CCNA For Dummies, 2nd Edition

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by: Ron Gilster

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* Helps students prepare for the CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) exam, one of the most popular entry-level certifications for networking professionals and one that often translates into a salary increase

* According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, general networking/system administration jobs are expected to increase more than eighty percent by 2010

* This revision includes updates for the exam's new routing simulation, plus updated and more extensive information about WANs

* In addition to the Dummies Test Engine, an exclusive, fully customizable test-prep software package containing hundreds of sample questions based on the tone and content of the actual exam, the accompanying CD-ROM contains the Boson Routing Simulator to prepare students for this newest feature of the exam

* Author is the former director of a Cisco Regional Training Academy

Table of Contents

Introduction.

Part I: The Basics.

  Chapter 1: The CCNA Examination.

  Chapter 2: Networking Basics.

  Part II: Networking and the OSI Model.

  Chapter 3: Conceptual Models and Physical Networks.

  Chapter 4: Linking Up to the Network.

  Chapter 5: Routing Protocols.

  Chapter 6: Moving Data Across the Network.

  Chapter 7: Presenting Data and Keeping it Private.

  Part III: Network Protocols.

  Chapter 8: TCP/IP.

  Chapter 9: Network Addressing.

  Chapter 10: Subnetting.

  Part IV: LAN/WAN Design and Operation.

  Chapter 11: Designing LANs.

  Chapter 12: LAN Technologies.

  Chapter 13: LAN Switching.

  Chapter 14: WAN Protocols.

  Part V: Routers and Protocols.

  Chapter 15: Router Administration.

  Chapter 16: Working with the IOS.

  Chapter 17: Configuring a Router.

  Chapter 18: Routing versus Routed Protocols.

  Chapter 19: Router Security.

  Chapter 20: Router Interfaces.

  Part VI: The Part of Tens.

  Chapter 21: Ten (or More) Really Great Sites for Study Aids.

  Chapter 22: Ten Things to Do on Your Test Day.

  Appendix: About the CD.

  Index.

  Ron Gilster (CCNA, CCSE, i-Net+, Network+, A+, MBA, and AAGG) has been involved with Cisco networking and internetworking since 1993 as a trainer, teacher, developer, merchant, and end user. He has more than 35 years of total computing experience, including more than 15 years involved with the networking of computers. Ron is semi-retired, writing and teaching the occasional college course. He is the author of CCDA For Dummies, Cisco Networking For Dummies, A+ Certification For Dummies, Network+ Certification For Dummies, Server+ Certification For Dummies, and i-Net+ Certification For Dummies, plus several books on networking, including wireless networking, the Internet, computer hardware, computer and information literacy, and programming.