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1. Message Digest 5.
MD5
full duplex
MOSPF
SSID
2. Copper cable with RJ-45 connectors in which a twisted pair at pins 1 -2 on the first end of the cable is connected to pins 3 -6 on the other end - with a second pair connected to pins 3 -6 on the first end and pins 1 -2 on the other end.
flash updates
RTS/CTS
cross-over cable
DS1
3. Weighted round-robin.
VRRP
Protocol Independent Multicast sparse-mode routing protocol
overlapping VPN
WRR
4. The first 6 bits of the DS field - used for QoS marking.
Differentiated Services Code Point
DHCP snooping
Triggered Extensions to RIP for On-Demand Circuits
RID
5. The RMON function of sending a notification to an RMON collector or the console. Triggered by an RMON event.
subnet broadcast address
confederation ASN
network type (OSPF)
RMON alarm
6. The portion of PPP focused on features that are unrelated to any specific Layer 3 protocol.
Multiple Spanning Trees
PIM-SM
NO_EXPORT
Link Control Protocol
7. An NTP client that assumes that a server will send NTP broadcasts - removing the requirement for the client to have the NTP server's IP address preconfigured.
solicited node multicast
NTP broadcast client
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
ARP
8. Multicast addresses that are not assigned by IANA.
Neighbor Solicitation
Layer x PDU
transient multicast group
DSSS
9. A bit in the LAPF Frame Relay header that - when set to 1 - implies that the frame has experienced congestion.
Forward Explicit Congestion Notification
interface ID
NA
active (EIGRP)
10. A type of AS_PATH segment consisting of an unordered list of ASNs consolidated from component subnets of a summary BGP route.
WFQ
Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing
class map
AS_SET
11. Version 6 of the IP protocol - which uses 128-bit IP addresses.
MaxAge (OSPF)
gateway of last resort
IPv6
LLQ
12. Expedited Forwarding.
Report Suppression mechanism
EF
Hello (OSPF)
authentication - authorization - and accounting
13. When a Query is received from a router - each host randomly picks a time between 0 and the Maximum Response Time period to send a Report. When the host with the smallest time period first sends the Report - the rest of the hosts suppress their report
LSAck
Report Suppression mechanism
stub router (OSPF)
aggregatable global unicast address
14. Method by which a dense-mode routing protocol distributes multicast traffic from a source to all the segments of a network. Also called shortest-path tree (SPT) - because it uses the shortest routing path from the source to the segments of the networ
source-based distribution tree
authentication
overloading
internal router (OSPF)
15. A Cisco-proprietary protocol used to dynamically negotiate whether the devices on an Ethernet segment want to form a trunk and - if so - which type (ISL or 802.1Q).
Dynamic Trunking Protocol
edge LSR
IP Precedence
BECN
16. Link-State Update.
offset list
Message Digest 5
LSU
Forward Delay
17. Digital Signal Level 0.
E3
administrative scoping
adjacent-layer interaction
DS0
18. A set of rules by which BGP examines the details of multiple BGP routes for the same NLRI and chooses the single best BGP route to install in the local BGP table.
Hello (OSPF)
Voice over Frame Relay
Alternate state
BGP decision process
19. A method of providing dynamically configured spoke-to-spoke VPN connectivity in a hub-and-spoke network that significantly reduces configuration required on the spoke routers compared to traditional IPsec VPN environments.
Data Terminal Ready
Dynamic Multipoint VPN
nested policy maps
data plane
20. A packet-scheduling algorithm used in Cisco switches that provides similar behavior to CBWFQ in shared mode and polices in shaped mode.
solicited node multicast
Network Time Protocol
Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)
shaped round-robin
21. Weighted random early detection.
WRED
gateway of last resort
subnet zero
AR access rate.
22. A name used for DS1 lines inside the European TDM hierarchy.
CLP
E1
PHP
TKIP
23. Network Control Protocol.
DSCP-to-CoS map
NCP
LSR
same-layer interaction
24. A BGP router that forwards iBGP-learned routes to other iBGP routers.
querier election
multicast state information
Classless IP Addressing
route reflector server
25. A multicast routing protocol that operates in dense mode and depends on the OSPF unicast routing protocol to perform its multicast functions.
BGP table
Multicast Open Shortest Path First
DS1
source-based distribution tree
26. A standard (RFC 2131) protocol by which a host can dynamically broadcast a request for a server to assign to it an IP address - along with other configuration settings - including a subnet mask and default gateway IP address. DHCP provides a great de
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
neighbor (EIGRP)
data plane
LSDB
27. A reserved value for the BGP COMMUNITY path attribute that implies that the route should not be advertised outside the local AS.
IGMPv2 Host Membership Report
subnet mask
input event
NO_EXPORT
28. Another term for Port Address Translation. See PAT.
SMI
overloading
confederation
AS number
29. Calculated measurement based on the actual queue depth and the previous average. Designed to allow WRED to adjust slowly to rapid changes of the actual queue depth.
average queue depth
MRT
K value
confederation identifier
30. A message sent by a router - after receiving a Leave message from a host - to determine whether there are still any active members of the group. The router uses the group address as the destination address.
private AS
MPD
IGMPv2 Group-Specific Query
VLAN filtering
31. Message sent by a PIM-DM router to its upstream router asking to quickly restart forwarding the group traffic; sent using the unicast address of the upstream router.
community VLAN
Graft message
component route
AGGREGATOR
32. Maximum Response Time.
IGMP snooping
MRT
storm control
weight (BGP)
33. A characterization of a network attack in which packets flow to the attacker - and then out to the true recipient. As a result - the user continues to send data - increasing the chance that the attacker learns more and better information.
man-in-the-middle attack
confederation eBGP peer
loopback circuitry
DHCP snooping
34. The most recent standardized set of generic SNMP MIB variables - defined in RFC 1213 and updated in RFCs 2011 through 2013.
MIB-II
marking down
router ID
expedite queue
35. A switch feature in which the switch examines DHCP messages and - for untrusted ports - filters all messages typically sent by servers and inappropriate messages sent by clients. It also builds a DHCP snooping binding table that is used by DAI and IP
disabled state
TACACS+
DHCP snooping
RTO
36. WRED is a method of congestion avoidance that works by dropping packets before the output queue becomes completely full. WRED can base its dropping behavior on IP Precedence or DSCP values to drop low-priority packets before high-priority packets.
IPv4
weighted random early detection
metric
PIM-DM
37. A component that interfaces with a phone using IP and provides connections to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).
Bc
IP PBX
Garbage timer
permanent virtual circuit
38. The router that will receive the group traffic when a multicast router forwards group traffic to another router.
downstream router
DE
FIB
Protocol Independent Multicast dense-mode routing protocol
39. Mark probability denominator.
map class
mincir
MPD
stuck-in-active
40. A switch feature with which the switch watches ARP messages - determines if those messages may or may not be part of some attack - and filters those that look suspicious.
CQ
encapsulation
Dynamic ARP Inspection
weighted random early detection
41. The 802.1X driver that supplies a username/password prompt to the user and sends/receives the EAPoL messages.
control plane
MSS
supplicant
Class of Service
42. The process of successive neighboring routers exchanging LSAs such that all routers have an identical LSDB for each area to which they are attached.
LSA flooding
VPN label
local label
full SPF calculation
43. The process of taking routes known through one routing protocol and advertising those routes with another routing protocol.
NetFlow
route redistribution
association ID
multicast scoping
44. With RIP - the advertisement of a poisoned route out an interface - when that route was formerly not advertised out that interface due to split horizon rules.
DiffServ
poison reverse
NEXT_HOP
spread spectrum
45. An MPLS VPN term referring to any LSR that connects to customers to support the forwarding of unlabeled packets - as well as connecting to the MPLS network to support labeled packets - thereby making the LSR be on the edge between the provider and th
internal BGP
provider edge
QV
DSCP
46. Also known as triggered updates.
DSCP-to-threshold map
wireless LAN controller
External BGP
flash updates
47. The process of breaking a frame into pieces - sending some of the fragments - and then sending all or part of a different packet - all of which is done to reduce the delay of the second packet.
Route Target
multicast scoping
Link Fragmentation and Interleaving
Backward Explicit Congestion Notification
48. A term relating to Cisco LAN switch tail-drop logic - in which multiple tail-drop thresholds may be assigned based on CoS or DSCP - resulting in some frames being discarded more aggressively than others.
native VLAN
broadcast domain
Get (SNMP)
differentiated tail drop
49. A conceptual model used by CB Policing when using an excess burst.
smurf attack
transmit power
dual token bucket
FHSS
50. In OSPF - a router that is prepared to take over the designated router.
backup designated router
Link Fragmentation and Interleaving
NLRI
IP SLA responder