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 Training: Configuring Static Routes On A Cisco Router by Chris Bryant
The great thing about CCNA certification training is that the skills you learn will truly come in handy when working with Cisco routers and switches in production networks. That's particularly true of static route configuration. While most networks use dynamic routing protocols such as RIP,... Configuring static routes is a great skill to have in the network room and in the CCNA exam room. ... After that, you must specify either the next-hop IP address or the local exit interface. ... Both of the following masks are acceptable: ip route 172.10.1.0 255.255.255.0 210.1.1.1 ip route...

CCNA Cisco Certification Training Case Study: How Multiple Passwords Affect Router Access by Chris Bryant
Your CCNA certification exam efforts must include practicing with different password types and knowing how to configure them on a Cisco router - but for CCNA exam success and to thrive in real-world networks, you also have to know how to examine a Cisco router configuration and determine the... Knowing how to read a Cisco router configuration is a valuable skill for both the CCNA certification exam and working with production networks. ... There's a single line near the top of a Cisco router configuration that tells you why..

Cisco CCNA Certification On A Shoestring: Can It Be Done? by Helen Brookes
The answer is a resounding YES!...and this article shows you how. For years, many would-be networking professionals have been put off by the thought of expensive and time-consuming courses, not having access to good quality teachers and mentors and, very importantly, not having access to a... Not-so-new beginners can move on to exam specific searches such as "CCNA certification", "CCNA exam tips", "CCNA tutorials", "Cisco self study", "online training", and the like, to get a feel of the scope of the certification exam.

Cisco CCNA Certification Training: Etherchannels And Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) by Chris Bryant
Cisco CCNA certification looks great on your resume, and it also teaches you vital real-world networking skills. One exam topic that you'll definitely see in today's networks is the configuration of an Etherchannel on a Cisco router. You need to know how to build and verify one - so let's build... In this Cisco training tutorial, we'll use two switches that are connected at ports 0/11 and 0/12 via crossover cables. ... You can verify the creation of that virtual interface just as you would a physical interface: SW1#show int port-channel 1 Port-channel1 is up, line protocol is up...

Cisco CCNA Certification Exam Training: Telnet, Passwords, and Privilege Levels by Chris Bryant
Your CCNA certification exam is likely going to contain questions about Telnet, an application-level protocol that allows remote communication between two networking devices. With Telnet use being as common as it is, you had better know the details of how to configure it in order to pass your... In this CCNA case study, R2 has an IP address of 172.12.123.2 and R1 an address of 172.12.123.1. ... If we wanted to allow all telnetting users to be put into privileged exec mode immediately without being prompted for an enable password, the command privilege level 15 placed on the VTY lines will...

CCNA 640-801 Certification Primer by Seema Kannan
The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Certification is meant for career enhancement as well as gaining knowledge of the LAN/WAN technologies currently available for implementation. Hence, CCNA Certification can be obtained by IT professionals who have been a part of the industry for a... CCNA Exams CCNA Exam Options Single Exam Option 640-801 CCNA: Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies and Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices OR Multiple Exams option 641-821 INTRO Beta: Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies (INTRO) 640-811 ICND: Interconnecting Cisco...

Cisco CCNA And CCNP BCRAN Exam Training: Frame Relay PVC, SVC, DLCI, and Map Statements by Chris Bryant
In today's CCNP certification tutorial, we'll concentrate on the BCRAN exam and Frame Relay PVCs, SVC, and DLCIs in particular. There are actually two kinds of virtual circuits - Permanent Virtual Circuits (PVCs) and Switched Virtual Circuits (SVCs). ... The key to a successful Frame configuration is remembering that the local DLCI must be mapped to a remote IP address. ... You don't just make the DLCI number up - the Frame provider will provide you with the DLCIs you should use. ... If Spoke1 is going to use the path shown below to communicate with the hub, the DTE defines the connection...