Cisco CCNA Simplified: Workbook and Lab Guide

When it comes to studying for your Cisco CCNA and CCENT you want to ensure that you study from the best and most up-to-date CCNA study guide. Cisco CCNA Simplified has been written by a former Cisco TAC engineer who remembers what it is like to try to study for the CCNA exam while juggling a job, family and a social life. You want relevant information, explained in easy to understand terms with lots of real world examples, diagrams and explanations showing you how to use what you learn in the real world on a live network.

Cisco CCNA Simplified has been written for people like you who want to learn how to pass your Cisco CCNA or CCENT exam and have the confidence to apply your skills to a live Cisco network. So many other CCNA study guides are stuffed full of jargon and useless information which you simply do not need to know. Wasting time reading irrelevant information is simply going to frustrate you and delay you passing your Cisco exams.

Cisco CCNA Simplified Includes:

Over 27 hands on labs with helpful walkthroughs

Exam success tips and real world advice

Paul Brownings famous 'Easy way to subnet guide'

496 pages crammed with essential CCNA information

Networking basics for beginner readers

All theory applied to real world scenarios

Over $400 in downloadable software

100% satisfaction money back guarantee

Configuration secrets used by Cisco experts

Command shortcuts and tricks few IT people know

Advanced 'beyond CCNA' configs and advice

Secrets to configuring and installing live Cisco equipment

Part I Theory Section Includes:

Router architecture

IP addressing and VLSM

Network design and route summarization

Easy way to subnet in the exam

LAN switching including VTP, VLANs and RSTP+

Switch and router security

Security Device Manager (SDM)

Network Address Translation (NAT)

Routing protocols such as EIGRP, RIPv2 and OSPF

Network management and TCP/IP

Wireless networking and security

Network troubleshooting and fault finding

Easy to follow diagrams and explanations

Part II Hands On Labs Section Includes:

Setting up a router from scratch for beginners

Secure the router with passwords and access lists

NAT (3 labs)

Beginner IP addressing labs

Switch security and inter-VLAN routing

Frame relay and PPP labs

Secure the router with access lists

VLANs, trunking on 2950 switches

Setting up DNS and DHCP on a router

Routing protocols such as EIGRP, RIPv2 and OSPF

Advanced OSPF labs for exam success

Network troubleshooting labs

Discovering CDP and ARP

Expert tips to avoid mistakes on live networks