This post will look over some areas I think will be easy wins for the JNCIS-ENT Exame.

IEEE Standards: Link to heading

  • 802.1D - Spanning Tree
  • 802.1w - Rapid Spanning Tree (w = wapid)
  • 802.1ad - LACP

IP Protocols: Link to heading

  • 6 - TCP
    • Port 179 - BGP
  • 89 - OSPF
  • 124 - IS-IS over IP

Preferred Preferences: Link to heading

STP Bridge Prority - Lower Routing Preference - lower OSPF DIR priority/RID - Higher IS-IS DIS priority - Higher? BGP local pref - Higher

Default TTLs: Link to heading

iBGP TTL - 255 eBGP TTL - 1 VRRP TTL - 255?

Random Bits: Link to heading

Ethernet switching - Learning, Forwarding, Filtering, Flooding, Aging

STP States - Blocking, Listening, Learning, Forwarding RSTP States - Discarding, Learning, Forwarding

Routing Preferences: Link to heading

Route Protocol/Source Default Preference Statement to Modify Default Preference
Directly connected network 0
System routes 4
Static and Static LSPs 5 static
Static LSPs 6
OSPF internal route 10 OSPF
IS-IS Level 1 Internal Router 15 IS-IS
IS-IS Level 2 Internal Router 18 IS-IS
RIP / RIPng 100 RIP
PIM 105 “Multicast Protocols Feature Guide”
Aggregate 130 aggregate
Generated 130 Generated
OSPF AS external routes 150 OSPF external-preference
IS-IS Level 1 External Router 160 IS-IS
IS-IS Level 2 External Router 165 IS-IS
BGP (EBGP/IBGP) 170 BGP preference, export, import