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<title>Cisco CCNA, CCENT, CCNP, and Security Questions: SYN Attacks, OSPF Area 0, and More!</title>
<description>Let’s test your knowledge of error detection, SYN attacks, and other important Cisco certification exam topics!

CCENT Certification:

Does Layer 2 of the OSI model perform error detection, error correction, both, or neither?

Answer: The Data Lin...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_586107_10.html</link>
<pubDate>23rd July 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA, CCNP, CCENT, And Security Questions:  Teardrop Attacks, EIGRP, And More!</title>
<description>Let’s test your knowledge of important Cisco certification exam topics with these free questions.  CCNA Security questions have been added to the question sets, with CCNA Voice and Wireless questions beginning in August!

CCNA 640-802 Exam:

By defa...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_584936_10.html</link>
<pubDate>22nd July 2008</pubDate>
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<title>CCNA, CCNP, CCENT, And Cisco Security Practice Exam Questions:  Static Routes, Honeypots, And More!</title>
<description>Let’s test your knowledge of default static routes, honeypots, global synchronization, and other important Cisco certification exam topics!

CCNA Certification:

What character or combination of characters indicates a statically configured default r...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_575553_10.html</link>
<pubDate>14th July 2008</pubDate>
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<title>CCNA Security, CCNP, And Cisco CCNA Practice Exam Questions: DHCP, OSPF, Router Lockdowns, And More!</title>
<description>Test your knowledge of DHCP, one-step router lockdowns, and other vital Cisco certification exam topics with these practice exam questions!

CCENT Certification: 

Which of the following are contained in a DHCP Offer packet? Extra credit: Name the dev...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_574070_10.html</link>
<pubDate>11th July 2008</pubDate>
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<title>CCNA, CCNP, and Cisco CCENT Practice Exam Questions:  Switches, Frames, IPv6, And More!</title>
<description>Let’s test your knowledge of MAC addresses, switches, IP Version 6, and other vital Cisco certification exam topics!

CCENT Certification:

A frame enters a switch port. The destination MAC address is known. Which of the following terms best describ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_573213_10.html</link>
<pubDate>10th July 2008</pubDate>
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<title>CCNA, CCNP, and CCENT Cisco Practice Exam:  Radius, OSPF, And More!</title>
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Test your knowledge of important Cisco certification exam topics with these practice exam questions!

CCNA:

Short answer: What do the letters "IA" indicate in an OSPF routing table?

Answer: "IA" indicates an inter-area route - a route to a des...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_573211_10.html</link>
<pubDate>10th July 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA, CCNP, And CCENT Practice Exam Questions:  DHCP, BGP Route Reflectors, And More!</title>
<description>Here are some free Cisco certification exam practice questions to help you prepare for your CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP exams. Topics include DHCP, classless protocols, and BGP route reflectors.  Enjoy!

CCENT Certification: 

In what order do these DHCP pa...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_570855_10.html</link>
<pubDate>07th July 2008</pubDate>
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<title>CCNA, CCNP, And CCENT Cisco Practice Exam Questions:  Binary Conversions, OSPF ASBRs, And More!</title>
<description>Let’s test your skill in binary conversions, OSPF ABR and ASBRs, and other vital Cisco certification exam topics!

CCNA and CCENT certification:

There is a range of addresses reserved for multicasting. Take the absolute highest number in that range...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_570854_10.html</link>
<pubDate>07th July 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP Practice Exam Questions:  Frames, OSPF, Authentication Proxy, And More!</title>
<description>Test your knowledge of vital Cisco certification exam topics with these practice questions!

CCNA and CCENT Certification:

A frame comes into a switch on port fast0/1. The switch does a lookup on the destination MAC, and sees that the destination is ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_570853_10.html</link>
<pubDate>07th July 2008</pubDate>
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<title>The New CCNA Security, Voice, and Wireless Certifications Mean Opportunity For You!</title>
<description>On Tuesday, June 24, Cisco announced three brand-new CCNA-level Certifications:

CCNA Security  (640-553 IINS Exam)

CCNA Voice      (640-460 IIUC Exam)

CCNA Wireless  (620-721 IUWNE Exam)

These new certifications are going to be a tremendous ca...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_568250_10.html</link>
<pubDate>02nd July 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP Practice Exam Questions:  Binary Conversions, RIP, STP, and More!</title>
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Let’s test your knowledge of binary conversion, STP, and other vital Cisco certification exam topics with these practice exam questions!

CCNA And CCENT Certification:

Short answer: Convert the destination address for RIP Version 2 routing update...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_566919_10.html</link>
<pubDate>30th June 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA and CCENT Practice Exam:  10 Questions on Point-To-Point Connections, PPP, and HDLC</title>
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Your CCNA and CCENT Cisco certification exams will definitely contain some questions about PPP and HDLC, so here are some practice exam questions to help you prepare for exam success!

1. Identify the correct statements regarding HDLC and PPP running ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_566918_10.html</link>
<pubDate>30th June 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP Practice Questions:  Routing Tables, BGP, Port Security, And More!</title>
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Test your knowledge of routing table advertisements, BGP updates, port security, and other vital Cisco certification exam topics with these complimentary training questions!
CCNA Certification and CCENT Certification:

Identify the true statements....</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_562706_10.html</link>
<pubDate>25th June 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA, CCNP, And CCENT Practice Exam Questions:  DTE, DCE, OSPF, IP Phones, And More!</title>
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To help you prepare for total success on your Cisco certification exams, here are some free practice exam questions to test your knowledge.  Enjoy!

CCNA And CCENT Certification:

You have two Cisco routers directly connected at their Serial 0 int...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_561853_10.html</link>
<pubDate>23rd June 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA, CCNP, and Network+ Exam Practice Questions:  ARP, Layer 3 Switches, WPA, and More!</title>
<description>Test your knowledge of vital Cisco and CompTIA certification exam topics with these free questions!

Network+ / CCENT / CCNA Question:

What protocol allows a host to determine the MAC address of another host that is on a different side of the router?...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_559172_10.html</link>
<pubDate>20th June 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA And CCENT Certification Training:  10 Frame Relay Practice Exam Questions</title>
<description>Frame Relay is a major topic on your CCNA and CCENT certification exams, and for good reason. Frame Relay is a part of just about every Wide Area Network (WAN) you'll ever work with, and you've got to know how to configure and troubleshoot FR to be succes...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_559171_10.html</link>
<pubDate>20th June 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA, CCNP, And CCENT Practice Questions:  Frame Relay, Inverse ARP, And More!</title>
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Let’s test your knowledge of Frame Relay DLCIs, Inverse ARP, IPv6 zero compression, and other vital Cisco certification exam topics!

CCENT Certification:

Identify the true statement(s) regarding Frame Relay mapping.

A. Always map the local ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_556438_10.html</link>
<pubDate>17th June 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA, CCENT, And CCNP Exam Practice Questions:  Hex Conversions, HDLC, PPP, And More!</title>
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Let’s test your knowledge of hexadecimal conversions, router defaults, IPv6, and more with these Cisco certification exam practice questions!


CCENT Certification:

Short answer: What is the decimal equivalent of the hex value Fa8?

Answer: We...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_556405_10.html</link>
<pubDate>16th June 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA, CCENT, And CCNP Exam Practice Questions: STP, BGP Route Reflectors, And More!</title>
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Let’s test your knowledge of STP, BGP, networking models, and other important Cisco certification exam topics!

CCNA And CCENT Exam:

The length of which STP stages are determined by the Forward Delay value?

A. Blocking

B. Listening

C. Le...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_556404_10.html</link>
<pubDate>16th June 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA And CCNP Practice Questions:  Frame Relay, OSPF, And More!</title>
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Here are some more free Cisco certification exam training questions for you CCNA and CCNP candidates.  

CCNA Certification Exam:

The full command to configure OSPF Area 23 in the below configuration as a total stub area is ____________ .

R3#con...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_553585_10.html</link>
<pubDate>10th June 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA, CCNP, and CCENT Certification Exam Practice:  Switches, Recon Attacks, And More!</title>
<description>Here are some free Cisco certification practice exam questions for you , along with a little extra bonus material on recon attacks. Enjoy!

CCNA And CCENT Exam:

A frame enters a switchport. Which of the following does the switch examine first?

A. ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_545761_10.html</link>
<pubDate>23rd May 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA, CCNP, and CCENT Practice Questions:  Hubs, Repeaters, IPv6, And More!</title>
<description>

Let’s test your knowledge of hubs, repeaters, Ipv6, and other important Cisco certification exam topics!


CCENT Certification:

Which of the following devices is considered a Layer 1 device?

A. hub

B. repeater

C. router

D. switch
...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_541160_10.html</link>
<pubDate>20th May 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNP ISCW Certification Exam Tutorial:  The Key Difference Between IPS And IDS</title>
<description>When it comes to your Cisco CCNP certification exams, success is in the details, and that's particularly true of your ISCW exam. 

You're going to need to know all the vital details of configuring and troubleshooting Cisco's Intrusion Prevention System ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_536001_10.html</link>
<pubDate>13th May 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNP Certification Exam Tutorial:  Knowing RADIUS and TACACS+ For Your ISCW Exam</title>
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As part of your CCNP certification exam studies, particularly for the ISCW exam, you need to be very clear on the differences between TACACS+ and RADIUS.
  
As a CCNA and future CCNP, you've already configured authentication in the form of creating a ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_531916_10.html</link>
<pubDate>08th May 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA, CCNP, And CCENT Exam Training Questions: MAC Addresses, EIGRP, And More!</title>
<description>Here are some free Cisco certification exam training questions to help you prepare for exam success!


CCNA And CCENT Exam:

A frame enters a switchport. Which of the following does the switch examine first?

A. Source IP address

B. Destination ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_528836_10.html</link>
<pubDate>02nd May 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA, CCNP, And CCENT Practice Questions:  VLANs, IPv6, And More!</title>
<description>Test your knowledge of vital Cisco certification exam topics with these free questions!


CCENT Certification:

Given the MAC address aa-bb-cc-11-22-33, identify the OUI.

Answer: The OUI is the first half of the MAC address, aa-bb-cc.



CCNA ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_527853_10.html</link>
<pubDate>01st May 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA, CCNP, And CCENT Practice Questions:  MAC Addresses, BGP, And More!</title>
<description>Let’s test your knowledge of the MAC OUI, BGP attributes, DHCP Snooping, and other vital Cisco certification exam topics!


CCNA And CCENT Exam:

Short answer: In the MAC address aa-bb-cc-11-22-33, what portion is the OUI?

Answer: aa-bb-cc. The ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_523191_10.html</link>
<pubDate>25th April 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA, CCNP, and CCENT Practice Questions:  Etherchannels, BGP, Queuing, And More!</title>
<description>From the basics of router hardware to configuring and troubleshooting BGP, let’s test your knowledge of Cisco certification exam topics!

CCENT Certification:

You've just run the show interface ethernet0 command and you see the interface is "admini...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_522382_10.html</link>
<pubDate>25th April 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA, CCNP, And CCENT Practice Questions:  Telnet, VLANs, and more!</title>
<description>Test your knowledge of important Cisco certification exam topics with these CCENT, CCNA, and CCNP practice questions!


CCENT and CCNA Certification:

You've just configured a password for users that will use Telnet to connect to your router. A few q...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_522027_10.html</link>
<pubDate>25th April 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP Practice Questions:  Static Default Routes, Wildcard Masks, And More!</title>
<description>Let’s tesr your knowledge of important Cisco certification exam topics such as static default routes, access lists, and more!

CCENT Certification:

What command will create a default static route with a next-hop IP address of 30.1.1.1?

Answer: i...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_522026_10.html</link>
<pubDate>25th April 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA And CCNP Practice Questions:  Static Routing, EIGRP, And More!</title>
<description>Let's test your knowledge of static routes, EIGRP, wildcard masks, and other important Cisco exam topics!


CCENT Certification:

What command creates a default static route that uses the local router's serial0 interface as the exit interface?

Ans...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_517961_10.html</link>
<pubDate>16th April 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA, CCNP, And CCENT Practice Questions:  Register Settings, Passwords, And More</title>
<description>Let’s test your knowledge of Cisco router password recovery, the configuration register, and other vital Cisco exam topics!

CCNA And CCENT Certification:

As part of a password recovery procedure on a 2500 router, the configuration register will be...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_515612_10.html</link>
<pubDate>11th April 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA  And CCNP Practice Questions:  ARP, Proxy ARP, Admin Distance, And More!</title>
<description>Test your knowledge of ARP, Proxy ARP, administrative distance, and other vital Cisco exam topics with these free questions!

CCNA And CCENT Certification Exam:

Host A wants to send data to Host B. Host A knows Host B's IP address, but not its MAC ad...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_510811_10.html</link>
<pubDate>07th April 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft Server 2008 Certification:  Routing's Not Just For Cisco Exams Anymore!</title>
<description>Knowing routing theory and routing protocols has always been a big part of earning your CCNA and CCNP certifications. According to Microsoft's exam blueprints for the Server 2008 certification exams, that knowledge will also serve you well on your Microso...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_492872_10.html</link>
<pubDate>20th March 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA And CCNP Practice Questions:  Static Routing, Hex Conversions, and More!</title>
<description>Let’s test your knowledge of important Cisco certification exam topics with these CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP questions!

CCENT and CCNA Certification:

You want to create a static route that will send packets out the ethernet0 interface on your local rou...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_489865_10.html</link>
<pubDate>12th March 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification Practice Questions:  Routers, Switches, Frame Relay, And More!</title>
<description>
Let’s test your knowledge of the OSI model, frame relay, and other important topics for your Cisco certification exams!


CCENT Certification:

Identify the devices that run at the bottom layer of the OSI model.

A. router

B. switch

C. hu...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_486933_10.html</link>
<pubDate>07th March 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA And CCNP Troubleshooting Exercise:  OSPF Adjacencies</title>
<description>In your preparation for your CCNA and CCNP exams, you should run as many debugs as you can in a lab environment. (Never practice debugs at work.)  Debugs also help you spot issues with Cisco router configurations that you might not otherwise identify just...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_480563_10.html</link>
<pubDate>25th February 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco And CompTIA Practice Questions:  Etherchannels, The OSI Model, And More!</title>
<description>Here are some questions on static routing, the OSI model, IP version 6, and other topics to help prepare you for CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP certification exam success!   Network+ candidates,  I didn’t leave you out!

CCNA Certification:

What character o...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_472741_10.html</link>
<pubDate>11th February 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA, CCENT, And CCNP Home Lab Study:  The DTE/DCE Cable</title>
<description>More Cisco CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP candidates than ever before are putting together their own home labs for their certification exam study, and that's a great trend - there's nothing like learning on the real thing!

Part of putting a home lab together is...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_470494_10.html</link>
<pubDate>07th February 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA, CCENT, CCNP, And CompTIA Questions:  HSRP, OSPF Cost, Route Summarization, And More!</title>
<description>Let's test your knowledge of important CCNA, CCENT, CCNP, and Network+ exam topics!

CCNA Certification:

The term used for an OSPF path metric is ____________ .

Extra credit: What formula does OSPF use to calculate that metric?

Answer: OSPF's m...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_470493_10.html</link>
<pubDate>07th February 2008</pubDate>
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<title>CCNA, CCENT, Network+, And Security+ Practice Questions:  TCP, UDP, Smurf Attacks, And More!</title>
<description>Let’s test your knowledge of UDP, TCP, smurf attacks, EIGRP, and more with these questions designed to help you prepare for success on your CCENT, CCNA, CCNP, Network+, and Security+ certification exams!

CCENT Certification / Network+ Certification:...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_468278_10.html</link>
<pubDate>05th February 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA, CCENT, And CompTIA Network+ And Security+ Questions: Teardrop Attacks And OSPF</title>
<description>To help you in your preparation for your Cisco CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP exams, here are some free practice questions covering everything from OSPF to route redistribution. And for you Network+ and Security+ certification candidates, there are questions for y...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_466701_10.html</link>
<pubDate>02nd February 2008</pubDate>
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<title>CCNA, CCENT, Network+, Security+ Practice Questions:  EIGRP, Teardrop Attacks, And More!</title>
<description>
To help you in your preparation for your Cisco CCNA, CCENT, and CCNP exams, here are some free practice questions covering everything from EIGRP to the OSI model.  And for you Network+ and Security+ certification candidates, there are questions for you ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_465806_10.html</link>
<pubDate>01st February 2008</pubDate>
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<title>CCNA, CCENT, Network+, And Security+ Questions:  MAC Addresses, VTP, And More!</title>
<description>Let’s test your knowledge of important Cisco and CompTIA certification exam topics!

CCNA / CCENT / Network+ Exam:

A switch receives a frame with a unicast destination MAC, but the switch does not have an entry for that MAC in its bridging table. W...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_464521_10.html</link>
<pubDate>31st January 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA,CCNP,CCENT,and CompTIA Network+ And Security+ Questions: VLANs,SYN Attacks,And More!</title>
<description> 
Let’s test your knowledge of important topics such as SYN attacks and VLANs for your Cisco CCNA, CCNP, and CCENT exams, as well as the CompTIA Security+ and Network+ certification exams!

CCNA / CCENT / CompTIA Network+ Certification:

Host A and...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_461006_10.html</link>
<pubDate>24th January 2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA / CCENT Certification Exam Training:  Physical And Virtual LANs</title>
<description>Earning your Cisco CCENT certification and passing the 640-822 exam demands that you master networking basics, and part of that is knowing how to work with both physical and virtual Local Area Networks (LANs).


A physical LAN is a collection of PCs, c...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_201575_10.html</link>
<pubDate>14th August 2007</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNA / CCENT Certification Exam Training:  Broadcasts, Hubs, Routers, And Switches</title>
<description>In a previous Cisco CCENT certification exam tutorial, we talked about broadcasts and the potential of a broadcast storm.  (If you missed that one, visit my website’s Tutorials section.)  In today’s tutorial, we’ll discuss several different common n...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_198958_10.html</link>
<pubDate>08th August 2007</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCENT / CCNA Certification Exam Tutorial:  What Are Broadcast Storms?</title>
<description>The Cisco CCENT exam demands that you master the fundamentals of networking, and it doesn’t get much more fundamental than broadcasts!  Every network has them, and every network administrator needs to be aware of what broadcasts are and their potential ...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_198553_10.html</link>
<pubDate>07th August 2007</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNP Certification Exam Training For The ONT Exam:  QoS Models</title>
<description>A large part of your CCNP training for the ONT certification exam should be spent studying the various ways we can implement Quality of Service (QoS) on Cisco routers and switches.  Before you start configuring your network’s devices, though, you’ve g...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_193733_10.html</link>
<pubDate>26th July 2007</pubDate>
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<title>Cisco CCNP Certification Training Tutorial: Priority Queuing For The ONT Exam</title>
<description>You can’t earn your CCNP certification without passing the Cisco ONT exam, and queuing is a huge topic on that exam!  Priority queuing, LLQ, weighted fair queuing – you’ll see them all and more on your ONT exam.   Today, we’ll take a close look at...</description>
<link>http://www.articlealley.com/article_192376_10.html</link>
<pubDate>26th July 2007</pubDate>
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