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A much needed Intro

Hi all,
am just one of those million computer geeks out there that do happen to blog randomly about Cisco and Linux world. I started of this blog to brush up my knowledge and also thought it might be a bit of help for some stranded surfer who do eventually happen to end up reading this blog.
I've taken of most of my previous posts in an urge to revamp this blog and give it a new structure.
I will try to coverup some of the basics of networking or rather Cisco network ing with the perspective for CCNA.

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