Semi-retired Windows Tier III

Robert Logan

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Bryant -- Any recommendations on good study guides or tips on preparing for the text?
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I will begin studying for a CCNA exam come January. &nbsp;(New Year's resolution.) &nbsp;Wondering if anyone has a suggestion on a decent model Cisco router to purchase on eBay for my SoHo? &nbsp;Thanks.
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I will begin studying for a CCNA exam come January.  (New Year's resolution.)  Wondering if anyone has a suggestion on a decent model Cisco router to purchase on eBay for my SoHo?  Thanks.

CCNA Exam, best router to get for practice in SOHO?

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.

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Network Management involves issues that are independent of specific hardware or software, including email policies, upgrade planning, backup scheduling and working with managed service providers for Desktop-As-A-Service (DaaS), Software-As-A-Service (SaaS) and the like through the use of tools, coupled with manufacturer standards, best practice guidelines, policies and procedures plus all other relevant documentation. Network management also includes monitoring, alerting and reporting, management reporting, planning for device or service updates, the backup of configurations, the setting of key performance indicators and measures (KPIs/KPMs), associated service level agreements and problem records as part of the IT Service Management (ITSM) framework.