To pass the BSCI exam and earn your CCNP, you’ve got to know ISIS inside and out. There are many similarities between ISIS and OSPF, but one major difference is that ISIS has three different types of routers – Level 1 (L1), Level 2 (L2), and L1/L2. L1 routers are contained in a single area, […]
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BSCI exam success is all part of becoming a CCNP, and part of that success is now learning the basics of IP Version 6, or IPv6. One of the most difficult parts of learning IPv6 concepts is the radically different addressing scheme that IPv6 uses as compared to IPv4. Just look at these sample addresses: […]
Policy routing is a major topic on your BSCI exam, and you’ll find quite a bit of policy routing going on in today’s production networks. But what exactly is policy routing? Policy-based routing, generally referred to as “policy routing”, is the use of route maps to determine the path a packet will take to get […]
Summarizing routes is a vital skill to learn to pass the BSCI exam and get one step closer to earning your CCNP. The actual binary conversions are only part of the test, though! You’ve got to know how to correctly apply the summary routes, and that differs from one protocol to the next. In the […]
To pass the BSCI exam, earn your CCNP certification, and become an outstanding networker, you’ve got to master the many details of BGP – and trust me, there are a lot of details to master! Before you get into the more advanced features of BGP, you should have the fundamentals down cold, and one of […]
Preparing for your BSCI exam on your way to the Cisco CCNP certification, you can quickly get overwhelmed by the details! Here are five commonly overlooked points you should keep in mind when it comes to your OSPF studies. The virtual link command includes the area number of the transit area, and if authentication is […]