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Which types of command used to ping a host continuously?

by ShahedNovember 4, 2011October 29, 20150

Which types of command used to ping a host continuously? You can ping from cmd by typing: c:\>ping [-t] [-a] [-n count] [-l size] [-f] [-i TTL] [-v TOS] [-r count] [-s count] [[-j host-list] | [-k host-list]] [-w timeout] target_ip/name [boxads] Source(s): Options: -t Ping the specified host until stopped. To see statistics and continue – type Control-Break; To stop – type Control-C. -a Resolve addresses to hostnames. -n count Number of echo requests to send. -l size Send buffer size. -f Set Don’t Fragment flag in packet. -i TTL Time To Live. -v TOS Type Of Service. -r …

by ShahedSeptember 1, 2011October 24, 20150

MPLS VPN Components: Today I will discuss about MPLS VPN Components. It is same as MP-BGP Components. only extra Label component are added with MPLS VPN Components. [boxads] RD: Route Distinguisher VPNv4 routes RT: Route Target Label VPNv4 address: To convert an IPv4 address into a VPNv4 address, RD is appended to the IPv4 address i.e 1:1:10.1.1.0 Makes the customer’s IPv4 route globally unique. Each VRF must be configured with an RD at the PE. RD is what that defines the VRF [adsense] Example: ip vrf v1 rd 1:1

by ShahedSeptember 1, 2011October 24, 20150

Virtual Routing and Forwarding basics (VRF): Today i will discuss about Virtual Routing and Forwarding basics (VRF). VRF is a Layer 3 VPN technique. VRF can be use with or without MPLS. If we look bellow diagram we see here two VRF one is green VRF and another is blue VRF. [boxads] Virtual Routing and Forwarding basics (VRF) Diagram: Now one question what is VRF ? VRF associates to one or more interfaces on PE. Privatize an interface. [i.e. coloring of the interface in diagram] Has its own routing table and forwarding table (CEF) VRF has its own instance for …

by ShahedSeptember 1, 2011October 24, 20150

MPLS VPN Connectivity diagram: Today i will discuss about MPLS VPN Connectivity diagram or how a MPLS VPN domain buildup in service provider environment. [boxads] MPLS VPN domain are consist mainly P & PE router. P router means provider router, and PE router means provider edge router. P router are only forwarded Level & PE router collect & distribute customer prefixes. If we look bellow diagram we see P & PE router how connected. MPLS VPN Connectivity diagram:

by ShahedAugust 26, 2011October 22, 20150

BGP Regular Expressions Cheat Sheet Regular expressions are strings of special characters that can be used to search and find character patterns. Within the scope of BGP in Cisco IOS regular expressions can be used in show commands and AS-Path access-lists to match BGP prefixes based on the information contained in their AS-Path. [boxads] In order to understand how to build regular expressions we first need to know what the character definitions are for the regex function of IOS. The below table illustrates the regex characters and their usage. This information is contained in the Cisco IOS documentation under the …

by ShahedAugust 1, 2011October 22, 20150

BGP Best Path Selection Algorithm Cisco router BGP is the protocol used to announce prefixes throughout the internet. It’s a very robust protocol, and very useful to carry lot of prefixes, such as the Internet prefixes or internal client prefixes of an ISP. BGP Best Path Selection Algorithm Cisco router when a prefix is received in BGP, the path passes through two steps before being chosen as candidate to populate the RIB.[boxads] The first step consists on checking if the path is valid. If it is, the prefix will get into the BGP table, and later the second step of …