So you haven't decided yet to take the Cisco CCNA exam, no time to study, too much works got in the way, etc.
Well I found something that might raise your spirit again in taking the CCNA exam.

First, why bother taking the exam? According to indeed.com the percentage of job vacancies in need of CCNA certified people have been growing wild in the last few years.
They search from millions of jobs from thousands of job sites about the CCNA required jobs, you can see from the graphic of indeed.com below:

From the looks of that chart, 50 plus percent growth of jobs in need for CCNA, WOW , the demand for CCNA certified are definitely won't run out in the next following few years.

» Read more: Why Take CCNA Exam?

Configuring NAT (Network Address Translation)

Continuing for the tutorial series of configuring Cisco router to work with cable internet, now we'll set the router to do NAT.

When connecting your router to the cable internet through cable modem, your router will receive a dynamic IP address from the ISP DHCP server according to the scenario.

While you only get one IP address from the ISP, you also need to connect more than one computer to the internet.
Plus the public IP address is different network with the private IP addresses in your LAN.

» Read more: Configure Cisco Router to Work With Cable Internet – Part 4

Setting Cisco Router as DHCP Server

This option really is optional if you want to set Cisco router to work with cable internet, but this is a good chance to add your skill in configuring Cisco devices.

From the previous post, you know how to configure your router's interface to accept IP address from DHCP server.
Now it's time to configure your router as DHCP server.

Once again you need to make sure your Router IOS image support the DHCP server feature if not then the command won't be available.

» Read more: Configure Cisco Router to Work With Cable Internet – Part 3