31 Days Before Your CCNA Routing & Switching Exam offers a friendly, practical way to understand the CCNA Routing & Switching certification process, commit to taking the ICND1 (100-105) and ICND2 (200-105) exams or the CCNA (200-125) exam, and finish your preparation using a variety of Primary and Supplemental study resources.
These fully updated CCNA exams test knowledge and skills needed to successfully deploy LAN switching, IPv4 and IPv6 routing, WANs, and infrastructure services; and to secure and manage modern network infrastructure.
Sign up for your exam(s) and use this book’s day-by-day guide and checklist to organize, prepare, and review. Each day in this guide breaks down an exam topic into a manageable bit of information to review using short summaries. Daily Study Resources sections provide quick references for locating more in-depth treatment within Primary and Supplemental resources.
This book’s features help you fit exam preparation into a busy schedule:
· Visual tear-card calendar summarizing each day’s study topic
· Checklist providing advice on preparation activities leading up to the exam
· Descriptions of ICND1 (100-105), ICND2 (200-105), and CCNA (200-125) exam organization and sign-up processes
· Strategies to prepare mentally, organizationally, and physically for exam day
· Conversational tone to make study more enjoyable
Allan Johnson entered the academic world in 1999 after 10 years as a business owner/operator to follow his passion for teaching. He holds both an MBA and an M.Ed. in Occupational Training and Development. Allan taught CCNA courses at the high school level for 7 years and has taught both CCNA and CCNP courses at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas. In 2003, Allan began to commit much of his time and energy to the CCNA Instructional Support Team, providing services to Networking Academy instructors worldwide and creating training materials. He now works full time for Cisco Networking Academy as a Learning Systems Developer.
From previous edition:
Introduction
Day 31: Network Devices, Components, and Applications
Day 30: Networking Models and Data Flow
Day 29: Ethernet and Media Access Control
Day 28: Switching Concepts and Operation
Day 27: Basic Switch Configuration
Day 26: VLAN Concepts
Day 25: VLAN and Trunking Configuration
Day 24: The IPv4 Address
Day 23: IPv4 Subnetting and VLSM
Day 22: IPv6 Addressing Concepts
Day 21: Implementing IPv6 Addressing
Day 20: Basic Routing Concepts
Day 19: Dynamic Routing Protocols
Day 18: Basic Router Configuration: IPv4
Day 17: Basic Router Configuration: IPv6
Day 16: Static and Default Route Configuration
Day 15: Single-Area OSPFv2
Day 14: Single-Area OSPFv3
Day 13: Inter-VLAN Routing Configuration
Day 12: DHCP Configuration
Day 11: ACL Concepts
Day 10: Basic ACL Configuration
Day 9: NAT
Day 8: Basic Device Security
Day 7: Switch Security Configuration
Day 6: Troubleshoot IP Addressing Issues
Day 5: Troubleshoot VLAN Issues
Day 4: Troubleshoot Trunking Issues
Day 3: Troubleshoot ACL Issues
Day 2: Troubleshoot Layer 1 Issues
Day 1: CCENT Skills Review and Practice
Exam Day
Post-Exam Information
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