Building Cisco Remote Access Networks [Textbook Binding]

Catherine Paquet (Author), Cisco Systems Inc. (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1578700914 | ISBN-13: 978-1578700912 | Publication Date: August 1999 | Edition: 1

Cisco authorized self-study book for CCNP Remote Access foundation learning *Prepare for CCNP certification while learning the fundamentals of remote access networks *Apply Cisco solutions for assembling and cabling WAN components *Enable on-demand connections by configuring asynchronous connections with modems and configuring Point-to-Point Protocol *Enhance on-demand connectivity using ISDN and DDR technologies *Learn how to manage permanent connections with X.25, Frame Relay, backups, queuing, and compression Building Cisco Remote Access Networks is a Cisco authorized self-paced learning tool. It teaches you how to design, configure, and maintain a remote access network using Cisco products. This book helps you enable and enhance the on-demand connectivity of a small office, home office, or telecommuter site to a central site. It is divided into six main areas: introduction to remote access networks, identifying Cisco solutions to remote access needs, enabling on-demand connections to the Central site, enhancing on-demand connectivity, enabling permanent connections to the Central site, and scaling remote access networks. Building Cisco Remote Access Networks offers detailed and concise solutions for working with remote access networks. Configuration examples demonstrate management and troubleshooting techniques. Step-by-step configuration and troubleshooting lists walk you though remote access network set-up and management. In-depth discussions teach you how to maintain and scale a remote access network. Finally, chapter-ending questions help you assess your understanding of key concepts and start you down the path for attaining your CCNP certification. Building Cisco Remote Access Networks 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. 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. Catherine Paquet is the director of technical resources for Global Knowledge Network (Canada) Inc., the largest Cisco worldwide training partner. Catherine is a certified Cisco Systems instructor and Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) with a Security Specialty. Catherine was a member of the team at Cisco Systems that developed the Building Scalable Cisco Networks (BSCN) instructor-led course. Catherine has in-depth knowledge of routing technologies, security systems, and access services mainly in the area of Frame Relay, ISDN, and asynchronous connections. Catherine's internetworking career started as a LAN manager, promoted to MAN manager, and eventually became the nationwide WAN manager for a federal department. She was the master instructor for the Building Cisco Remote Access Networks (BCRAN) and Managing Cisco Networks Security (MCNS) courses at Global Knowledge Network (Canada). She is now directing Global Knowledge technical operations for Canada. Catherine has a master's in business administration with a major in management information systems.

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Cisco authorized self-study book for CCNP Remote Access foundation learning

* Prepare for CCNP certification while learning the fundamentals of remote access networks
* Apply Cisco solutions for assembling and cabling WAN components
* Enable on-demand connections by configuring asynchronous connections with modems and configuring Point-to-Point Protocol
* Enhance on-demand connectivity using ISDN and DDR technologies
* Learn how to manage permanent connections with X.25, Frame Relay, backups, queuing, and compression

Building Cisco Remote Access Networks is a Cisco authorized self-paced learning tool. It teaches you how to design, configure, and maintain a remote access network using Cisco products. This book helps you enable and enhance the on-demand connectivity of a small office, home office, or telecommuter site to a central site. It is divided into six main areas: introduction to remote access networks, identifying Cisco solutions to remote access needs, enabling on-demand connections to the Central site, enhancing on-demand connectivity, enabling permanent connections to the Central site, and scaling remote access networks.

Building Cisco Remote Access Networks offers detailed and concise solutions for working with remote access networks. Configuration examples demonstrate management and troubleshooting techniques. Step-by-step configuration and troubleshooting lists walk you though remote access network set-up and management. In-depth discussions teach you how to maintain and scale a remote access network. Finally, chapter-ending questions help you assess your understanding of key concepts and start you down the path for attaining your CCNP certification.

Building Cisco Remote Access Networks 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. To find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners worldwide, please visit cisco/go/authorizedtraining.

About the Author

Catherine Paquet is the director of technical resources for Global Knowledge Network (Canada) Inc., the largest Cisco worldwide training partner. Catherine is a certified Cisco Systems instructor and Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) with a Security Specialty. Catherine was a member of the team at Cisco Systems that developed the Building Scalable Cisco Networks (BSCN) instructor-led course. Catherine has in-depth knowledge of routing technologies, security systems, and access services mainly in the area of Frame Relay, ISDN, and asynchronous connections. Catherine's internetworking career started as a LAN manager, promoted to MAN manager, and eventually became the nationwide WAN manager for a federal department. She was the master instructor for the Building Cisco Remote Access Networks (BCRAN) and Managing Cisco Networks Security (MCNS) courses at Global Knowledge Network (Canada). She is now directing Global Knowledge technical operations for Canada. Catherine has a master's in business administration with a major in management information systems.

Product Details

• Textbook Binding: 500 pages
• Publisher: Cisco Press; 1 edition (August 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578700914
• ISBN-13: 978-1578700912
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.6 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,378,902 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book for Prepare BCRAN and CMTD, January 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Building Cisco Remote Access Networks (Textbook Binding)

I passed CMTD 8.0 (640-405) (scored 860, passing score = 790) just by spending 12 days reading this book(I hold a full-time job). I had not read any other books or any supplemental materials.

I also took the beta test for BCRAN (cisco called it Remote Access)on the same day. 96% of the exam items are in the book. Some of the test questions are taken almost verbatim from this book.It might as well cover the remaining 4%. I must have missed or ignored them.

Topics that are not covered in this book but tested on CMTD are as follows: 1. (objective 13) xDSL 2. (objectives: 24-26Terminal services 3. (objectives: 51) Dialup cost management (IPX/SPX spoofing,AppleTalk NBP filtering 4. (objectives: 64-67) Virtual Private Dialup Networks (VPDN) 5. (objectives: 68-72) Protocal Translation Services 6. (objectives: 77-80) Configuring NetBEUI over PPP

Please go to Cisco's web site to download the exam objectives and search for materials on these uncovered objectives to make 100% sure to pass the exam for the first time.

I rate this book 4 stars because it does not have practice tests after each chapter and does not have one or two set of simulated exams, like those in the Exam Cram Series. Should it have them, then it can be rated 5 stars. Simulated tests helps a lot and save your money to buy another or other books for practice tests.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars For The Info, Three Stars For Readability, March 28, 2000

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This review is from: Building Cisco Remote Access Networks (Textbook Binding)

For those folks like me who were stymied looking for study material for CMTD, look no further. This book has a great deal of the info that you need to prepare for CMTD, and some chapters you should go ahead and read even if you're not preparing for BCRAN. Check your exam objectives if you're working on CMTD, and download any missing info from Cisco's website.

Catherine Paquet does a tremendous job in presenting information. The best part of the book is the case study you find at the end of most chapters. Instead of the typical multiple choice questions, you're asked to come up with solutions to customer demands for remote access. This is great practice for actually applying what you have learned, which is a must for Cisco exams.

The one problem I did have with the book -- and I considered it a major problem at times -- was the lack of flow to the book and a great number of typos. Don't get me wrong, I'm not the type to go nuts if I see a typo or two in a technical manual. However, there are parts of this book where hyphens appear and disappear from commands, and a few illustrated examples have different commands than the accompanying text, which can get pretty annoying after a while.

Again, there's a lot of great information here, and without Catherine's work, a lot of us CMTD candidates would have been up a virtual creek. Definitely worth picking up, but you might want to keep your ACRC Cisco books within arm's reach while reading this one to cross-check facts, since CMTD is basically an extension of that difficult exam.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good material to prepare CMTD, November 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Building Cisco Remote Access Networks (Textbook Binding)

This book contains a lot of good information about all aspects of dial-up access. But it is not written as a study guide for CMTD. Don't use this book as the only study guide for the exam.

This book covers only 80% of the exam objectives. You need to find some other material to complement the rest 20%. For example, this book does not cover VPDN, Multichassis Multilink PPP, etc.

I used this book as well as downloaded some material from Cisco Web site to prepare the CMTD exam. I passed it and got my CCNP certification title.