Deluxe Edition of Best-Selling CCNA Study Guide

This comprehensive, enhanced version of the Sybex CCNA Study Guide provides certification candidates with the additional tools they need to prepare for this popular exam. With additional bonus exams and flashcards, as well as the exclusive CCNA Virtual Lab, Platinum Edition, this comprehensive guide has been completely updated to reflect the latest CCNA 640-802 exam. Written by Cisco Authority Todd Lammle, whose straightforward style provides lively examples, hands-on and written labs, easy-to-understand analogies, and real-world scenarios that will not only help you prepare for the exam, but also give you a solid foundation as a Cisco networking professional.

This Study Guide teaches you how to
Describe how a network works
Configure, verify and troubleshoot a switch with VLANs and interswitch communications
Implement an IP addressing scheme and IP Services to meet network requirements in a medium-size Enterprise branch office network.
Configure, verify, and troubleshoot basic router operation and routing on Cisco devices
Explain and select the appropriate administrative tasks required for a WLAN
Identify security threats to a network and describe general methods to mitigate those threats
Implement, verify, and troubleshoot NAT and ACLs in a medium-size Enterprise branch office network.
Implement and verify WAN links

On the CD-ROM:
Chapter Review Questions
Full-Length Practice Exams
Electronic Flashcards
Exclusive CD-only bonus material, including the CCNA Simulation Exam Practice Guide
All new Audio and Video Instruction from Todd Lammle

On the Bonus 2nd CD-ROM
The CCNA Virtual Lab, Platinum Edition. Users can work in a Cisco environment without having to spend the thousands of dollars on the pricy equipment.

Table of Contents

Introduction.
Assessment Test.

Chapter 1 Internetworking.
Chapter 2 Review of Ethernet Networking and Data Encapsulation.
Chapter 3 Introduction to TCP/IP.
Chapter 4 Easy Subnetting.
Chapter 5 Variable Length Subnet Masks (VLSMs), Summarization, and Troubleshooting TCP/IP.
Chapter 6 Cisco's Internetworking Operating System (IOS).
Chapter 7 Managing a Cisco Internetwork.
Chapter 8 IP Routing.
Chapter 9 Enhanced IGRP (EIGRP) and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF).
Chapter 10 Layer 2 Switching and Spanning Tree Protocol (STP).
Chapter 11 Virtual LANs (VLANs).
Chapter 12 Security.
Chapter 13 Network Address Translation (NAT).
Chapter 14 Cisco's Wireless Technologies.
Chapter 15 Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6).
Chapter 16 Wide Area Networks.