Book Description
The unsurpassed CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) Study Guide, for five years running, has been updated for the latest CCNA exam (640-801)! Brought to you from Sybex and globally renowned Cisco authority Todd Lammle, this fourth edition of the revered guide maps directly to the new, expanded exam objectives. The companion CD includes an advanced testing engine containing all chapter review questions and two bonus exams, plus 250 flashcards for PCs, Pocket PCs, and Palm devices! The entire book is also included in PDF. It's clear that years of dedication and expertise stand behind this supreme study aide for Cisco’s popular CCNA certification exam.

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The Barnes & Noble Review
Cisco recently revamped the CCNA program to offer two certification paths. You can bet it all on the new CCNA 640-801. Or you can prove that you know the simpler stuff by passing 640-821, "Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies," and then pass the more detailed, hands-on Exam 640-811, "Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices." It￯﾿ﾽs a big change. But either way, you have to know the same stuff -- and there￯﾿ﾽs a lot of it. You need a solid, proven study guide. If you aren￯﾿ﾽt familiar with Todd Lammle￯﾿ﾽs CCNA Cisco Certification Study Guide, you should be.

Lammle￯﾿ﾽs prep tools have been translated into 12 languages. Earlier editions of this book were the world￯﾿ﾽs bestselling networking books. His name￯﾿ﾽs so familiar, it￯﾿ﾽs easy to forget his 20-plus years of experience in networking. Lammle worked on some of the earliest ￯﾿ﾽEthernet II￯﾿ﾽ networks, met Cisco￯﾿ﾽs founders, and used one of Cisco￯﾿ﾽs first gateway products to connect ancient Xerox networks with IBM mainframes. These days, his company runs Cisco training courses throughout the U.S. and U.K., connecting him with thousands of Cisco certification candidates every year.

CCNA Cisco Certification Study Guide begins with an expert introduction to internetworking and the OSI stack ￯﾿ﾽthe way Cisco wants you to learn it.￯﾿ﾽ (Cisco continues to ask questions with more than one ￯﾿ﾽtechnically correct￯﾿ﾽ answer...where only one reflects Cisco￯﾿ﾽs worldview.)

Next, Lammle systematically introduces IP addressing, from the absolute basics through detailed coverage of IP subnetting. (His advice: ￯﾿ﾽTry to forget everything you￯﾿ﾽve learned about subnetting before reading this chapter -- especially if you￯﾿ﾽve been to a Microsoft class!￯﾿ﾽ)

Follow him closely, and by the time you￯﾿ﾽre finished, you￯﾿ﾽll be able to subnet a network ￯﾿ﾽin your head.￯﾿ﾽ Along the way, Lammle points out stuff you just won￯﾿ﾽt find elsewhere. (Cisco says that using the 1 subnet bit mask is OK for production networks, but its examiners call that illegal.)

Next, you￯﾿ﾽll walk through configuring routers, switches, and hosts, actually planning, implementing, operating, and troubleshooting LANs. You￯﾿ﾽll drill down into the details of IP routing: static, default, and dynamic routing; distance-vector protocols; RIP, IGRP, and more. There￯﾿ﾽs a full chapter on deploying EIGRP and OSPF, followed by a detailed introduction to the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) and how it prevents network loops from hosing your network.

After a thorough chapter on VLANs, Lammle addresses day-to-day Cisco network administration: router boot sequences, configuration registers, password recovery, IOS backup/restore, Cisco Discovery Protocol, troubleshooting, and more. There￯﾿ﾽs a comprehensive chapter on access lists, and another on WANs -- utilizing all the protocols Cisco expects you to know.

This book￯﾿ﾽs additional learning tools make it even more valuable. You￯﾿ﾽll find written and hands-on labs in every chapter, hundreds of multiple-choice questions, and a CD-ROM packed with goodies: 200 flashcards for PC, Pocket PC, and Palm; a complete PDF e-book; a powerful router lab simulator, and two more complete sample exams. Suffice to say: this book didn￯﾿ﾽt become a No. 1 bestseller by chance. Bill Camarda

Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2000 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks for Dummies, Second Edition.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Updated for the Latest CCNA Exam

Here￯﾿ﾽs the book you need to prepare for Cisco￯﾿ﾽs revised CCNA exam, 640-801. This new edition of the best-selling CCNA Study Guide provides:
In-depth coverage of every CCNA exam objective
Practical information on Cisco internetworking solutions
Hundreds of challenging review questions
Leading-edge exam preparation software, including a test engine, sample simulation questions, and electronic flashcards

Authoritative coverage of all exam objectives, including:
Network planning & designing
Implementation & operation
LAN and WAN troubleshooting

Featured on the CD
SYBEX TEST ENGINE
Test your knowledge with advanced testing software. Includes all chapter review questions and four bonus exams!

ELECTRONIC FLASHCARDS
Reinforce your understanding with flashcards that can run off your PC, Pocket PC, or Palm handheld.

Also on the CD, you￯﾿ﾽll find a CertSim sample test with simulation questions, and the entire book in searchable and printable PDF.

About the Author
Todd Lammle, CCNA, CCNP, has over twenty years of experience working with various LAN and WANs, and has been working on Cisco router networks since 1986. He is CEO and Chief Scientist of RouterSim, LLC and President of GlobalNet Training, Inc. Todd was voted "Best Study Guide Author" in the CertCities 2002 Readers￯﾿ﾽ Choice Awards.

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