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08/26/2008

The meaning and nature of comprehensive business networking and hardware solutions Posted By : Smit

For a computer to produce useful output, its hardware and software must work together in total harmony. Nothing useful can be done with the computer hardware on its own, and software cannot be utilised without the supporting hardware.

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08/24/2008

IPv6 Cisco Training: Using the The area range (IPv6) Command Posted By : Charles E Ross

The area range command is a Cisco IOS Router configuration command; that is used to consolidate and summarize routes at an OSPF area boundary. Another way of explaining is...

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08/21/2008

IPv6 Cisco Training: Using the area encryption (IPv6) Command Posted By : Charles E Ross

Now, if youre a network administrator for an IPv6 OSPF network and your network needs to have encryption for security reasons; then the area encryption command is the command you should use.

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08/20/2008

IPv6 Cisco Training: Using the area authentication (IPv6) Command Posted By : Charles E Ross

Well, if youre already a network administrator for an IPv6 OSPF network, then youre most likely already familiar with the area authentication (IPv6) command; but, just in case youre not this article will quickly get you caught up.

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08/19/2008

IPv6 Cisco Training: Using the address-family ipv4 Command Posted By : Charles E Ross

Now, if this is your first time being introduced to the Cisco IOS command named address-family ipv4 youre in for a real treat; because this article is going to quickly explain the command to you; so, without further ado lets begin.

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08/18/2008

IPv6 Cisco Training: Using the address (Mobile IPv6) Command Posted By : Charles E Ross

The reason I wrote this article, is to help you avoid confusion in regards to the ipv6 address command versus the address (Mobile IPv6) command.

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08/14/2008

IPv6 Cisco Training: Using the accept-lifetime command Posted By : Charles E Ross

Now, before I begin to explain to you what the accept-lifetime command is and what it does. I need to inform you; the accept-lifetime command can only be used with the following IP protocols:

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08/14/2008

Home Networking - File Sharing Made Easier Posted By : Joseph Nyamache

If you already a have a home networking systems set up then you will want to also set up and enable File Sharing within your network to facilitate easier transfer of documents within your home network system

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08/14/2008

Setting a Home Network System Posted By : Joseph Nyamache

When setting up your home network system, there are basic equipments that you will need. This depends part in the type of home networking system that you prefer

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08/12/2008

IPv6 Cisco Training: Using the aaa new-model Command Posted By : Charles E Ross

Well, if you are new to fact that Cisco routers can communicate with Radius servers; then that most likely means, you are new to the Cisco IOS Global configuration command called aaa new-model.

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08/12/2008

IPv6 Cisco Training: Using the aaa authorization multicast default command Posted By : Charles E Ross

Now, before you can use the Global configuration command aaa authorization multicast default on your Cisco IPv6 router. The following conditions must be met:

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08/10/2008

Search Engine optimization Web Pages Posted By : zeeshsoft

There is no point in building a website unless there are visitors coming in. A major source of traffic for most sites on the Internet is search engines like Google, Yahoo!, MSN, Altavista and so on. Hence, by designing a search engine friendly site, you will be able to rank easily in search engines and obtain more visitors.

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08/09/2008

Website traffic in 30 days or less Posted By : Jasbir Kaur

Think about the increase in income from your website. 3x the traffic = 3x the income! Truthfully, I understated the potential of the seo techniques I am releasing here. I used these techniques to catapult my website from 80 unique clicks per day to over 800 uniques a day in just under 30 days.

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08/08/2008

IPv6 Cisco Training: Using the aaa accounting multicast default command Posted By : Charles E Ross

Now, before you can use the Global configuration command aaa accounting multicast default on your Cisco IPv6 router. The following conditions must be met: (view article to learn more...)

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08/08/2008

IPv6 Cisco Training: Disabling HTTP Access to an IPv6 Router Posted By : Charles E Ross

Now just in case if you didnt know, by default once you assign an IPv6 address to a Cisco routers interface; that router is then automatically capable of being reached by using the Hyper Text Transfer Protocol or HTTP. So, if you dont want a particular Cisco IPv6 router to have the capability of being reached via HTTP, youll have to disable http access to the router; by performing the following steps on the router:

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08/08/2008

IPv6 Cisco Training: Enabling SSH on a Cisco IPv6 Router Posted By : Charles E Ross

Secure Shell or SSH is an Application layer protocol that uses a secure channel; the secure channel ensures that the data being exchanged between two IP devices is totally secure (encrypted). A Cisco IPv6 router can either act like a SSH server or a SSH client.

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08/08/2008

IPv6 Cisco Training: Enabling Telnet on an IPv6 Router and Establishing Telnet Sessions from the Router Posted By : Charles E Ross

Well, just in case you are new to the word telnet; telnet is an Application Layer protocol that can be used to make direct connections (using telnet sessions) to a Cisco router or from a Cisco router. It doesnt matter whether youre using the IPv4 protocol or the IPv6 protocol, telnet performs in the same manner. A network administrator can use telnet to make the following different types of direct connections (telnet sessions):

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08/08/2008

IPv6 Cisco Training: Enabling IS-IS for IPv6 on a Cisco Routers Interface Posted By : Charles E Ross

In the past few weeks, a lot of you have been emailing me asking Charles, why dont you write an article explaining how to enable the IS-IS protocol on a Cisco routers interface? Well, for all of you emailers out there and you know who you are; this article is for you!

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08/08/2008

IPv6 Cisco Training: What is IS-IS? Posted By : Charles E Ross

First of all, the acronym IS-IS stands for Intermediate System to Intermediate System (Router-to-Router); it is a routing Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) that was originally designed to route packet information within an administrative domain or network using the Connectionless Network Protocol or CLNP

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08/08/2008

IPv6 Cisco Training: How to Convert Hexadecimal to Decimal Posted By : Charles E Ross

I wrote this article because lately Ive been receiving a lot of emails from IPv6 enthusiasts asking me the question How do I convert Hexadecimal to Decimal without using a calculator? Now, although the procedure may sound hard to perform, its rather easy to do; all you have to do is perform the following steps:

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08/08/2008

IPv6 Cisco Training: What is NAT-PT? Posted By : Charles E Ross

I know all of you die hard IPv6 enthusiasts already know what the acronym NAT-PT stands for, so this article is for the IPv6 new comers. NAT-PT stands for Network Address Translation - Protocol Translation it is an IPv6-IPv4 translation mechanism, which was designed (created) to allow IPv6-only devices communicate with IPv4-only devices and vice versa.

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08/08/2008

IPv6 Cisco Training: How to Enable IPv6 EIGRP Posted By : Charles E Ross

Now, some of you maybe wondering, why did he write an article on how to enable EIGRPv6 on a Cisco Router, when I already know how to do that? Well, to answer your question, enabling EIGRP on a router that is running on an IPv6 network, is slightly different from enabling EIGRP on a router that is running on an IPv4 network.

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08/08/2008

IPv6 Cisco Training: An EIGRPv6 / EIGRPv4 Overview Posted By : Charles E Ross

Now if youre new to Cisco IT networking, you may not be totally sure about the EIGRPv6 protocol. I hope this article will quickly clarify things. First of all, EIGRP stands for Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol; its the enhanced version of the Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP) and was created by Cisco Systems. Currently, there are two versions of EIGRP; version 4 (EIGRPv4) and version 6 (EIGRPv6); EIGRPv4 runs on IPv4 networks and EIGRPv6 runs on IPv6 networks.

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08/08/2008

IPv6 Cisco Training: How is EIGRPv6 different from EIGRPv4? Posted By : Charles E Ross

Well, if you are new to the IT networking field, you probably feel its quite fascinating or its very overwhelming, trying to understand all of the different Interior Gateway Protocols (IGPs) that can be used to route packet information within a network. If you are feeling overwhelmed by it all dont worry, youre not alone; I felt the same way. Thats why I wrote this article to help you quickly understand the major differences between EIGRPv6 and EIGRPv4.

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