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CCENT/CCNA: ICND1 100-105 Certification Guide

By : Bekim Dauti
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CCENT/CCNA: ICND1 100-105 Certification Guide

By: Bekim Dauti

Overview of this book

CCENT is the entry-level certification for those looking to venture into the networking world. This guide will help you stay up-to date with your networking skills. This book starts with the basics and will take you through everything essential to pass the certification exam. It extensively covers IPv4 and IPv6 addressing, IP data networks, switching and routing, network security, and much more—all in some detail. This guide will provide real-world examples with a bunch of hands-on labs to give you immense expertise in important networking tasks, with a practical approach. Each chapter consists of practice questions to help you take up a challenge from what you have procured. This book ends with mock tests with several examples to help you confidently pass the certification. This Certification Guide consists of everything you need to know in order to pass the ICND 1 100-105 Exam, thus obtaining a CCENT certification. However, practicing with real switches and routers or a switch or router simulator will help you succeed.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
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Appendix G: Graphical Network Simulator-3 (GNS3)

Basic switch configuration

In general, the operating system in electronic devices serves to provide hardware functionality. By contrast, network devices use the Network Operating System (NOS). From that, regardless of whether it is a manageable or unmanageable networking device, it definitely has a NOS. Since this book aims to prepare you for the Cisco CCENT certification exam, it naturally discusses Cisco networking devices, including switches and routers. Both devices support the Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) which, rewrite, is a NOS that is used by all manageable Cisco devices. The CCENT exam objectives require that a network administrator must have knowledge and skills to configure the Cisco IOS on Cisco switches and routers. At the same time, while their configuration poses a challenge, it's also fun. With that said, this section describes how to run basic...