Posts tagged “ICND1 Study Guide”

How to Configure Static Routes on a Cisco Router

Static RoutesI think static routes get trash talked a lot by those studying for their CCNA exam. Mostly likely because they are just learning about dynamic routing for the first time and find it really fun to set up. And from that moment on static routes get pushed to the back burner and never make it into the router configuration. While static routes may have some disadvantages they also have many advantages that are worth considering.

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Introduction To How Routers Work For The CCENT Exam

Routers are a very important networking devices and without them the Internet wouldn’t exist. One good thing about getting your Cisco Certification is that a majority of the routers that run the Internet are made by Cisco. In other words there is going to be a demand for Cisco Certified Network Associates for a long [...]

CCENT Exam: My Friends NAT and PAT

I have talked previously about ways to delay the huge problem of running out of unique IPv4 IP Addresses by using CIDR and Subnetting. IPv6 has so far solved the problem by offering way more than enough usable IP Addresses, but getting everything transitioned over to IPv6 will take a long time, so IPv4 is [...]

Learn About IPv6 For The CCENT Exam

IPv6 is the latest standard of IP Addresses and is currently in the faze of slowly transitioning out all the IPv4 addresses that are still in use today. IPv6 addresses were mainly created because The Internet was running out of usable IP Addresses to assign out. Every computer or network that is connected to The [...]

How to Subnet a Range of IP Addresses For The CCENT Exam

Subnetting is a very important topic for both the ICND1 and ICND2 exam and is also needed to know in order to be a good network administrator. Subnetting can be a topic difficult to understand at first, but with practice it can become automatic and easy to do. Before you can fully understand subnetting you [...]

CCENT Exam: Classless Inter-Domain Routing

Classless Inter-Domain Routing or CIDR for short has helped solve many problems that has helped delay the complete exhaustion of usable IPv4 IP Addresses for Internet use. This delay allowed enough time for IPv6 to be created, but CIDR has far outlived its original lifespan of 3-5 years back in 1992 because IPv4 is still [...]

Should I take one big CCNA exam or take the two test route?

Originally the first Cisco Certification was the CCNA, and you would have to take one test in order to get it. A few years ago however they decided to break up the CCNA exam in to two different exams so that it would be easier for students just getting into the networking field to obtain [...]

30 Days to CCENT – Day 33

This past week has been crazy because I’ve been very busy doing homework for the five classes that I’m taking at BSU and did not study as much as I would have liked for my ICND1 exam. This morning I decided to wake up at 4:00am and brush up on a few topics before my [...]

30 Days to CCENT – Day 32

Okay, tomorrow is my big day for my ICND1 Exam! And I really need to pass this time! It is becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with my homework while also preparing myself for the ICND1. I have several things that I need to study tonight that I want to make sure I have a [...]