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Why create your own lab packs in Boson NetSim 7?

By Brian Scheibe on 3/26/2010 1:56 PM

Cisco Network and Router Simulator

I had a chance to talk to a customer on the telephone this week who was planning to teach a CCNA 640-802 class to students located around the country. His plan was to use laptops configured with NetSim for CCNA in the classroom so that he did not have to transport bulky Cisco equipment.

Brian Scheibe

Timer Talk

By Andrew Messier on 3/25/2010 12:19 PM

Eigrp Timers

The first step in two devices sharing their EIGRP topology information involves forming adjacencies. How does this process work, and how is it different from OSPF?

Andrew Messier

Deep into EIGRP

How to use ExSim-Max practice exams

By KellyM on 3/11/2010 11:13 AM

There are many ways to learn technology for your certification exam. You can read books, attend training classes and get actual experience. But even with all that knowledge, do you really know if you can pass the certification exam? Not really. With ExSim-Max™ practice exams, you will know what to expect when you are ready for the real exam.

Kelly Mansfield

A Case Study on EIGRP Graceful Shutdown

By Andrew Messier on 3/8/2010 2:59 PM

What is a graceful shutdown, what do the contents of an EIGRP packet look like when the message is sent, and what does the receiving router do with the message?

Andrew Messier

Deep into EIGRP

My Experience With The TSHOOT Beta Exam

By Bryan Baize on 3/2/2010 1:15 PM

I had the opportunity to sit for the TSHOOT Beta Exam last week...

Bryan Baize

A Case Study on Root Port Selection

By Bryan Baize on 3/2/2010 11:18 AM

This is a quick case study to determine if the switchport cost and priority settings should be set locally or on the upstream switch.

Bryan Baize

What's cool about NetSim...

By Chad Altman on 3/2/2010 10:07 AM

Boson NetSim™ Network Simulator® is an application that simulates Cisco Systems' networking hardware and software and is designed to help you learn the Cisco IOS command structure. That alone is pretty cool, but it gets better. NetSim uses its Virtual Packet Technology® engine to create individual packets that are routed and switched through the simulated network, to build an appropriate virtual routing table and to simulate true networking. NetSim doesn't just look like a real network, it acts like one too -- same telnet window, same shortcut commands, same hands-on experience.

Chad Altman