Archive for January, 2010
30 Days to CCENT – Day 3
Day 3 to my CCENT is going okay besides that fact that I I just threw up tonight and had a pounding headache. I’m feeling a little better and I’m sure I’ll be fine by tomorrow morning. Today I did the review questions for chapter 2 before I’ve even started studying the chapter. I just [...]
30 Days to CCENT – Day 2
Today I woke up at 5:30 AM so that I could get a good start on my day and actually have time to study. I went into work early so that I could study in a place where there are no distraction. Also a good part about going early to work is that I didn’t [...]
30 Days to CCENT – Day 1
Today I woke up at 8 am which is probably too late because it just doesn’t give me enough time to study before my wife and baby wakes up. Once that happens it is almost impossible for me to get anything done. Which is fine because I need that time with my family and it [...]
I’m going to get my CCENT in 30 Days!
00×125.png” alt=”” title=”CCENT_Registration” width=”300″ height=”125″ class=”alignleft size-medium wp-image-200″ />I’ve been putting off getting my CCENT certification for too long. Honestly I have been procrastinating and it is because I have not set a date for when I will get my certification. On February 10, 2010 @ 2:00 PM I’m going to take my exam. I’m [...]
CCENT Exam: Network Security
Securing a network needs to be high priority for any network administrator. Most people think that the best way to secure a network is to disconnect it from the internet. That may seem like the best solution, but most network threats actually com from the inside. For example an employee could easily and accidentally bring [...]
How to Manually Assign an IP Address For The CCENT Exam
Now that we have our Cisco router and switch configured it is now time to manually assign the computers an IP Address so that the router knows where each computer is. The best way for me to understand why IP addresses are important and how they work is to think about the postal service. Just [...]