Wendell Odom explains how to use the old CCNA books for the new tests.

Operation Network Raider

The US government is having some success in convicting network gear counterfeiters.

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/05/08/1454206/Crackdown-On-Counterfeit-Networking-Gear?from=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

A Case Study on Root Port Selection

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

http://bosononline.com/Blog/tabid/55/EntryId/7/A-Case-Study-on-Root-Port-Selection.aspx

Comcast to begin IPv6 Trials

http://blog.comcast.com/2010/01/preparing-for-the-ipv6-transition.html

Available IPv4 addresses dwindle below 10%

Network World post on available IPv4 Addresses.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/011910-ipv4-addresses-dwindle.html

History of the Cisco Command Line Interface

Terry Slattery blogs about his experience developing the CLI.


http://connection.netcordia.com/blogs/terrys_blog/archive/2007/10/28/the-history-of-the-cisco-cli.aspx

Google Public DNS

Google opens a public DNS server with easy to remember IPs and reported faster performance. Point your machine to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.

http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/