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  1. Cisco CCNP / BSCI Exam Tutorial: Using Distribute Lists

    by Chris Bryant - 2007-01-03
    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 only half the battle...
  2. Cisco CCNP / BCMSN Exam Tutorial: Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) Timers

    by Chris Bryant - 2007-01-03
    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 necessarily! While some ...
  3. Cisco CCNA Exam Tutorial: Loopback Interfaces

    by Chris Bryant - 2007-01-03
    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, the loopback ad...
  4. Cisco CCNP / BSCI Exam Tutorial: Not All Static Routes Are Created Equal

    by Chris Bryant - 2007-01-03
    As a CCNP candidate, as a CCNA, and in getting ready to pass the BSCI exam, you may be tempted to breeze through your static route studies, or even skip them! That's because static routes are easy eno...
  5. Cisco CCNP / BCMSN Exam Tutorial: The Four (Or Five) STP Port States

    by Chris Bryant - 2007-01-03
    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? That's right...
  6. Seven tips for securing your organization's network from spam and email viruses

    by Todd Green - 2007-01-03
     According to a recent study by Postini, spam and email viruses now make up to 80% of all emails sent out as compared to 50% in 2000.  As a result, IT professionals now face a tougher challe...
  7. Cisco CCNA Exam Tutorial And Case Study: VLANs and IP Connectivity

    by Chris Bryant - 2007-01-03
    We have two routers (R2 and R3) along with two switches (SW1 and SW2).  R2 is connected to SW1 at fast 0/2, and R3 is connected to SW2 at fast 0/3.  Both routers have IP addresses on the 172...
  8. Cisco CCNP / BSCI Exam Tutorial: The BGP Attribute MED

    by Chris Bryant - 2007-01-03
    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 eye on the CCIE, beli...
  9. Cisco CCNA / CCNP Home Lab Tutorial: Using 2520 Routers

    by Chris Bryant - 2007-01-03
    I know from experience that part of the excitement and anxiety of putting together your own CCNA / CCNP home lab is deciding what to buy!  While you can make a workable home lab out of almost any...
  10. Cisco CCNA Exam Tutorial: Five OSPF Hub-And-Spoke Details You Must Know!

    by Chris Bryant - 2007-01-02
    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 in this CCNA O...
  11. Cisco CCNP / BSCI Exam Tutorial: RIP Update Packet Authentication

    by Chris Bryant - 2007-01-02
    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 exam and get one ste...
  12. Cisco CCNA Exam Tutorial: How To Spend Your Study Time

    by Chris Bryant - 2007-01-02
    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 created a doc...
  13. Cisco CCNP / BCSI Exam Tutorial: Configuring EIGRP Packet Authentication

    by Chris Bryant - 2007-01-02
    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 be able to perform th...
  14. Cisco CCNA Exam Tutorial: Using Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)

    by Chris Bryant - 2007-01-02
    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 networker, you know mo...
  15. Cisco CCNP / BSCI Exam Tutorial: BGP Adjacency States

    by Chris Bryant - 2007-01-02
    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 master! Before you ...
  16. Cisco CCNA Exam Tutorial: Password Recovery Procedures

    by Chris Bryant - 2007-01-02
    It might happen on your CCNA exam, it might happen on your production network - but sooner or later, you're going to have to perform password recovery on a Cisco router or switch.  This involves ...
  17. Cisco CCNP / BSCI Exam Tutorial: Introduction To Policy Routing

    by Chris Bryant - 2007-01-02
    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? Policy-based routing...
  18. Cisco CCNP / BCMSN Exam Tutorial: Changing Root Bridge Election Results

    by Chris Bryant - 2007-01-02
    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 be new to you. Befor...
  19. Cisco CCNA Exam Tutorial: Five ISDN Details To Remember

    by Chris Bryant - 2007-01-01
    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.  While ISD...
  20. Cisco CCNP / BSCI Exam Tutorial: EIGRP Route Summarization

    by Chris Bryant - 2007-01-01
    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!  You've got...