Book description
Networking Essentials Companion Guide v3: Cisco Certified Support Technician (CCST) Networking 100-150 is the official supplemental textbook for the Networking Essentials course in the Cisco Networking Academy.
Networking is at the heart of the digital transformation. The network is essential to many business functions today, including business-critical data and operations, cybersecurity, and so much more. A wide variety of career paths rely on the network, so it's important to understand what the network can do, how it operates, and how to protect it.
This is a great course for developers, data scientists, cybersecurity specialists, and other professionals looking to broaden their networking domain knowledge. It's also an excellent launching point for students pursuing a wide range of career pathwaysfrom cybersecurity to software development to business and more.
The Companion Guide is designed as a portable desk reference to use anytime, anywhere to reinforce the material from the course and organize your time.
The book's features help you focus on important concepts to succeed in this course:
Chapter objectives: Review core concepts by answering the focus questions listed at the beginning of each chapter.
Key terms: Refer to the lists of networking vocabulary introduced and highlighted in context in each chapter.
Glossary: Consult the comprehensive Glossary with more than 250 terms.
Summary of Activities and Labs: Maximize your study time with this complete list of all associated practice exercises at the end of each chapter.
Check Your Understanding: Evaluate your readiness with the end-of-chapter questions that match the style of questions you see in the online course quizzes. The answer key explains each answer.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- About This eBook
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- About the Contributing Authors
- Contents at a Glance
- Contents
- Command Syntax Conventions
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Communications in a Connected World
- Chapter 2. Network Components, Types, and Connections
- Chapter 3. Wireless and Mobile Networks
- Chapter 4. Build a Home Network
- Chapter 5. Communication Principles
- Chapter 6. Network Media
- Chapter 7. The Access Layer
- Chapter 8. The Internet Protocol
- Chapter 9. IPv4 and Network Segmentation
- Chapter 10. IPv6 Addressing Formats and Rules
- Chapter 11. Dynamic Addressing with DHCP
- Chapter 12. Gateways to Other Networks
- Chapter 13. The ARP Process
- Chapter 14. Routing Between Networks
- Chapter 15. TCP and UDP
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Chapter 16. Application Layer Services
- Objectives
- Key Terms
- Introduction (16.0)
- The Client-Server Relationship (16.1)
- Network Application Services (16.2)
- Domain Name System (16.3)
- Web Clients and Servers (16.4)
- FTP Clients and Servers (16.5)
- Virtual Terminals (16.6)
- Email and Messaging (16.7)
- Application Layer Services Summary (16.8)
- Practice
- Check Your Understanding Questions
- Chapter 17. Network Testing Utilities
- Chapter 18. Network Design
- Chapter 19. Cloud and Virtualization
- Chapter 20. Number Systems
- Chapter 21. Ethernet Switching
- Chapter 22. Network Layer
- Chapter 23. IPv4 Address Structure
- Chapter 24. Address Resolution
- Chapter 25. IP Addressing Services
- Chapter 26. Transport Layer
- Chapter 27. The Cisco IOS Command Line
- Chapter 28. Build a Small Cisco Network
- Chapter 29. ICMP
- Chapter 30. Physical Layer
- Chapter 31. Data Link Layer
- Chapter 32. Routing at the Network Layer
- Chapter 33. IPv6 Addressing
- Chapter 34. IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
- Chapter 35. Cisco Switches and Routers
- Chapter 36. Troubleshoot Common Network Problems
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Chapter 37. Network Support
- Objectives
- Key Terms
- Introduction (37.0)
- Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Methodologies (37.1)
- Network Documentation (37.2)
- Help Desks (37.3)
- Troubleshoot Endpoint Connectivity (37.4)
- Troubleshoot a Network (37.5)
- Troubleshoot Connectivity Remotely (37.6)
- Network Support Summary (37.7)
- Practice
- Check Your Understanding Questions
- Chapter 38. Cybersecurity Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Attacks
- Chapter 39. Network Security
- Appendix A. Answers to the “Check Your Understanding” Questions
- Index
- Glossary
- Code Snippets
Product information
- Title: Networking Essentials Companion Guide v3: Cisco Certified Support Technician (CCST) Networking 100-150, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2024
- Publisher(s): Cisco Press
- ISBN: 9780138321352
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