Router on a stick

[FloDiggs]

I have a practice exam with a router on a stick scenario involving a 2950 switch, a 2611 router, and two PCs on separate VLANs. The questions answer and explanation claims that the PCs shouldn't have their default gateways configured to be the sub-interfaces of the router. It tries to say that the default gateway should actually be the physical interface of the router. I know this is wrong, and I am sending a feed back email about why. But also in the explanation, it talks about using a layer 3 switch. What I have had trouble verifying for my feedback is whether or not a standard 2950 is a layer 3 switch. Anyone know for sure?

 

[burtsbees]

All the Catalyst 2950 switches are strictly layer 2, NONE are layer 3. An example of a layer 3 switch is a 3560. Intervlan routing with layer 3 switches is covered in CCNP, not CCNA.
The whole reason for a subinterface is to create a virtual logical interface for VLANs, each with their own IP address, so the workstations attached would of course have the gateway as this IP address, so your assumptions are all correct...what practice exam is this?

Burt

 

[FloDiggs]

This is the Transcender. I've not been too pleased. I've emailed to correct 6 different questions now, and I have only done 63 of the 192 in the pool. It's been pretty frustrating. I've used Transcenders in the past and always been pleased with the quality. I guess since they were acquired by Kaplan, the quality has gone down hill. The funny thing is that I used SelfTest for the CCNA the first time I passed it back 2003. I was pretty pleased with the product back then; however, I had less experience at that time and may not have caught the errors. At this point, I wouldn't recommend the Transcender to anyone. It's not a bad review, but anyone that isn't pretty solid on the basics could be lead astray by some of these questions and explanations.

 

[FloDiggs]

Sorry, I didn't explain my SelfTest comment well. The Transcender test is almost identical to the SelfTest software. Both are Kaplan companies now. They are quite obviously the same code base with colors and logos once your in the program.