CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide 7th Edition

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.

CONTENTS:

Introduction xxiii

Assessment Test xxxii

Chapter 1 Internetworking 1

Chapter 2 Review of Ethernet Networking and Data Encapsulation 41

Chapter 3 Introduction to TCP/IP 83

Chapter 4 Easy Subnetting 135

Chapter 5 Variable Length Subnet Masks (VLSMs), Summarization, and Troubleshooting TCP/IP 175

Chapter 6 Cisco’s Internetworking Operating System (IOS) 205

Chapter 7 Managing a Cisco Internetwork 277

Chapter 8 IP Routing 345

Chapter 9 Enhanced IGRP (EIGRP) and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) 427

Chapter 10 Layer 2 Switching and Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) 503

Chapter 11 Virtual LANs (VLANs) 557

Chapter 12 Security 607

Chapter 13 Network Address Translation (NAT) 655

Chapter 14 Cisco’s Wireless Technologies 683

Chapter 15 Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) 715

Chapter 16 Wide Area Networks 741

Index 803