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CCNA ICND; Exam Certification Guide
The Barnes & Noble Review
Cisco s just revamped both the CCNA exam and recertification process. If you choose, you can make your preparation more manageable by splitting the CCNA content in fundamental networking material in an INTRO exam, and more advanced network configuration in a second ICND exam. If you re already a CCNA, you no longer need to worry about studying the INTRO to recertify, you must only pass the ICND exam. Whether you re recertifying or certifying for the first time, you ll appreciate Cisco Press new CCNA ICND Exam Certification Guide (CCNA Self-Study).
It s clear, precise, and tightly focused on the specifics you need to pass. And it draws upon Wendell Odom s immense experience in networking (nearly 20 years building and managing networks, extensive experience authoring Cisco-related course curricula, and nearly a decade delivering Cisco-certified courses at all levels.)
Odom begins by thoroughly reviewing LAN switching in Cisco environments. He starts with core concepts such as forward-vs.-filter decisions, then moves on to basic Cisco 2950 switch configuration, operation, and administration; the Spanning Tree Protocol; and related topics such as EtherChannel, PortFast, and RSTP. There s a full chapter on Virtual LANs, trunking, and the VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP), Cisco s Layer 2 messaging protocol for adding, deleting, and renaming VLANs.
He turns next to IP routing and addressing, including subnetting; default gateways; DHCP; IOS routing commands; RIP, IGRP, OSPF, EIGRP, VLSM, route Poisoning and split horizons, loop avoidance, route summarization -- even advanced topics such as secondary IP addresses and CIDR.
You ll find complete coverage of IP access list security, including standard, extended, and named IP access lists. Last but not least, there are complete chapters on WAN routing (including ISDN) and frame relay -- both concepts and configuration.
You ll really like the new ten-question Do I Know This Already? quizzes that start every chapter. They re great for focusing your study. (If you get nine or ten right, you might get away with reading the chapter s Foundation Summary and end-of-chapter Q&A. Otherwise, you d better study it all.)
When you get to the end of each chapter, Odom presents a series of open-ended questions that force you to exercise your memory and prove both your conceptual and factual knowledge. They may be even tougher than the exam itself.
Whenever you want exam-like questions -- either multiple-choice or simulator questions -- just turn to the CD-ROM. It contains more than 250 tough ICND questions, as well as the powerful new Boson a complete working network simulator, custom designed to match this book s many lab scenarios.
By purchasing this book at Barnes & Noble, you get an exclusive online access to many of the best presentations from the 2003 Cisco Networkers user conferences. That s detailed, up-to-the-minute information you can use right now to run your network more effectively. Which, after all, is the whole point, isn t it? 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.
Cisco s just revamped both the CCNA exam and recertification process. If you choose, you can make your preparation more manageable by splitting the CCNA content in fundamental networking material in an INTRO exam, and more advanced network configuration in a second ICND exam. If you re already a CCNA, you no longer need to worry about studying the INTRO to recertify, you must only pass the ICND exam. Whether you re recertifying or certifying for the first time, you ll appreciate Cisco Press new CCNA ICND Exam Certification Guide (CCNA Self-Study).
It s clear, precise, and tightly focused on the specifics you need to pass. And it draws upon Wendell Odom s immense experience in networking (nearly 20 years building and managing networks, extensive experience authoring Cisco-related course curricula, and nearly a decade delivering Cisco-certified courses at all levels.)
Odom begins by thoroughly reviewing LAN switching in Cisco environments. He starts with core concepts such as forward-vs.-filter decisions, then moves on to basic Cisco 2950 switch configuration, operation, and administration; the Spanning Tree Protocol; and related topics such as EtherChannel, PortFast, and RSTP. There s a full chapter on Virtual LANs, trunking, and the VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP), Cisco s Layer 2 messaging protocol for adding, deleting, and renaming VLANs.
He turns next to IP routing and addressing, including subnetting; default gateways; DHCP; IOS routing commands; RIP, IGRP, OSPF, EIGRP, VLSM, route Poisoning and split horizons, loop avoidance, route summarization -- even advanced topics such as secondary IP addresses and CIDR.
You ll find complete coverage of IP access list security, including standard, extended, and named IP access lists. Last but not least, there are complete chapters on WAN routing (including ISDN) and frame relay -- both concepts and configuration.
You ll really like the new ten-question Do I Know This Already? quizzes that start every chapter. They re great for focusing your study. (If you get nine or ten right, you might get away with reading the chapter s Foundation Summary and end-of-chapter Q&A. Otherwise, you d better study it all.)
When you get to the end of each chapter, Odom presents a series of open-ended questions that force you to exercise your memory and prove both your conceptual and factual knowledge. They may be even tougher than the exam itself.
Whenever you want exam-like questions -- either multiple-choice or simulator questions -- just turn to the CD-ROM. It contains more than 250 tough ICND questions, as well as the powerful new Boson a complete working network simulator, custom designed to match this book s many lab scenarios.
By purchasing this book at Barnes & Noble, you get an exclusive online access to many of the best presentations from the 2003 Cisco Networkers user conferences. That s detailed, up-to-the-minute information you can use right now to run your network more effectively. Which, after all, is the whole point, isn t it? 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.
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First published August 15, 2003
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