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Friday, January 27, 2012

Wendell's FACEBOOK Page

So lots of people kept telling me, "You need to be on Facebook! Long story short: I was on Facebook, but just for personal stuff, but I just made a Facebook page for work stuff.  And I can keep it about networking, so you won't have to put up with endless photos of my daughter and I playing softball with the last few dozen tomatoes from this year's garden! Pop in and like the page to let me know that you're there. Just search on Wendell Odom, and choose the one that says "Author" - that's the one!

STP Triangles Rule, but Squares Drool!

 
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) topologies can be predicted, but the work is laborious. But breaking down the topology figure into triangles really simplifies the logic. Take some time this fall to practice STP in the  CCNA Skills Blog. These questions will help you put your triangle hats on, break down the problem, and actually start thinking in ways that fit into how Cisco wants us to design campus LANs today anyway...

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ICND2 Study Pages

 
Reading the ICND2 book? Then bookmark this link , where you'll find 1 web page for each book chapter. Each study page lists useful tools related to that chapter: practice questions, related blog posts, links to related topics, videos, and anything else that I've come across that's useful specifically for that topic.

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Help Me Help You at CCNA Skillsl!

 
I took some time in mid-October to re-organize the content in the CCNA Skills Blog. Take a look at the new organization, the new "How to Use" page , and post comments in this blog post to let me know what you think. I'm planning to do the same thing to the CCENT Skills Blog. It's your chance to influence and help me help you! (Can you name the movie reference?) more ...

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