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Tech Exam Prep
Tech Exam Prep is a free, daily podcast by OpenExamPrep covering the most in-demand IT and technology certification exams — including CompTIA Security+, AWS Cloud Practitioner, CompTIA Network+, CCNA, CompTIA A+, and more. Each 5-minute episode breaks down one exam topic with concrete examples, common exam traps, and memory tricks to help you pass on your first attempt. No fluff, no filler — just the concepts you need to know, explained the way the exam tests them. This podcast is made by Ran…
Episodes
- Tech Exam Prep
CCNA Exam Prep 50, Security Concepts — Threat, Vulnerability, Exploit
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 49, SSH vs Telnet, TFTP and FTP
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 48, SNMP and Syslog Severity Levels
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 47, NTP — Stratum Levels and Configuration
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 46, NAT — Static, Dynamic, PAT (Overload)
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 45, DNS — Recursive vs Iterative, Records
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 44, DHCP — Server, Client, Relay (IP Helper)
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 43, IPv6 Routing — Static and OSPFv3 Basics
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 42, Default Gateway and Routing Loop Prevention
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
CCNA Exam Prep 41, VRRP and GLBP vs HSRP
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 40, HSRP Configuration and Verification
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
CCNA Exam Prep 39, First Hop Redundancy — HSRP States and Roles
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
CCNA Exam Prep 38, OSPF Cost Calculation and Path Selection
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 37, OSPF Single-Area Configuration
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 36, OSPF Network Types — Broadcast, Point-to-Point
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 35, OSPF DR and BDR Election
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 34, OSPF Neighbor Adjacency States
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 33, OSPFv2 Fundamentals — LSA Types and Areas
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
CCNA Exam Prep 32, Dynamic Routing Protocols Overview — IGP vs EGP
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
CCNA Exam Prep 31, Administrative Distance and Metric
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
CCNA Exam Prep 30, Routing Table Components — RIB and FIB
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
CCNA Exam Prep 29, Static Routing — Network, Default, Host, Floating
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 28, Routing Decision — Longest Prefix Match
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 27, WLAN GUI Configuration Walkthrough
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
CCNA Exam Prep 26, Cisco DNA Center / Catalyst Center Overview
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
CCNA Exam Prep 25, WLAN Configuration — SSID, Security, QoS
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 24, WLC Discovery and AP Modes
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 23, Wireless LAN Architectures — Autonomous vs Lightweight
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 22, STP Protections — PortFast, BPDU Guard, Root Guard
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 21, Rapid PVST+ Port Roles and States
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 20, Spanning Tree Protocol Fundamentals
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 19, EtherChannel — LACP, PAgP, Static
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
CCNA Exam Prep 18, Inter-VLAN Routing — ROAS and SVI
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 17, Voice VLANs and CDP/LLDP Discovery
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 16, VLAN Trunking — 802.1Q and Native VLAN
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 15, VLAN Fundamentals and Access Ports
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 14, Forwarding Methods — Process, Fast, CEF
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
CCNA Exam Prep 13, Switching Concepts — MAC Learning and Flooding
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
CCNA Exam Prep 12, Server Virtualization — VMs, Containers, VRF
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
CCNA Exam Prep 11, Wireless Principles — RF, Channels, SSID
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
CCNA Exam Prep 10, Verification Tools — ping, traceroute, ARP
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
CCNA Exam Prep 9, IPv6 Configuration — SLAAC, DHCPv6, EUI-64
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
CCNA Exam Prep 8, IPv6 Addressing Format and Types
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
CCNA Exam Prep 7, VLSM and Subnet Planning
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
CCNA Exam Prep 6, IPv4 Subnetting Without a Calculator
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
CCNA Exam Prep 5, IPv4 Addressing Basics and Private Ranges
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
CCNA Exam Prep 4, Cabling Types — Fiber and Copper
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 3, Network Topology Architectures
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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CCNA Exam Prep 2, Network Components — Routers, Switches, Firewalls, APs
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
CCNA Exam Prep 1, OSI and TCP/IP Layered Models
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
[AWS CCP] 50, AWS Trusted Advisor and Health Dashboard
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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[AWS CCP] 49, AWS Marketplace and Partner Network
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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[AWS CCP] 48, AWS Free Tier Details
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
[AWS CCP] 47, AWS Cost Optimization Tools
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
[AWS CCP] 46, AWS Billing and Cost Management
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
[AWS CCP] 45, AWS Pricing Models
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
- Tech Exam Prep
[AWS CCP] 44, AWS Analytics Services
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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[AWS CCP] 43, Machine Learning Services on AWS
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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[AWS CCP] 42, Amazon CloudWatch Monitoring
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…
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[AWS CCP] 41, AWS Developer and Deployment Tools
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate…