CCNP

Cisco launches new CCNP & CCIE Wireless Ceritifications

Just launch, Cisco’s new CCNP and CCIE Wireless certifications offer wireless experts a chance to prove their expertise!

For some time, Cisco has offered the CCNA Wireless certification. Starting in June of 2009, Cisco will now offer a CCNP Wireless certification. This will fill the hole between the CCNA Wireless and the newly created CCIE Wireless.

Speaking of the CCIE Wireless,the new Cisco CCIE Wireless certification has also been officially launched. The writtern/qualification exam 350-050 was just made available this month, February 2009.

Good luck wireless Gurus!

Four Routing Protocols that you should know

BGP: Border Gateway Protocol –  As defined in RFC 1771, BGP is an interdomain routing protocol. You would use BGP to exchange routing information between autonomous systems. It’s usually configured between two directly connected routers that belong to different autonomous systems and the routers must first become established neighbors. TCP Port 179 is reserved for the BGP protocol to establish connections with neighbors. For more information on BGP, see the article on Border Gateway Protocol documentation.

MBGP: Multiprotocol  Border Gateway Protocol – Bigger and better BGP. MBGP is an enhanced form of BGP which has IP routing information about other protocols. It also carries information about reachable and non-reachable destinations in the network layer (that’s Layer 3). For more, information, please see the MBGP article.

EIGRP: Enhanced IGRP  -  Just like MBGP is an enhanced form of BGP,  EIGRP provides  more compatibility than IGRP. EIGRP allows IGRP routes to be imported into EGRP, and vice versa, so it is possible to gradually add it into your existing IGRP network. For more information, see the EIGRP article.

RIP: Routing Information Protocol - A distance-vector protocol that uses hop count as its’ metric. This metric can be hops, bandwidth, delay, or multiple metrics.  Distance vector protocol periodically sends the neighboring routers its entire routing table to ensure network availability. RIP is used for routing traffic and is an interior gateway protocol (IGP), which means that it performs routing within a single autonomous system.  Just like IGRP, this is an old routing algorithm and could result in split horizon. For more, information, please see the RIP article.

Four show commands to Verify the OSPF configuration

show ip ospf – provides information about the OSPF process and its details.
show ip ospf database – provides information about the contents of the topological database.
show ip ospf interface – provides information on how OSPF has been configured on each interface.
show ip ospf neighbor – displays all the information  about the relationship that the router has with its neighbors.

Cisco’s new LearnNetSpace website has a lot to offer

Cisco has unveiled a new web site - LearnNetSpace - to help us in a dedicated forum to share problems and helpful solutions that many of us have learned through trial and error. Networking with your peers is a great solution. I was just viewing the web site, and WOW, what a great place to share and be taught. There is information on CCNA, CCNP, and CCSP certification, study materials, blogs, discussions, etc. Be sure and check this one out.

For further information on this new opportunity for growth, please see the Cisco article, Cisco Boosts Worldwide Talent Development Efforts to Meet Increasing Demand for Networking Skills.

90 minutes of FREE Cisco switch training on video

A friend of mine recently pointed me to these FREE videos that go in depth on how to configure Cisco switches and configure VLANs. There are 6 parts to these videos and, together, they are over 1.5 hours long (90 minutes). Cisco CCIE, Chris Bryant is the instructor and he does a great job showing you, on a Cisco switch, how to configure all that you need to know - both to administer a Cisco switch and to prepare for the Cisco CCNA certification or the CCNP switching exam. I hope you will take a look at these free Cisco switching videos.

Introduction to the Petri IT Knowledgebase - www.petri.co.il

Have you used the Petri IT Knowledgebase? This website is an excellent source for all sorts of Windows, Cisco, Virtualization, CompTIA, and Wireless HOW-TO information. On this site, you will find over 1000 articles covering Windows Vista, Server 2008, Server 2003, Cisco networking, VMware Virtualization, and so much more. Additionally, there are forums filled with thousands of messages and many experts are available to answer technical questions. To check it out, use the link above and if you are looking for Cisco-specific articles, checkout the Petri Cisco index.

A complete CCNP video training package, now available!

Train Signal video training recently announced their ISCW video for th CCNP certification series. With this, they now offer a complete CCNP video training package!

You get a 12-20+ hour video for each of the CCNP certifcation exams. Specifically, you get…

What You Get:

	BSCI Training Videos - Master Cisco Routers 20+ Hrs of Instructor Led Video Training 150 Practice Exam Questions for the 642-901 BSCI Exam Topics Covered
	BCMSN Training Videos - Deploying and Managing Cisco Switches 12+ Hrs of Instructor Led Video Training 210 Practice Exam Questions for the 642-812 BCMSN Exam Topics Covered
	ONT Training Videos - Optimizing a Cisco Network For Rich Media 8+ Hrs of Instructor Led Video Training 120 Practice Exam Questions for the 642-845 ONT Exam Topics Covered
	ISCW Training Videos - Create and Manage a Secure Remote Cisco WAN 10+ Hrs of Instructor Led Video Training 400+ Page Instructor Lab Book of Instructor Notes Topics Covered

I have watched most of these videos and have been very impressed! They are created by my friend and fellow CCIE, Chris Bryant. You can watch a free demo of these video at: Train Signal CCNP Video package.

Good luck on your CCNP certification!