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  • Cisco CCNP / BSCI Exam Tutorial: Configuring And Troubleshooting OSPF Virtual Links
  • Knowing when and how to create an OSPF virtual link is an essential skill for BSCI and CCNP exam success, not to mention how important it can be on your job! As a CCNA and CCNP can...
  • 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 CCNP / BSCI Exam Tutorial: The BGP Attribute MED
  • Your BSCI exam and CCNP certification success depend on mastering BGP, and a big part of that is knowing how and when to use the many BGP attributes. And for those of you with an e...
  • 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 CCNP / BCMSN Exam Tutorial: The Four (Or Five) STP Port States
  • As a CCNP candidate and a CCNA, you may be tempted to skip or just browse the many details of Spanning Tree Protocol. After all, you learned all of that in your CCNA studies, right...
  • 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 CCNP / BCMSN Exam Tutorial: Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) Timers
  • In your BCMSN / CCNP exam study, it's easy to overlook some of the details of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP). After all, you learned all of that in your CCNA studies, right? Not nece...
  • Cisco CCNP / BSCI Exam Tutorial: Using Distribute Lists
  • To be successful on the BSCI exam and in earning your CCNP, you've got to master route redistribution. This isn't as easy as it sounds, because configuring route redistribution is ...
  • 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...
  • Life After Certification - What to do after you have passed the test
  • Okay you have now passed your certification test, congratulations! Now what? How is this going to actually improve your life, your career? Have you thought about your plans after y...
  • Cisco CCNP / BCMSN Exam Tutorial: Changing Root Bridge Election Results
  • Your BCMSN and CCNP studies will include mastering the details of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP). While you learned some of these details in your CCNA studies, quite a bit of it may ...
  • Cisco CCNP / BSCI Exam Tutorial: Introduction To Policy Routing
  • Policy routing is a major topic on your BSCI exam, and you'll find quite a bit of policy routing going on in today's production networks. But what exactly is policy routing? Pol...
  • Cisco CCNP / BSCI Exam Tutorial: BGP Adjacency States
  • To pass the BSCI exam, earn your CCNP certification, and become an outstanding networker, you've got to master the many details of BGP - and trust me, there are a lot of details to...
  • 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 CCNP / BCSI Exam Tutorial: Configuring EIGRP Packet Authentication
  • Configuring RIPv2 and EIGRP authentication with key chains can be tricky at first, and the syntax isn't exactly easy to remember. But for BSCI and CCNP exam success, we've got to b...
  • 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 CCNP / BSCI Exam Tutorial: RIP Update Packet Authentication
  • When you earned your CCNA, you thought you learned everything there is to know about RIP. Close, but not quite! There are some additional details you need to know to pass the BSCI ...
  • 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 ...
  • CCNP / BCMSN Exam Tutorial: VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)
  • Passing the BCMSN exam and getting one step closer to the CCNP certification means learning and noticing details that you were not presented with in your CCNA studies. (Yes, I know...
  • Cisco CCNP / BSCI Exam Tutorial: EIGRP Route Summarization
  • Summarizing routes is a vital skill to learn to pass the BSCI exam and get one step closer to earning your CCNP. The actual binary conversions are only part of the test, though! Yo...
  • 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 CCNP / BSCI Exam Tutorial: Using OSPF's "Summary-Address" Command
  • BSCI exam success, not to mention earning your CCNP, can come down to your OSPF route summarization skills. There are a few different commands and situations you need to be ready f...
  • Cisco CCNP / BCMSN Exam Tutorial: Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP)
  • When you're studying to pass the BCMSN exam on the way to earning your CCNP certification, you're going to add to your CCNA knowledgebase every step of the way. Nowhere is that mor...
  • Cisco CCNP / BSCI Exam Tutorial: A Guide To Ipv6 Addressing
  • Learning IPv6 is paramount in your efforts to pass the BSCI exam and go on to earn your CCNP, and it's going to help in your real-world networking career as well. IPv6 can be confu...
  • Cisco CCNP / BCMSN Exam Tutorial: Static VLANs
  • BCMSN exam success and earning your CCNP certification requires you to add to your knowledge of VLAN configuration. When you studied for your CCNA exam, you learned how to place po...
  • 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 ...
  • Online Computer Degrees, The Key To Success?
  • Computers are a vital business resource in today?s market. Where several years ago they were a helpful tool, now they are a necessity. Computers have taken an integral part in both...
  • Boost Your Career And Benefit From A Microsoft Certification Or Two Or Three!
  • You went to college and thought you were prepared for the job market. If you are going for entry-level work, yeah, you are prepared. However, to really get ahead, you need Microsof...
  • 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...
  • IT Certifications: What Types of Support Do Your Clients Need?
  • Sweet spot small businesses have distinct support needs-strong desktop support skills and light LAN skills. In this article, you'll learn what skills and certifications are most im...
  • How To Succeed At A Computer Training School
  • One of the best decisions you can ever make is to attend a computer training school. As I've written in several other articles, you have to ask the right questions before writing a...
  • IT Certifications: Are They Important?
  • Most of your sweet spot small business clients are just starting to gain awareness of the value of certifications. But most sweet spot clients don't know enough about IT to appreci...
  • More Questions To Ask A Computer Training School Before Paying
  • The decision to attend a computer training school is one of the most important you'll ever make, and even more important is which one to attend. Asking the right questions can give...
  • Be Certifiable! The Basics Of MCSE And MCP
  • It is not always who you know, but what you know. That is why obtaining Microsoft certification can be a valuable asset to your career. Of course, it does depend on what career pat...
  • Cisco CCNP / BSCI Exam Tutorial: Route Summarization
  • Preparing to pass the BSCI exam and earn your Cisco CCNP? Route summarization is just one of the many skills you'll have to master in order to earn your CCNP. Whether it's RIP vers...
  • 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...
  • How To Become A Cisco VPN Specialist
  • There's quite an emphasis on security in today's networks, and that's reflected in Cisco's certification tracks. Cisco offers a CCIE Security track and the Cisco Certified Security...
  • Cisco CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam Tutorial: Route Summarization Basics
  • As you earn your CCNA and CCNP certification, you're going to have to get comfortable with manually summarizing routes. This isn't just another reason to learn binary math (althoug...
  • 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 CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam Tutorial: Floating Static Routes
  • Passing the BSCI exam and earning your CCNP certification demands that you add greatly to the networking skills foundation you created when you studied for your CCNA certification....
  • Passing Your MCSE Exams On The Road To Microsoft Certification
  • To earn the Microsoft certified systems engineer certification and to prove expertise in designing and implementation of the infrastructure for business solutions based on the Micr...
  • Cisco CCNP / BSCI Tutorial: Route Summarization With RIP And EIGRP
  • To pass your BSCI exam and earn your CCNP certification, you've got to master route summarization. When you get to the BSCI level, actually breaking the routes down into binary str...
  • Cisco CCNP / BSCI Tutorial: The Role Of The OSPF ASBR
  • To pass the BSCI exam and earn your CCNP certification, you've got to master the (many) details of OSPF. You might have thought there were quite a few OSPF details in your CCNA stu...
  • Introduction to Thomson NETg
  • Thomson NETg is one of a kind global learning Enterprise offering live online classrooms and a wide range of Integrated Learning solutions. Their learning offer includes high-quali...
  • Microsoft Certification 101
  • In the current job market, Microsoft certifications represent one of the richest and varied spectrums of job roles and responsibilities, which are embraced by industry professional...
  • The Value of IT Certifications in Career Development
  • Information technology (IT) is the branch of engineering dealing with the use of computers and telecommunications, developing and maintaining systems as well as retrieving, storing...
  • 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 CCNP / BSCI Certification: Route Redistribution And The Seed Metric
  • In the first part of this free CCNP / BSCI tutorial, we looked at how leaving one simple word out of our route redistribution configuration - "subnets" - resulted in an incomplete ...
  • 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 CCNP / BSCI Certification: Troubleshooting Route Redistribution, Part I
  • If there's one CCNP / BSCI topic that looks so easy but can lead to a real headache, it's route redistribution. I'm not even talking about the routing loops and suboptimal routing ...
  • 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...
  • Computer Training and IT Certifications
  • In the competitive world of the internet, computer training is necessary to gain skills and knowledge in order to get the validation you need to be recognized as an expert IT profe...
  • 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 CCNP / BSCI Tutorial: Comparing OSPF and ISIS Hellos
  • While studying to pass the BSCI exam and preparing to earn your CCNP certification, you'll quickly notice that while OSPF and ISIS are both link-state protocols, there are a lot of...
  • Cisco CCNP / BSCI Certification: The Local Preference BGP Attribute
  • When studying for your BSCI exam for the CCNP, you get your first taste of BGP. One of the major differences between BGP and the other protocols you've studied to date is that BGP ...
  • Cisco CCNP Certification: The BGP Weight Attribute
  • When you're studying for the CCNP certification, especially the BSCI exam, you must gain a solid understanding of BGP. BGP isn't just one of the biggest topics on the BSCI exam, it...
  • Taking Your Microsoft Skills To The MCSE Level
  • Microsoft certified systems engineer (MCSE) is the designing and implementation of the infrastructure based for business solutions. They schedule their instructors led classroom MC...
  • More Computer Consulting 101 Hiring Tips (Part 2 of 2)
  • Does your company need to retain the services of a competent computer consulting firm, but you have no idea how to really evaluate ?competence?? In the first part of this two-p...
  • Computer Consulting 101 Hiring Tips (Part 1 of 2)
  • Does your business need the services of a computer consulting firm? Before you rush out and hire the first techie or slick-salesperson that knocks on your door, be sure to consider...
  • 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 CCNP Certification: Using The BGP Command
  • When you start preparing for your CCNP exam, particularly the BSCI exam, you're introduced to Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) configurations. BGP is unlike any protocol you learned d...
  • 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...
  • Computer Certification: Become A Utility Player
  • In baseball, a "utility player" is one who plays more than one position. These players are usually backups, but they have a job in the major leagues because of their value to the t...
  • 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...

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