- Cisco LAN Switching Fundamentals: Configuring Switches
- Dec 23, 2004
- This chapter provides guidance and configuration examples for connecting switches running both native and hybrid software configurations, and offers examples of both Layer 3 and Layer 2 connectivity between switches.
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- How a LAN Switch Works
- Dec 17, 2004
- This chapter explains how frame switching works, and what precisely happens while a frame is switching.
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- MPLS and Ethernet: Seven Things You Need To Know
- Dec 17, 2004
- Network management specialist Stephen Morris discusses the emerging area of virtual private LAN service (VPLS) and its importance to Ethernet-based enterprise networks.
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- Internet Addressing and Routing First Step
- Nov 5, 2004
- This chapter explains how internet routing works, and how internet addresses are assigned and utilized by network structures.
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- Troubleshooting Unicast Flooding Due to Topology
- Sep 10, 2004
- Unicast flooding occurs for many reasons in a switched network. This article addresses how to detect and troubleshoot unicast flooding issues due to spanning tree topology changes.
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- CCIE Routing and Switching Practice Lab
- Aug 20, 2004
- This practice lab from Martin Duggan and Maurilio Gorito will help you prepare for the CCIE, with a focus on Routing Information Protocol (RIP V2).
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- CCNA Practice Questions: Basic IOS Configuration and Basic Serial WAN Connectivity
- Jul 9, 2004
- Jeremy Cioara and Chris Ward provide 50 questions with detailed answers from the CCNA exam's "Basic IOS Configuration and Basic Serial WAN Connectivity" objective.
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- CCNP Self-Study: Advanced IP Addressing
- Jun 11, 2004
- This sample chapter discusses several advanced IP addressing topics in support of the Cisco BSCI exam for CCNP certification.
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- CCNP Self-Study: Understanding and Implementing Quality of Service in Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks
- May 13, 2004
- This chapter describes how QoS is an integral part of any multilayer switched network deployment. With QoS, you can build a network of predictable behavior for latency, jitter, and packet loss. In addition, QoS mitigates anomalous network behavior and provides for differentiation of traffic flows.
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- CCNA Self-Study: Network Media (The Physical Layer)
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Stephen McQuerry
- Apr 9, 2004
- To determine what transmission media is right for particular networking enviornment you must consider organization's required throughput, cabling distance, noise resistance, security, flexibility and plans for growth.In this article Steve McQuerry highlights the concepts and procedures for assembling and cabling Cisco routers.
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- The Multi Router Traffic Grapher
- Apr 2, 2004
- The Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) is a tool to monitor the traffic load on network links. In this article James Kretchmar tells us how MRTG produces web pages containing PNG images, which provide a live visual representation of this traffic.
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- Hardware and the OSI Model for the CCNA Exam
- Mar 26, 2004
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- Address Spaces & Transaction Routing
- Feb 20, 2004
- This chapter describes the general concepts of PCI Express transaction routing and the mechanisms used by a device in deciding whether to accept, forward, or reject a packet arriving at an ingress port.
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- CCNP CIT Exam 642-831: LAN Technologies
- Feb 6, 2004
- Sean Odom gives an overview of the different LAN topologies and the IEEE LAN media standards you need to know in order to do well on the CCNP exam.
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- CCNP Practical Studies: Using DSL to Access a Central Site
- Jan 30, 2004
- This sample chapter focuses on Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) technology, one of the most popular broadband access methods and a new topic on the CCNP exam.
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- CCNP BCMSN Exam Cram: VLANs, Trunks, and VTP
- Dec 23, 2003
- In preparation for the CCNP BCMSN Exam, Richard Deal explains VLANs, trunking, and the Virtual Trunk Protocol (VTP), areas that play an integral part in the setup of VLANs in your network.
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- CCNP BCRAN Self-Study: Managing Network Performance with Queuing and Compression
- Dec 23, 2003
- To help you prepare for the CCNP BCRAN exam, Brian Morgan and Craig Dennis discuss some of the advanced queuing techniques offered in Cisco IOS and compression techniques that are possible from Cisco routers.
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- CCNP CIT Exam Self-Study: Selecting a Troubleshooting Approach
- Dec 19, 2003
- This sample chapter presents three main approaches to troubleshooting and describes how to select a suitable troubleshooting approach for the problem at hand.
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- CCNA Self-Study (ICND Exam): Extending Switched Networks with Virtual LANs
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Stephen McQuerry
- Dec 5, 2003
- Steve McQuerry discusses how VLANs operate to provide more effective networks by controlling broadcasts in your network.
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- CCNP Practical Studies: Layer 3 Switching
- Nov 26, 2003
- Learn about Layer 3 switching in detail and how to configure Layer 3 switching on the flagship of the Cisco Catalyst product family, the Catalyst 6000/6500.
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