Share your TSHOOT v2.0 Experience
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This article is devoted for candidates who took the TSHOOT exam to share their experience. Please tell us what are your materials, the way you learned, your feeling and experience after taking the TSHOOT v2.0 exam… But please DO NOT share any information about the detail of the exam or your personal information, your score, exam date and location, your email…
Your posts are warmly welcome!
Exam’s Structure:
+ Some Multiple choice & drag drop questions
+ 2 Simlets
+ 15 lab-sim Questions with the same network topology (15 troubleshooting tickets or you can call it one “big” question). Each lab-sim is called a ticket and you can solve them in any order you like.
Topics of the lab-sims:
1- IPv6
2- OSPF
3- OSPFv3
4- Frame Relay
5- GRE
6- EtherChannel
7- RIPng
8- EIGRP
9- Redistribution
10- NTP
11- NAT
12- BGP
13- HSRP
14- STP
15- DHCP
The problems are rather simple. For example wrong IP assignment, disable or enable a command, authentication…
In each tickets you will have to answer three types of questions:
+ Which device causes problem
+ Which technology is used
+ How to fix it
When you press Done to finish each case, you can’t go back.
A demo of the TSHOOT Exam can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/le2/le37/le10/tshoot_demo.html
Note:
+ In the new TSHOOTv2, you cannnot use the “Abort” button anymore. Therefore you cannot check the configuration of another ticket before completing the current ticket.
+ We have gathered many questions about TSHOOT exam and posted them at TSHOOT FAQs & Tips, surely you will find useful information about the TSHOOT exam there!
Below are the topologies of the real TSHOOT exam, you are allowed to study these topologies before taking the exam. It surely saves you some invaluable time when sitting in the exam room (Thanks rrg for sharing this).
IPv4 Layer 3 Topology
IPv6 Layer 3 Topology
Layer 2-3 Topology
You can download the SAM strategy here (specially thanks to SAM who created this strategy):
https://www.networktut.com/download/TSHOOT_PING-plan-SAM.pdf
Probably a dumb question but i just wanted to make sure what the “(Removed)” means next to the questions. I took it as the topic was removed from the test, but i just wanted to make sure.
anyone who’s recently passed did you study all MCQ’s or just the latest 12?
You only must study the last MCQs of NOV2019
But in anytime could change, The tickets don’t change
@guy so should we train all MCQ’s just in case they change?
In my experience (i took two times the exam), the ancient MCQs won’t be used, the current MCQs are from Nov2019, but in anytime they put new MCQs, there is the danger
ALMOST FAILED DUE TO THOSE SILLY USER-INTERFACE THINGS:
I thought I would pass with ease and 1 hour earlier. It was only 1/2 early and it was not easy :(
1. the silly vlan filter was 1st question, spent 20 minutes not able to find the right answer and thinking either the questions changed and perhaps the filter is different and passes the packet and something else is wrong. Decided to screw the 300$ and continue to look. Finally noticed on the side the scroll bar :) to scroll down. I know I know, there is a warning about this and I did read it and recalled it only after finding out the hard way.
2. BGP simlet, again did another mistake (that I was also warned about on this site) after rushing due to the above and decided to fix the IBGP AS# by deleting and adding the wrong line. That messed up the whole config which is not a problem cause I had done show config and thought I can put it back together. But w/out being able to copy past and after I fat fingered the group name (could not delete it afterwards and not sure if this extra line changes the score) and also seems like you cannot put the BGP commands back in any random order (there is dependency), it took me 15 minutes scrolling up and down to see the original config and try to fix it line by line.
3. You get in the mode of answering and hitting next, and then the HSRP sim shows up. There you have to pay attention not to rush answer one question and forget to click on the other 3 and answer them before you hit next
4. T7 was different. The port config had a shutdown command and there was no port security config with any mac address and the show interface showed the port admin down (I don’t remember seeing port disabled in the show interface).
I’m guessing this is an older version of a ticket. I tried to look for a port shutdown answer and didn’t find out, so went with the answer to delete port security then shutdown and no shutdown thou the port was already shutdown. I don’t know if this is the right answer (doesn’t make sense)
5. Due to the previous issues, I spent 15 minutes debugging a next ticket and again thinking something is wrong cause I could not find any error. After calming down, I realized I was debugging ipv4 and this was an ipv6 ticket.
6. Also if you don’t ready all the instructions, in one question they had a cli password, why the hel would you do that and had to find it in the instructions :)
Remember also when you have to configure something they don’t drop you in config mode so you have to do enable and conf term. And if you want to check the config w/out exiting, then use “do show runn”. I need this at least when I messed up the BGP simlet config.
For that, the recomendation is “STUDY” the topologies and try the testing with PING or the SAM’s technique, not answer by answer without analyze
@Al I can relate as I was too over confident and failed.
hey AL so on the BGP sim did u have to actually go into the R1 and config BGP commands OR is it like here on this site where you just plug into a template ?
if u have to go into the Router1 i assume your config went like this:
#router bgp 64520
#neighbor IBGP remote-as 64520
#no neighbor 209.165.200.2 remote-as 64525
#neighbor 209.165.201.2 remote-as 64525
??
test 100% valid I passed with 1000/1000.
I had three couple issues some commands that I normally used for troubleshoot were not working.
Ticket related to OSPF authentication if you use show ip OSPF, show ip ospf int x/x/x shows you no authentication also on R2 when it is enabled.
one ticket showed clearly interface error also with show port-security but the issue was the IP DHCP helper address.
this mean definitely one ticket is bugged.
test 82.3% valid I passed with 942
I had commands that I normally used for troubleshoot
Ticket related to OSPF authentication if you use show ip OSPF, show ip ospf int x/x/x shows you no
u such bs man get off the air go do something
Yes for BGP you go into the router normally starting by clicking on a console icon to the left of the router icon on the diagram. I don’t remember if this was also the case where you even need to enter password. But either way, you are not in enable mode so you need enable, and conf terminal too (just like a normal device NOT like the simulator in here) and then
router bgp 64520
neighbor IBGP remote-as 64520
no neighbor 209.165.200.2 remote-as 64525
neighbor 209.165.201.2 remote-as 64525
Now if you do (DONT DO THIS):
no neighbor IBGP remote-as …. then try
neighbor IBGP remote-as 64520
that is when the trouble starts cause the 2nd neighbor command above will thru an error as more config gets deleted when you do the 1st no neighbor command above. The main issue I see here is that you cannot simply reset the question back to the original config and start over!! and if you have not done show runn before starting, then you don’t even know what was there. Further, you cannot copy paste to quickly fix anything. But you can type and use TAB to auto-complete.
hi all, can anyone tell me what SAM strategy is? I’m starting to review for the exam and I always see the SAM strategy in the comment. Any reply is much appreciated. Thanks!
@newbie,
It is a method of T-shooting steps. Probably designed by SAM. Don’t know whether it is available for non-premium members…. find the below link
http://www.networktut.com/download/TSHOOT_PING-plan-SAM.pdf
980 / 1000
24 preguntas.
Todos los tickets validos.
Passed today 903 everything is in premium. Got the BGP and HSRP sims. Please make sure you verify with Sh ip bgp on the BGP sim. I got about 2 IPv6 tickets. Make sure to use ping ipv6 on R1. Good Luck everyone.
I passed the exam today. All MCQ were Nov-2019. Thanks networktut!
@ newbie,
It is a step by step method for T-shooting approach. It is written by SAM (i believe ) and posted on premium section as a downloadable pdf (TSHOOT_PING-plan-SAM.pdf)
networktut .
com
/ download
/ TSHOOT_PING-plan-SAM. pdf
hey guys, i saw there is only 11 MCQ in the TSHOOT_Nov_2019.pdf (https : // www . mediafire.com/file/ffy9dpfwwvztf24/TSHOOT_Nov_2019.pdf/file) via networktut link(https : // http://www.networktut.com/questions-and-answers)
But for those who had passed the exam said they got 12 MCQ.
Just wonder the 11 MCQ in Nov_2019 pdf have the same question as in real exam?
Could anyone share the valid 12 MCQ to me(cslaw2010 at gmail dot com)
Appreciate your help and kind advice.
@Saji thank you! found the file.
Can someone please share the GNS3 Ticket Labs again. The previous links posted were no longer valid. Thank you very much.
@anonymous
it is option D Because if u enter the switchport trunk allowed vlan 10,200 it will replace switchport trunk allowed vlan 20,200 so there is no need of entering switchport trunk allowed vlan none
oh ok so u did this
router bgp 64520
no neighbor IBGP remote-as 64520
instead of doing this:
router bgp 64520
neighbor IBGP remote-as 64520
I passed 300-135 today NOV-2019 dump is valid.
ok good catch man i just booted up real router and yes if u did a no neighbor IBGP remote-as the router wipes out all of your IBGP statements so your really screwed at that point
i suggest that u do a sh run or better yet do a sh run | s router bgp look at what they have and change it there to what they want u can practice those statements here but beware IP will be different on test
Hi People,
considering going to CCIE. Does anyone know where to find the new book for ENCOR?
Considering the new Changes, what is gonna happen with this website?
Greetings!
one question guys…the network topology of the real exam is equal on this wesite? Same IP address of the client, switch, router and web server? there aren’t differences about it?
Thanks guys!!
i saw Sam and nullzero strategy….what’s the correct for to pass the exam??
Guyd i had a ticket where the IP nat inside was configured on both interfaces also Ospof authentication was not configured in this case i was not sure which answer to select . I failed with 826 . There are new MCQ and in IPV6 ticket on R2 the area was not configured towards the interface to R3. Anyone can share me the nov pdf link ? to altamash_sa @ Yahoo com i just want to make sure i studied the right file.