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Learning IPv6 is paramount in your efforts to pass the BSCI exam and go on to earn your CCNP, and it's going to help in your real-world networking career as well. IPv6 can be confusing at first, but it's like anything else in Cisco or networking as a whole - learn one part at a time, master the fundamentals, and you're on your way to success. In today's article we're going to take a look at IPv6 address types.In IPv4, a unicast address is simply an address used to represent a single host, where multicast addresses represent a group of hosts and broadcasts represent all hosts.In IPv6, it's not quite that simple. There are actually different types...
Your sites domain is the yoursite in www.yoursite.com. Your sites domain name is the human friendly way computers find your site on the Internet. Behind the scenes, there is an Internet Protocol (IP) address that looks like this: 216.239.37.99. The IP address is your websites real address that computers understand and is associated with the human friendly domain name you are already familiar with on a name server. Many times you can get to the same website by typing in its IP address in place of the domain name. Below is a chart with a few examples of this. Go ahead and try copying one of these IP addresses into your browsers address bar and see for yourself. You will go to the same place as you would if you...
Email advertising is one of the most commonly used forms of advertising today. Almost every company is using this very fast, cheap and effective way of reaching customers. With strict laws in place, many companies are reaping the benefits from email advertising: cost-effectiveness, efficiency, and the ability to reach the customers who have expressed an interest in the product. Email ads help to improve a companys brand loyalty, as customers can be kept updated about the latest offerings. They save a lot of time as compared to traditional direct mail advertising. The results are also measurable, as nearly 80% of the responses arrive within the first three days after sending the mail. It is also very easy to track, as...
At some point in the web hosting selection process, prospective web site owners will be confronted with the question of whether to go with shared web hosting or invest in the more expensive dedicated hosting. In general, you'll only need dedicated web hosting if you are running an extremely large e-commerce web site.If you are just starting out, or growing your small business, you can certainly stick with shared web hosting until you reach the point that your business requires the kind of performance that can only be provided by a dedicated web server.Let's say you are just starting out. You've chosen your domain name, registered it and selected a web host.What's next? Your web host has to give...
You play by the rules. Your list is confirmed opt-in. You have spent time writing a compelling message and an inspiring call to action. Your graphic designers have designed a stunning custom email.You then send the email to your list but find that deliverability rates are lower than you planned. This is mostly because none of your recipients at a major Internet Service Provider (ISP) received your email. This is a disappointing outcome to say the least, and you decide to look into the matter further in order to avoid low email delivery rates in the future.Why did this ISP block your emails? You learn that the ISP has blacklisted the IP address that you share with numerous other...
If you've been around the interenet any length of time then you probably know what spam is. However, if you're new to the internet you might be asking yourself the question "What is Spam?" The best place to begin would be to explain to you exactly what spam mail is. Spam is basically just unsolicited commercial emails that companies send to your inbox. There are a lot of ways these companies get your email address. You may have signed up for a newsletter or promotions with one of them, or you may have ordered a product or service that requires registration from a website first. It is common for companies to share their mailing lists with their affiliate companies. Its one of the benefits to having affiliations. The only problem is that most...