Non-Handicapper Generals
The Route of all Evil
Spare the Switch, Spoil The Child
Swimming, Elephants and Trees
VLANd of Confusion
100
Where you assign an IP address to a Cisco switch (by default)
What is "VLAN 1"
100
The person who invented the routing algorithm used by OSPF to create a loop-free topology
Who is Djikstra
100
This is the command to list a switch's CAM table
What is "Show mac-address-table"
100
A switch-to-switch link that bundles many VLANs together on one physical interface
What is a Trunk?
100
A mechanism used to carve a single switch into multiple smaller virtual switches
What is a VLAN?
200
A non-classful mechanism for efficiently carving up IP addresses
What is VLSM
200
The name of the algorithm used by EIGRP, or when to people fight over a lady's honor
What is DUAL (or a duel)
200
The name of the protocol that prvents loops in a layer 2 network
What is Spanning-Tree
200
The default VTP mode of a Cisco switch, or the P.C. name for a person who brings you food
What is "Server"
200
The default VLAN for all ports on a Cisco Switch
What is VLAN 1?
300
This command truns off all debugging on a Cisco router
What is "no debug all"
300
The router that "wins" the Designated Router election in OSPF
What is the router with the highest IP address on any interface
300
This happens whenever you plug an additional switch into a network
What is a spanning tree convergence (or election)
300
The process of marking packets with a VLAN identifer before sending them over a trunk
What is "tagging"
300
The switchport mode associated with user workstations, or the name of Microsoft Office's Database
What is "access"
400
Two Evils that should be avoided at all costs in a modern routing network
What are Classful Routing Protocols and Auto-summary
400
An acronym for the advertisment packets sent by OSPF routers
What is an LSA
400
The technical designation of the switch that is the center of a spanning-tree
What is the Root Bridge
400
A cisco switch feature used to "simplify' the administration of VLANs in a large switched network
What is VLAN Transport Protocol (VTP)?
400
The command for assigning a VLAN to an interface
What is "Switchport access VLAN x"
500
A switch interface command used to hard-code two-way communications, or a "no occupancy sign" on a two-unit building
What is "Duplex Full"
500
In the command "Router eigrp 101", what the 101 stands for; it must match on all routers
The Autonomous System number
500
The two factors that determine who is elected the root of the spanning tree
What are MAC Address and Priority
500
A technique for encapsulating 802.1q packets inside other 802.1q packets
What is "Q-in-Q"?
500
This term describes using a single router interface to route between VLANs; it is not a fast-food place
What is "router-on-a-stick"