Scenarios & Labs
Click here to find
additional training
resources.
Here you can find links that will be very useful during your time on the
routers.
Lab Challenges; are meant to test your ability to solve configurations
problems with little or no guidance. You should be working on these
before attempting Cisco's CCIE® lab
Instructional Labs; we have just started adding these introductory level
labs.. These will be for beginners and will offer step-by-step instructions to
help you get familiar with Cisco routers and networking..
Sample Configs; will give you standard router configurations that you can
cut and paste to the routers to form; Frame Relay Switches, or the config
used by the Term_Srv in the rack
The study aids you will find here are of some value without equipment.
But, you really should look at these labs and scenarios as assignments to be
completed on some real Cisco® equipment. You need to get used to using
the "show", "debug" and other command line tools to figure out why your
configuration does not work. If this site had 200 scenarios and 200 Sample
Labs you would still find things on Cisco's CCIE® lab test, that you have
not worked with before (or you worked with it so long ago that you forgot
it!)
Good Luck!!!
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will payoff this time and things will work out better. We picked up a bunch of new
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real-time requests. The new host will address serveral other limitations that we have had
with cgi scripts.
We are working on several things to get you access to more study materials. Look for an
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high quality, complete labs. We are also starting to work with a few others to develop
more labs to post right hear for free! (is there any other way to post labs?)
We always appreciate feed-back so don't be shy about dropping us a line. Thanks for
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10-24-00 Well if you haven't noticed we finally added the 7th router. It's a 2620, which we hope to soon have voice
installed in.
We also changed from three 6 hour slots a day, to four 5.5 hour slots per day. We hope this works better with
people's schedules (To those that have been asking, sorry it took so long).
Adding the fourth slot each day should allow us to keep prices the same, even with the extra router, (and voice once
we get it installed)
We also upgraded the remote reboot power strip so that you can now reboot any router (except the Term_Srv
router), the Catalyst switch, and now the ISDN simulator as well!! (on two occasions it started acting a little odd,
but a quick reboot fixed the problem). We also upgraded the Term_Srv router from a 2509 to 2511. This just
gives us more options as we add more equipement later on.
We are in the midst of updating the look of the site also. The labs will now all use frames, so you can jump from
the lab, to the hints, to the diagram, to the solution a bit easier. I've worked in a few edits to the labs also, but I still
have quite a few to go.
I've been trying to come up with a lab of the month to get that part of the site rolling. Between all the job
switches (I'm on my third one this year!!) lately and finding time for my wife and young son, it's hard finding time,
but I'll keep working on it.
I'm finally getting somewhere with the automation stuff, but it's likely to be a while longer before you can enter
credit card information on the web site. (After learning Perl, I'm hoping SSL will be easy!!)
5-29-00 Sorry I've been away soon long. In the last two months I've logged over 30,000 fequent flyer miles!!
Needless to say it's been hecktic. This have settled down a little bit so I finally had time to post all the updates and
revisions that I've been promissing for so long now.
The big news is we are adding voice. We are in the process of aquiring equipment right now. We will be adding a
new 2620 router to the rack with voice ports. You can see a diagram of what the rack will look like by clicking
here. The new 2620 router will also add ISL and 802.1q trunking capabilities to the rack.
We are finally able to accept credit cards!! It took a lot longer than I hoped, but you can now call in, or Email your
credit card number to us to pay for time on the rack. We are accepting VISA, MC and American Express! We
hope to have the site automated soon so that you can enter everything in a secure fassion right on the web site.
Our appologies to those of you that have been experiencing problems with the site. The ISP swore to us today,
that they have the problem fixed and everything should be working smoothly now.
You may have noticed that I finally passed the CCIE myself. I have to say that I could not have done it with the
help of all the subscribers to GroupStudy.com. If you are serious about the test, get signed up for one of their E-
mail lists. Paul has put together an excellent service that no CCIE candidate should be without. You can find
them at
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Lastly we have spent a great deal of time reveiwing all the lab challenges, and adding a few new challenging ones,
including a couple of very good redistribution labs. Thanks to all those who sent in feedback on the labs, sorry it
took so long to get them reposted. You will notice that we have a slightly new numbering scheme for all the labs.
This was developed to encompass about 200 labs that we eventually hope to have posted.
Whew! that's a lot of updates. I will try to get back in gear about updating the site more often. Thanks for stoppin
in!!
4-8-00 Hello again! Sorry I have not been posting a lot of new stuff on the web site. There has been a great deal
going on lately. We finally have our credit card account set up!!! I'm still trying to get the web site updated so that
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everything is automatic. If you like, you can Email or call in with your credit card number now though. Look
for the shopping cart software to be set up in about a month (I hope!!)
I've also been busy redoing some of the labs and adding a few new ones. I'm redoing the whole lab structure so
that we start to have something like a curiculum. I have about four new labs, and hope to add another four to six
by the time we roll out the new format around the end of the month.
Things have really been picking up, and it's time to start thinking about additions. We are taking a poll to see what
you would rather see on the site. We can add voice, to the existing rack, or add another rack. I'm leaning towards
adding voice, but I need some feedback from all of you. Still trying to work the numbers if we add voice but I
don't think it will affect the price more than $10.00/slot (if at all!)
Lastly what version of software do we need to keep on the rack. 11.3 was choosen as a compromise, but since it
is never going to go into GD (general deployment) it will probably never show up on the lab. Should we have 11.2,
11.3 or 12.0 on the routers by default. Now that 12.0 is in GD it is more likely to show up, but the limitations of
11.2 make for some arduous tasks on the test.
Please tell us what you think. Send us your option to
!! We need your input !! Have you thought about buying a time slot but decided against it because you prefer to
use a credit card? We have discussed attempting to completely automate the system, but it would take a great
deal of effort. What's your opinion
Drop us a line and let us know what you think of the site.
Thanks for stopping in.
Derek Small
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Questions
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New questions last added
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This page presents a number of practice questions for the student. I have tried
to make these questions pertinent to the subject matter. Some of these questions
may appear in similar form on the actual test but I have tried to present
questions that evaluate your readiness to take the written and practical tests.
Questions appearing here that duplicate those on any of Cisco's certification
test, is entirely coincidental.
A high score on these practice questions indicates a high level of knowledge of
networking and Cisco® hardware in general. This may not translate into a high
score on the written or practical tests.
If you find problems with my questions please let me know. The reason for
starting this site was a high level of frustration with other sources of practice
questions that were, irrelevant, absurd or just plain wrong. (Arghhhh!!!) Also, if
you have ideas for other questions please submit them. I don't pay for questions
that others offer, but like the ones that I add, they all help us in our efforts.
Please don't submit questions directly off of the exam. If I post questions that
are verbatim off of the exam, Cisco® will shut us down or change the test, both
would be bad.
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but if you have problems
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Welcome to the rack at Fatkid.com
The rack contains five Cisco routers, a Catalyst 2901 Switch (with the latest
4.x Crescendo operating system), an ISDN simulator, remote power control
and the latest 11.2 and 12.0 IOS enterprise feature set, with IPSEC
There has been some confusion about the switch in the rack. This is not a
2900XL series switch. The 2901 is a sibling to the 5000, and ours has been
upgraded with the latest 4.x image for a 5000 series switch (the same exact
file!). The only difference between the 2901 and the 5002 is the number of
ports (14 versus 24) .
The rack is the only thing on Fatkid.com that is not free. (Sorry but the
equipment was not cheap, as you know.) Check out the
Pricing page for
information about pricing and how to request a time slot.
The diagrams on this page show the
physical arrangement of the equipment
and the
wiring schematic. Since you do not have physical access to the routers
I have tried to wire the routers in the most comprehensive way possible. You
will never use all wired connections on every router for a given configuration.
Just activate the connections you need and away you go.
A Personal Recommendation
What ever you do, make sure you spend some time on this rack or a similar
set of equipment before you attempt the test. If you are like me, you had to fly
to a test center, get a hotel room, and then pay $1000.00 for the test. After all
my receipts were in, it cost over $2000.00 to take the test. The best way to
keep cool on the test is to have the hours in on the routers. Time management
is part of the CCIE lab. You need to be adept at using short cuts on the
command lines. Also being very familiar with the command lines will
increase your confidence level and better your performance on the lab.
Study Tip
Have a study party. Get 4 or 5 people together that are studying for the lab,
buy a time slot on the rack, and have every one configure one of the routers.
Get a different person to lead the group each time. The lead person chooses
which lab you will work on, but does not work on the routers. Instead he/she
explains each configuration step to the rest of the group as they work on the
lab. Since you have several people on the equipment at once it only ends up
costing $15.00 or $20.00 each and you can buy a couple of pizzas for the
group with any extra money. The Advanced OSPF lab was actually designed
for a group study effort, because each of the routers has about the same
amount of work to be done. You will need to set up some where that has at
least 4 different PCs and Internet access for all four, but we have done it
several times locally and it works great !!
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The Rack
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We are working on adding ISL and Voice. Stay tuned.
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Meet Fatkid
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There are only three people that make up Fatkid.com, although we get help
from a number of great people.
Derek Small - President. Derek is a Senior Enterprise Network Engineer
for a local consulting company. Derek graduated from Miami University in
1993 with a Systems Analysis degree and a Physics degree. Previous jobs
include; work as a DBA, a Network Administrator, a CAD developer, and
over four years experience with LAN/WAN communications. Derek has
worked with various network infrastructure platforms, and holds several
certifications from Cisco, Nortel, and Novell.
JD Frederick - Vice-president. JD is a Network Engineer for the same local
consulting company as Derek. JD's primary focus is on NetWare and
Microsoft. JD graduated from Cincinnati State College two years ago, and
also holds a CNE and should be finishing up his MCSE any day now. JD
helps with some of the site maintenance and research
David Watson - Vice-president, Dave graduated from Miami University, as
a professional Graphics Illustrator. Dave is responsible for all the art work
on the site as well as the merchandise that we sell.
All of us would like to thank those that helped make this site possible
and continue to contribute their talent and expertise.
[5/6/2001 3:22:33 PM]
Links to other sites
Here are a few other good sites to checkout that will be very helpful in your pursuit of Cisco
Certifications.
This site has a very extensive list-serv where you can interact with others seeking
Cisco Certification. They also have study notes, virtual study rooms, archives and
discounts on Cisco training materials. Check them out.
Beachfront direct has one of the best quizzer programs on the market. They even offer a money back guarantee, how
can you go wrong.
Here is great source of material for CCIE students. It is managed by Randall S. Benn and has links to
hundres of helpful sites.
Randall S. Benn's
CISCO SYSTEMS IN A NUTSHELL
Here is another great source for Cisco referance material. They have links to other training sites,
white papers and more. Check them out.
www.itprc.com/training.htm
[5/6/2001 3:22:36 PM]
Lab Challenges
Revised Labs
These labs are intended to test your knowledge of Cisco's IOS on real equipment. There are hints, but try to figure
these out using the command line, debug, or show commands. If you are still stuck try going to Cisco's web site,
CCO, and check the online reference at
Unless Cisco changes
things, this is all you have when you take the test. Lastly, check the lab hints
Revised labs have been revised at least two times. Beta labs are new labs that have had little or no feedback from
users. We try to ensure that our labs are correct when they are posted, but nothing finds flaws in them like posting
them publicly. For that reason we always welcome input from our users on errors or comments on our labs.
Beta Labs
Be warned, these labs are not done. If
anyone want to champion any of them and
get them finished up just let me know.
Lab of the Month
Sorry guys, I still have not had time to get
this going. I haven't given up on it though!
[5/6/2001 3:22:42 PM]
101 Reverse Telnet
Revised 3-
20-00
This lab will teach you how to configure reverse telnet. You will likely be required to
configure this on the term_srv in the lab. The only difference between this lab and actually
configuring the terminal server is the number of ports involved and their name. In this lab, you
will be setting up R3 to act as a Terminal Server. R3 has only one AUX port. Normally you
would use a 2511 which has 17 ports that you can use.
1. Configure a loopback interface on R3 with the IP address 10.1.1.1/24.
2. Configure R3's Token Ring interface with IP address 10.2.2.1/24.
3. Configure R4's Token Ring interface with IP address 10.2.2.2/24
4. Test that you can telnet from R4 to R3's Token Ring port and enter enable mode.
5. Configure R3 so that you can reach the AUX port on R4 by typing "R4" at the command
prompt of R3.
The reason for configuring the Token Ring interfaces is so that you will have an alternate
connection to R3 besides the console port attached the Term_Srv. You should be able to get
back to the console prompt for R3 without having to telnet to R4 though. This just gives you
an alternate way to get back to R3.
[5/6/2001 3:22:44 PM]
schematic no boarder
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schematic no boarder
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101 Reverse Telnet Hints
Reverse telnet works by allowing the router to telnet back to itself, but the session can be
directed to any port on the box. Once you direct the traffic to the correct port, you need to
configure that port to pass all traffic back out of the box, and not try to process it locally.
On a typical router the AUX port is port number 2001.
On a 2509 router, with 8 async ports, the first async port is number 2001, the last is 2008,
and the Aux port is 2009.
On a 2511 router, with 16 async ports, the first async port is number 2001, the last is 2016,
and the Aux port is 2017.
If you forget, type in "show line" at the router command prompt and look at all the port
numbers. Even the console and telnet ports have port numbers.
You can configure the router to telnet to any host with the command "IP host" followed by
the name of the host and it's IP address. This is applicable to reverse telnet as well as regular
telnet connections.
If you get a connection problem when trying to access R4, type "clear line 1". This will clear
the AUX port on R3 and any connections or half-up connections on that port.
To return to the console of R3 you have to press "ctrl+alt+6, ctrl+alt+6, x". If you just press
"ctrl+alt+6, x", you will go back to the Term_Srv prompt, not R3. By pressing "ctrl+alt+6"
twice before you press x, you back up to R3, not the Term_Srv.
[5/6/2001 3:22:48 PM]
101 Reverse Telnet Solution
After completing this lab you may want to look at the configuration on the Term_Srv in this rack to see how
you will use what you have learned on the lab. Keep in mind on the lab you won't be reverse telnetting
twice in a row, so you can always use "ctrl+shift+6" and "x" to go back the the real Term_Srv router.
You need a loopback interface to reverse telnet
back to. In theory you should be able to reverse
telnet to any IP address on the box but I have
found problems when you don't use a loop back
address on some routers.
This interface is configured strictly so you can get
back into the router to clear line 1 after you reverse
telnet to R4 from R3
! R3 *********************************
Current configuration:
!
version 11.2
no service password-encryption
no service udp-small-servers
no service tcp-small-servers
!
hostname R3
!
enable password cisco
!
no ip domain-lookup
ip host R4 2001 10.1.1.1
!
!
interface Loopback0
ip address 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
!
interface Serial0
no ip address
shutdown
no fair-queue
!
interface Serial1
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface TokenRing0
ip address 10.2.2.1 255.255.255.0
ring-speed 16
!
interface BRI0
no ip address
shutdown
!
no ip classless
!
!
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101 Reverse Telnet Solution
This the line that does all the magic. transport
input all is required to do reverse telnet. The "no
exec" command immediately above helps keep the
screen from getting junked up but is not necessary.
Don't forget to set a telnet password or you won't
be able to telnet back into R3 from R4.
line con 0
line aux 0
no exec
transport input all
line vty 0 4
password cisco
login
!
end
! R4 *********************************
Current configuration:
!
version 11.2
no service password-encryption
no service udp-small-servers
no service tcp-small-servers
!
hostname R4
!
enable password cisco
!
no ip domain-lookup
!
!
interface Ethernet0
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface Serial0
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface Serial1
ip address 192.19.15.2 255.255.255.0
ip rip authentication mode 0
!
interface TokenRing0
ip address 10.2.2.2 255.255.255.0
ring-speed 16
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101 Reverse Telnet Solution
R4 is really only configured so that you see the
hostname of the router when you successfully
reverse telnet and so that you can telnet back to R3
from R4 to "clear line 1" and get your R3 console
back.
IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE GETTING BACK TO
R3 or R4 DURING THIS LAB JUST GO TO
THE REBOOT DEVICE (PWR) ON THE
TERM_SRV AND TYPE "reboot 3" AND/OR
"reboot 4" TO REBOOT THE ROUTERS AND
START OVER.
!
no ip classless
!
!
line con 0
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
password cisco
login
!
end
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Reverse Telnet config
Unfortunately we do not
offer 7x24 tech support,
but if you have problems
accessing the equipment
you can send us an alpha
page. We will usually get
back to you in about 15
minutes.
If you experience
problems while using the
equipment, and it is the
fault of the equipment or
Fatkid.com, you will get a
replacement slot.
Cisco will require you to know how to set up a terminal server for access to the console ports on the
other routers and switches in the rack you will use for the test. A terminal server is nothing more
than a router with multiple, slow speed, asynchronous ports that can be directly connected to other
serial devices, like modems or console ports on routers. We will be using the terminal server to
access console ports only, using something called reverse telnet. Reverse telnet allows you to
telnet back to the device you are telnetting from but on a different interface.
Look at the following clip from a sample configuration:
version 11.3
service timestamps debug uptime
service timestamps log uptime
service password-encryption
service udp-small-servers
service tcp-small-servers
!
hostname term_serv
!
no ip domain-lookup
ip host R1 2001 10.1.1.1
ip host R2 2002 10.1.1.1
ip host R3 2003 10.1.1.1
ip host R4 2004 10.1.1.1
ip host cat 2006 10.1.1.1
ip host pwr 2008 10.1.1.1
!
interface Loopback0
ip address 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
!
interface Ethernet0
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Reverse Telnet config
ip address x.x.x.x 255.255.255.x
no ip directed-broadcast
no ip proxy-arp
no cdp enable
!
interface Serial0
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface Serial1
no ip address
shutdown
!
no ip classless
!
line con 0
line 1 8
no exec
transport input all
line aux 0
line vty 0 3
password temp
login
end
This file shows two key elements of a reverse terminal server, that you will be required to set up.
The first gives you the ability to perform a reverse telnet. If you look at the bottom of the file, line 1
though 8 have been configured with the command "transport input all". This command forces any
data that is sent to that port by the router to be sent out that port, and any data that is received on
that port is passed directly on to the any connections to that port.
Any line port on a Cisco router can be addressed by a corresponding port number. These port
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