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Distance Vector Routing
Jun 15, 2011 · 3 min read · CCENT CCNA Cisco cisco Cisco IOS Cisco Systems Distance-vector routing protocol Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol General ICND1 ICND2 Internet Internet Protocol Network Layer networking Open Shortest Path First router Routing Routing Information Protocol Routing protocol software technology tutorial Tutorials ·Couple weeks ago I talked about routing protocols and in the post I mentioned two routing protocol features distance vector and link state. Although these protocols fundamentally do the same thing by getting information on remote networks they get this information in a different way. For today let's introduce distance …
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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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