It has been a while since we have made a post as we have been working on some other projects, specifically draalin.com. It is a technology based website which includes a blog section covering news, tutorials & guides. As well as a community area found here draalin.com/community if you have any questions or would like to say something!

We are also looking for contributers and or guest posters to help bring fresh content to our new website. So if you or any of your friends are interested drop us a message here draalin.com/contact/.

Front Page

What you see here are the most popular categories for content that is currently being posted.

Community Page

As for the community side of this website most our members seem to focus toward both Android & Window’s based discussions!

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Cisco CCNA Wireless Update

For those of you who don’t know this is just a reminder that cisco updated the Cisco CCNA Wireless exam, here are the details:

Before:
Current Exam #: 640-721 IUWNE
Last Day to Test: May 11, 2012

After:
New Exam #: 640-722 IUWNE
New Exam Available at Pearson VUE: January 24, 2012

Details on the new exam can be found here.

Remember that if you have studied for the previous one you may need to review additional information which may have been added to the new exam. Some of the previous study material may of also been removed from the new exam.

Older CCNA Wireless books may be obsolete for this test, make sure you get one that is supported for 640-722!!

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Cisco Router information including best choices for studying, small business & enterprise!

Selecting the correct router is can take longer than ordering the damn thing sometimes, so lets make sure you get it right ok?

You really need to do your homework on this, here are a few things you should review:

Performance
How many packets per second can the router forward?

Upgradability
Meaning can you upgrade your RAM and Flash?

Redundancy
Does this Cisco router offer redundancy when running at full mass? Does it include hot-swappable power supplies or high-availability protocol switching like HSRP or VRRP?

Manageability
It is easy or hard to manage the Cisco router? Does it come with a GUI interface or is it all command line? Will you be able to manage all of your routers easily once your network grows?

Expandability
How many WAN and LAN interfaces are supported by the router and how many can you add in future use?

Software features
Do you need a specific interface? POE? Vo-IP?

3 Categories of Cisco Routers

Based on the previous home you’ve done from the top you’ll be able to figure out what category you may fall in:

Home Use, Small Business, Enterprise (From left to right in the following screenshots)

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After reading a lot of forums regarding CCENT Cisco Show Commands.

People tend to focus on IP addressing/Routing over knowing how to properly diagnose and fix the actual problem within the simulation.

Here is a list of the most important “show commands” you most likely run into on the exam:

• show Interfaces

• show ip interface brief
• show mac address-table
• show ip protocols
• show ip route
• show cdp neighbors
• show cdp neighbors detail
• show cdp interface
• show running-config
• show version

Here is what an example of what one of the commands look like in action!

If you are interested in a more comprehensive guide on show commands check this out on the Cisco website found here!

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Here are 5 reasons why you should use packet tracer!

1. Ability to setup client machines whether it be servers, desktops, laptops, wireless devices and even access-points!
2. It runs on Windows and Linux systems
3. The CLI is very close to the real thing!
4. Can actually install real world WIC cards
5. Can practice more advanced configurations like Frame-Relay or a Frame-Relay (Cloud)

It may not be required but once you are out in the real world you will need to understand how network topologies work!

You can find more info on packet tracer here!

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Currently I am adding content to my Cisco Certification Help help website!

I am going through all of my content I have collected over the years and will post most of it up this weekend.

This week I will try my best to get all of the CCENT content up for those trying to work toward that achievement!

I am still not sure as to split it up all of my work since the CCENT goes hand in hand with the CCNA and all of my work is pretty much consolidated!

For now check out these study tips found here!

Talk to you all soon!

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