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Cisco Certification
Cisco Certification - Building Your Own Home Lab
CCNAs and CCNA candidates hear it all the time: "Get some hands-on experience". There is
no learning like hands-on learning. No simulator in the world is going to give you the
experience you will get cabling and configuring your own routers. More ...
Cisco Certification - Taking Your First Certification Exam
Walking into a testing center for the first time can be a nerve-wracking experience.
You've got enough on your mind just keeping all that new information straight without
worrying about what the testing experience will be like. Let's take a look at what you
should expect when taking your first Cisco certification exam. More ...
Cisco CCNA Cerfication - Should You Take The One-Exam or Two-Exam Approach?
There are now two separate paths to the CCNA certification. Candidates may take a single
exam, 640-811, or two exams, 640-821 and 640-811. What's the difference? The two-exam
approach involves exams with different topics and therefore different preparation techniques.
The approach I recommend to a CCNA candidate depends on their background. More ...
Cisco Certification - Five Things To Do DURING Your CCNA Exam
There are plenty of articles out there about how to prepare for the CCNA exam. However,
there are also things you can do to increase your chances of success on exam day during
the most important part of the entire process - the time that you're actually taking the
test. More ...
Cisco CCNA Certification - Becoming a Truly Valuable CCNA
The CCNA is an exciting beginning to your Cisco career, but just having the certification
simply isn't enough. A recruiter or interviewer isn't going to be impressed just with the
cert; you've got to have some real-world knowledge to back it up. More ...
Surviving The Technical Interview
Ah, the technical interview. Nothing like it. Not only does it cause anxiety, but it causes
anxiety for several different reasons. Having been on both sides of the technical interview
table, I'd like to share some tips for those being interviewed. In doing so, I'll share
some of the more memorable interviews I've been involved in. More ...
Cisco Certification - The Joy Of Hex
The decimal numbering system, concerns itself with units of ten read from read from right
to left. Hex numbers are read much the same way, except the units here are units of 16.
The number "15" in hex is read as having five units of one and one unit of sixteen. More ...
Configuring Internal Cisco Router Security
Network security is a hot topic today, and will only increase in importance in the months
and years ahead. While most of the attention is paid to exterior threats, there are some
steps you can take to prevent unwanted Cisco router access from within your organization. More ...
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