- Cisco Network Time Protocol Configuration
- Oct 22, 2013
- Configuring Network Time Protocol (NTP) is not overly complex. In this article, networking consultant Sean Wilkins walks you through the configuration steps that can be used to implement NTP and get the target device’s clock time synchronized.
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- Cisco Network Topologies and LAN Design
- Nov 16, 2001
- This chapter from CCDA Exam Certification Guide reviews the topologies used in network design and covers the technologies and design approaches used when designing a local-area network (LAN).
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- Cisco Networking Academy Program: Web Design Pre-Production Process
- May 24, 2002
- A majority of web projects are developed in three phases: Pre-Production, Production, and Post-Production. This chapter provides a sample approach of the steps involved in a typical pre-production phase.
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- Cisco Networking Academy Switched Networks Companion Guide: VLANs
- Jun 25, 2014
- This chapter covers how to configure, manage, and troubleshoot VLANs and VLAN trunks. It also examines security considerations and strategies relating to VLANs and trunks, and best practices for VLAN design.
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- Cisco Security Certifications Gain Three New Security Specialist Credentials
- Feb 7, 2011
- Ed Tittel explains the three new Security Specialist credentials available on the path toward CCNP Security certification.
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- Cisco Unified Serviceability
- May 25, 2011
- A main section of CUCM is Unified Serviceability. Within in this section, you have access two useful web-based tools and resources that can be crucial to a healthy Unified Communications environment: Alarm Configuration and Traces. Both are discussed here.
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- Cisco Video Surveillance
- Jan 25, 2016
- This chapter from CCNA Collaboration CIVND 210-065 Official Cert Guide offers a high-level overview of the solution Cisco offers in IP surveillance. The first section reviews legacy closed-circuit TV (CCTV) video-surveillance architecture and how it has evolved into what is available today. The subsequent sections cover Cisco’s physical security offering, the components involved with their solution, and the architectural design of how all the different elements work together.
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- Cisco Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Configuration
- Sep 25, 2013
- In this article networking consultant Sean Wilkins takes real-world concepts and discusses how those concepts can be applied onto real VRRP devices.
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- Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator Hardware
- Nov 13, 2003
- It is important to understand the hardware aspects of the Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator hardware series. David Minutella explains what you'll need to know about them to pass the CCSP CSVPN Exam.
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- Cisco’s Network Architectures for the Enterprise: Functional Areas and Modules
- Jun 30, 2011
- This article reviews the different functional areas and modules that were developed for Cisco's Network Architectures for the Enterprise.
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- Cisco's PPDIOO Network Cycle
- Apr 5, 2011
- This article gives an overview of the PPDIOO lifecycle, what happens at each stage, and what potential deliverables would be expected at each stage.
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- Classification and Marking for Cisco DQOS and QOS Exams
- Sep 19, 2003
- Brush up on your skills with this review of exam topics and objectives for the Cisco DQOS and QoS exams.
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- Collision Domains and Broadcast Domains = Apples and Oranges
- May 5, 2015
- Sean Wilkins, co-author of CCNA Routing and Switching 200-120 Network Simulator, doesn't approve of blurring collision domains and broadcast domains. Though these models are often taught together, modern technology has outpaced some of the ideas, and networking specialists who are new to the field need to distinguish between current terminology and outdated concepts.
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- Common Protocols for Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
- Oct 22, 2015
- Sean Wilkins, co-author of CCNA Routing and Switching 200-120 Network Simulator, discusses some of the protocols used on modern virtual private networks.
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- Comparing Cisco CCENT to CompTIA Network+
- Apr 25, 2011
- The Cisco CCENT and CompTIA Network+ both position themselves as basic, entry-level networking certification credentials. This article addresses the question of whether the CompTIA Network+ is a better startup credential or whether candidates should go after the Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician (CCENT) instead.
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- Complementing Your Cisco Security Certifications with Vendor-Neutral Security Certifications
- Feb 9, 2011
- Ed Tittel takes a look at select vendor-neutral information security certifications that make great counterparts to Cisco security certs.
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- Configuration Scenario Labs Video Walkthrough from the CCENT/CCNA Network Simulator
- Jan 8, 2014
- This video walkthough of the CCENT/CCNA Network Simulator Configuration Scenario (CS) covers a "typical" CS Lab, including performing all the steps to complete a lab, Cisco IOS CLI interaction, and grading.
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- Configuring an IP Addressing Scheme
- Feb 29, 2012
- This article takes a look at the practical implementation of example ranges on Cisco IOS as well as the configuration of a basic Routing Information Protocol (RIP) network showing a complete routing table between all organizational departments.
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- Configuring Cisco ASA Clientless SSL VPN
- Nov 22, 2013
- Sean Wilkins looks at Cisco's Clientless SSL feature, discussing some of the possible actions that it can support and providing the configuration commands that would be used to enable it to function on the Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) platform.
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- Configuring Cisco ASA Threat Detection
- Nov 4, 2013
- Sean Wilkins takes a look at the traffic detection feature of Cisco's Adaptive Security Appliances and shows you how to configure it to operate within a network.
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