Galen Bass

Other Factors that Determine your Site's Ranking

bar, it signifies that, that particular website have either not yet been indexed or was dropped or have been banned. Acquiring quality links coming from good or reputable websites can be a difficult task. A reputable website only will agree to link to ... Read >

Finding the Right Computer School

top, and darn few of us start at that kind of salary. I'm sure that there are some people who broke in at $80,000, but I haven't met very many of them. Be very wary of technical schools that use the famous/infamous MCSE Salary Survey as a marketing to... Read >

The Importance of Computer Training

In the competitive world of the internet, computer training is necessary to gain skills and knowledge in order to get the validation you need to be recognized as an expert IT professional confronting all those opportunities and career challenges that have... Read >

Acing Your Computer Certification Exam

There are plenty of articles out there about how to prepare for a computer certification exam. However, there are also things you can do to increase your chances of success on exam day during the most important part of the entire process -- the time that... Read >

A Primer on ISDN Technology

One common misconception occurs once that link is up. Interesting traffic is required to bring the link up, but by default, any traffic can then cross the ISDN link. What makes the link come down? Again, the concept of interesting traffic is used. ... Read >

Being the Best CCNA You Can Be

I've been active in the Cisco Certification track for four years, working my way from the CCNA to the coveted Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert title, and during that time I've conducted job interviews and casual conversations with hundreds of CCNAs and... Read >

Summary on Route Summarization

Preparing to pass the CCNA exam and earn this important Cisco certification? Route summarization is just one of the many skills you'll have to master in order to earn your CCNA. Whether it's RIP version 2, OSPF, or EIGRP, the CCNA exam will demand that ... Read >

Studying for your Cisco CCNA Exam

explanation of router configs and real-world examples as well. Practice Exams: Practice exams are good in moderation, but don't use them as your main focus of study. Occasionally, I'm asked for study tips by candidates who have taken the exam a few ti... Read >

Understanding The OSI Model

There's nothing I enjoy more than teaching Cisco technologies, especially CCNA candidates. Whether it's in-person or online, everyone's excited to be there. There's a sense of anticipation in the air, and everyone is ready to work hard, get their hands ... Read >

Hands-On Training for Cisco CCNA Certification

CCNA and CCNP candidates hear it all the time: "you have to get some hands-on experience to pass the exams". Candidates tend to think that's just so they can solve the simulator problems, but that's only the more obvious reason. First, I want to ma... Read >

Cisco Lab True Story

There is no "right" or "wrong" answer to this question; again, part of the learning process is configuring and reconfiguring the physical topology of your lab. Let's look at the routers and switches he has available, including the interfaces on each, and ... Read >

Frame Relay End-To-End Keepalives

One of the first things you learned about Frame is that the LMI also serves as a keepalive, or a heartbeat - and if three consecutive LMIs are missed, the line protocol goes down. There's a limitation to LMI as a keepalive, though. The LMI is exchanged on... Read >

Advantages of Cisco/Microsoft Computer Certification

I was reading The Big Moo: Stop Trying To Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable this morning, and I'd recommend a copy of this to anyone who wants to improve their career and their future. And that's all of us, right? There was one particular line tha... Read >

A Look at BGP

While almost all of the neighbor options are just that -- optional -- you do have to specify the BGP AS of the remote router. BGP has no mechanism to dynamically discover neighbors. Remember, BGP speakers do not have to be in the same AS to become peers. ... Read >

How to Set Up Your Cisco Home Lab

A CCNA or CCNP candidate who wants to be totally prepared for their exams is going to put together a home lab to practice on. With used Cisco routers and switches more affordable and plentiful then ever before, there's really no excuse to not have one!Wit... Read >