How to Network Tip of the Week #80 - 2nd April 2009

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Welcome to the eightieth www.howtonetwork.net tip of
the week.

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I've just arrived back in the UK. I knew I was here
because I was stood at the back of a long queue and it was
freezing!

While I recover from the jet lag I don't have much to say
or add to the site but from this month onwards there will
be a lot more content and features added.

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Sponsorship

Members are flooding in so it is time to give a bit back.
Part of your membership fees are now going towards
sponsoring children in other countries. By sponsoring
World Vision children you are ensuring children have a
roof over their heads, food in their stomach and a good
education so they can escape poverty.

Here is the first child we are all sponsoring:

http://www.howtonetwork.net/public/department115.cfm

I aim to sponsor another child every month for 12 months.

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Members Survey

Please take a few seconds to complete the members survey,
strange to believe but only 14 people out of over one
thousand have filled it in so far. This site is here to
help you so please give us a bit of help to do that.

Please take 45 seconds to answer 4 short questions. If you
add your name when filling it in you will enter a draw for
100 rack hours.

http://tinyurl.com/cjeuey

We have had some good suggestions so far which are being
added to the site.

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Writers Wanted

If you feel you have an article inside you, either
technical or motivational or something about how you passed
your exam or got your break into IT then please let us
know. We may be interested in publishing it and you can
be rewarded with rack time or upgraded site access.

Just send use your idea and a short sample.

help@howtonetwork.net

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Platinum Quiz

To make up for lack of new content last month while I
was on my honeymoon I thought I would give you all a
complementary CCNA exam:

http://www.box.net/shared/1cystm3i0z

If you are asked for a password it is winners321

Please unzip it before using.

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Daylight Savings

If you are using the rack please change your time settings
if your country has altered the clock. Many people are
e-mailing us saying they have missed sessions and it is
because it is down to you to alter your time zone.

Thanks

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Are You Going to Pass Your Exam?

I have devised a cunning set of questions designed to tell
you if you are going to pass your IT exam. At the end of
the questions they will reveal the answer as if by magic.
It should save you wasting money on an exam.

Here is the link:

http://www.howtonetwork.net/members/1002.cfm

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Reminders

A gentle reminder for all members.

When you set your rack account up you need to drop us an
e-mail to tell us. The 10 hours are not magically added.

racks@howtonetwork.net

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What to Do If You Fail Your Exam

Almost everyone on the site passes first time. I do accept
that sometimes it takes a second crack at the exam in
order to pass. I had to take it twice in fact and I had
studied very hard indeed.

Here are a few tips if you are not successful the first
time round:

http://www.howtonetwork.net/public/995.cfm

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All the best

Paul Browning
www.howtonetwork.net
www.subnetting-secrets.com
www.networksinc.co.uk