Senior Network Engineer Mock Interview
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How would you use a Cisco ios exec command trace?
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William Swansen has worked in the employment assistance realm since 2007. He is an author, job search strategist, and career advisor who helps individuals worldwide and in various professions to find their ideal careers.
It is common for interviewers to ask you about specific technologies used in their data centers. Since Cisco is the predominant manufacturer for network hardware and software, you should be intimately familiar with their products and technologies, and Cisco commands used to manage the network. As a senior network engineer, you likely have several different Cisco certifications. Interviewers will be familiar with these and will ask you questions which you should know related to the certifications you list in your resume.
William Swansen has worked in the employment assistance realm since 2007. He is an author, job search strategist, and career advisor who helps individuals worldwide and in various professions to find their ideal careers.
"The Cisco ios exec command 'trace [protocol] [destination]' is used to discover routes that packets will travel to their destination hosts. The protocol sets the protocol used by the router and is optional. Also optional is the destination, which refers to the host or intended destination of the packet being sent. When run, the command returns the time for a roundtrip to each node in milliseconds, a P indicating that the protocol can't be reached, or an N indicating that the network can't be reached."
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