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Articles: Renewing Cisco Certifications without sitting for a Cisco Exam. Covers CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, CCDE and all Specialist Levels	Read
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How To Configure Windows VPDN (PPTP) Dialup Conne…

Setting up a Windows VPDN connection is a required task in order to connect to a remote network. In previous articles we covered the set up of a VPDN…

Cisco Routers

Cisco Type 7 Password Decrypt / Decoder / Crack T…

The Firewall.cx Cisco Password Decoder Tool (see below) provides readers with the ability to decrypt 'Type 7' cisco passwords. For security reasons…

Cisco Switches

Complete Guide to DHCP Snooping, How it Works, Co…

This article covers popular Layer 2 & Layer 3 network attacks with a focus on DHCP Starvation Attacks, Man-in-the-Middle attacks, unintentional r…

Cisco Services & Technologies

Introducing The Cisco Technical Support Mobile Ap…

By: Arani Mukherjee & Chris Partsenidis For a successful networking professional it is essential to gain information on-the-fly about the networ…

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Nexus 7000/7700 Software Upgrade via ISSU. Comple…

This article shows how to perform an ISSU (In-Service Software Upgrade) on a Nexus Data Center switch (7000 and 7700 models) and avoid service and ne…

Complete Guide to Nexus Checkpoint & Rollback Fea…

The Cisco NX-OS checkpoint feature provides the capability to capture at any time a snapshot (backup) of the Cisco Nexus configuration…

NEXUS NX-OS: Useful Commands, CLI Scripting, Hint…

Whether you’re new to Cisco Nexus switches or have been working with them for years this article will show how to get around the Nexus NX-OS usi…

Introduction to Cisco Nexus Switches – Nexus Prod…

This article introduces the Cisco Nexus product family (Nexus 9000, Nexus 7000, Nexus 5000, Nexus 3000, Nexus 2000, Nexus 1000V and MDS 9000). We exp…