Network Basics Course Booklet
- By Cisco Networking Academy
- Published Jul 30, 2013 by Cisco Press. Part of the Course Booklets series.
Book
- Sorry, this book is no longer in print.
Features
- A low-cost, text-only booklet of the course narrative for easy offline studying
- Easy to read, highlight, and review on the go, wherever the Internet is not available
- Extracted directly from the online course, with headings that have exact page correlations to the online course
- An icon system directs the reader to the online course to take full advantage of the images, labs, Packet Tracer activities, and dynamic activities
- Copyright 2014
- Dimensions: 8-1/2" x 10-7/8"
- Edition: 1st
- Book
- ISBN-10: 1-58713-314-8
- ISBN-13: 978-1-58713-314-5
The Network Basics Course Booklet offers a way for students enrolled in a Cisco Networking Academy Network Basics course to easily read, highlight, and review on the go, wherever the Internet is not available. The text is extracted directly from the online course, with headings that have exact page correlations to the online course. An icon system directs the reader to the online course to take full advantage of the images, labs, Packet Tracer activities, and dynamic activities. The books are intended to be used with the course.
Sample Pages
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Table of Contents
Chapter 0 Course Introduction 1
0.0 Welcome to Network Basics 1
0.0.1 Message to the Student 1
0.0.1.1 Welcome 1
0.0.1.2 A Global Community 1
0.0.1.3 More Than Just Information 1
0.0.1.4 How We Teach 2
0.0.1.5 Practice Leads to Mastery 2
0.0.1.6 Mind Wide Open 2
0.0.1.7 Engineering Journals 2
0.0.1.8 Explore the World of Networking 2
0.0.1.9 Create Your Own Worlds 2
0.0.1.10 How Packet Tracer Helps Master Concepts 3
0.0.1.11 Course Overview 3
0.1 Navigating the Course 3
0.1.1 Control Your Experience 3
0.1.1.1 Course GUI Tutorial 3
Your Chapter Notes 4
Chapter 1 Exploring the Network 5
1.0 Exploring the Network 5
1.0.1.1 Introduction 5
1.0.1.2 Class Activity - Draw Your Concept of the Internet 5
1.1 Communicating in a Network-Centric World 6
1.1.1 Interconnecting our Lives 6
1.1.1.1 Networks in Our Daily Lives 6
1.1.1.2 Technology Then and Now 6
1.1.1.3 The Global Community 7
1.1.1.4 Networks Support the Way We Learn 7
1.1.1.5 Networks Support the Way We Communicate 8
1.1.1.6 Networks Support the Way We Work 9
1.1.1.7 Networks Support the Way We Play 10
1.1.1.8 Lab - Researching Network Collaboration Tools 10
1.1.2 Supporting Communication 10
1.1.2.1 What is Communication? 10
1.1.2.2 Quality of Communication 11
1.1.2.3 Internal QoS Factors 12
1.2 The Network as a Platform 12
1.2.1 Converged Networks 12
1.2.1.1 Traditional Service Networks 12
1.2.1.2 Planning for the Future 13
1.2.1.3 Lab - Researching Converged Network Services 13