Book description
Learn from the Best - Cisco Networking Authority Todd Lammle
Written by Cisco networking authority Todd Lammle, this comprehensive guide has been completely updated to reflect the latest CCNA 640-802 exam. Todd's straightforward style provides lively examples, hands on and written labs, easy-to-understand analogies, and real-world scenarios that will not only help you prepare for the exam, but also give you a solid foundation as a Cisco networking professional.
This Study Guide teaches you how to
Describe how a network works
Configure, verify and troubleshoot a switch with VLANs and interswitch communications
Implement an IP addressing scheme and IP Services to meet network requirements in a medium-size Enterprise branch office network.
Configure, verify, and troubleshoot basic router operation and routing on Cisco devices
Explain and select the appropriate administrative tasks required for a WLAN
Identify security threats to a network and describe general methods to mitigate those threats
Implement, verify, and troubleshoot NAT and ACLs in a medium-size Enterprise branch office network.
Implement and verify WAN links
On the CD-ROM:
Chapter Review Questions
Full-Length Practice Exams
Electronic Flashcards
· Exclusive CD-only bonus material, including the CCNA Simulation Exam Practice Guide
All new Audio and Video Instruction from Todd Lammle
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
For Instructors: Teaching supplements are available for this title.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Publisher's Note
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Internetworking
- Chapter 2: Review of Ethernet Networking and Data Encapsulation
- Chapter 3: Introduction to TCP/IP
- Chapter 4: Easy Subnetting
- Chapter 5: Variable Length Subnet Masks (VLSMs), Summarization, and Troubleshooting TCP/IP
- Chapter 6: Cisco’s Internetworking Operating System (IOS)
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Chapter 7: Managing a Cisco Internetwork
- The Internal Components of a Cisco Router
- The Router Boot Sequence
- Managing Configuration Register
- Backing Up and Restoring the Cisco IOS
- Backing Up and Restoring the Cisco Configuration
- Using Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)
- Using Telnet
- Resolving Hostnames
- Checking Network Connectivity and Troubleshooting
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Written Lab 7
- Hands-on Labs
- Review Questions
- Answers to Review Questions
- Answers to Written Lab 7
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Chapter 8: IP Routing
- Routing Basics
- The IP Routing Process
- Configuring IP Routing in Our Network
- Dynamic Routing
- Distance-Vector Routing Protocols
- Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
- Verifying Your Configurations
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Written Lab 8
- Hands-on Labs
- Review Questions
- Answers to Review Questions
- Answers to Written Lab 8
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Chapter 9: Enhanced IGRP (EIGRP) and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
- EIGRP Features and Operation
- Using EIGRP to Support Large Networks
- Configuring EIGRP
- Load Balancing with EIGRP
- Verifying EIGRP
- Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Basics
- Configuring OSPF
- Verifying OSPF Configuration
- OSPF DR and BDR Elections
- OSPF and Loopback Interfaces
- Troubleshooting OSPF
- Configuring EIGRP and OSPF Summary Routes
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Written Lab 9
- Hands-on Labs
- Review Questions
- Answers to Review Questions
- Answers to Written Lab 9
- Chapter 10: Layer 2 Switching and Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
- Chapter 11: Virtual LANs (VLANs)
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Chapter 12: Security
- Perimeter, Firewall, and Internal Routers
- Introduction to Access Lists
- Standard Access Lists
- Extended Access Lists
- Turning Off and Configuring Network Services
- Monitoring Access Lists
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Written Lab 12
- Hands-on Labs
- Review Questions
- Answers to Review Questions
- Answers to Written Lab 12
- Chapter 13: Network Address Translation (NAT)
- Chapter 14: Cisco’s Wireless Technologies
- Chapter 15: Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
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Chapter 16: Wide Area Networks
- Introduction to Wide Area Networks
- Cable and DSL
- Cabling the Serial Wide Area Network
- High-Level Data-Link Control (HDLC) Protocol
- Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
- Frame Relay
- Virtual Private Networks
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Written Lab 16
- Hands-on Labs
- Review Questions
- Answers to Review Questions
- Answers to Written Lab 16
- Appendix: About the Companion CD
- Index
- End-User License Agreement
- CD Information
- Perf Card – Objectives Map
Product information
- Title: CCNA® Cisco Certified Network Associate: Study Guide, Seventh Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2011
- Publisher(s): Sybex
- ISBN: 9780470901076
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