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Juniper JN0-106 Exam Syllabus

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Before starting your JN0-106 exam preparation, it is recommended to review the complete Juniper Junos, Associate (OS 21.2) exam syllabus and carefully go through the exam objectives listed below. Once you understand the exam structure and objectives, you should practice using our free JN0-106 questions. We also provide premium JN0-106 practice test, fully updated according to the latest exam objectives, to help you accurately assess your preparedness for the actual exam.

Juniper JN0-106 Exam Objectives

Section Objectives
Networking Fundamentals Identify the concepts and functionality of various fundamental elements of networking
  • Collision domains and broadcast domains
  • Function of routers and switches
  • Ethernet networks
  • Layer 2 addressing, including address resolution
  • Layer 3 / IP addressing, including subnet masks
  • IPv4 / IPv6
  • Subnetting and supernetting
  • Decimal to binary conversion
  • Longest match routing
  • CoS
  • Connection-oriented vs. connectionless protocols
Junos OS Fundamentals Identify the concepts, benefits, or functionality of the core elements of the Junos OS, including:
  • Software architecture
  • Control and forwarding planes
  • Routing engine and packet-forwarding engine
  • Transit traffic processing
  • Exception traffic
User Interfaces Identify the concepts, operation, or functionality of the Junos user interface, including:
  • CLI functionality
  • CLI modes
  • CLI navigation
  • CLI Help
  • Filtering output
  • Active vs. candidate configuration
  • Reverting to previous configurations
  • Modifying, managing, and saving configuration files
  • Viewing, comparing, and loading configuration files
  • J-Web (core/common functionality only)
Configuration Basics Identify the main elements for configuring Junos devices, including:
  • Factory-default state 
  • Initial configuration
  • User accounts
  • Login classes
  • User authentication methods
  • Interface types and properties
  • Configuration groups
  • Additional initial configuration elements, such as Network Time Protocol (NTP), SNMP, system log
  • Configuration archival
  • Logging and tracing
  • Rescue configuration

Describe how to configure basic components of a Junos device
Operational Monitoring and Maintenance Identify methods of monitoring or maintaining Junos devices, including:
  • Show commands
  • Monitor commands
  • Interface statistics and errors
  • Network tools, such as ping, traceroute, telnet, SSH, etc.
  • Junos OS installation and upgrades
  • Powering on and shutting down Junos devices
  • Root password recovery
Describe monitoring or maintenance procedures for a Junos device
Routing Fundamentals Identify basic routing concepts or functionality for Junos devices, including:
  • Traffic forwarding concepts
  • Routing tables
  • Routing vs. forwarding tables
  • Route preference
  • Routing instances
  • Static routing
  • Advantages of and use cases for dynamic routing protocols
Describe how to configure or monitor basic routing elements for a Junos device
Routing Policy and Firewall Filters Identify the concepts or functionality of routing policy and firewall filters on Junos devices
  • Default routing policies
  • Import and export policies
  • Routing policy flow
  • Effect of policies on routes and routing tables
  • Policy structure and terms
  • Policy match criteria, match types, and actions
  • Firewall filter concepts
  • Filter structure and terms
  • Filter match criteria and actions
  • Effect of filters on packets
  • Unicast reverse-path-forwarding (RPF)
Describe how to configure or monitor routing policies and firewall filters on a Junos device
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