Cisco Press 201 W 103rd Street Indianapolis, IN 46290 USA Cisco CCNP Remote Access Exam Certification Guide Brian Morgan, CCIE #4865, and Craig Dennis ii Cisco CCNP Remote Access Exam Certification Guide Brian Morgan, CCIE #4865, and Craig Dennis Copyright © 2001 Cisco Systems, Inc. Cisco Press logo is a trademark of Cisco Systems, Inc. Published by: Cisco Press 201 West 103rd Street Indianapolis, IN 46290 USA All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review. 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Publisher John Wait Editor-In-Chief John Kane Cisco Systems Program Manager Bob Anstey Executive Editor Brett Bartow Acquisitions Editor Amy Lewis Managing Editor Patrick Kanouse Development Editor Christopher Cleveland Copy Editor Jill Batistick Technical Editors Jorge Aragon, Bill Wagner, Steve Wisniewski Team Coordinator Tammi Ross Book Designer Gina Rexrode Cover Designer Louisa Klucznik Production Team Octal Publishing, Inc. Indexer Tim Wright iv About the Authors Brian Morgan , CCIE #4865, is a CCSI for Mentor Technologies (formerly Chesapeake Network Solutions) teaching the ICRC, ACRC, ICND, BSCN, CVOICE, and CATM courses. Brian has been an instrutor for nearly four years and in the networking industry for over ten years. During that time he’s been teaching Cisco Dial Access Solutions boot camp classes for the Service Provider Solutions Tiger Team, the upper echelon of Cisco’s technical support structure. Prior to teaching, Brian spent a number of years with IBM in Network Services where he attained MCNE and MCSE certifications. He was involved with a number of larger LAN/WAN installations for many of IBM’s Fortune 500 clients. Brian is the proud father of five year-old fraternal twin girls (Emma and Amanda) and husband to Beth. His greatest hobby is spending time with the family. Craig Dennis is an instructor for Mentor Technologies and lives in Fairfax, Virginia. He is a CCSI and CCDP. Craig has taught CMTD and then BCRAN over the last two years. Craig is an avid, but not good, golfer and is currently working toward his CCIE certification. Craig worked for Texaco, Inc., in their Houston Research Lab for 11 years and as a consultant for the Marine Corps for four years as a Network Administrator. He spent about three years as an independent consultant and has taught Cisco classes for the last four years. About the Technical Reviewers Jorge Aragon , CCIE #5567, is a Network Engineer with Perot Systems Corporation (PSC) in Dallas, Texas. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico and a Master of Science in Telecommunications from the University of Pittsburgh. He also holds a MCSE certification and several Cisco specializations. Jorge is part of PSC Global Infrastructure Team where he designs, implements, and troubleshoots LAN/ WAN networks for clients in multiple industries across the globe. He enjoys spending time with his wife and children, reading, jogging, and practicing martial arts. Jorge can be reached at jorge.aragon@ps.net Bill Wagner works as a Cisco Certified System Instructor for Mentor Technologies. He has 22 years of computer programming and data communication experience. He has worked for corporations and companies such as Independent Computer Consultants, Numerax, Mc Graw-Hill/Numerax, and Standard and Poors. His teaching experience started with the Chubb institute, Protocol Interface, Inc., and Geotrain. Currently he teaches at Mentor Technologies. Steve Wisniewski is CCNP certified, has a Masters of Science in Telecommunications Management from Stevens Institute of Technology. Steve is a Senior Implementation Specialist for Lehman Brothers. Steve has authored a book titled Network Administration from Prentice Hall due to be released in October of 2000 and has edited several other Cisco Press books. Steve is married to wife Ellen and resides in East Brunswick, New Jersey. v Dedications Brian Morgan— This book is dedicated to Beth, Emma, and Amanda. Thank you for making me complete. Craig Dennis —This book is dedicated to my family, which is my most cherished treasure. Jacob, Sandy, Joseph, and David thank you again and again for being as understanding as you are when Dad has to ignore you while he’s at the keyboard. To Sharon, my wife, I thank you most of all for providing the glue that holds the family together while I’m on the road and buried in the latest endeavor. vi Acknowledgments Brian Morgan: I’d like to thank my wife, Beth, and kids, Emma and Amanda, for putting up with me during the time this book was being produced. It has taken me away from them more than I’d like to admit. Their patience in temporarily setting some things aside so I could get the book done has been incredible. I’d like to give special recognition to Bill Wagner for providing his expert technical knowledge in editing the book. As usual, he’s not afraid to tell you when you’re wrong. He’s also been as good a friend as anyone could hope to have. Thanks to Kale Wright for taking on additional workload to allow me to spend the necessary time writing and researching this book. A big “thank you” goes out to the production team for this book. John Kane, Amy Lewis, and Christopher Cleveland have been incredibly professional and a pleasure to work with. I couldn’t have asked for a finer team. Last, and possibly least (just kidding), I’d like to thank my co-author Craig Dennis. I approached him with this project at the very last minute and he’s worked very hard to keep the book on time, while not sacrificing technical depth or content. Craig Dennis: I want to thank Amy Lewis, John Kane, and Chris Cleveland from Cisco Press for keeping this whole thing on track. Amy, I really, really was almost on time with some of the stuff! Thanks also to Brian Morgan my co-author who always kept the project in focus and pushed me to keep the deadlines that we had. I should also thank all the technical and grammatical editors that took the pieces that were delivered and made a book out of it. Also, thanks go to my parents, as it will every time I accomplish anything. Through their guidance, encouragement, and love I managed to get an education and develop into a reasonable human being. Thank you Pearl and Rally. I can only hope that I can provide at least a reasonable facsimile of your guidance to my family. And last a thank you to my wife, Sharon, who kept reminding me of the project at hand and rearranging her schedule so I would have “quiet” times to work. As with all projects of this nature I almost feel guilty to have my name on the cover when, without so many others this book would have never been written. vii Contents at a Glance Introduction xxi Chapter 1 All About the Cisco Certified Network and Design Professional Certifications 3 Chapter 2 Cisco Remote Connection Products 19 Chapter 3 Assembling and Cabling WAN Components 43 Chapter 4 Configuring Asynchronous Connections with Modems 67 Chapter 5 Configuring PPP and Controlling Network Access 97 Chapter 6 Using ISDN and DDR to Enhance Remote Connectivity 125 Chapter 7 Configuring the Cisco 700 Series Router 193 Chapter 8 Establishing an X.25 Connection 221 Chapter 9 Establishing Frame Relay Connections and Controlling Traffic Flow 251 Chapter 10 Managing Network Performance with Queuing and Compression 291 Chapter 11 Scaling IP Addresses with Network Address Translation 331 Chapter 12 Using AAA to Scale Access Control in an Expanding Network 367 Appendix A Answers to the “Do I Know This Already?” Quizzes and Q&A Sections 397 Index 445 viii Contents Introduction xxi Goals and Methods xxi Who Should Read This Book? xxi Strategies for Exam Preparation xxii How This Book Is Organized xxii Approach xxiv Icons Used in This Book xxv Command Syntax Conventions xxvi Chapter 1 All About the Cisco Certified Network Professional and Design Professional Certification 3 How This Book Can Help You Pass the CCNP Remote Access Exam 4 Overview of Cisco Certifications 5 The Remote Access Exam and the CCNP and CCDP Certifications 6 Exams Required for Certification 7 Other Cisco Certifications 8 What Is on the Remote Access Exam? 9 Topics on the Exam 9 Recommended Training Path for CCNP and CCDP 11 How to Use This Book to Pass the Exam 13 One Final Word of Advice 14 You Have Passed Other CCNP Exams and Are Preparing for the Remote Access Exam 14 Scenario 1: You Have Taken the BCRAN Course 14 Scenario 2: You Have NOT Taken the BCRAN Course 14 You Have Passed the CCNA and Are Preparing for the Remote Access Exam 15 Scenario 1: You Have Taken the BCRAN Course 15 Scenario 2: You Have NOT Taken the BCRAN Course 16 You Have Experience and Want to Skip the Classroom Experience and Take the Remote Access Exam 16 Scenario 1: You Have CCNA Certification 16 Scenario 2: You DO NOT Have a CCNA Certification 17 ix Chapter 2 Cisco Remote Connection Products 19 How to Best Use This Chapter 20 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 21 Foundation Topics 23 Router Selection Criteria for Remote Access Purposes 23 Selecting a WAN Connection Type for Remote Access Purposes 25 Determining the Site Requirements 26 Central Site Installations 26 Branch Office Installations 26 Remote Office or Home Office Installations 27 Hardware Selection 27 Product Families: Capabilities and Limitations 27 Foundation Summary 34 Q&A 36 Scenarios 39 Scenario 2-1 39 Scenario 2-2 39 Scenario Answers 40 Scenario 2-1 Answers 40 Scenario 2-2 Answers 40 Chapter 3 Assembling and Cabling the WAN Components 43 How to Best Use This Chapter 43 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 44 Foundation Topics 47 Choosing WAN Equipment 48 Central Site Router Selection 48 3600 Router Series 49 4000 Router Series 50 AS5X00 Router Series 50 7200 Router Series 51 Branch Office Router Selection 51 1600 Router Series 52 1700 Router Series 52 2500 Router Series 52 x 2600 Router Series 52 Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) Router Selection 53 700 Router Series 53 800 Router Series 53 1000 Router Series 53 Assembling and Cabling the Equipment 54 Available Connections 54 Verifying the Installation 55 Central Site Router Verification 56 3600 Router LEDs 56 Branch Office Router Verification 57 1600 Router LEDs 57 SOHO Router Verification 58 Foundation Summary 60 Q&A 61 Scenarios 63 Scenario 3-1 63 Scenario Answers 64 Scenario 3-1 Answers 64 Chapter 4 Configuring Asynchronous Connections with Modems 67 How to Best Use This Chapter 67 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 68 Foundation Topics 72 Modem Signaling 72 Data Transfer 73 Data Flow Control 73 Modem Control 73 DTE Call Termination 74 DCE Call Termination 74 Modem Configuration Using Reverse Telnet 74 Router Line Numbering 75 Basic Asynchronous Configuration 78 Logical Considerations on the Router 79 Physical Considerations on the Router 80 Configuration of the Attached Modem 82 Modem Autoconfiguration and the Modem Capabilities Database 82 [...]... and BCRAN 640-506 Support Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting (CIT) 640-503 Routing Building Scalable Cisco Networks (BSCN) 640-504 Switching Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN) 640-505 Remote Access Building Cisco Remote Access Networks (BCRAN) 640-509* Foundation BSCN, BCMSN, and BCRAN 640-025 CCDP Remote Access CID Cisco Internetwork Design (CID) * Passing exam 640-509 meets the same... certification for Cisco products and features used for melding SNA and IP networks; no prerequisite; requires exam and lab CCNP and CCDP specializations Several specialized certifications are available for CCNP and CCDP (routing/switching); see www .cisco. com/warp/public/10/ wwtraining/certprog/special/course.html for more details Topics on the Exam 9 What Is on the Remote Access Exam? The Remote Access exam evaluates... test! Table 1-3 lists the exam topics in the order in which they are found within this book 10 Chapter 1: All About the Cisco Certified Network Professional and Design Professional Certification Table 1-3 CCNP/ CCDP Remote Access Exam Topics Chapter Topics Chapter 2, Cisco Remote Connection Products” Protocols Overview, Selecting WAN Type and Site Considerations, Cisco Remote Access Solutions, Determining... increase your chances of passing the CCNP Remote Access exam Although other objectives can be achieved from using this book, the book is written with one goal in mind: to help you pass the exam So why should you want to pass the CCNP Remote Access exam? Because it’s one of the milestones towards getting the CCNP certification; no small feat in itself What would getting the CCNP mean to you? A raise, a promotion,... (ICND) CCDA 640-441 CCDP Designing Cisco Networks CCNP 640-503 Routing Building Scalable Cisco Networks (BSCN) 640-504 Switching Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN) continues 8 Chapter 1: All About the Cisco Certified Network Professional and Design Professional Certification Table 1-1 Exam- to-Course Mappings (Continued) 640-505 Building Cisco Remote Access Networks (BCRAN) 640-509* Foundation... topic that is covered for the Remote Access test Overview of Cisco Certifications 5 The audience for this book includes candidates that have successfully completed the Building Cisco Remote Access Networks (BCRAN) class and those that have a breadth of experience in this area The show and debug commands from that class are fair game for questions within the Remote Access exam, and hands-on work is the... want a piece of that business as well Because Cisco cannot form a relationship with every new startup business, it looks for certified partners to take on that responsibility The CCNP and CCDP certifications are truly another win-win situation for resellers, integrators, you, and Cisco The Remote Access Exam and the CCNP and CCDP Certifications The Remote Access exam proves mastery of the features used in... operations Skills required for CCNP and CCDP certifications include the ability to install, configure, operate, and troubleshoot remote access devices in a complex WAN environment Specifically, the remote access skills required ensure that the CCNP or CCDP candidate can ensure minimal WAN costs to the customer or client using the Cisco IOS features Exams Required for Certification 7 The Cisco features that are... Neither CCNP or CCDP certification is a “one test and I’m home” exam Each exam for these certifications is difficult in its own right because of the depth of understanding needed 4 Chapter 1: All About the Cisco Certified Network Professional and Design Professional Certification for each area of concentration The focus of this book is the preparation for and passing of the CCNP/ CCDP Remote Access Exam Some... a group of exams for CCNP or CCDP certification The exams generally match the same topics that are covered in one of the official Cisco courses Table 1-1 outlines the exams and the courses with which they are most closely matched Table 1-1 Exam- to-Course Mappings Certification Exam Number Name Course Most Closely Matching the Exam s Requirements CCNA 640-507 CCNA Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices . 4 Overview of Cisco Certifications 5 The Remote Access Exam and the CCNP and CCDP Certifications 6 Exams Required for Certification 7 Other Cisco Certifications. 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