Category Archives: Computer Certification

Cisco CCNP / BSCI Tutorial: Comparing OSPF and ISIS Hellos

While studying to pass the BSCI exam and preparing to earn your CCNP certification, you’ll quickly notice that while OSPF and ISIS are both link-state protocols, there are a lot of differences between the two. One major difference is the way the two protocols handle hello packets. Hello packets are imperative to keeping OSPF and […]

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Cisco CCNP / BSCI Exam Tutorial: Route Summarization

Preparing to pass the BSCI exam and earn your Cisco CCNP? Route summarization is just one of the many skills you’ll have to master in order to earn your CCNP. Whether it’s RIP version 2, OSPF, or EIGRP, the BSCI exam will demand that you can flawlessly configure route summarization. Route summarization isn’t just important […]

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Cisco CCNP / BSCI Exam Tutorial: OSPF Router Types

When you’re preparing to pass the BSCI exam on the way to the coveted Cisco CCNP certification, you can be quickly overwhelmed by the sheer amount of BGP and OSPF knowledge you must demonstrate a mastery of. One set of details that some BSCI and CCNP candidates underestimate are the differences between the OSPF router […]

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Cisco CCNP / BSCI Exam Tutorial: Configuring And Troubleshooting OSPF Virtual Links

Knowing when and how to create an OSPF virtual link is an essential skill for BSCI and CCNP exam success, not to mention how important it can be on your job! As a CCNA and CCNP candidate, you know the theory of virtual links, so let’s take a look at how to configure a virtual […]

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Cisco CCNP / BSCI Exam Tutorial: Using The OSPF Command “Area Range”

Your BSCI and CCNP exam success depends on knowing the details, and one such detail is knowing the proper way to summarize routes in OSPF. Route summarization is not just a test of your binary conversion abilities, but knowing where and when to summarize routes. It will not surprise any CCNA or CCNP certification candidate […]

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Cisco CCNP / BSCI Exam Tutorial: Using OSPF’s “Summary-Address” Command

BSCI exam success, not to mention earning your CCNP, can come down to your OSPF route summarization skills. There are a few different commands and situations you need to be ready for, and one of these situations is the proper use of the “summary-address” command. The summary-address command should be used on an ASBR in […]

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