Book Description

Cisco authorized self-study book for CCNA fundamentalsPrepare for CCNA certification with a Cisco authorized self-study guideIdentify common types of networks including LANs, WANs, MANs, SANs, content networks, and VPNsExamine various media types including twisted-pair, coaxial, and fiber-optic cable and wireless communication and learn how to assemble and cable Cisco routers and switchesLearn fundamental LAN switching concepts such as congestion issues, segmentation, and virtual LANs (VLANs)Understand the TCP/IP protocol stack components and the functionality of ICMP, ARP, and RARPUnderstand IP addressing and subnetting, routing and routed protocols,and distance-vector, link-state, and hybrid routing approachesExamine protocols and technologies used in the WAN, including Frame Relay, ATM, SONET, dialup access technologies, analog and cable modems, and DSLEvaluate wireless-enabling technologies, including radio frequency modulation, unlicensed frequencies, spread spectrum, and wireless LANLearn how optical networks provide speed, data transportation, capacity, and scalability

CCNA Self-Study: CCNA Basics (CCNAB) is a Cisco authorized, self-paced learning tool for fundamental CCNA knowledge. The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification indicates foundation knowledge of networking for the small office/home office. CCNA certified professionals can install, configure, and operate LAN, WAN, and dial access services for small networks.

CCNA Self-Study: CCNA Basics (CCNAB) is designed as a comprehensive reference for students and networking professionals seeking an introduction to networking terminology, technologies, and techniques. This book presents important networking fundamentals using the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) seven-layer model concepts. Divided into 10 parts, each containing short, manageable chapters, this book provides you with a baseline of knowledge that is essential for understanding how to design, configure, and manage small networks.

Each of the 10 parts covers a major networking topic, including computing and networking basics, network types, network media, switching fundamentals, TCP/IP, routing basics, WAN technologies, wireless technologies, optical networking, and voice, video, and data integration. Each chapter begins with objectives and an overview and ends with summaries and review questions to help you assess your knowledge. Terminology and technologies are explained in a straightforward, concise manner, which can be easily understood and referenced for review. This book is an invaluable reference manual for aspiring CCNA professionals as well as more experienced networking engineers who desire an encyclopedic resource of networking concepts. It introduces and explains the standards, protocols, and devices that form the foundation of modern network implementations.

CCNA Self-Study: CCNA Basics (CCNAB) is part of a recommended learning path from Cisco Systems that can include simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from Cisco Press.


Book Info
With this guide, CCNA certified professionals can install, configure, and operate LAN, WAN, and dial access services for small networks.


From the Back Cover
Cisco authorized self-study book for CCNA fundamentals* Prepare for CCNA certification with a Cisco authorized self-study guide* Identify common types of networks including LANs, WANs, MANs, SANs, content networks, and VPNs* Examine various media types including twisted-pair, coaxial, and fiber-optic cable and wireless communication and learn how to assemble and cable Cisco routers and switches* Learn fundamental LAN switching concepts such as congestion issues, segmentation, and virtual LANs (VLANs)* Understand the TCP/IP protocol stack components and the functionality of ICMP, ARP, and RARP* Understand IP addressing and subnetting, routing and routed protocols,and distance-vector, link-state, and hybrid routing approaches* Examine protocols and technologies used in the WAN, including Frame Relay, ATM, SONET, dialup access technologies, analog and cable modems, and DSL* Evaluate wireless-enabling technologies, including radio frequency modulation, unlicensed frequencies, spread spectrum, and wireless LAN* Learn how optical networks provide speed, data transportation, capacity, and scalabilityCCNA Self-Study: CCNA Basics (CCNAB) is a Cisco authorized, self-paced learning tool for fundamental CCNA knowledge. The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification indicates foundation knowledge of networking for the small office/home office. CCNA certified professionals can install, configure, and operate LAN, WAN, and dial access services for small networks. CCNA Self-Study: CCNA Basics (CCNAB) is designed as a comprehensive reference for students and networking professionals seeking an introduction to networking terminology, technologies, and techniques. This book presents important networking fundamentals using the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) seven-layer model concepts. Divided into 10 parts, each containing short, manageable chapters, this book provides you with a baseline of knowledge that is essential for understanding how to design, configure, and manage small networks. Each of the 10 parts covers a major networking topic, including computing and networking basics, network types, network media, switching fundamentals, TCP/IP, routing basics, WAN technologies, wireless technologies, optical networking, and voice, video, and data integration. Each chapter begins with objectives and an overview and ends with summaries and review questions to help you assess your knowledge. Terminology and technologies are explained in a straightforward, concise manner, which can be easily understood and referenced for review. This book is an invaluable reference manual for aspiring CCNA professionals as well as more experienced networking engineers who desire an encyclopedic resource of networking concepts. It introduces and explains the standards, protocols, and devices that form the foundation of modern network implementations. CCNA Self-Study: CCNA Basics (CCNAB) is part of a recommended learning path from Cisco Systems that can include simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from Cisco Press. To find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners worldwide, please visit: cisco/go/authorizedtraining.


About the Author
Cisco Systems, Inc., is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create Internet solutions so that individuals, companies, and countries have easy access to information-regardless of differences in time and place.

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The Barnes & Noble Review
Just embarking on a career in Cisco networking, and want to establish your credentials? Or maybe you've been in the business a while, and you've just decided to go for certification? Either way, your first "official" milestone will be CCNA certification. Before you can pass Cisco's CCNA exam, you'll need a strong "in-the-field" understanding of basic Cisco router and switch configuration -- topics that Cisco groups together as "Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices."

But even before that, you need a solid understanding of the fundamentals of networking.

Many people, of course, do this "backward" -- especially those who've been given networking responsibilities without any formal training. They muddle through on the IOS commands and never learn the fundamental "CCNA Basics" that would help them identify solutions systematically and intelligently. (Of course, they're also at a huge disadvantage on the exam.)

Cisco Press's CCNA Self-Study: CCNA Basics (CCNAB) focuses on the foundational material you really should learn first. Concise, well edited, and full of diagrams, it covers everything from network components and jargon to the different types of networks (LAN, WAN, MAN, SAN, VPN, and content network); cabling to IP addressing, ye olde OSI model to state-of-the-art wireless and optical networks.

You name it, it's defined and explained here. Spanning-tree protocol. AAA servers. Ethernet (through 10 gig). VLANs. Frame relay. Central office DSLAMs. DWDM and SONET/SDH. Converged network architectures. We suspect many network professionals will find the book's seven chapters on TCP/IP, IP addressing, and IP routing especially useful -- including the chapter-length explanation of IP subnetting and calculation, and the brief introductions to routing protocols such as EIGRP and IS-IS.

The book has been carefully crafted as effective exam preparation (and contains over 200 review questions, all with answers. But it'll also serve you well as a reference, briefing you on whatever new areas of networking you're asked to work in. It'll get you ready to be ready for anything. 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

Cisco authorized self-study book for CCNA fundamentalsPrepare for CCNA certification with a Cisco authorized self-study guideIdentify common types of networks including LANs, WANs, MANs, SANs, content networks, and VPNsExamine various media types including twisted-pair, coaxial, and fiber-optic cable and wireless communication and learn how to assemble and cable Cisco routers and switchesLearn fundamental LAN switching concepts such as congestion issues, segmentation, and virtual LANs (VLANs)Understand the TCP/IP protocol stack components and the functionality of ICMP, ARP, and RARPUnderstand IP addressing and subnetting, routing and routed protocols,and distance-vector, link-state, and hybrid routing approachesExamine protocols and technologies used in the WAN, including Frame Relay, ATM, SONET, dialup access technologies, analog and cable modems, and DSLEvaluate wireless-enabling technologies, including radio frequency modulation, unlicensed frequencies, spread spectrum, and wireless LANLearn how optical networks provide speed, data transportation, capacity, and scalability

CCNA Self-Study: CCNA Basics (CCNAB) is a Cisco authorized, self-paced learning tool for fundamental CCNA knowledge. The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification indicates foundation knowledge of networking for the small office/home office. CCNA certified professionals can install, configure, and operate LAN, WAN, and dial access services for small networks.

CCNA Self-Study: CCNA Basics (CCNAB) is designed as a comprehensive reference for students and networking professionals seeking an introduction to networking terminology, technologies, and techniques. This book presents important networking fundamentals using the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) seven-layer model concepts. Divided into 10 parts, each containing short, manageable chapters, this book provides you with a baseline of knowledge that is essential for understanding how to design, configure, and manage small networks.

Each of the 10 parts covers a major networking topic, including computing and networking basics, network types, network media, switching fundamentals, TCP/IP, routing basics, WAN technologies, wireless technologies, optical networking, and voice, video, and data integration. Each chapter begins with objectives and an overview and ends with summaries and review questions to help you assess your knowledge. Terminology and technologies are explained in a straightforward, concise manner, which can be easily understood and referenced for review. This book is an invaluable reference manual for aspiring CCNA professionals as well as more experienced networking engineers who desire an encyclopedic resource of networking concepts. It introduces and explains the standards, protocols, and devices that form the foundation of modern network implementations.

CCNA Self-Study: CCNA Basics (CCNAB) is part of a recommended learning path from Cisco Systems that can include simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from Cisco Press.

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