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CCNA Routing and Switching 200-125 Certification Guide

By : Lazaro (Laz) Diaz
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CCNA Routing and Switching 200-125 Certification Guide

By: Lazaro (Laz) Diaz

Overview of this book

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Routing and Switching is one of the most important qualifications for keeping your networking skills up to date. CCNA Routing and Switching 200-125 Certification Guide covers topics included in the latest CCNA exam, along with review and practice questions. This guide introduces you to the structure of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and examines in detail the creation of IP networks and sub-networks and how to assign addresses in the network. You will then move on to understanding how to configure, verify, and troubleshoot layer 2 and layer 3 protocols. In addition to this, you will discover the functionality, configuration, and troubleshooting of DHCPv4. Combined with router and router simulation practice, this certification guide will help you cover everything you need to know in order to pass the CCNA Routing and Switching 200-125 exam. By the end of this book, you will explore security best practices, as well as get familiar with the protocols that a network administrator can use to monitor the network.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
4
Subnetting in IPv4
21
Mock Test Questions
22
Assessments

Topologies that make up a WAN

In general, we have two types of topologies: the physical topology, which is the actual layout of your network, and the logical topology, which describes how your traffic is going to flow, and which direction your traffic is going to take to reach its intended destination. In a Wide Area Network, we have several topologies we can create, based on the business needs, but here we will discuss three basic WAN topology designs:

Hub and spoke

This design is based on a centralized router (hub), and several branch or remote routers (spokes) that communicate with the hub and all other routers through the hub:

An advantage to creating this type of topology is that it makes it easier to administer and...