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Gain real-world experience as you prepare for your CCNA exam with our free CCNA training videos covering Advanced Switching, Open Shortest Path First, Static Routing and RIP, and more.

CCNA Wireless Exam Tips

CCNA Wireless Exam Tips

By Chris Magiet March 1, 2012 Post a comment

No matter how much studying and practice you’ve completed, getting ready to actually take an exam can be daunting. You know the components, you shelled out the money for the test, now give yourself some reassurance on exam day with these proven tips from CCIE Joe Rinehart.

Understanding Wireless Network Redundancy

Understanding Wireless Network Redundancy

By Chris Magiet October 27, 2011 Post a comment

In this video from our Cisco CCNA Wireless Training course, instructor Joe Rinehart shows you how to make sense of redundancy concepts. After watching this video you’ll have an understanding of why redundancy helps eliminate single points of failure in a wireless network.

Creating a Dial Plan with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express

Creating a Dial Plan with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express

By Kasia Lorenc June 9, 2011 One comment

See what you need to know to create a successful Dial Plan using the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express. In this video, CCIE Joe Rinehart covers the Dial Plan best practices and considerations you’ll need when creating your own Dial Plan using CUCME.

Free Cisco CCNA Training: OSPF Router Types

Free Cisco CCNA Training: OSPF Router Types

By Chris Bryant July 14, 2008 2 comments

Get familiar with the different OSPF router types that you will be required to know for your CCNA exam. In this video we’ll go over the OSPF router types and how to identify which router type a router is.

Free Cisco CCNA Training: Default-Information Originate (Always?)

Free Cisco CCNA Training: Default-Information Originate (Always?)

By Chris Bryant July 14, 2008 Post a comment

One of the main benefits of using OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) is that all of your routers will have a similar view of the network. However, there will be situations where you may not want all of your routers to have a full routing table. While the configuration of stub areas and total stub [...]

Free Cisco CCNA Training: Point-to-Point OSPF Networks

Free Cisco CCNA Training: Point-to-Point OSPF Networks

By Chris Bryant July 14, 2008 Post a comment

The Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), as you already know, uses the link state routing algorithm and operates on a singular Autonomous System (AS). OSPF could very easily be the most widely accepted and used Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP), especially in large enterprise networks. Therefore, for being a successful networker, it is critical that you [...]

Free Cisco CCNA Training: Advantages of OSPF

Free Cisco CCNA Training: Advantages of OSPF

By Chris Bryant July 14, 2008 Post a comment

This video from my Cisco CCNA Training will help you understand the advantages of OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) over other types of protocols. Though you may not encounter these questions while undergoing the CCNA exam, these certainly will be useful if you have a job interview scheduled or the client asks you about it. [...]

Free Cisco CCNA Training: OSPF Authentication

Free Cisco CCNA Training: OSPF Authentication

By Chris Bryant July 14, 2008 Post a comment

In case of an OSPF network, the connection between neighbors of a router can be authenticated. This allows for a more secure exchange of updated information. This video summarizes the various OSPF authentication techniques. There are two different ways to authenticate your OSPF network, the simple and the MD5 authentication. In the case of simple [...]

Free Cisco CCNA Training: The OSPF Router ID (RID)

Free Cisco CCNA Training: The OSPF Router ID (RID)

By Chris Bryant July 14, 2008 Post a comment

Numerically, the highest IP address is set as default OSPF Router ID (RID) by the system in a loopback interface. Now, in a physical interface, a number of things can go wrong. There might be a hardware error, or the cable connecting the routers might come loose or there might be a power cable problem. [...]

Free Cisco CCNA Training: Broadcast Networks

Free Cisco CCNA Training: Broadcast Networks

By Chris Bryant July 14, 2008 Post a comment

Broadcast networks are better suited for OSPF. Configuring an OSPF network is a tedious task since each router needs to communicate with the other by sending updates in order to create a topology table. If this does not happen then this topology table is not created or fabricated which can affect the overall stability of [...]

Free Cisco CCNA Training: Hub-and-Spoke NBMA OSPF Networks

Free Cisco CCNA Training: Hub-and-Spoke NBMA OSPF Networks

By Chris Bryant July 14, 2008 Post a comment

You already know that in distance-vector routing protocol, split horizon and route-poisoning are the two techniques which are used to prevent the formation of loops in the route under observation. This cannot happen in case of link-state protocols, because in this case, only the state of the node is exchanged, unlike distance-vector protocol where the [...]

Free Cisco CCNA Training: How the Dijkstra Algorithm Assist with Loop Prevention

Free Cisco CCNA Training: How the Dijkstra Algorithm Assist with Loop Prevention

By Chris Bryant July 14, 2008 Post a comment

A big difference exists between a Distance Vector protocol, such as RIP, and a Linked State protocol, such as OSPF. In earlier training videos on Distance Vector protocol, you would have seen spilt horizon in action with some routes. Then we also saw what would happen if route poisoning did not exist. But we need [...]

Free Cisco CCNA Training: Neighbor Values

Free Cisco CCNA Training: Neighbor Values

By Chris Bryant July 14, 2008 Post a comment

Hello and Dead intervals in an OSPF network determine the convergence speed of an OSPF network. At times it becomes necessary to adjust the intervals so that convergence time can be minimized. By default the Hello interval is set at 30 seconds and the Dead interval is set at 120 seconds. Now Hello and Dead [...]

Free Cisco CCNA Training: Troubleshooting Adjacency Issues

Free Cisco CCNA Training: Troubleshooting Adjacency Issues

By Chris Bryant July 14, 2008 Post a comment

In a network configuration, for successful link-state exchanges, the fact that the routers employed are neighbors is not sufficient. These routers must be adjacent for the aforementioned exchange to occur. In other words, adjacency is an advanced neighborhood formed by the different routers amongst which a set of negotiating parameters control their willingness to exchange [...]

Free Cisco CCNA Training: Hello Packets

Free Cisco CCNA Training: Hello Packets

By Chris Bryant July 14, 2008 Post a comment

The function of Hello packets in an OSPF network is to discover its neighbors and to remind other routers that they are in a network. Hello packets are exchanged between the neighbors at regular and pre-determined intervals. For broadcast segments, this interval is of 10 seconds while for non-broadcast links, it is 30 seconds. Having [...]

Free Cisco CCNA Training: The Designated Router and Backup Designated Router

Free Cisco CCNA Training: The Designated Router and Backup Designated Router

By Chris Bryant July 14, 2008 Post a comment

The routers in the OSPF network have diversified roles to play. The Designated Router (DR) and the Backup Designated Router (BDR) play critical roles in preserving the amount of bandwidth being utilized in the network mesh. The primary objective behind this video is to highlight the importance of the designated router and the backup designated [...]

Free Cisco CCNA Training: Link State Routing Protocol Concepts and Basics

Free Cisco CCNA Training: Link State Routing Protocol Concepts and Basics

By Chris Bryant July 14, 2008 Post a comment

Routing protocols are divided into two main classes: link-state routing protocol and distance-vector routing protocol. As you already know, in distance-vector routing protocol, for successful communication, each node shares its respective routing table with its adjoining neighbors. This leads to the consumption of a substantial amount of bandwidth, slow network response, and incites an unnecessary [...]

Free Cisco CCNA Training: Introduction to Open Shortest Path First

Free Cisco CCNA Training: Introduction to Open Shortest Path First

By Chris Bryant July 14, 2008 Post a comment

In this video, we will be looking at various different Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) types and will also be configuring the same by configuring and setting up the live equipment. After watching this video, you will be in possession of the knowledge that is necessary to pass the CCNA exam and configure the equipment [...]

Free Cisco CCNA Training: Floating Static Routes

Free Cisco CCNA Training: Floating Static Routes

By Chris Bryant June 14, 2008 Post a comment

Learning how to use and manipulate floating static routes is a critical step in order to become a competent networker and to do well on your CCNA certification exams. This video aims at covering valuable information related to floating static routes. The Method A floating static route is another type of static route, the difference [...]

Free Cisco CCNA Training: RIP Limitations and Timers

Free Cisco CCNA Training: RIP Limitations and Timers

By Chris Bryant June 14, 2008 Post a comment

The main reason why Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is immensely popular is because of its simplicity. However, it is the simplicity of RIP which creates problems while configuring it. Though RIP works perfectly fine in most of cases, at times simple configuration mistakes and omissions leads to complex problems in a network that is difficult [...]

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