Where Have All The Addresses Gone? Part I
Want to read something startling to wake you up today? Here it is: Projected IANA Unallocated Address Pool Exhaustion: 06-Sep-2011 Projected RIR Unallocated Address Pool Exhaustion: 29-Aug-2012 Or to put it another way — that’s only about 643 days from now.… Let me start at the beginning for a minute…the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is responsible for the global coördination of the Internet protocol resources and provides these resources to the Regional Internet Registry’s (RIR) who, in turn, delegates...
read moreCisco®’s Latest IOS — the Good, the Bad, & the Expensive, Part II
In my last blog, I talked about the new 15 IOS code and discussed the reason why they jumped from 12 to 15 in their code—well, my theory of why they did anyway. I also started a discussion about the new licensing they will be using, plus, their newest Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 (ISR G2). But right now, the types of licenses that Cisco® will be providing with their new routers are what I really want to focus on. Types of Licenses First and foremost, how does this change what you need to buy? Answer… That depends on...
read moreCisco®‘s Latest IOS — The Good, the Bad, & Expensive, Part I
Cisco®’s 12.x code has definitely proven to be a very stable operating system. But since change is a given, Cisco® has gone through a lot of revisions, and it’s finally time to morph into the 13.x code. But no… wait! 13 is bad. Buildings don’t have a 13th floor, and even if they do, elevators don’t go there! 13 is a superstitiously cursed, unlucky number here in the U.S. Friday the 13th has been cursed since the 16th Century because that’s the day that the King of France attacked and attempted to jail all of the members of the...
read moreThese new Cisco® CCNA Concentrations sure can get confusing sometimes…
Alright, let me make sure everyone knows this fact straight away: No matter how lofty your personal goals may be, the first hurdle we’ve all got to jump on our way to networking stardom is to conquer the all-important Cisco®® CCNA test and get that certification. And all should agree that this must be achieved prior to talking the other professional level certifications, like CCNP, CCNP Wireless, CCSP and CCVP. But is it really? Is it actually the gatekeeper it’s believed to be? It is true that the CCNA exam is a notoriously difficult...
read moreCisco®’s New CCNP Wireless Certification
If you’ve been paying attention to what the latest must have certs from the Cisco® world are, then you’ve definitely heard about the happening new CCNP Wireless track. If you haven’t, no worries, I’ll get you up to speed right here: The latest, greatest professional level cert is the CCNP Wireless Certification that sits squarely between the almost as recently announced CCNA and CCIE Wireless Certs. (Why it isn’t called the CCWP is presently beyond me, but I promise to fill you in as soon as I find out. I mean, that’s what I’d...
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