February 4, 2012

What are Routing Protocols?

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TweetNetwork Routing Protocols – IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, ISIS, BGP By Shaun Hummel Overview The purpose of routing protocols is to learn of available routes that exist on the enterprise network, build routing tables and make routing decisions. Some of the most common routing protocols include RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS and BGP. There are two [...]

A Certification Does NOT Make You a Network Engineer

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Tweet Don’t Drink Too Much of the Kool-Aid First let me see a show of hands of how many people know what a vendor certification is? … A vendor certification is created by a computer equipment manufacturer, like a Cisco, Novell or Microsoft to help train their minions to operate their gear and help sell [...]

Using Mnemonics To Remember Networking Details

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TweetPer Wikipedia – A Mnemonic is “A device such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations that assists in remembering something” As network engineers, we are constantly tasked to remember details (and recall easily) about how networking technology works.   One of the easiest ways to commit some of these facts and details to [...]

How to Pass the Cisco CCNA or CCNP Exam

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TweetToo often we get asked by our readers “What is the easiest/fastest/best/simplest way to pass the Cisco CCNA or CCNP exam”.   Too many people want a quick answer or a quick fix.  We live in a fast paced society where everything needs to be done quickly so we can get on to “other” things. Pass [...]

Configuring CCNA Dynamic DHCP on a Cisco Router – Part 2

Tweet By Joe Spoto Step 1: The first step is to enable the service on the Cisco Router Router(config)# service dhcp This command enables the Cisco service on the Router and relay features on your router. To remove the command use the same command with no at the beginning Configuring the DHCP Pool Name Configure [...]