Part VI Review
Keep track of your part review progress with the checklist in Table P6-1. Details on each task follow the table.
Table P6-1 Part VI Part Review Checklist
Repeat All DIKTA Questions
For this task, use the PTP software to answer the “Do I Know This Already?” questions again for the chapters in this part of the book.
Answer Part Review Questions
For this task, use PTP to answer the Part Review questions for this part of the book.
Review Key Topics
Review all key topics in all chapters in this part, either by browsing the chapters or by using the Key Topics application on the DVD or companion website.
Create Process Mind Map
This book part explains several types of problems that can be solved by following a process outlined in the chapter. The next mind map exercise helps to review the big ideas of what each type of problem does. This review does not focus on the details of how to find the answer to any one problem, leaving that for all the other practice suggestions included near the end of Chapter 21, “Subnet Design,” and Chapter 22, “Variable-Length Subnet Masks.”
Those chapters discussed the following types of problems that can be solved with some arithmetic:
Choosing subnet masks: Based on design requirements, choose one mask to use throughout a classful IP network.
Finding all subnet IDs: Calculate all subnet IDs of a network.
Finding VLSM overlaps: Discovering mistakes in a design in which two or more subnets’ address ranges overlap.
Adding new subnets to an existing VLSM design: Discovering an open slot in the existing subnet design into which a new VLSM subnet can be added.
Create a mind map with a branch for each topic in the list. For each branch, begin with the core concept and branch into three subtopics, as shown in this list and in Figure P6-1:
Given: The information you have and the assumptions you make to start the problem.
Process: The information or terms used during the process. Do not write the specific steps of the process; the goal here is just to make memory connections so that you know it is this process, and not some other process.
Result: The facts you determine by doing the problem.
Figure P6-1 Sample Mind Map for Part VI Mind Map
If you do choose to use mind map software rather than paper, you might want to remember where you stored your mind map files. Table P6-2 lists the mind maps for this part review and a place to record those filenames.
Table P6-2 Configuration Mind Maps for Part VI Review
Appendix L, “Mind Map Solutions,” lists a sample mind map answer, but as usual, your mind map can and will look different.
Labs
Depending on your chosen lab tool, here are some suggestions for what to do in lab:
Pearson Network Simulator: If you use the full Pearson ICND1 or CCNA simulator, focus more on the configuration scenario and troubleshooting scenario labs associated with the topics in this part of the book. These types of labs include a larger set of topics and work well as Part Review activities. (See the Introduction for some details about how to find which labs are about topics in this part of the book.)
Other: If using other lab tools, as a few suggestions: build any IPv4 network and experiment with standard and extended ping and traceroute, as well as with the Telnet and SSH client commands. Also scan Chapter 24, “Troubleshooting IPv4 Routing,” for the types of root causes, and try to re-create some of those in the lab.