By Val Bakh on
1/6/2011 2:13 PM
2. Windows 7
2.1 Windows 7 Editions
2.1.1 Choosing the right edition can be fun
Essentially, Windows 7 is an improved version of Windows Vista. In addition to most of the features and functionalities that are available in Windows Vista, Windows 7 has been enhanced with many new ones, some of which are pretty cool. But before you get all excited about it, there is one important decision that you need to make—choose the edition of Windows 7 that is right for you. Microsoft has done a reasonably good job of streamlining Windows edition sets since Windows XP. However, you may still find that choosing the edition best suited for your needs is not exactly a trivial task, whether you are an individual home user or a corporate IT professional.
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By Brian Scheibe on
12/16/2010 10:50 AM
You’ve now created the required files (lab document and topology) and optional files (loading and grading configurations) needed for your lab, but you still have to create the lab file so you can share it with students. This section will detail how to use the Lab Compiler to create the lab and export it so that you can share it.
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By Brian Scheibe on
12/13/2010 8:11 AM
Today we'll look at part two of our three-part blog - Cisco Network Simulator: Can it be used in a classroom? In this installment, we're going to cover steps 3 and 4 - Creating the Loading Configuration Files and Creating the Grading Configuration Files.........
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By Brian Scheibe on
12/10/2010 2:26 PM
Can Boson's Cisco Network Simulator - NetSim 8.0 - be used in a classroom? You bet! You can create the components needed in lab packs so that you can deliver customized labs in the classroom or as homework for students.....
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By Brian Scheibe on
12/10/2010 10:26 AM
It might seem unclear what the material from the CD is. Is it a study guide, a book review, or a practice exam? Let’s start with trying to define the features of each so that we can then compare them......
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By Brian Scheibe on
12/9/2010 3:19 PM
For those of you who don’t know, an Easter Egg is an undocumented feature, freebie, or some other type of good thing that is available if you can find it. Do you look for them when you visit Web sites? For those of you studying to attain a CCNA certification there are Easter Eggs at boson.com. Several people find these Easter Eggs every day using search engines and I bet you want to know what and where they are........
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By Brian Scheibe on
11/10/2010 11:30 AM
You have been asking for multi-monitor support so that you can view the lab document on one monitor while entering commands in the command-line interface (CLI) on the other monitor. Well, we added that and went one better........
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By Val Bakh on
10/27/2010 9:38 AM
1. Vista
1.1. Boot architecture
Starting with Windows NT, all versions of Windows that are intended for business include built-in support for multiboot configurations. You can install multiple instances of Windows on the same computer and choose which instance to boot to when the computer starts. The multi-boot architecture of legacy versions of Windows is based on a text file named Boot.ini. To control the boot menu, you can edit the Boot.ini file in a text editor, such as Notepad......
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By Brian Scheibe on
10/18/2010 12:16 PM
Network Address Translation (NAT) and Port Address Translation (PAT) both map IP addresses on an internal network to IP addresses on an external network. Which method of address translation you use depends on the types of networks that you are translating and the number of available IP addresses that you have............
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By Brian Scheibe on
9/29/2010 2:03 PM
Does VRRP choose a Master (Active) router in the same way as HSRP?
Well that depends......
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