P: OSPFv3 virtual link, EIGRP stub and summarization. EIGRP testlet was almost identical. I didnt see many questions that were not covered here. Had one question that looked like it should have been from the ISCW test; some IPSEC tunnel thing. Anyway, know your stuff, get the sims down, do plenty of practice on H2P and you should do fine. I was suprised at my 905, didnt think I would do that well. Anyway, off to fabulous Las Vegas!!! See you on the BCMSN board!

-DMICK

I was wondering if anyone could explain the solution to NG39? I am confused  :-\

Hello!
I am a little bit familiar with some networking concepts and want to start my journey to CCNA certification. If you have taken this test recently, please suggest what study materials to use. Also there are some website offering test prep packages including test engines. Which one would you recommend? How would you rate ITExamWorld.com test prep? Appreciate any suggestions. Thanks for your help.

Ok so I how2pass was very helpfull and I thought I passed before getting my 720 :-\.

The NAT question came up and I responded word for word but I don't think it was good enough.  They gave me the same question but the ip addresses were different, I read the rules and didn't see that posting the addresses cant be posted but if Im wrong please feel free to edit or delete my post. I am  mod on another forum and understand.

So the Private were 192.168.123.65-194

The Public was 198.18.47.161-166

I wasn't given anything but the name of the router which was Munford.

So...

access list 2 permit 192.168.123.64 0.0.0.30
ip nat pool list 2 198.18.47.161 198.18.123.166 netmask 255.255.255.248
ip nat inside source list 2 pool munford overload

the inside and outside interfaces were done already so I just saved my info with the copy run start.

Now my question is do I use munford? should I have used "cisco"? The other NAT deals Ive seen had the inside pool as the public addresses and the outside as the 192....

The reason I asked was the message of: Implement, verify and troubleshoot NAT and ACL in a medium sized Enterprise branch office, which I would think was the NAT sim.

Im sure I turned and the interfaces and saved my config if asked.

The only question I did not know (in my mind) was a question about Rapid PVST, Im not even sure I have heard of that one but I think I can find it using a search engine.

Thanks in advance.

Hi guys,
Is it necessary to learn dhcp configuration for simulation type of questions.??
And configuring router using SDM ?? someone told me that "configure it using SDM" type of questions do not come in CCNA exams.

Colleagues
What labs (BGP, EIGRP, ISIS) who fell in the latest BSCI exams, and who asked to set up.

Thanks