February 7, 2012

Installing GNS3 Router Simulator

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GNS3 is a routing simulator and allows you to simulate Cisco routers, switches and firewalls as well as simulate Juniper routers too. In this post we are going to download and install GNS3. To begin we need to download the software – a simple Google search takes us to http://www.gns3.net/download to be able to download [...]

Juniper Networks EX4200 Muli-Layer Switch

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Juniper Networks EX4300 multi-layer Ethernet switches are fast, secure and reliable platforms providing compact standards based connectivity for branch office, enterprise networks and data centers. Yes, if you haven’t guessed by now, we really like these switches. Designed for the access and distribution layers, the EX4200 and EX3200 series switches allows Juniper to enter markets [...]

How to Become a Network Engineer

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So you want to become a network engineer?  I have a lot of people ask that exact question – “How can I get into Networking?”  or “How do I become a Network Engineer?”.  I personally think that anyone who asks these questions and has a desire to learn about computer networks is doing themselves a [...]