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Cisco Lab Setup
Sep 8, 2012 · 5 min read · CCNA Cisco Cisco ASA Cisco Systems General ICND1 ICND2 networking Packet Tracer Software software technology tutorial Tutorials Virtual LAN Virtual machine VMware ·A Cisco Lab When it comes to learning and getting started with Cisco there are some tools that will help out a lot like Packet Tracer, GNS3 and other emulators. These are great tools for that "simulation" of hands on learning, but you can't always stay in that area. I find it best to get hands on with …
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Trunking Administrative Modes
Feb 11, 2012 · 3 min read · CCNA Cisco cisco Cisco Systems dynamic auto General ICND1 ICND2 IEEE 802.1Q networking Software Trunking Virtual LAN ·cisco-switch-blade When looking at the CCNA it is good idea to get a hold of trunking between switches along with that there are a couple of administrative modes that each physical interface on Cisco switch can be when you are trunking between them. Remember that when we are trunking it usually carries all VLANs (This …
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Configure Router on a Stick
Jan 31, 2012 · 8 min read · Cisco Cisco Inter-Switch Link ICND1 ICND2 IEEE 802.1Q IP address networking router Subnetwork Tutorial Virtual LAN ·A while ago I talked about putting different VLANs on a switch, remember a VLAN is virtual network that although physically it may look like on the same network that does not always mean the case. By having VLANs you are segmenting the network and the only way to get to the other side is having a router. I have already …
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The Three Tiers
Jan 21, 2012 · 3 min read · CCENT CCNA Cisco cisco Cisco Systems collapsed core Data Communications distribution layer General hierarchical network ICND1 ICND2 Network Network Layer networking Security security technology Virtual LAN ·network_switch Working towards the CCNA Cisco talks about a hierarchical network there are three layers to this design. Access Layer, distribution layer and the core layer. Each of them have their own set of functions and is also considered to be a best practice when the network continues to grow and for redundancy …
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The Beginnings of Layer Two Redundancy
network-diagram In a perfect world we would never need redundancy on a network infrastructure, but as you know as well as I know we don't live in a perfect world. Hardware will eventually fail, bottlenecks will appear, and the speed of our network will become slower when we max the bandwidth on links. So having …
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