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World IPv6 Day!!
Jun 8, 2011 · 2 min read · computers General Internet Internet service provider Internet Society IP address ipv4 ipv6 networking router software technology World IPv6 Day ·IPv6 So what is IPv6 day? Today major companies like Google, Facebook, Yahoo and ISPs (Internet Service Providers) test their IPv6 deployments. Why is this important? Well if you follow IPv4 news you might already know that IPv4 addresses have been exhausted and the need to move to different address space is critical, …
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Classful vs. Classless Routing
Cloud-Computing-icon Before the internet and general networking become popular into what it is now, there were and still are routing protocols that only do classful routing. What is classful routing? When I was talking about Dynamic Routing earlier (See the post Dynamic Routing Protocols) I mentioned there was a …
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Cisco IOS Commands
This is the master list of some of the many Cisco IOS Commands that go with the CCNA track. This list also talks about what each command does in brief detail. You may also find that some commands may or may not be used for a CCNA level but offer some important information. If you don't know what a command does or …
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Basic Wireless LAN Security
May 18, 2011 · 3 min read · AES CCENT CCNA Cisco cisco computers General ICND1 ICND2 IEEE Internet access networking Service set (802.11 network) technology Temporal Key Integrity Protocol Wi-Fi Protected Access Wired Equivalent Privacy wireless Wireless access point Wireless LAN Wireless security ·Wireless-Security-Icon Although having a wireless LAN sounds like a wonderful idea, there are things that need to be implemented like security. A wireless LAN can be uncontrollable has it is just radio waves and anybody can receive them. Having and using good security practices can help you be under control of your …
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Understanding VTP
Some people hate it, some people love it. It's the Cisco proprietary VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) which in short means that Cisco switches can exchange VLAN configuration, instead of manually configuring each switch with the same VLANs. I also suggest if you don't know what a VLAN is check out the post Creating VLANs …
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