Tagged: subnetting

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Powers of two, an important skill to master.

Working on computers and networking for over a decade there is one skill set that I recommend anyone who works on computers to know. This skill set is the “Power of Two”. The powers of two is an import skill to master. Mastering this skill will help when subnetting, supernetting and writing access lists or programs. Since computers communicate digitally it interprets data in zeros and ones. This is why knowing your powers of twos will help. For example. If you are subnetting you can use the power of two to determine how many bits to borrow for hosts and...

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CCNA Update

Well, I have finished reading the CCNA Study Guide 7th edition and I have scheduled the CCNA Exam. I am going to be working on some more labs to get the material embedded into my mind as I want to pass with a high score. I have been using the Pass4Sure Practice exams and I Have been getting 80 on the exams. However, the tests are a bit different from what Cisco uses for their tests. But taking practice exams are a good way to prepare yourself to see what kind of questions are going to be on the exam. The...

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CCNA Test Lab

I have been working on renewing my CCNA certification. I have been reading up extensively using the CCNA Study Guide 7th Edition, CBT Nuggets and GNS3 over the past month. I have 3 chapters left in the Study guide and I have covered topics including The OSI and DoD Models, How routers Switch and Route to how to configure Static and Dynamic Routing and switching to name a few. Last night after I finished the chapter on Network Address Translation I decided to make a simple lab topology using GNS3 and emulating a medium sized network. I started drawing the...