The End of the Internet by 2012?
Okay, Yes… The rumors abound suggesting our great Internet, as we know it today, is going the way of the Dodo. We could get on that boat and talk about the end of the Mayan calendar and the Nostradamus’s predictions too, or we can take a more sober approach and look at this issue not hysterically, but in an informed and logical way! First, I’ll acknowledge the threat is real. Certain large corporations would love to become even larger and not only control our Internet access, but charge us for that “service” in the name of protecting...
read moreThe New Network Stack and Why It Is so Important To You (continued)
Repeat after me: “IPv6 is my friend”! And keep that up because it´s true! But I´m not going to formally introduce you to all its benefits just yet because going there would turn this blog into a full-fledged article. I´ll be going there really soon though, so stay tuned! For now, just know that IPv6 will be a hugely important part of your future, and let me continue my rave on why using Vista and Server 2008 are going to do great things for your networking career. In my last post I discussed chimney and receive side scaling—stuff that...
read moreTodd’s Typically Long-Winded Intro to New Topics: The New Networking Stack and Why It’s So Important To You
As many of you know and are more than likely less than thrilled about, Microsoft’s Vista has been out for a while now. Old news. On a much fresher note, I’m guessing a whole lot less of you are actually familiar with Server 2008 that’s just now starting to sneak it’s way into computer server rooms. For those of you that are, I know there’s a ton of division there in the ranks, so for now and maybe never, I’m not going down the interface path. Let’s just agree that that some like it, some hate it, and some really don’t give a...
read moreCisco® announces a new entry level certification as a pre-curser to the CCNA exam
This new entry-level certification has been dubbed Cisco® Certified Entry Network Technician (CCENT). Why is this so important? Well, because the CCNA exam—especially the new CCNA announced today—is now extremely hard, that´s why! So basically, it´s CCENT to the rescue. It gives unsuspecting network professionals the opportunity to take a much easier stepping stone-like approach to getting that all-important CCNA certification instead of trying to gulp all the information in a one week class, or by reading a book. Yes, it´s true—the...
read moreCisco® announces new CCNA exams
ICND1 640–822 ICND2 640–816 CCNA Composite 640–802 In order to obtain your CCNA you can take and pass the ICND1 and ICND2 exams at $125 bucks a piece, or try your hand at the CCNA Composite 640–802 exam at $150. This is the same approach Cisco® has been using for years—you either take two relatively easier tests, or one super hard test. I always recommend the one test approach because, well, no one, including Cisco®, has proved that the two-test approach is actually easier. So why go there? Anyway, since the new exam won´t be...
read moreThe ABCs of IPv6
IP version 6 is poised to revolutionize networking. Here’s why you should care and what you need to do to get ready. The odds are good that you’re aware Microsoft will soon release new server and host operating systems that will come loaded with the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) stack pre-installed and ready to rock on your network. Did you know that IPv6 will be the default-routed protocol, though? Unless you uninstall it from your new servers and hosts, your network will be moving to IPv6. If it fails, your hosts will revert back...
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