Shaun Hummel
Cisco Design Books promotes effective network design principles through networking books, ebooks, articles, design tools and certification guidance. Clients are varied such as colleges, network engineers, network administrators, sales engineers and project managers. As well the company provides online network skills assessment for recruiters only as a screening tool for prospective candidates including Senior Network Engineers, Network Engineers, Network Support Engineers, Cisco Wireless Engineers and Cisco Network Engineers. Networking books teach network design, wireless networking, site surveys, technical concepts and how to do a network assessment. The network certifications describe the most current popular certifications and how engineers can get certified. The articles cover all aspects of mainstream networking concepts and are an excellent tutorial. The design tools are a source of help with all aspects of the network design process.
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Telecommuting - How Corporate America Can Be Cost EffectiveThe significant advantages include decreased costs to employers and employees, increased employee focus and less traffic on the roads. The technology is already in place at homes with high speed internet lines and laptops with docking stations.
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Wireless Network VLANS - How to Implement Wireless VLANSThe wireless access points operate as bridges with no routing defined anywhere on the wireless network segment. All VLANs are defined on the wired switches and mapped with specific SSIDs at each access point.
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Network Switch Selection - How to Select a Network SwitchThe network switch is the most common network device with most network infrastructure and as such selection of new switches or upgrading is a key part of most network design projects. Wireless designs will have switches interfacing with access points.
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Online Job Interview - How Web Conferencing is Cost EffectiveWeb conferencing is available FREE of charge allowing recruiters to interview candidates from their office and setting up video interviews between their distant clients and candidates at the recruiter office.
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Cisco and Microsoft Network Certification - CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, MCTS, MCITP, MCSE, CISSPThe most popular networking certifications today include MCTS, MCITP, MCSE, CCENT, CCNA, CCNP, CISSP, MCAD and MCSD. The Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) and Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
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Firewall Internet Security - the Basics of a FirewallThis article discusses the basics of firewalls, TACACS and RADIUS servers. Enterprise companies today employ firewalls that do stateful inspection of sessions between external and internal hosts and devices.
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OSI Network Model - the Basics of Computer NetworkingThe OSI model was developed years ago as a reference for network protocol and application designers to build their products with an open standard.
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Wireless Network Security - the Basics of Securing a Wireless LANThis article discusses the key aspects of securing any home or business wireless network from hackers. The process of a client associating and authenticating to an access point is standard.
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Wireless Network Components - the Basics of 802.11 NetworksThis article discusses the basic components of a wireless network including desktop software, wireless adapter, access point, wlan controller, patch panel, power injectors and power over ethernet.
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Wireless Network Antenna - How to Select an AntennaThe selection and deployment of access point antenna equipment affects network performance and availability. The signal strength or amount of energy radiated from an antenna has to do with antenna type and access point transmit specifications.
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Disaster Recovery Planning and Network Services ContinuityDisaster Recovery Planning (DRP) starts with a discussion that involves key management employees. It is important to get their support with any disaster recovery initiative. Explain what disaster recovery is and why it is required for business continuity
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Network Topology BasicsA hierarchical model is a modular design for an enterprise network that defines three specific layers that each has network services associated with those layers. The layers are access, distribution and core.
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IT Job Interview - the Basics of a Technical InterviewMost information technology job interviews involve a phone interview, technical interview and sometimes a personal interview. The phone interview is an introduction with the purpose of determining if there is a preliminary match.
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Web Conferencing Software - How to Do Cost Effective MeetingsThe most cost effective web conferencing tool available today is VYEW with a free price tag and feature rich components that compete with the leading web conferencing providers.
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How to Write an Effective ResumeEmployers spend on average around 10 - 20 seconds on each resume. Sending an employer your resume is the only contact you will have with them unless they decide they want to speak with you. -
Wireless Network Troubleshooting - How to Troubleshoot an 802.11 NetworkThe process of troubleshooting your network if it has wireless components is somewhat more complex than wired infrastructure. In fact you must troubleshoot both wired and wireless infrastructure to determine the problem.
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Network Routing Protocols - IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, BGPThe purpose of routing protocols is to learn of available routes that exist on the enterprise network, build routing tables and make routing decisions. Some of the most common routing protocols include RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS and BGP.
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Internet Security and VPN Network DesignThis article discusses some essential technical concepts associated with designing a Virtual Private Network (VPN). The VPN is a secure internet encrypted tunnel between remote employees, offices, and business partners.
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The Essentials of Starting Your Own BusinessThis article discusses some of the considerations involved in self employment. There are alot of opportunities for information technology workers to start their own business. -
WAN Network Protocols - HDLC, DSL, SONET, DWDM and DLSW+This article discusses some of the most implemented WAN protocols in enterprise networking environments today including HDLC, DSL, SONET, DWDM, and DLSW+
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LAN Network Protocols - Ethernet, STP, FiberThis article discusses the campus networking protocols found in almost all enterprise networks today including Spanning Tree Protocol, Ethernet and Gigabit Optical Fiber with a description of the current specifications and process.
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Network Management Components- the Basics of an Effective Management StrategyThis article will define a network management strategy for managing the network. It is necessary to define how the equipment is going to be monitored and determine if the current management strategy is sufficient.
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Internet Security Model - Defining an Enterprise Security StrategyThese are the 5 primary security groups that should be considered with any enterprise security model. These include security policy, perimeter, network, transaction and monitoring security. These are all part of any effective company security strategy.
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Troubleshooting Network ProblemsThis article discusses the basics of troubleshooting your business and home network. The methodology describes a series of common questions, some guidelines and tools involved with solving the problem.
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Network Design and Proof of Concept TestingThis article discusses a proof of concept methodology for those information technology implementations. The key aspect of any proof of concept plan is to test your current proposed design before implementing it into your production network.
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Telephony and Call Manager Design - the Basics of Cisco TelephonyThe cost savings when a company implements telephony, and call manager is astounding. All companies of any size have implemented call manager and made well use of their low cost data circuits.
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Improving Network Performance - Overview of Network Availability DesignThis article discusses the key network performance attribute of availability. Web hosting uses the same metric that describes what amount of time your network is available.
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Enterprise Network Assessment - How to Improve the Network Design ProcessA network assessment is a component of any network planning and design methodology. It is a snapshot of your current network infrastructure, performance, availability, management and security.
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Network Design Process - Effective Network Planning and DesignThis article describes a proven network planning and design methodology that can be used to implement technology at any small, medium and enterprise company.
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Wireless Network Site Survey OverviewThis survey describes how to conduct a cisco wireless site survey with a few tools and some software.
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How to Make a YouTube VideoMaking a YouTube video and posting it online costs almost nothing and can be done with some basic tool already on your desktop. All it takes is some pictures, free windows movie maker and music file. Meet new people online and share videos.
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Finding it Jobs - Effective Information Technology Job SearchEnergize your Information Technology job search with some strategies and processes that make the best use of your time when searching for employment opportunities.