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| ISBN | 0470945583 | | Pages | 720 | | ISBN13 | 9780470945582
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 1052 | | Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | | Published in | Chichester | | Imprint | John Wiley & Sons Ltd | | Height (mm) | 232 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 189 | | Publication date | 30 Sep 2011 | | Spine width (mm) | 39 | | DEWEY | 004.6 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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Introduction 1 Book I: Overview 5 Chapter 1: Looking at the Cisco Network World 7 Chapter 2: Exploring Cisco Network Design 23 Chapter 3: Knowing as Little as Possible about Math 47 Chapter 4: Testing Your Core Networking Knowledge 59 Chapter 5: Getting into the Cisco Internetwork Operating System 95 Book II: Internet Protocols 131 Chapter 1: Making the Most of IPv4 133 Chapter 2: Choosing between Protocols: TCP and UDP 159 Chapter 3: Working with ARP, the IP Communication Model, and Data Link Layer Troubleshooting 177 Chapter 4: Preparing for the Advent of IPv6 203 Book III: Switching 211 Chapter 1: Reviewing the Enterprise LAN 213 Chapter 2: Switching Basics 225 Chapter 3: Confi guring Switches 237 Chapter 4: Easing Device Discovery with CDP 265 Chapter 5: Virtualizing Networks with VLANs and VTP 277 Chapter 6: Adding Fault Tolerance with STP 295 Chapter 7: Adding Fault Tolerance with EtherChannel 315 Chapter 8: Speeding Confi guration with Smartport Macros 327 Book IV: Routing 337 Chapter 1: Making the Wide Area Network (WAN) Wide 339 Chapter 2: Cozying Up to Routing Basics 351 Chapter 3: Router Confi guration 365 Chapter 4: Setting Up Static Routes 385 Chapter 5: Confi guring Serial Connections and WAN Links 395 Chapter 6: Meeting the Routing Protocols 407 Chapter 7: Checking Out RIP and EIGRP Characteristics and Design 419 Chapter 8: Getting Comfortable with the OSPF and IS-IS Protocols 433 Chapter 9: Routing with BGP and IP Multicast 451 Book V: Wireless 471 Chapter 1: Getting Wise to Wireless LANs473 Chapter 2: Planning Your WLAN 491 Chapter 3: Securing Your WLAN 519 Chapter 4: Building a Cisco Wireless Network 535 Book VI: Security 555 Chapter 1: Defending against Common Attacks with Basic Security Tools 557 Chapter 2: Securing Networks with Cisco's Adaptive Security Appliance 579 Chapter 3: Securing Networks with ACLs and NAT 611 Chapter 4: Cisco Security Best Practices 633 Index 655
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