http://www.certificationjournals.com/wordpress Free certification exam study guides Thu, 22 Mar 2007 04:46:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Configure IP addresses, subnet masks, and gateway addresses on routers and hosts Configuring the IP address and subnet mask on a Cisco router is done with one easy command. The gateway address, also referred to as a default route, is the IP address of the next step toward ... http://www.certificationjournals.com/wordpress/2006/07/27/ccna-22-configure-ip-addresses-subnet-masks-and-gateway-addresses-on-cisco-routers-and-hosts/ Now we are in the meat of it. Part one of the objectives tended toward theoretical information. Now we are into the objectives that uses verbs like implement, configure, and customize. This is going to be a long one, so get comfortable. Configure routing protocols given ... http://www.certificationjournals.com/wordpress/2006/07/13/ccna-21-configure-routing-protocols-given-user-requirements/ Access lists provide a powerful mechanism for restricting what network traffic can flow through a router and can be used for other purposes like identifying interesting traffic for dial on demand routing, prioritizing traffic for quality of service, and network address translation. Develop an access list to meet user ... http://www.certificationjournals.com/wordpress/2006/03/14/ccna-15-develop-an-access-list-to-meet-user-specifications/ Internetworking involves the connection of two or more networks. Wide Area Networking (WAN) handles these connections. Design a simple internetwork using Cisco technology Cisco provides an introduction to WAN technologies which lightly covers the basics of internetworking sufficiently for this objective. As you progress through preparation for the CCNA, you'll ... http://www.certificationjournals.com/wordpress/2006/02/21/ccna-14-design-a-simple-internetwork-using-cisco-technology/ Select an appropriate routing protocol based on user requirements David Davis has a concise review of selecting routing protocols describing their strengths and weaknesses, their ideal topologies, and a brief description of how they work. http://www.certificationjournals.com/wordpress/2006/02/21/ccna-13-select-an-appropriate-routing-protocol-based-on-user-requirements/ The CCNA exam is likely to wear you out working on IP addressing and subnetting questions. Be prepared for them by understanding this topic thoroughly. Work lots of various examples to hone your skills and your speed. The faster you can get these done (correctly), the more ... http://www.certificationjournals.com/wordpress/2006/02/21/ccna-12-design-an-ip-addressing-scheme-to-meet-design-requirements/ Local Area Network (LAN) technology these days is mostly wired Ethernet and wireless technologies. For the purposes of the CCNA exam, Ethernet knowledge should be all that is needed. Design a simple LAN using Cisco Technology networkdictionary.com has a very concise description of the Ethernet-related LAN technologies covered in ... http://www.certificationjournals.com/wordpress/2006/02/21/ccna-11-design-a-simple-lan-using-cisco-technology/ Woop! We've completed our first certification exam guide, the Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 10 OS part I exam, 310-200. We hope this is the first of many guides and that it helps in your preparation for the exam. Please leave feedback and comments on ... http://www.certificationjournals.com/wordpress/2006/01/23/certification-journals-completes-its-first-exam-guide/ Restore data from a UFS snapshot and delete the UFS snapshot. This is a misleading objective in some ways, although it makes an important point. A UFS snapshot is simply a temporary copy of a filesystem, a snapshot in time of a live filesystem. The UFS snapshot itself cannot ... http://www.certificationjournals.com/wordpress/2006/01/23/scsa10-restore-data-from-and-delete-a-solaris-ufs-snapshot/ Traditional UFS backup tools (like ufsdump) cannot do their job effectively with a busy, mounted, multiuser filesystem. The fssnap utility provides the capability to create a temporary copy (UFS snapshot) of an active, mounted filesystem which can then be backed up using ufsdump or other tools. Backup a mounted file ... http://www.certificationjournals.com/wordpress/2006/01/23/scsa10-backup-a-mounted-solaris-filesystem-creating-and-backing-up-a-ufs-snapshot/