Wendell Odom, Cisco press author, instructor and blogger was recently a repeat guest for Network World chat. Attendees asked him the best ways to build a home lab, which certifications still have ...

So far in this CCNP lab series, we’ve discussed all of the gear you’ll need for studying the topics in BCMSN and ONT, except for the wireless coverage. Today I’ll look at the wireless coverage in CCNP ...

With a simulator, there are always missing commands and programming errors, and it can never really be as complete as the real IOS. However, because an emulator runs the IOS, you get every feature ...

Guys I would like to get 2 Cisco switches for my home lab. First off I want them to be gigabit now on to the major problem. I remember them being very loud switches and the house I own does not have a ...

Many administrators forget—or don't even realize—that they can configure Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) on Cisco IOS routers and switches. David Davis discusses the pros and cons of this ...

When Cisco released the Valet Plus ($90, 4.5 stars), it had raised the bar for wireless router setup. Other vendors, I predicted, were sure to follow suit. Since then, most of the newer routers on the ...

This was a challenge we were given in my CCNP class tonight. The instructor did not realize how complicated this actually is since he did not do it himself. Took me about 2 hours to solve it.