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Cisco Certification: Learning To Navigate Cisco's Online Documentation
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When studying for your Cisco CCNA, CCNP, or CCIE exam, you?¡¯ve got a powerful online weapon at your disposal. It?¡¯s Cisco Connection Documentation, found at www.cisco.com/univercd. This site contains product, code, and protocol documentation for all ...
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By Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933 Hits: 9316
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Cisco Certification: The Importance Of Building Your Own Home Lab
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CCNAs and CCNA candidates hear it all the time: ?¡°Get some hands-on experience?¡±. From my personal experience climbing the Cisco certification ladder, I can tell you firsthand that there is no learning like hands-on learning. No simulator in the worl ...
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By Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933 Hits: 21568
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Cisco Certification: Don't Depend On Practice Exams
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Ask a CCNA candidate how they?¡¯re preparing for exam day, and you?¡¯ll get different answers. Different books, different websites, different practice exams.
One trend I?¡¯ve noticed is that some candidates answer the question by reeling ...
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By Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933 Hits: 5890
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Cisco Certification: Don't Overreact To Exam Version Changes
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Whenever a Cisco exam version changes, there's always a lot of chatter about it on the web. The CCNA exams are no exception.
One comment I see often goes like this: " I hear Cisco is going to change Intro / ICND / CCNA exam versions so ...
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By Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933 Hits: 16487
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What Certification Should You Pursue After The CCNA ?
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Once you've got your CCNA, you're ready to move on to the next level, the Professional certifications. For years, Cisco had one Professional certification, the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification. Over time, Cisco has expanded t ...
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By Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933 Hits: 15319
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CCNA / CCNP Home Lab Tutorial: Assembling Your Cisco Home Lab
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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 and plentiful then ever before, there's really no excuse to not have on ...
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By Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933 Hits: 12584
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Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification: OSPF E2 vs. E1 Routes
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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 only one router type, a look at a Cisco routing table shows several d ...
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By Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933 Hits: 6734
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Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification: How And Why To Build An Etherchannel
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CCNA and CCNP candidates are well-versed in Spanning-Tree Protocol, and one of the great things about STP is that it works well with little or no additional configuration. There is one situation where STP works against us just a bit while it prevents ...
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By Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933 Hits: 29745
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Passing The CCNA and CCNP Exams: Setup Mode
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CCNA and CCNP candidates need to know all about Setup Mode, why a router goes into that mode, and as you'll see, how to get out of that mode. Practicing Setup Mode at work is a good way to get fired, though, so you need to practice this on your CCNA ...
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By Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933 Hits: 25614
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Passing Cisco's CCNA and CCNP Exams: Five Tips For Exam Day Success
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As you get ready to pass the CCNA or CCNP exams, you can feel quite a bit of stress as you enter your last week of study. Let's take a look at a few ways to reduce that stress.
1. Do not stay up late cramming. The CCNA and CCNP are not ...
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By Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933 Hits: 9550
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CCNA / CCNP Home Lab Tutorial: The VLAN.DAT File
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CCNA and CCNP candidates who have their own Cisco home labs often email me about an odd situation that occurs when they erase a switch's configuration. Their startup configuration is gone, as they expect, but the VLAN and VTP information is still the ...
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By Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933 Hits: 20049
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Passing Cisco?¡¯s CCNA and CCNP Exams: Traceroute
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In preparation for your CCNA and CCNP exam success, you've got to learn to troubleshoot Cisco routers. And while ping is a great basic IP connectivity tool, it doesn't give you all the information you need to diagnose network connectivity issues.
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By Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933 Hits: 13341
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Passing Cisco CCNA And CCNP Exams: Ping And Extended Ping
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I often tell CCNA and CCNP candidates that you do your best learning when you screw something up. I often get a funny look right after I say that, but the only way to develop your Cisco troubleshooting skills - the skills you'll need to pass your Int ...
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By Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933 Hits: 7882
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Passing The Cisco CCNA Exam: An Illustrated Guide To Router Modes
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When you're getting started on your CCNA studies, learning the different router modes is key to passing your Intro and ICND exams. But keeping those modes straight can be very difficult. (At least it was for me!) Let's take a look at the various rout ...
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By Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933 Hits: 15761
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Cisco CCNA / CCNP Home Lab: Why You Need An ISDN Simulator
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ISDN is a vital topic for today's CCNA and CCNP candidates, especially for the ICND and Intro exams - you've got to know ISDN inside and out to pass those exams. Naturally you want to include it in your home lab. What many candidates don't realize is ...
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