Cisco CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam Tutorial: Floating Static Routes by Chris Bryant
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. You learned quite a bit about static routing and default static routing when you passed the CCNA test, and it does... When you want to configure a floating static route, you must assign the route an AD higher than that of the primary route. ... One way or the other, 1 and 0 are still less than 110! ... In this case, we've got to create a static route with an AD higher than 110.

Cisco Certification: The "Secret" Key To Getting Your CCNA And CCNP by Chris Bryant
Whether you're working on your CCNA or CCNP, Cisco certification exams are the most demanding computer certification exams in the IT field. Cisco exams are not a test of memorization, they're a test of your analytical skills. You'll need to look at configurations and console output and analyze... By using debugs as part of your CCNA and CCNP studies, you're going beyond just memorizing commands and thinking you understand everything that's happening when you enter a command or two. ... You move to a higher level of understanding how routers, switches, and protocols work -- and that is the...

Overview of Major IT Certifications by Natalie Aranda
In today’s competitive IT job market, an IT certification is often a prerequisite to get a high-paying job or a salary increase. Professional certifications are the best way to demonstrate your skills and expertise in any given technical field to present to prospective employers. ... MCSE Certification, CCNA Certification, A+ Certification, and SAP Certification are a few of the many certifications or credentials an IT professional may achieve. ... Cisco Certifications The CCNA certification (Cisco Certified Network Associate) indicates a foundation in apprentice knowledge of networking...

Cisco CCNA Certification Exam Tutorial: The OSI Model's Physical Layer by Chris Bryant
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 path, you can expect quite a few OSI model questions on the Intro exam. In this seven-part series, we'll spend some... Learning the OSI model's Physical layer isn't just important in your CCNA exam studies, it's the first step in any network troubleshooting. ... Often, CCNA candidates ask if the OSI model has any practical uses for network administrators.

Network+ / CCNA Certification Exam Tutorial: Port Numbers And Troubleshooting by Chris Bryant
Passing the Network+ and CCNA exams demands that you know quite a few port numbers, but they're important to know when working with real-world networks as well. Before we discuss why, here's a partial list of important port numbers to know for these certification exams: Ports 20 and 21 are used... When you're faced with a list such as this, there's a temptation to ask yourself something like this: "Besides passing the exam, do I really need to know these port numbers?" The answer is yes. ... Let's say that you're in the middle of a relaxed day at your network monitoring console.

The Value of IT Certifications in Career Development by Natalie Aranda
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 and transmitting information. Therefore, any person wanting to develop a career in IT should be aware of the value... MCSE Certification, CCNA Certification, A+ Certification, and SAP Certification are just a few of the many credentials an IT professional may achieve. ... Demand for the network administration job function is another branch of IT, which has grown significantly, the same as candidates applying for...

How to Prepare IT Certification Exams by Bruce Zhang
Preparing IT certification exams is a significant undertaking whether you're just out of college or have been in IT field for years. IT professionals are continuously demanded to acquire new knowledge in order to perform well on their jobs as new technology in IT industry emerged at a pace that... Assess whether you're ready To answer the question of whether you're ready to pursue a particular IT certification - MCSE, MCSA, MCSD, CCIE, CCNA or CCNE certification, you may want to examine the questions from the latest certification exams to identify the gap between what you've known and...

CCNA Certification Exam Training: Passwords, Cisco Routers, And Network Security by Chris Bryant
CCNA certification is important, and so is securing our network's Cisco routers! To reflect the importance of network security, your CCNA certification exam is likely going to contain quite a few questions about the various passwords you can set on a Cisco router. ... That's valuable information for both the CCNA certification exam and real-world networks, because there's no worse feeling than typing a password at a Cisco router prompt and then getting another password prompt! ... However, if we want to have the enable password automatically encrypted, we can use the enable secret command.

Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification Exam Tutorial: ISDN And Multilink PPP by Chris Bryant
ISDN is a huge topic on both your Cisco CCNA and BCRAN CCNP exams. While many ISDN topics seem straightforward, it’s the details that make the difference in the exam room and working with ISDN in production networks. Configuring and troubleshooting multilink PPP is just one of the skills you’ll... Configuring Multilink PPP is just one of the skills you’ll need to earn your CCNA and pass the CCNP BCRAN exam. ... Load threshold to place another call The dialer load-threshold value is based on 255, not 100.

CCNA Courses by Marcus Peterson
The curriculum for CCNA is comprehensive and includes four separate modules. The learning objectives of the CCNA certification exam, which is the first step in a Cisco career certification path, are covered in these modules. The curriculum places emphasis on the use of problem-solving techniques... CCNA coursework helps students prepare for the CCNA certification, which may be opted for as a single comprehensive exam or the two-part route of the Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies (INTRO) and Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices (ICND) exams.