Cisco CCNA Certification: Cisco Switching Modes by Chris Bryant
To pass the CCNA exam and earn that coveted certification, you've got to know Cisco switches inside and out. Among the many important details you've got to know are the three methods that Cisco switches use to forward frames, and the differences between the three. ... Keeping these three switching schemes straight is vital to your CCNA exam efforts, and it will help you in working with Cisco switches in the real world as well. ... The middle ground between these two extremes is Fragment-Free, so named since fragmented frames will not be forwarded.

Cisco CCNA Certification: Four Tips To Use DURING The Exam by Chris Bryant
There are plenty of articles out there about how to prepare for the CCNA exam. However, there are also things you can do to increase your chances of success on exam day during the most important part of the entire process -- the time that you're actually taking the test. ... I've taken many a certification exam over the years, and helped many others prep for theirs. ... Whatever the reason, it's the question that has you thinking, "WHAT??" I have talked with CCNA candidates who got to such a question and were obviously so thrown off that they didn't do well on any of the remaining...

Cisco CCNA Certification Exam Tutorial: Port-Based Authentication by Chris Bryant
To pass your CCNA exam and earn this coveted certification, you must understand the details of port-based authentication. This knowledge has a great deal of value in production networks as well, since this authentication scheme is regularly implemented. ... Port-based authentication is just one of the many switching skills you'll have to demonstrate to earn your CCNA certification. ... Let's take a look at this particular CCNA skill. ... In Protect mode, frames with non-secure MAC addresses are dropped.

Cisco CCNA Certification Exam Tutorial: The Config Register And Password Recovery by Chris Bryant
Whether you're preparing for the CCNA certification exam or not, you must be prepared for the following question: "Hey, I reloaded this router and it wants an enable password. Do you know it?" Because if you don't, and there's no one available who does, you need to perform a password recovery... Knowing how to recover from a lost password is a vital skill for both the Cisco CCNA certification exam and for success in real-world networks. ... Success on the CCNA exam and in working with real-world networks is all about the details, and this is a very important detail.

Cisco Certifications Overview by Kashif Raza
General Certifications and Focused Certifications Cisco offers three levels of general certification representing increasing levels of expertise: Associate, Professional, and Expert (CCIE). Different tracks across these levels align with varying career needs. ... CCNA The CCNA certification (Cisco Certified Network Associate) indicates a foundation in and apprentice knowledge of networking. ... To obtain your CCIE, you must first pass a written qualification exam and then a corresponding hands-on lab exam.

Cisco CCNA Certification Training Tutorial: PPP Multilink And ISDN BRI by Chris Bryant
Earning your CCNA certification means you have to notice details about Cisco routers that others might miss, and that's true in the exam room and on the job. In today's tutorial, we'll take a look at multilink PPP - a topic that seems simple enough, but has details that trip up some CCNA... This is just one of the many details you must master in order to earn your CCNA certification. ... R1(config-if)#dialer load-threshold ? ... Look at what IOS Help tells us about this command. ... Load threshold to place another call This value is based on 255, not 100.

Cisco CCNA Certification: Broadcasts, Unicasts, And Multicasts by Chris Bryant
When you begin your CCNA studies, you get hit with a lot of different networking terms right away that you might not be familiar with. What makes it a little more confusing is that a lot of these terms sound a lot alike. Here, we're going to discuss the differences between broadcasts,... The CCNA exam will demand you be very familiar with hex conversions, so if you're not comfortable with these conversions, get comfortable with them before taking the exam! ... Multicasting gets a bit more complicated as you go from your CCNA to the CCNP and CCIE, but by simply understanding what...

Cisco CCNA Certification: Static Routing Tutorial by Chris Bryant
In studying for your CCNA exam and preparing to earn this valuable certification, you may be tempted to spend little time studying static routing and head right for the more exciting dynamic routing protocols like RIP, EIGRP, and OSPF. This is an understandable mistake, but still a mistake. ... Static routing is not complicated, but it's an important topic on the CCNA exam and a valuable skill for real-world networking. ... This is a host route, and has 255.255.255.255 for a mask. ... If the above static routes should only be used to send packets to 172.10.1.1., the following commands...

CCNA E-Books by Marcus Peterson
CCNA is Cisco Certified Network Associate. It is an entry or "apprentice" level networking certification. Cisco created the CCNA to know basic ability in computer networking, particularly for installation and support of LAN/WAN networks having 100 nodes or fewer. ... Obtaining the CCNA requires passing a single certification exam. ... Additional background information on the CCNA with links to study notes and practice exams may be obtained. ... CCNA E-books can be viewed on the Internet. ... Although the CCNA has no formal fundamentals, one must effectively complete hundreds of hours of...

Cisco CCNA Certification Exam Tutorial: Configuring And Troubleshooting VTP by Chris Bryant
Not only is your CCNA exam going to have questions on VLAN trunking protocol, almost any network that has more than one VLAN is going to have VTP running. Whether you're planning on passing the CCNA exam or just brushing up on your networking skills, this VTP tutorial will help you learn the... Learning VTP isn't just a good idea for passing your CCNA exams, it's a skill you must have to be effective in configuring and troubleshooting VLANs. ... They do forward the VTP advertisements received from other switches.