Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (Cisco Career Certifications) [Textbook Binding]

Stephen McQuerry (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1578701112 | ISBN-13: 978-1578701117 | Publication Date: March 24, 2000 | Edition: 1st

For Courses in Cisco CCNA certification and Networking.Based on the Cisco course taught worldwide, Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices teaches students how to configure Cisco switches and routers in multiprotocol internetworks. ICND is the primary course recommended by Cisco Systems for CCNA Exam #640-507 preparation.The student will learn the fundamentals of interconnecting Cisco network devices in five modules: getting started with Cisco networks (assembling, cabling, operating, configuring, and managing devices); interconnecting Catalyst switches (fundamental switch operations and VLAN configuration); interconnecting Cisco routers (TCP/IP, IP routing, traffic management, and IPX configuration); extending the network to WANs (serial point-to-point connections, ISDN BRI, and Frame Relay PVC connections); and supplemental appendixes (AppleTalk, HyperTerminal, Cisco 700 series routers, and password recovery techniques).

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Here's a book that clearly and concisely explains the low-level internetworking concepts that make the Internet go. If you read Internetworking Cisco Network Devices and come to understand its subject matter, you'll be well prepared to pass the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) exam (640-507) and do a bang-up job at most any networking job you choose to pursue. This book explains Internet-standard data communications protocols (the TCP/IP suite and routing algorithms particularly) in terms of their implementations on Cisco routers, switches, and software systems. By doing so, it prepares you to install, configure, manage, and troubleshoot Cisco equipment.

If you're starting from near zero on the networking knowledge scale (and even if you're not), you'll likely want to read this book from beginning to end. The authors lay down a conceptual foundation (including excellent coverage of the Open Systems Interconnection reference model) in early chapters, and subsequently proceed to place Cisco-specific knowledge on top of that base. The text frequently seems dry, but it's clear that the authors and editors went to considerable trouble to get their facts right and drive home the big concepts with illustrations. Test-preparation aids are limited to a dozen or so review questions (with brief, minimally annotated answers at the back of the book), so it's clear that this book is about knowing the material, not preparing for an artificial test. It does readers a service. --David Wall

Topics covered: The contents of the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) exam (640-507), which verifies knowledge of interconnections among networks as implemented with Cisco equipment running Internet-standard protocols. Coverage spans selection of hardware from the Cisco line, cabling, configuring Internetwork Operating System (IOS), setting up switched networks with Catalyst 1900 switches, and establishing virtual local area networks (VLANs). Plenty of coverage goes to TCP/IP under Cisco gear, including routing protocols, the configuration of routes, and point-to-point communication over wide area network (WAN) links of various kinds.

From the Back Cover

Cisco authorized self-study book for CCNA foundation learning

* Prepare for CCNA exam #640-607 certification while learning the fundamentals of setting up, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting Cisco networks
* Determine in which situations a hub, Ethernet switch, or router would be more appropriately used
* Interconnect Cisco switches and routers according to a given network design specification
* Configure Cisco switches and routers to support a specified list of protocols and technologies
* Configure access lists to control access to network devices or segments and general network traffic
* Verify that Cisco switches and routers, as well as their configured network services and protocols, operate as intended within a given network specification

Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices is a Cisco authorized self-paced learning tool for CCNA foundation learning. This book provides you with the knowledge needed to identify and recommend the best Cisco solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses. This book teaches you how to perform all the basic configuration procedures to build a multirouter, multigroup internetwork that uses LAN and WAN interfaces for the most commonly used routing and routed protocols.

This book provides the installation, configuration, and troubleshooting information required to install and configure Cisco products. You will learn the fundamentals of interconnecting Cisco network devices in five modules: getting started with Cisco networks (assembling, cabling, operating, configuring, and managing devices), interconnecting Catalyst(r) switches (fundamental switch operations and VLAN configuration), interconnecting Cisco routers (TCP/IP, IP routing, traffic management, and IPX configuration), extending the network to WANs (serial point-to-point connections, ISDN BRI, and Frame Relay PVC connections), and supplemental appendixes (AppleTalk(r), HyperTerminal, Cisco 700 series routers, and password recovery techniques). Each chapter concludes with questions to help assess your understanding of key concepts and start you down the path for attaining your CCNA certification.

Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices 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. In order 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.

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Product Details

• Textbook Binding: 600 pages
• Publisher: Cisco Press; 1st edition (March 24, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578701112
• ISBN-13: 978-1578701117
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,115,310 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pass the CCNA 2.0 using this book as stage one, November 16, 2000

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Joe Buchberger (Tampa, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (Cisco Career Certifications) (Textbook Binding)

...in a self-study regimen that costs a few hundred instead of thousands. I recommend this book as the first stage in self-study.

Go through this book chapter by chapter, one pass just reading and looking at the figures and diagrams, the next pass taking notes. There are only 10 or 15 review questions at the end of each chapter and no companion CD with test questions so just learn the material before moving on. The writing and layout makes that easy though, as this book is very clearly written and makes heavy use of figures and examples throughout to reinforce the concepts in each chapter.

Don't take the test yet though. After this nice introduction do the same thing with the Sybex/Todd Lammle CCNA Study Guide. Read it, then go back and really read it and take notes. You will find much-needed additional coverage of subnetting and CLI commands here, as well as an excellent sample test engine. Review your notes and really work this test engine before taking the real test.

Finally, the Cisco CCNA Study Guide by Wendal Odom is worth running through at least once just to work your way to the extensive sample questions and CD, but by now you should be more than ready for the test anyway so you could use it as a lookup resource alone if your eyes glaze over on some chapters.

Of course, get all the hands on experience you can. Touch it and feel it as much as possible. I have a friend who says he never really understood access lists until he held a router in his hands, but if you want to pass this test, just absorb a large percentage of what is in these three books and when you can pass the sample tests on the CDs consistently, go take the real test and pass.

The CCNA 2.0 test is hard but it wasn't all that tricky to me; it just covers a lot of ground. The ICND book goes over that ground quite well as a starting point to earning your CCNA certification. Even though I complained to myself about it costing too much compared to the other guides on the market, overall it is well worth the investment if you are just getting started and want to pass.

CCNA 2.0 training classes can cost thousands of dollars, but if you just invest a few hundred on books and some serious study time you can pass this test. You know you can, do it.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not a single page wasted, June 9, 2000

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This review is from: Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (Cisco Career Certifications) (Textbook Binding)

I used this book as well as Odom's Certification Guide (another excellent book!) and passed Exam 640-507 with 935. This book is an enormous improvement over its popular but poorly-written predecessor, ICRC. While ICRC is incoherent and opaque, ICND is written with a much better style and packed with almost error-free information on what you need to know for the exam. The author devotes the right amount of discussion to each topic, not too much but not little either.

ICRC usually beats around the bush when it comes to the most confusing part, such as routing loop and its remedies, IP subnetting, and access list wildcard. Intriguingly, wherever ICRC missed, the book makes up for it with an excellent explanation. Looks like Cisco is listening as attentively as their switches.

Plan enough time for this book. It will be an intensive reading project. I didn't highlight any page because, if I want to highlight anything, I would have to highlight the whole book. Good job, Mr. McQuerry!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Covers ICND Course Material Well, April 22, 2000

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E. Farmer (Fredericksburg, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (Cisco Career Certifications) (Textbook Binding)

This book does a great job of covering the 5 day ICND course material. It's a great addition to the instructor taught course. The nice part about this text is that it also covers many of the additional comments that the instructor may add during the course but you forget because you're focusing in on the course material while listening to them. It will definitely assist you in preparing for the CCNA exam plus a very good future reference for an occasional "memory jogger" of the introductory material.