Cisco CCNA / CCNP Home Lab Tutorial: Configuring An Access Server
As your CCNA / CCNP home lab expands, an access server such as the Cisco 2509 or 2511 is one of the best investments you can make. In this article, we’ll look at the basic configuration for an access server and...
Cisco CCNA / CCNP Home Lab Tutorial: Cabling Your Access Server
A Cisco home lab is an invaluable study tool when you’re preparing for CCNA and CCNP exam success. Once you’ve gotten a couple of routers and switches, you’ll quickly get tired of moving that blue console...
Cisco CCNA / CCNP Home Lab Tutorial: Buying And Configuring An Access Server
A Cisco access server is generally the last item a CCNA or CCNP candidate has on their mind when they’re putting together a home lab. The thinking tends to be that since this router isn’t really...
Cisco CCNA / CCNP Home Lab Setup: How To Configure Reverse Telnet
Occasionally, during your CCNA and CCNP studies, you’ll run into a term that just doesn’t quite make sense to you. (Okay, more than occasionally!) One such term is “reverse telnet”. As a Cisco...
Cisco CCNA / CCNP Home Lab: Why You Need An ISDN Simulator
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...
Cisco CCNA / CCNP Exam Tutorial: Testing ISDN Links Without Pings
To earn your Cisco CCNA and CCNP certifications, you’ve got to master ISDN – and despite what some people say, there’s still a lot of ISDN out there that needs to be supported. And when it comes to...
Cisco CCNA / CCNP Exam Tutorial: Five Debugs You Must Know
To pass the BSCI exam and move one step closer to CCNP certification success, you’ve got to know how and when to use debug commands to troubleshoot and verify network operations. While you should never practice debug...
Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification Tutorial: Frame Relay End-To-End Keepalives
One of the first things you learned about Frame is that the LMI also serves as a keepalive, or a heartbeat – and if three consecutive LMIs are missed, the line protocol goes down. There’s a...
Dialer Watch is a vital part of your CCNA and CCNP studies, particularly for the BCRAN exam, but it’s one of the most misunderstood technologies as well. To help you pass the CCNA and CCNP certification exams, here’s a detailed look at Dialer Watch.
Dialer Watch allows you to...
Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification Exam Tutorial: Configuring PPP Callback
You may run into situations where a router in a remote location needs to dial in to a central router, but the toll charges are much higher if the remote router makes the call. This scenario is perfect for PPP...
Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification Exam Tutorial: ISDN And Multilink PPP
ISDN is a huge topic on both your Cisco CCNA and BCRAN CCNP exams. While many ISDN topics seem straightforward, its the details that make the difference in the exam room and working with ISDN in production networks. ...
Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification Exam Review: Protocol Basics
To earn your Cisco CCNA certification and pass the BSCI CCNP exam, you have to know your protocol basics like the back of your hand! To help you review these important concepts, here’s a quick look at the basics of...