Networking Exam Academy

Networkcraft – CCNA Lab 08: Using RIP Instead of Static Routes

blake — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:01:56 +0000

Welcome to my 8th lab in guiding you toward your CCNA Certification where you are going to learn how to configure RIP which is a routing protocol that keeps you from having to use static routes everywhere. Don’t get me wrong, in some cases it is important to have static routes, configuring a routing protocol

Networkcraft – CCNA Lab 07: Static Routes and Pinging Between 3 Routers

blake — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 03:12:17 +0000

This is Lab 07 where we are going to learn about using the routing table, how to set up static routes, and verifying that everything works by pinging between all three routers. This tutorial uses Networkcraft – The Online Network Simulator to walk you through this tutorial and so that you can practice programming the

The 4 Commonalities in Every Single Network

blake — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:55:22 +0000

A lot of my posts lately have been about configuring Cisco routers and I wanted to go back and talk about some big picture things as well as some foundational topics that will help lay the ground work to learning the rest of the things you need to know to get your CCNA Certification. In

Networkcraft – CCNA Lab 06: Ping Between Two Routers

blake — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:51:53 +0000

Welcome to another CCNA lab using Networkcraft – The Online Network Simulator. I’ve been excited to write this lab for some time now because it involves setting up two routers and getting them to talk to each other, which is what networking is all about. In all the previous labs up to this point all

Networkcraft – CCNA Lab 05: Configuring Ethernet Interface

blake — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:34:26 +0000

Welcome back to another tutorial on learning how how to configure a Cisco router to help prepare you for the CCENT and CCNA Exams. In the previous labs we learned how to use the command line interface to name your router, add a password, configure telnet and encrypt passwords. In this lab we are going

Networkcraft – CCNA Lab 04: Using the Service Password-Encryption Command

blake — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:54:34 +0000

Welcome to CCNA Lab 04: Using the Service Password-Encryption Command. Each lab that I write is geared to help you learn and establish a foundation of networking skills that will not only help you pass the CCNA Exam, but will help you make a knowledgable network administrator. These labs use Networkcraft – The Online Network

Networkcraft – CCNA Lab 03: Securing Your Routers Incoming Lines

blake — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:18:55 +0000

Just like I talked about in Lab 01 and Lab 02 the importance of these labs is to get you familiar with learning the command line interface on Cisco Routers and Switches. On the CCNA Exam Cisco will have at least two complete labs where you have to know many different commands and configuration settings

Networkcraft – CCNA Lab 02: Securing Your Router with the Enable Secret Password Command

blake — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:43:40 +0000

The CCNA Exam focuses on making sure you really understand how to configure Cisco routers and switches and not just memorize answers to multiple choice questions. So in order to help you understand how to configure Cisco Equipment I built Networkcraft – The Online Network Simulator along with these labs that I’m writing to walk

Networkcraft – CCNA Lab 01: Naming Your Router and Setting The Enable Password

blake — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:59:58 +0000

I released Networkcraft – The Online Network Simulator a while ago, but never included in labs or tutorials to go with it. Since Cisco routers use a command line interface there is a pretty heavy learning curve if you don’t have experience working with the command line. Networkcraft also uses a command line interface and

Cisco backpedals after uproar, drops cloud from default router setting

blake — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:53:00 +0000

ars technica: Cisco has backpedaled tonight, with a blog post saying the service—Cisco Connect Cloud—will no longer be the default management tool. “In response to our customers’ concerns, we have simplified the process for opting-out of the Cisco Connect Cloud service and have changed the default setting back to traditional router set-up and management,” Cisco