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		<title>Weekly Open Ended Question #12</title>
		<link>http://blog.alwaysthenetwork.com/open-ended-questions/weekly-open-ended-question-12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 12:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The answer to the eleventh question has been added to the post. Twelfth question: What are BPDU Filter and BPDU Guard? How do they differ and when are they used? Please post answers in the comments (without Googling)! Related Posts:OSPF Area Types: NSSAOSPF Area Types: Totally StubbyOSPF Area Types: StubOSPF AuthenticationQuick BGP Challenge #1]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Open Ended Question #11</title>
		<link>http://blog.alwaysthenetwork.com/open-ended-questions/weekly-open-ended-question-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The answer to the tenth question has been added to the post. Eleventh question: What is PIM, what are its modes and how do they differ? Please post answers in the comments (without Googling)! Highlight for answer: PIM is &#8220;Protocol Independent Multicast&#8221;. Its two modes are Dense and Sparse. Dense mode is a pudh model,&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Open Ended Question #10</title>
		<link>http://blog.alwaysthenetwork.com/open-ended-questions/weekly-open-ended-question-10/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.alwaysthenetwork.com/open-ended-questions/weekly-open-ended-question-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The answer to the ninth question has been added to the post. Tenth question: What are ISL and 802.1q, and how do they differ? Please post answers in the comments (without Googling)! Highlight for answer: These are both VLAN trunking protocols. ISL is a Cisco proprietary protocol, while 802.1q is an IEEE standard. ISL encapsulates&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Open Ended Question #9</title>
		<link>http://blog.alwaysthenetwork.com/open-ended-questions/weekly-open-ended-question-8-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.alwaysthenetwork.com/open-ended-questions/weekly-open-ended-question-8-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The answer to the eighth question has been added to the post. Ninth question: What are the five EIGRP packet types, and what do they do? Please post answers in the comments (without Googling)! Highlight for answer: Hello/Acks Updates Queries Replies Requests Source Related Posts:Weekly Open Ended Question #10Weekly Open Ended Question #8Weekly Open Ended&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Open Ended Question #8</title>
		<link>http://blog.alwaysthenetwork.com/open-ended-questions/weekly-open-ended-question-8/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.alwaysthenetwork.com/open-ended-questions/weekly-open-ended-question-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The answer to the seventh question has been added to the post. Eighth question: Name different ways to enable OSPF on a router. Please post answers in the comments (without Googling)! em> Highlight for answer: OSPF can be enable from router configuration mode with the &#8220;network [network] [inverse mask] area [area number]&#8221; command, or at&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Open Ended Question #7</title>
		<link>http://blog.alwaysthenetwork.com/open-ended-questions/weekly-open-ended-question-7/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.alwaysthenetwork.com/open-ended-questions/weekly-open-ended-question-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The answer to the sixth question has been added to the post. Seventh question: What is ODR? How does it work? Please post answers in the comments (without Googling)! Highlight for answer: On-Demand Routing (ODR) is an enhancement to Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP), a protocol used to discover other Cisco devices on either broadcast or&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Open Ended Question #6</title>
		<link>http://blog.alwaysthenetwork.com/open-ended-questions/weekly-open-ended-question-6/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.alwaysthenetwork.com/open-ended-questions/weekly-open-ended-question-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for the lack of updates this week. I&#8217;ve just moved into a new place and I haven&#8217;t had time to get anything written up. I&#8217;m also lacking ideas lately, so leave some comments if you guys have any requests or ideas. The answer to the fifth question has been added to the post. Sixth&#8230;]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Weekly Open Ended Question #5</title>
		<link>http://blog.alwaysthenetwork.com/open-ended-questions/weekly-open-ended-question-5/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.alwaysthenetwork.com/open-ended-questions/weekly-open-ended-question-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the fifth question in a series of OEQs. The answer to the fourth question has been added to the post. Fifth question: What protocol is used to automatically form trunks on a Cisco switch and how do you disable it? Please post answers in the comments (without Googling)! Highlight for answer: Dynamic Trunking&#8230;]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Weekly Open Ended Question #4</title>
		<link>http://blog.alwaysthenetwork.com/open-ended-questions/weekly-open-ended-question-4/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.alwaysthenetwork.com/open-ended-questions/weekly-open-ended-question-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the fourth question in a series of OEQs. The answer to the third question has been added to the post. Fourth question: What is the 802.3ad standard, and what is its purpose? Please post answers in the comments (without Googling)! Highlight for answer: 802.3ad is better known as LACP. It is an IEEE&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Open Ended Question #3</title>
		<link>http://blog.alwaysthenetwork.com/open-ended-questions/weekly-open-ended-question-3/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.alwaysthenetwork.com/open-ended-questions/weekly-open-ended-question-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the third question in a series of OEQs. The first and second questions were pretty popular, so I&#8217;ve decided to add more than one a week for a month or so. The answer to the second question has been added to the post. Third question: What are the port states of 802.1w? Please&#8230;]]></description>
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