Switching, Routing, and Wireless Essentials Companion Guide (CCNAv7)

Switching, Routing, and Wireless Essentials Companion Guide (CCNAv7)

by Cisco Networking Academy
Released August 2020
Publisher(s): Cisco Press
ISBN: 9780136729471

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Book description

Switching, Routing, and Wireless Essentials Companion Guide (CCNAv7) is the official supplemental textbook for the Switching, Routing, and Wireless Essentials course in the Cisco Networking Academy CCNA curriculum. This course describes the architecture, components, and operations of routers and switches in a small network.

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 300 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.

How To: Look for this icon to study the steps you need to learn to perform certain tasks.

Interactive Activities: Reinforce your understanding of topics with dozens of exercises from the online course identified throughout the book with this icon.

Videos: Watch the videos embedded within the online course.

Packet Tracer Activities: Explore and visualize networking concepts using Packet Tracer exercises interspersed throughout the chapters and provided in the accompanying Labs & Study Guide book.

Hands-on Labs: Work through all the course labs and additional Class Activities that are included in the course and published in the separate Labs & Study Guide.

This book is offered exclusively for students enrolled in Cisco Networking Academy courses. It is not designed for independent study or professional certification preparation. Visit netacad.com to learn more about program options and requirements.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. About This eBook
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. About the Contributing Authors
  6. Contents at a Glance
  7. Reader Services
  8. Contents
  9. Command Syntax Conventions
  10. Introduction
    1. Who Should Read This Book
    2. Book Features
    3. About Packet Tracer Software and Activities
  11. Figure Credits
  12. Chapter 1. Basic Device Configuration
    1. Objectives
    2. Key Terms
    3. Introduction (1.0)
    4. Configure a Switch with Initial Settings (1.1)
    5. Configure Switch Ports (1.2)
    6. Secure Remote Access (1.3)
    7. Basic Router Configuration (1.4)
    8. Verify Directly Connected Networks (1.5)
    9. Summary (1.6)
    10. Practice
    11. Check Your Understanding Questions
  13. Chapter 2. Switching Concepts
    1. Objectives
    2. Key Terms
    3. Introduction (2.0)
    4. Frame Forwarding (2.1)
    5. Collision and Broadcast Domains (2.2)
    6. Summary (2.3)
    7. Check Your Understanding Questions
  14. Chapter 3. VLANs
    1. Objectives
    2. Key Terms
    3. Introduction (3.0)
    4. Overview of VLANs (3.1)
    5. VLANs in a Multi-Switched Environment (3.2)
    6. VLAN Configuration (3.3)
    7. VLAN Trunks (3.4)
    8. Dynamic Trunking Protocol (3.5)
    9. Summary (3.6)
    10. Practice
    11. Check Your Understanding Questions
  15. Chapter 4. Inter-VLAN Routing
    1. Objectives
    2. Key Terms
    3. Introduction (4.0)
    4. Inter-VLAN Routing Operation (4.1)
    5. Router-on-a-Stick Inter-VLAN Routing (4.2)
    6. Inter-VLAN Routing using Layer 3 Switches (4.3)
    7. Troubleshoot Inter-VLAN Routing (4.4)
    8. Summary (4.5)
    9. Practice
    10. Check Your Understanding Questions
  16. Chapter 5. STP Concepts
    1. Objectives
    2. Key Terms
    3. Introduction (5.0)
    4. Purpose of STP (5.1)
    5. STP Operations (5.2)
    6. Evolution of STP (5.3)
    7. Summary (5.4)
    8. Practice
    9. Check Your Understanding Questions
  17. Chapter 6. EtherChannel
    1. Objectives
    2. Key Terms
    3. Introduction (6.0)
    4. EtherChannel Operation (6.1)
    5. Configure EtherChannel (6.2)
    6. Verify and Troubleshoot EtherChannel (6.3)
    7. Summary (6.4)
    8. Practice
    9. Check Your Understanding Questions
  18. Chapter 7. DHCPv4
    1. Objectives
    2. Key Terms
    3. Introduction (7.0)
    4. DHCPv4 Concepts (7.1)
    5. Configure a Cisco IOS DHCPv4 Server (7.2)
    6. Configure a DHCPv4 Client (7.3)
    7. Summary (7.4)
    8. Practice
    9. Check Your Understanding Questions
  19. Chapter 8. SLAAC and DHCPv6
    1. Objectives
    2. Key Terms
    3. Introduction (8.0)
    4. IPv6 GUA Assignment (8.1)
    5. SLAAC (8.2)
    6. DHCPv6 (8.3)
    7. Configure DHCPv6 Server (8.4)
    8. Summary
    9. Practice
    10. Check Your Understanding Questions
  20. Chapter 9. FHRP Concepts
    1. Objectives
    2. Key Terms
    3. Introduction (9.0)
    4. First Hop Redundancy Protocols (9.1)
    5. HSRP (9.2)
    6. Summary (9.3)
    7. Practice
    8. Check Your Understanding Questions
  21. Chapter 10. LAN Security Concepts
    1. Objectives
    2. Key Terms
    3. Introduction (10.0)
    4. Endpoint Security (10.1)
    5. Access Control (10.2)
    6. Layer 2 Security Threats (10.3)
    7. MAC Address Table Attack (10.4)
    8. LAN Attacks (10.5)
    9. Summary (10.6)
    10. Practice
    11. Check Your Understanding Questions
  22. Chapter 11. Switch Security Configuration
    1. Objectives
    2. Key Terms
    3. Introduction (11.0)
    4. Implement Port Security (11.1)
    5. Mitigate VLAN Attacks (11.2)
    6. Mitigate DHCP Attacks (11.3)
    7. Mitigate ARP Attacks (11.4)
    8. Mitigate STP Attacks (11.5)
    9. Summary (11.6)
    10. Practice
    11. Check Your Understanding Questions
  23. Chapter 12. WLAN Concepts
    1. Objectives
    2. Key Terms
    3. Introduction (12.0)
    4. Introduction to Wireless (12.1)
    5. WLAN Components (12.2)
    6. WLAN Operation (12.3)
    7. CAPWAP Operation (12.4)
    8. Channel Management (12.5)
    9. WLAN Threats (12.6)
    10. Secure WLANs (12.7)
    11. Summary (12.8)
    12. Practice
    13. Check Your Understanding Questions
  24. Chapter 13. WLAN Configuration
    1. Objectives
    2. Key Terms
    3. Introduction (13.0)
    4. Remote Site WLAN Configuration (13.1)
    5. Configure a Basic WLAN on the WLC (13.2)
    6. Configure a WPA2 Enterprise WLAN on the WLC (13.3)
    7. Troubleshoot WLAN Issues (13.4)
    8. Summary (13.5)
    9. Practice
    10. Check Your Understanding Questions
  25. Chapter 14. Routing Concepts
    1. Objectives
    2. Key Terms
    3. Introduction (14.0)
    4. Path Determination (14.1)
    5. Packet Forwarding (14.2)
    6. Basic Router Configuration Review (14.3)
    7. IP Routing Table (14.4)
    8. Static and Dynamic Routing (14.5)
    9. Summary (14.6)
    10. Practice
    11. Check Your Understanding Questions
  26. Chapter 15. IP Static Routing
    1. Objectives
    2. Key Terms
    3. Introduction (15.0)
    4. Static Routes (15.1)
    5. Configure IP Static Routes (15.2)
    6. Configure IP Default Static Routes (15.3)
    7. Configure Floating Static Routes (15.4)
    8. Configure Static Host Routes (15.5)
    9. Summary (15.6)
    10. Practice
    11. Check Your Understanding Questions
  27. Chapter 16. Troubleshoot Static and Default Routes
    1. Objectives
    2. Introduction (16.0)
    3. Packet Processing with Static Routes (16.1)
    4. Troubleshoot IPv4 Static and Default Route Configuration (16.2)
    5. Summary (16.3)
    6. Practice
    7. Check Your Understanding Questions
  28. Appendix A. Answers to the “Check Your Understanding” Questions
  29. Glossary
  30. Index
  31. Code Snippets

Product information

  • Title: Switching, Routing, and Wireless Essentials Companion Guide (CCNAv7)
  • Author(s): Cisco Networking Academy
  • Release date: August 2020
  • Publisher(s): Cisco Press
  • ISBN: 9780136729471