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  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification Exam Tutorial: EIGRP And Split Horizon
  • EIGRP is a major topic for your CCNA and CCNP studies, and one basic skill you?ll need to pass your Cisco certification exams is to identify situations where you need to enable or ...
  • Cisco CCNA And CCNP BCRAN Exam Training: Frame Relay PVC, SVC, DLCI, and Map Statements
  • In today's CCNP certification tutorial, we'll concentrate on the BCRAN exam and Frame Relay PVCs, SVC, and DLCIs in particular. There are actually two kinds of virtual circuits ...
  • Cisco CCNA Certification: The Proper Use Of Default Static Routes
  • Earning your Cisco CCNA certification means knowing the details of Cisco routing, and that includes knowing when Cisco routing terms don't quite mean what they sound like they mean...
  • CCNA Certification: Three Occasions To Reload Or Reopen A Cisco Router Interface
  • Passing the CCNA certification exam means that you know how to configure and troubleshoot a Cisco router instead of using what I call the "hope method" - you know, "Let's reload th...
  • CCNA Certification Training: Configuring Static Routes On A Cisco Router
  • The great thing about CCNA certification training is that the skills you learn will truly come in handy when working with Cisco routers and switches in production networks. That's ...
  • Cisco CCNA Certification Training: Etherchannels And Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
  • Cisco CCNA certification looks great on your resume, and it also teaches you vital real-world networking skills. One exam topic that you'll definitely see in today's networks is th...
  • Cisco CCNA Certification Training Tutorial: PPP Multilink And ISDN BRI
  • Earning your CCNA certification means you have to notice details about Cisco routers that others might miss, and that's true in the exam room and on the job. In today's tutorial, w...
  • Cisco CCNA Certification Exam Case Study: Frame Relay, Pings, And Routing Protocols
  • Cisco CCNA certification training includes troubleshooting your own work and that of others. The best CCNA training you can do is indeed troubleshooting your own Cisco router and s...
  • Cisco CCNA Certification Exam Tutorial: The Config Register And Password Recovery
  • Whether you're preparing for the CCNA certification exam or not, you must be prepared for the following question: "Hey, I reloaded this router and it wants an enable password. D...
  • Network+ / CCNA Certification Exam Tutorial: Port Numbers And Troubleshooting
  • Passing the Network+ and CCNA exams demands that you know quite a few port numbers, but they're important to know when working with real-world networks as well. Before we discuss w...
  • CCNA Exam Tutorial: MAC Addressing Formats And Broadcasts
  • Your CCNA exam success depends on your mastery of networking, routing, and switching fundamentals. Those fundamentals have to include knowledge of MAC addresses, so let?s take a cl...
  • CCNA / Network+ Certification Exam Tutorial: Collision Domains And Switches
  • In the previous Network+ exam tutorial, we talked about how collisions occur when data sent by two hosts on a shared Ethernet segment transmit data at the exact same time. Collisio...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification Exam Tutorial: Troubleshooting EIGRP
  • Part of earning your CCNA and CCNP - especially passing the difficult CIT exam - is becoming a master network troubleshooter. Today, we'll take a look at troubleshooting EIGRP and ...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification Exam: Troubleshooting Direct Serial Connections
  • A prime topic of your CCNA and CCNP CIT exams will be connecting Cisco routers directly via their Serial interfaces, and while the configuration is straightforward, there are some ...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification Exam Lab: Frame Relay Subinterfaces And Split Horizon
  • Earning your Cisco CCNA and CCNP is a tough proposition, and part of that is the fact that you quickly learn that there?s usually more than one way to do things with Cisco routers ...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification Exam: Cabling Your Home Lab
  • More CCNA and CCNP candidates than ever before are putting together their own home labs, and there's no better way to learn about Cisco technologies than working with the real thin...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification Exam: Caller ID Screening And Callback
  • As a CCNA and/or CCNP candidate, you've got to be able to spot situations where Cisco router features can save your client money and time. For example, if a spoke router is calling...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification Exam: Same Command, Different Results
  • As a CCNA or CCNP, one thing you've got to get used to is that change is constant. Cisco regularly issues new IOS versions, not to mention the many different kinds of hardware they...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification Exam: Frame Relay Encapsulation Types
  • When you're studying to pass the Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification exams, you quickly learn that there's always something else to learn. (You'll really pick up on this in your CCIE...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification Exam: Frame Relay BECNs and FECNs
  • BECNs and FECNs aren't just important to know for your Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification exams - they're an important part of detecting congestion on a Frame Relay network and allo...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Exam Tutorial: Testing ISDN Links Without Pings
  • To earn your Cisco CCNA and CCNP certifications, you've got to master ISDN - and despite what some people say, there's still a lot of ISDN out there that needs to be supported. And...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification Exam Tutorial: Floating Static Routes
  • To pass the Cisco CCNA and CCNP certification exams, as well as becoming a world-class networker, you've got to know how and when to use floating static routes. And if you're wonde...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification Exam Tutorial: Configuring PPP Callback
  • You may run into situations where a router in a remote location needs to dial in to a central router, but the toll charges are much higher if the remote router makes the call. This...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification Exam Tutorial: Dialer Watch
  • Dialer Watch is a vital part of your CCNA and CCNP studies, particularly for the BCRAN exam, but it's one of the most misunderstood technologies as well. To help you pass the CCNA ...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification Tutorial: Frame Relay End-To-End Keepalives
  • One of the first things you learned about Frame is that the LMI also serves as a keepalive, or a heartbeat - and if three consecutive LMIs are missed, the line protocol goes down. ...
  • Cisco CCNA Certification Exam Tutorial: Port-Based Authentication
  • To pass your CCNA exam and earn this coveted certification, you must understand the details of port-based authentication. This knowledge has a great deal of value in production net...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification Exam Review: Protocol Basics
  • To earn your Cisco CCNA certification and pass the BSCI CCNP exam, you have to know your protocol basics like the back of your hand! To help you review these important concepts, he...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification Exam Tutorial: ISDN And Multilink PPP
  • ISDN is a huge topic on both your Cisco CCNA and BCRAN CCNP exams. While many ISDN topics seem straightforward, it?s the details that make the difference in the exam room and worki...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP / BCMSN Exam Review: Trunking And Trunking Protocols
  • To earn your CCNA or CCNP certification, you've got to understand the basics of trunking. This isn't just a CCNA topic - you must have an advanced understanding of trunking and eth...
  • Cisco CCNA Certification Exam Tutorial: Distance Vector Command Review
  • Part of studying for CCNA exam success is keeping all these new commands straight in your head! And let's face it, there are a lot of commands you need to know in order to pass the...
  • Cisco CCNA Certification Exam Tutorial: Configuring And Troubleshooting VTP
  • Not only is your CCNA exam going to have questions on VLAN trunking protocol, almost any network that has more than one VLAN is going to have VTP running. Whether you're planning o...
  • CCNA Certification Exam Tutorial: Cisco Switching Modes
  • To pass the CCNA exam and earn this important certification, you?ve got to know switching inside and out. While you?re learning all the basic switching theory, make sure to spend s...
  • Cisco CCNA Certification Exam Tutorial: Access List Details You Must Know!
  • To pass the CCNA exam, you have to be able to write and troubleshoot access lists. As you climb the ladder toward the CCNP and CCIE, you'll see more and more uses for ACLs. Therefo...
  • Cisco CCNA Certification Exam Tutorial: Configuring Dialer Profiles
  • The most common method of configuring ISDN is with dialer maps, but dial information can also be configured on a logical interface. To pass the CCNA exam, you must know how to conf...
  • Cisco CCNA Certification Exam Tutorial: Frame Relay DLCIs And Mappings
  • Passing the CCNA is tough, and one of the toughest parts is keeping all the acronyms straight! Frame Relay has plenty of those, and today we're going to examine what DLCIs do and h...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Home Lab Tutorial: The 2501 Router
  • To be truly prepared for your CCNA and CCNP exams, you need real hands-on experience with real Cisco routers and switches. However, a production network is a really bad place to pr...
  • Cisco CCNA Certification Exam Tutorial: ISDN Details You Must Know
  • CCNA exam success depends partially on knowing the details of ISDN, and there are plenty of them! To help you review for your CCNA exam, here are a few ISDN details that you must k...
  • Cisco CCNA Certification Exam Tutorial: Variance And Unequal Cost Load Balancing
  • To pass the CCNA exam, you've got to know how to work with IGRP and EIGRP unequal-cost load balancing. You may not see much IGRP in production networks anymore, but you'll see a lo...
  • Cisco CCNA Certification Exam Tutorial: RIP Details You Must Know
  • RIP isn't exactly the most complex routing protocol on the CCNA exam, but that makes it easy to overlook some of the important details you must keep in mind in order to pass the ex...
  • Cisco CCNA Exam Tutorial: Split Horizon And Hub-And-Spoke Networks
  • For CCNA exam success, you had better know what split horizon is, how to turn it off, and when to turn it off. Knowing when to turn split horizon off is also important in productio...
  • Cisco CCNA Certification Exam Tutorial: The OSPF RID
  • OSPF is a major topic on your CCNA exam, as well it should be. OSPF is a widely-used WAN protocol, and you need to learn the fundamentals before moving on to more complicated confi...
  • Cisco CCNA Exam Tutorial: IGRP And Equal Cost Load Balancing
  • To pass the CCNA exam, you've got to know the role of the bandwidth command with IGRP and EIGRP and when to use it. In this tutorial, we'll configure IGRP over a frame relay hub-an...
  • Cisco CCNA Exam Tutorial: Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)
  • The Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) sure looks simple enough, but there are quite a few details to know for success on the CCNA exam. In your CCNP studies, you'll be introduced to a...
  • Cisco CCNA Exam Tutorial: Configuring Standard Access Lists
  • Access Control Lists (ACLs) allow a router to permit or deny packets based on a variety of criteria. The ACL is configured in global mode, but is applied at the interface level. An...
  • Cisco CCNA Exam Tutorial And Case Study: VLANs and IP Connectivity
  • In this CCNA case study, we'll take some basic switching and trunking theory and put it into action. We have two routers (R2 and R3) along with two switches (SW1 and SW2). R2 is co...
  • Cisco CCNA Exam Tutorial: Loopback Interfaces
  • As a CCNA candidate, you most likely have some background in PC hardware and workstation support. If so, you're already familiar with loopback interfaces, particularly 127.0.0.1, t...
  • Cisco CCNA Certification Exam Tutorial: DNS And The IP Name-Server Command
  • DNS behaviors of a Cisco router are important topics for both the CCNA exam and real-world production networks, and you probably didn't know there were so many DNS details before y...
  • Cisco CCNA Exam Tutorial: Using Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
  • One of the first things you do when you start studying for the CCNA exam is memorizing a list of port numbers and the protocols that run on those ports. If you're an experienced ne...
  • Cisco CCNA Exam Tutorial: How To Spend Your Study Time
  • To pass the CCNA exam, you've got to create a study plan. Part of that plan is scheduling your study time, and making that study time count. You?ve scheduled your exam you?ve cr...
  • Cisco CCNA Exam Tutorial: Five OSPF Hub-And-Spoke Details You Must Know!
  • CCNA exam success depends greatly on knowing the details, and if there's one protocol that has a lot of details, it's OSPF! This is true particularly of hub-and-spoke networks, so ...
  • Cisco CCNA Exam Tutorial: Five ISDN Details To Remember
  • CCNA exam success depends on mastering many technologies that are new to you, and few exam topics have more details than ISDN. ISDN isn't just for your CCNA exam studies, though. W...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Home Lab Tutorial: Configuring An Access Server
  • As your CCNA / CCNP home lab expands, an access server such as the Cisco 2509 or 2511 is one of the best investments you can make. In this article, we'll look at the basic configur...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Home Lab Tutorial: Cabling Your Access Server
  • A Cisco home lab is an invaluable study tool when you're preparing for CCNA and CCNP exam success. Once you've gotten a couple of routers and switches, you'll quickly get tired of ...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Home Lab Tutorial: Planning Ahead For IE Study
  • Candidates preparing to pass the CCNP exams are putting together Cisco home labs like never before. With CCNA and CCNP home lab equipment more affordable than ever, candidates have...
  • Cisco CCNA Exam Tutorial: Route Summarization
  • Preparing to pass the CCNA exam and earn this important Cisco certification? Route summarization is just one of the many skills you'll have to master in order to earn your CCNA. Wh...
  • Cisco CCNA Certification Exam Tutorial: The OSI Model
  • To pass your CCNA exam and earn this coveted certification, you've got to master the seven layers of the OSI model and what each layer does. For those of you taking the two-exam pa...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification Exam: Creating A Study Plan
  • Whether you're just starting to think about passing the CCNA or CCNP exams, or you've been on the certification track for a while, you've got to have a plan for success. If you wan...
  • Cisco CCNA Certification: Defining And Creating Collision Domains
  • When you're studying to pass the CCNA exam and earn your certification, you're introduced to a great many terms that are either totally new to you or seem familiar, but you're not ...
  • Cisco CCNA Certification: Defining Broadcast Domains
  • When you're studying to pass the CCNA exam and earn your certification, you're introduced to a great many terms that are either totally new to you or seem familiar, but you're not ...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Home Lab Tutorial: Starting Over
  • When you're preparing for success on your CCNA or CCNP certification exams, sooner or later you're going to want to start totally from scratch on your Cisco routers and switches. I...
  • Four Important Commands For Your CCNA / CCNP Home Lab
  • More CCNA and CCNP candidates than ever before are putting together their own home practice labs. It's more affordable than it ever has been, and I receive emails daily from new CC...
  • Cisco CCNA Certification: How And Why Switches Trunk
  • Your CCNA studies are going to include quite a bit of information about switches, and for good reason. if you don't understand basic switching theory, you can't configure and troub...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Home Lab Setup: How To Configure Reverse Telnet
  • Occasionally, during your CCNA and CCNP studies, you'll run into a term that just doesn't quite make sense to you. (Okay, more than occasionally!) One such term is "reverse telnet"...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification: Introduction To BGP Attributes
  • BGP is one of the most complex topics you'll study when pursuing your CCNP, if not the most complex. I know from personal experience that when I was earning my CCNP, BGP is the top...
  • Cisco CCNA Certification: Broadcasts, Unicasts, And Multicasts
  • When you begin your CCNA studies, you get hit with a lot of different networking terms right away that you might not be familiar with. What makes it a little more confusing is that...
  • Cisco Certification: Recertifying Your CCNA and CCNP
  • Once you get your CCNA and CCNP, you can't just rest on your accomplishment. You've got to continue to study and add to your skill set - and then prove to Cisco you've been doing j...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Home Labs: Developing Troubleshooting Skills
  • CCNA / CCNP candidates are going to be drilled by Cisco when it comes to troubleshooting questions. You're going to have to be able to analyze configurations to see what the proble...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Tutorial: Home Lab Assembly Case Study
  • Part of your CCNA / CCNP education is deciding what network topology to use when you're putting together your home lab. Some of you are starting with one or two routers or switches...
  • CCNA / CCNP Home Lab Tutorial: Assembling Your Cisco Home Lab
  • A CCNA or CCNP candidate who wants to be totally prepared for their exams is going to put together a home lab to practice on. With used Cisco routers and switches more affordable a...
  • Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification: OSPF E2 vs. E1 Routes
  • OSPF is a major topic on both the CCNA and CCNP exams, and it's also the topic that requires the most attention to detail. Where dynamic routing protocols such as RIP and IGRP have...

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