Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction -- Cisco's Network Certifications -- Cisco Certified Entry Network Technician (CCENT) -- Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing and Switching (CCNA R/S) -- Why Become a CCENT and CCNA R/S? -- What Skills Do You Need to Become a CCNA R/S? -- How Do You Become a CCNA R/S -- What Does This Book Cover? -- What's Available Online? -- How to Use This Book -- Where Do You Take the Exams? -- Tips for Taking Your Cisco Exams -- Objective Map for CCNA Routing andSwitching Certification Exam -- ICND1 Exam Objectives -- ICND2 Exam Objectives -- CCNA Exam Objectives (Composite Exam) -- Assessment Test -- Answers to Assessment Test -- Part I ICND1 -- Chapter 1 Internetworking -- Internetworking Basics -- Internetworking Models -- The Layered Approach -- Advantages of Reference Models -- The OSI Reference Model -- The Application Layer -- The Presentation Layer -- The Session Layer -- The Transport Layer -- The Network Layer -- The Data Link Layer -- The Physical Layer -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Written Labs -- Written Lab 1.1: OSI Questions -- Written Lab 1.2: Defining the OSI Layers and Devices -- Written Lab 1.3: Identifying Collision and Broadcast Domains -- Review Questions -- Chapter 2 Ethernet Networking and Data Encapsulation -- Ethernet Networks in Review -- Collision Domain -- Broadcast Domain -- CSMA/CD -- Half- and Full-Duplex Ethernet -- Ethernet at the Data Link Layer -- Ethernet at the Physical Layer -- Ethernet Cabling -- Straight-Through Cable -- Crossover Cable -- Rolled Cable -- Fiber Optic -- Data Encapsulation -- The Cisco Three-Layer Hierarchical Model -- The Core Layer -- The Distribution Layer -- The Access Layer -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Written Labs.

Written Lab 2.1: Binary/Decimal/Hexadecimal Conversion -- Written Lab 2.2: CSMA/CD Operations -- Written Lab 2.3: Cabling -- Written Lab 2.4: Encapsulation -- Review Questions -- Chapter 3 Introduction to TCP/IP -- Introducing TCP/IP -- A Brief History of TCP/IP -- TCP/IP and the DoD Model -- The Process/Application Layer Protocols -- The Host-to-Host or Transport Layer Protocols -- The Internet Layer Protocols -- IP Addressing -- IP Terminology -- The Hierarchical IP Addressing Scheme -- Private IP Addresses (RFC 1918) -- IPv4 Address Types -- Layer 2 Broadcasts -- Layer 3 Broadcasts -- Unicast Address -- Multicast Address -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Written Labs -- Written Lab 3.1: TCP/IP -- Written Lab 3.2: Mapping Applications to the DoD Model -- Review Questions -- Chapter 4 Easy Subnetting -- Subnetting Basics -- How to Create Subnets -- Subnet Masks -- Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) -- IP Subnet-Zero -- Subnetting Class C Addresses -- Subnetting Class B Addresses -- Subnetting Class A Addresses -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Written Labs -- Written Lab 4.1: Written Subnet Practice #1 -- Written Lab 4.2: Written Subnet Practice #2 -- Written Lab 4.3: Written Subnet Practice #3 -- Review Questions -- Chapter 5 VLSMs, Summarization, and Troubleshooting TCP/IP -- Variable Length Subnet Masks (VLSMs) -- VLSM Design -- Implementing VLSM Networks -- Summarization -- Troubleshooting IP Addressing -- Determining IP Address Problems -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Written Lab 5 -- Lab 5.1: Summarization Practice -- Review Questions -- Chapter 6 Cisco's Internetworking Operating System (IOS) -- The IOS User Interface -- Cisco IOS -- Connecting to a Cisco IOS Device -- Bringing Up a Switch -- Command-Line Interface (CLI) -- Entering the CLI -- Overview of Router Modes -- CLI Prompts -- Editing and Help Features.

Administrative Configurations -- Hostnames -- Banners -- Setting Passwords -- Encrypting Your Passwords -- Descriptions -- Router and Switch Interfaces -- Bringing Up an Interface -- Viewing, Saving, and Erasing Configurations -- Deleting the Configuration and Reloading the Device -- Verifying Your Configuration -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Written Lab 6: IOS Understanding -- Hands-on Labs -- Hands-on Lab 6.1: Erasing an Existing Configuration -- Hands-on Lab 6.2: Exploring User, Privileged, and Configuration Modes -- Hands-on Lab 6.3: Using the Help and Editing Features -- Hands-on Lab 6.4: Saving a Configuration -- Hands-on Lab 6.5: Setting Passwords -- Hands-on Lab 6.6: Setting the Hostname, Descriptions, IP Address, and Clock Rate -- Review Questions -- Chapter 7 Managing a Cisco Internetwork -- The Internal Components of a Cisco Router and Switch -- The Router and Switch Boot Sequence -- Backing Up and Restoring the Cisco Configuration -- Backing Up the Cisco Configuration -- Restoring the Cisco Configuration -- Erasing the Configuration -- Configuring DHCP -- DHCP Relay -- Verifying DHCP on Cisco IOS -- Syslog -- Configuring and Verifying Syslog -- Network Time Protocol (NTP) -- Exploring Connected Devices Using CDP and LLDP -- Getting CDP Timers and Holdtime Information -- Gathering Neighbor Information -- Documenting a Network Topology Using CDP -- Using Telnet -- Telnetting into Multiple Devices Simultaneously -- Checking Telnet Connections -- Checking Telnet Users -- Closing Telnet Sessions -- Resolving Hostnames -- Building a Host Table -- Using DNS to Resolve Names -- Checking Network Connectivity and Troubleshooting -- Using the ping Command -- Using the traceroute Command -- Debugging -- Using the show processes Command -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Written Labs 7 -- Written Lab 7.1: IOS Management.

Written Lab 7.2: Router Memory -- Hands-on Labs -- Hands-on Lab 7.1: Backing Up the Router Configuration -- Hands-on Lab 7.2: Using the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) -- Hands-on Lab 7.3: Using Telnet -- Hands-on Lab 7.4: Resolving Hostnames -- Review Questions -- Chapter 8 Managing Cisco Devices -- Managing the Configuration Register -- Understanding the Configuration Register Bits -- Checking the Current Configuration Register Value -- Boot System Commands -- Recovering Passwords -- Backing Up and Restoring the Cisco IOS -- Verifying Flash Memory -- Backing Up the Cisco IOS -- Restoring or Upgrading the Cisco Router IOS -- Using the Cisco IOS File System (Cisco IFS) -- Licensing -- Right-To-Use Licenses (Evaluation Licenses) -- Backing Up and Uninstalling the License -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Written Lab 8 -- Written Lab 8.1: IOS Management -- Hands-on Labs -- Hands-on Lab 8.1: Backing Up Your Router IOS -- Hands-on Lab 8.2: Upgrading or Restoring Your Router IOS -- Review Questions -- Chapter 9 IP Routing -- Routing Basics -- The IP Routing Process -- The Cisco Router Internal Process -- Testing Your IP Routing Understanding -- Configuring IP Routing -- Corp Configuration -- SF Configuration -- LA Configuration -- Configuring IP Routing in Our Network -- Static Routing -- Default Routing -- Dynamic Routing -- Routing Protocol Basics -- Routing Information Protocol (RIP) -- Configuring RIP Routing -- Holding Down RIP Propagations -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Written Lab 9 -- Hands-on Labs -- Hands-on Lab 9.1: Creating Static Routes -- Hands-on Lab 9.2: Configuring RIP Routing -- Review Questions -- Chapter 10 Layer 2 Switching -- Switching Services -- Three Switch Functions at Layer 2 -- Port Security -- Configuring Catalyst Switches -- Catalyst Switch Configuration -- Verifying Cisco Catalyst Switches -- Summary -- Exam Essentials.

Written Lab 10 -- Hands-on Labs -- Lab 10.1: Configuring Layer 2 Switches -- Lab 10.2: Verifying Layer 2 Switches -- Lab 10.3: Configuring Port Security -- Review Questions -- Chapter 11 VLANs and Inter-VLAN Routing -- VLAN Basics -- Broadcast Control -- Security -- Flexibility and Scalability -- Identifying VLANs -- Frame Tagging -- VLAN Identification Methods -- Routing between VLANs -- Configuring VLANs -- Assigning Switch Ports to VLANs -- Configuring Trunk Ports -- Configuring Inter-VLAN Routing -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Written Lab 11 -- Hands-on Labs -- Hands-on Lab 11.1: Configuring and Verifying VLANs -- Hands-on Lab 11.2: Configuring and Verifying Trunk Links -- Hands-on Lab 11.3: Configuring Router on a Stick Routing -- Hands-on Lab 11.4: Configuring IVR with a Layer 3 Switch -- Review Questions -- Chapter 12 Security -- Perimeter, Firewall, and Internal Routers -- Introduction to Access Lists -- Mitigating Security Issues with ACLs -- Standard Access Lists -- Wildcard Masking -- Standard Access List Example -- Controlling VTY (Telnet/SSH) Access -- Extended Access Lists -- Extended Access List Example 1 -- Extended Access List Example 2 -- Extended Access List Example 3 -- Named ACLs -- Remarks -- Monitoring Access Lists -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Written Lab 12 -- Hands-on Labs -- Hands-on Lab 12.1: Standard IP Access Lists -- Hands-on Lab 12.2: Extended IP Access Lists -- Review Questions -- Chapter 13 Network Address Translation (NAT) -- When Do We Use NAT? -- Types of Network Address Translation -- NAT Names -- How NAT Works -- Static NAT Configuration -- Dynamic NAT Configuration -- PAT (Overloading) Configuration -- Simple Verification of NAT -- Testing and Troubleshooting NAT -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Written Lab 13 -- Hands-on Labs -- Lab 13.1: Preparing for NAT -- Lab 13.2: Configuring Dynamic NAT.

Lab 13.3: Configuring PAT.

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