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Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices

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Published: Mar 24, 2000
Copyright 2000
Dimensions: 7.375 X 9.125
Pages: 600
Edition: 1st

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ISBN-10: 1-57870-111-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57870-111-7

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Cisco System's Cisco Career Certification program has been updated and now includes new courses and exams that cover updates to products, technology, and solutions. Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (ICND)is a new recommended training course producted by Cisco Worldwide Training for the new CCNA exam #640-507. This new course is an amalgam of the previously recommeded courses for CCNA: Introduction to Cisco Router Configuration (ICRC), Cisco Routing and LAN Switching (CRLS), and High-Performance Solutions for Desktop Connectivity (HPSDC). Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices presents the concepts, commands, and practice required to configure Cisco switches and routers in multiprotocol internetworks. Readers get information to identify and recommend the best Cisco solutions for small to medium-sized businesses. The book introduces all of the basic configuration procedures to build a multirouter, multigroup internetwork that uses LAN and WAN interfaces for the most commonly used routing and routed protocols. ICND provides the installation, configuration, and troubleshooting information that network support engineers and designers need to install and configure the latest Cisco products. There are no books available that can compete with the official Cisco training class materials provided in this Coursebook.

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Cisco authorized self-study book for CCNA foundation learning

Prepare for CCNA exam #640-607 certification while learning the fundamentals of setting up, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting Cisco networks
Determine in which situations a hub, Ethernet switch, or router would be more appropriately used Use Cisco software to identify addresses, protocols, and connectivity status in a network containing multiple interconnected Cisco devices
Interconnect Cisco switches and routers according to a given network design specification
Configure Cisco switches and routers to support a specified list of protocols and technologies
Configure access lists to control access to network devices or segments and general network traffic
Verify that Cisco switches and routers, as well as their configured network services and protocols, operate as intended within a given network specification

Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices is a Cisco authorized self-paced learning tool for CCNA foundation learning. This book provides you with the knowledge needed to identify and recommend the best Cisco solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses. This book teaches you how to perform all the basic configuration procedures to build a multirouter, multigroup internetwork that uses LAN and WAN interfaces for the most commonly used routing and routed protocols.

This book provides the installation, configuration, and troubleshooting information required to install and configure Cisco products. You will learn the fundamentals of interconnecting Cisco network devices in five modules: getting started with Cisco networks (assembling, cabling, operating, configuring, and managing devices), interconnecting Catalyst(r) switches (fundamental switch operations and VLAN configuration), interconnecting Cisco routers (TCP/IP, IP routing, traffic management, and IPX configuration), extending the network to WANs (serial point-to-point connections, ISDN BRI, and Frame Relay PVC connections), and supplemental appendixes (AppleTalk(r), HyperTerminal, Cisco 700 series routers, and password recovery techniques). Each chapter concludes with questions to help assess your understanding of key concepts and start you down the path for attaining your CCNA certification.

Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices 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. In order to find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners worldwide, please visit www.cisco.com/go/authorizedtraining.

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful

Pass the CCNA 2.0 using this book as stage one�, November 16, 2000

Joe Buchberger (Tampa, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (Cisco Career Certifications) (Textbook Binding)

...in a self-study regimen that costs a few hundred instead of thousands. I recommend this book as the first stage in self-study.

Go through this book chapter by chapter, one pass just reading and looking at the figures and diagrams, the next pass taking notes. There are only 10 or 15 review questions at the end of each chapter and no companion CD with test questions so just learn the material before moving on. The writing and layout makes that easy though, as this book is very clearly written and makes heavy use of figures and examples throughout to reinforce the concepts in each chapter.

Don't take the test yet though. After this nice introduction do the same thing with the Sybex/Todd Lammle CCNA Study Guide. Read it, then go back and really read it and take notes. You will find much-needed additional coverage of subnetting and CLI commands here, as well as an excellent sample test engine. Review your notes and really work this test engine before taking the real... Read more

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful

Not a single page wasted, June 9, 2000

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This review is from: Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (Cisco Career Certifications) (Textbook Binding)

I used this book as well as Odom's Certification Guide (another excellent book!) and passed Exam 640-507 with 935. This book is an enormous improvement over its popular but poorly-written predecessor, ICRC. While ICRC is incoherent and opaque, ICND is written with a much better style and packed with almost error-free information on what you need to know for the exam. The author devotes the right amount of discussion to each topic, not too much but not little either.

ICRC usually beats around the bush when it comes to the most confusing part, such as routing loop and its remedies, IP subnetting, and access list wildcard. Intriguingly, wherever ICRC missed, the book makes up for it with an excellent explanation. Looks like Cisco is listening as attentively as their switches.

Plan enough time for this book. It will be an intensive reading project. I didn't highlight any page because, if I want to highlight anything, I would have to highlight the whole book. Good... Read more

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful

Covers ICND Course Material Well, April 22, 2000

E. Farmer (Fredericksburg, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (Cisco Career Certifications) (Textbook Binding)

This book does a great job of covering the 5 day ICND course material. It's a great addition to the instructor taught course. The nice part about this text is that it also covers many of the additional comments that the instructor may add during the course but you forget because you're focusing in on the course material while listening to them. It will definitely assist you in preparing for the CCNA exam plus a very good future reference for an occasional "memory jogger" of the introductory material.

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Index

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I. GETTING STARTED WITH CISCO NETWORKS.

1. Internetworking Concepts Overview.

2. Assembling and Cabling Cisco Devices.

3. Operating and Configuring a Cisco IOS Device.

4. Managing Your Network Environment.

II. INTERCONNECTING CATALYST SWITCHES.

5. Catalyst 1900 Switch Operations.

6. Extending Switched Networks with Virtual LANs.

III. INTERCONNECTING CISCO ROUTERS.

7. Interconnecting Networks with TCP/IP.

8. Determining IP Routes.

9. Basic IP Traffic Management with Access Lists.

10. Configuring Novell IPX.

IV. EXTENDING THE NETWORK TO WANS.

11. Establishing Serial Point-to-Point Connections.

12. Completing an ISDN BRI Call.

13. Establishing a Frame Relay PVC Connection.

V. APPENDIXES.

Appendix A: Configuring AppleTalk.

Appendix B: Establishing a HyperTerminal Session.

Appendix C: Cisco Series Routers.

Appendix D: Password Recovery.

Appendix E: Answers to Review Questions.

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