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Introduction\r\nAssessment Test \r\n\r\nChapter 1 Internetworking\r\n\r\nInternetworking Basic\r\nInternetworking Models\r\nThe Layered Approach\r\nAdvantages of Reference Models\r\nThe OSI Reference Model\r\nThe OSI Layers\r\nEthernet Networking\r\nHalf-and Full-Duplex Ethernet\r\nEthernet at the Data Link Layer\r\nEthernet at the Physical Layer\r\nEthernet Cabling\r\nStraight-Through Cable\r\nCrossover Cable\r\nRolled Cable\r\nData Encapsulation\r\nCabling the Wide Area Network\r\nSerial Transmission\r\nData Terminal Equipment and Data Communication\r\nEquipment\r\nFixed and Modular Interfaces\r\nIntegrated Services Digital Network(ISDN)Connections\r\nSelecting Cisco Products\r\nCisco Hubs\r\nCisco Routers\r\nCisco Switches\r\nThe Cisco Three-Layer Hierarchical Model\r\nThe Core Layer\r\nThe Distribution Layer\r\nThe Access Layer\r\nSummary\r\nExam Essentials\r\nKey Terms\r\nWritten Labs\r\nWritten Lab 1.1:OSI Questions\r\nWritten Lab 1.2:Defining the OSI Layers and Devices\r\nWritten Lab 1.3:Identifying Collision and Broadcast Domains\r\nReview Questions\r\nAnswers to Review Questions\r\nAnswers to Written Labs\r\nAnswers to Written Labs 1.1\r\nAnswers to Written Labs 1.2\r\nAnswers to Written Labs 1.3\r\n\r\nChapter 2 Layer-2 Switching\r\n\r\nBefore Layer-2 Switching\r\nSwitching Services\r\nLimitations of Layer-2 Switching\r\nBridging vs.LAN Switching\r\nThree Switch Functions at Layer 2\r\nSpanning Tree Protocol(STP)\r\nSpanning-Tree Terms\r\nSpanning-Tree Operations\r\nSpanning-Tree Example\r\nLAN Switch Types\r\nCut-through(Real Time)\r\nFragmentFree(Modified Cut-Through)\r\nStore-and-Forward\r\nSummary\r\nExam Essentials\r\nKey Terms\r\nWritten Lab 2\r\nReview Questions\r\nAnswers to Review Questions\r\nAnswers to Written Lab 2\r\n\r\nChapter 3 Internet Protocols\r\n\r\nTCP/IP and the DoD Model\r\nThe Process/Application Layer Protocols\r\nThe Host-to-Host Layer Protocols\r\nThe Internet Layer Protocols\r\nIP Addressing\r\nIP Terminology\r\nThe Hieratrchical IP addressing Scheme\r\nSubnetting\r\nSubnet Masks\r\nSubnetting Class C Addresses\r\nSubnetting Class B Addresses\r\nSubnetting Class A Addresses\r\nSummary\r\nExam Essentials\r\nKey Terms\r\nWritten Lab 3\r\nReview Questions\r\nAnswers to Review Questions\r\nAnswers to Written Lab 3\r\n\r\nChapter 4 Introduction to the Cisco IOS\r\n\r\nCisco Router User Interface\r\nCisco Router IOS\r\nConnecting to a Cisco Router\r\nBringing Up a Router\r\nSetup Mode\r\nCommand-Line Interface\r\nLogging into the Router\r\nOverview of Route Modes\r\nCLI Prompts\r\nEditing and Help Features\r\nGathering Basic Routing Information\r\nSetting Passwords\r\nEncrypting Your Passwords\r\nBanners\r\nRouter Interfaces\r\nHostnames\r\nDescriptions\r\nViewing and Saving Configurations\r\nVerifying Your Configuration\r\nSummary\r\nExam Essentials\r\nKey Terms\r\nCommands Used in This Chapter\r\nWritten Lab 4\r\nHands-on Labs\r\nHands-on Labs 4.1:Logging into a Router\r\nHands-on Labs 4.2:Using the Help and Editing Features\r\nHands-on Labs 4.3:Saving a Router Configuration\r\nHands-on Labs 4.4:Setting Your Passwords\r\nHands-on Labs 4.5:Setting the Hostname,Descriptions\r\nIP Address,and Clock Rate\r\nReview Questions\r\nanswers to Review Questions\r\nAnswers to Written Lab 4\r\n\r\nChapter 5 IP Routing\r\n\r\nRouting Basics\r\nThe IP Routing Process\r\nIP Routing in a Larger Network\r\nConfiguring IP Routing in Our Network\r\nStatic Routing\r\nDefault Routing\r\nDynamic Routing\r\nRouting Protocol Basics\r\nAdministrative Distances\r\nRouting Protocols\r\nDistance-Vector Routing Protocols\r\nRouting Loops\r\nMaximum Hop Count\r\nSplit Horizon\r\nRoute Poisoning\r\nHolddowns\r\nRouting Information Protocol(RIP)\r\nRIP Timers\r\nConfiguring RIP Routing\r\nVerifying the RIP Routing Tables\r\nHolding Down RIP Propagations\r\nInterior Gateway Routing Protocol(IGRP)\r\nIGRP Timers\r\nConfiguring IGRP Routing\r\nVerifying the IGRP Routing Tables\r\nVerifying Your Configurations\r\nThe Show Protocols Command\r\nThe Show IP Protocol Command\r\nThe Debug IP RIP Command\r\nThe Debug IP IGRP Command\r\nSummary\r\nExam Essentials\r\nKey Terms\r\nCommands Used in This Chapter\r\nWritten Lab 5\r\nHands-on Labs\r\nHands-on Labs 5.1:Creating Static Routes\r\nHands-on Labs 5.2:Dynamic Routing with RIP\r\nHands-on Labs 5.3:dynamic Routing with IGRP\r\nReview Questions\r\nAnswers to Review Questions\r\nAnswers to Written Lab 5\r\n\r\nChapter 6 Virtual LANs(VLANs)\r\n\r\nIntroduction to VLANs\r\nBroadcast Control\r\nSecurity\r\nFlexibility and Scalability\r\nVLAN Memberships\r\nStatic VLANs\r\nDynamic VLANs\r\nIdentifying VLANs\r\nFrame Tagging\r\nVLAN Identification Methods\r\nInter-Switch Link(ISL)Protocol\r\nVLAN Trunk Protocol(VTP)\r\nVTP Modes of Operation\r\nVTP Pruning\r\nRouting between VLANs\r\nSummary\r\nExam Essentials\r\nKey Terms\r\nWritten Lab 6\r\nReview Questions\r\nAnswers to Review Questions\r\nAnswers to Written Lab 6\r\n\r\nChapter 7 Managing a Cisco Internetwork\r\n\r\nThe Internal Components of a Cisco Router\r\nThe Router Boot Sequence\r\nManaging Configuration Registers\r\nUnderstanding the Configuration Register Bits\r\nChecking the Current Configuration Register Value\r\nChanging the Configuration Register\r\nRecovering Passwords\r\nBacking Up and Restoring the Cisco IOS\r\nVerifying Flash Memory\r\nBacking Up the Cisco IOS\r\nRestoring or Upgrading the Cisco Router IOS\r\nBacking Up and Restoring the Cisco Configuration\r\nRestoring the Cisco Router Configuration\r\nErasing the Configuration\r\nUsing Cisco Discovery Protocol\r\nGetting CDP Timers and Holdtime Information\r\nGathering Neighbor Information\r\nGathering Interface Traffic Information\r\nGathering Port and Interface Information\r\nUsing Telnet\r\nTelnetting into Multiple Devices Simultaneously\r\nChecking Telnet Connections\r\nChecking Telnet Users\r\nClosing Telnet Sessions\r\nResolving Hostnames\r\nBuilding a Host Table\r\nUsing DNS to Resolve Name\r\nChecking Network Connectivity\r\nUsing the Ping Command\r\nUsing the Traceroute Command\r\nSummary\r\nExam Essentials\r\nKey Terms\r\nCommands Used in This Chapter\r\nWritten Lab 7\r\nHands-on Labs\r\nHands-on Labs 7.1:Backing Up Your Router IOS\r\nHands-on Labs 7.2:Upgrading or Restoring Your Router IOS\r\nHands-on Labs 7.3:Backing Up the Router Configuration\r\nHands-on Labs 7.4:Using the Cisco Discovery Protocol(CDP)\r\nHands-on Labs 7.5:Using Telnet\r\nHands-on Labs 7.6:Resolving Hostnames\r\nReview Questions\r\nAnswers to Review Questions\r\nAnswers to Written Lab 7\r\n\r\nChapter 8 Configuring Novell IPX\r\n\r\nIntroduction to novell IPX\r\nNovell IPX Protocol Stack\r\nClient-Server Communication\r\nServer-Server Communication\r\nIPX Addressing\r\nEncapsulation\r\nEnabling IPX Routing\r\nEnablind IPX on Individual Interface\r\nConfiguring Our Internetwork with IPX\r\nConfiguring IPX on the 2621A Router\r\nConfiguring IPX on the 2501A Router\r\nConfiguring IPX on the 2501B Router\r\nConfiguring IPX on the 2501C Router\r\nVerifying the IPX Routing Tables\r\nAdding Secondary addresses\r\nConfiguring Secondary Addresses\r\nSubinterfaces\r\nConfiguring Our Internetwork with Multiple Ethernet\r\nFrame Types\r\nConfiguring Multiple frame Types on the 2621A Router\r\nConfiguring Multiple frame Types on the 2501A Router\r\nConfiguring Multiple frame Types on the 2501B Router\r\nConfiguring Multiple frame Types on the 2501C Router\r\nVerifying the IPX Routing Tables\r\nMonitoring IPX on Cisco Routers\r\nThe Show IPX Servers Command\r\nThe Show IPX Route Command\r\nThe Show IPX Traffic Command\r\nThe Show IPX Interface Command\r\nThe Show IPX Protocols Command\r\nThe Debug IPX Command\r\nThe Ping IPX Command\r\nSummary\r\nExam Essentials\r\nKey Terms\r\nCommands Used in This Chapter\r\nWritten Lab 8\r\nHands-on Lab\r\nHands-on Lab 8.1:Configuring Internetworking Packet\r\nExchange(IPX)\r\nHands-on Lab 8.2:Adding Secondary Network Addresses and Multiple Frame Types with IPX\r\nReview Questions\r\nAnswers to Review Questions\r\nAnswers to Written Lab 8\r\n\r\nChapter 9 Managing Traffic with Access Lists\r\n\r\nAccess Lists\r\nStandard IP Access Lists\r\nControlling VTY(Telnet)Access\r\nExtended IP Access Lists\r\nMonitoring IP Access Lists\r\nIPX Access Lists\r\nStandard IPX Access Lists\r\nExtended IPX Access Lists\r\nIPX SAP Filters\r\nVerifying IPX Access Lists\r\nSummary\r\nExam Essentials\r\nKey Terms\r\nCommands Used in This Chapter\r\nWritten Lab 9\r\nHands-on Labs\r\nHands-on Lab 9.1:Standard IP Access Lists\r\nHands-on Lab 9.2:Extended IP Access Lists\r\nHands-on Lab 9.3:Standard IPX Access Lists\r\nReview Questions\r\nAnswers to Review Questions\r\nAnswers to Written Lab 9\r\n\r\nChapter 10 Wide Area Networking Protocols\r\n\r\nWide Area Networks\r\nDefining WAN Terms\r\nWAN Connection Types\r\nWAN Support\r\nHigh-Level Data-Link Control Protocol(HDLC)\r\nPoint-to-Point Protocol(PPP)\r\nLink Control Protocol(LCP)Configuration Options\r\nPPP Session Establishment\r\nPPP Authentication Methods\r\nConfiguring PPP on Cisco Routers\r\nConfiguring PPP Authentication\r\nVerifying PPP Encapsulation\r\nFrame Relay\r\nFrame Relay Terminology\r\nFrame Relay Encapsulation\r\nData Link Connection Identifiers(DLCIs)\r\nLocal Management Interface(LMI)\r\nSubinterfaces\r\nMapping Frame Relay\r\nFrame Relay Congestion Control\r\nCommitted Information Rate(CIR)\r\nMonitoring Frame Relay\r\nIntegrated Services Digital Network(ISDN)\r\nISDN Components\r\nBasic Rate Interface(BRI)\r\nPrimary Rate Interface(PRI)\r\nISDN with Cisco Routers\r\nDial-on_Demand Routing(DDR)\r\nConfiguring DDR\r\nConfiguring Static Routes\r\nSpecifying Interesting Traffic\r\nConfiguring the Dialer Information\r\nOptional Commands\r\nDDR with Access Lists\r\nVerifying the ISDN Operation\r\nsummary\r\nExma Essentials\r\nKey Terms\r\nCommands Used in This Chapter\r\nWritten Lab 10\r\nHands-on Labs\r\nHands-on Lab 10.1:Configuring PPP Encapsulation and Authentication\r\nHands-on Lab 10.2:Configuring and Monitoring HDLC\r\nHands-on Lab 10.3:Configuring Frame Relay and Subinterfaces\r\nHands-on Lab 10.4:Configuring ISDN and BRI Interfaces\r\nReview Questions\r\nAnswers to Review Questions\r\nAnswers to Written Lab 10\r\n\r\nAppendix A Introduction to the Cisco IOS:Hands-on Labs\r\n\r\nLab A.1:Logging into a Cisco Router\r\nLab A.2:Editing and Help Features\r\nLab A.3:Gathering Basic Router Information\r\nLab A.4:Setting the Passwords\r\nLab A.5:Setting Router Banners\r\nLab A.6:configuring Router Interfaces\r\nLab A.7:Bringing up an Interface\r\nLab A.8:Configuring an IP Address on an Interface\r\nLab A.9:Serial Interface Commands\r\nLab A.10:Setting the Router Hostnames\r\nLab A.11:Setting Interface Descriptions\r\nLab A.12:Saving Your Configurations\r\nLab A.13:Verifying Your Configuration\r\nLab A.14:Final Lab\r\n\r\nAppendix B Configuring the Catalyst 1900 Switch\r\n\r\nFeatures of the 1900 Switch\r\nThe Three configuration Options\r\nConnecting to The Console Port\r\n1900 Switch Startup\r\nConnecting to an Ethernet Port\r\nCisco 1900 IOS Configuration Commands\r\nSetting the Passwords\r\nSetting the Hostname\r\nSetting IP Information\r\nConfiguring Switch Interfaces\r\nConfiguring Interface Descriptions\r\nConfiguring the Port Duplex\r\nVerifying IP Connectivity\r\nErasing the Switch Configuration\r\nManaging the MAC Address Table\r\nSetting Permanent and Static MAC Addresses\r\nConfiguring Port Security\r\nUsing the Show Version Command\r\nChanging the LAN Switch Type\r\nConfiguring VLANs\r\nAssigning Switch Ports to VLANs\r\nConfiguring Trunk Ports\r\nClearing VLANs from Trunk Links\r\nVerifying Trunk Links\r\nConfiguring ISL Routing\r\nConfiguring VTP\r\nConfiguring the Domain\r\nAdding to a VTP Domain\r\nVTP Pruning\r\nRestoring or Upgrading the Catalyst 1900 IOS\r\nBacking Up and Restoring the Catalyst 1900 Configuration\r\nCDP with the 1900 Switch\r\nSummary\r\nKey Terms\r\nCommands Used in This Appendix\r\nWritten Lab Appendix B\r\nHands-on Labs\r\nLab B.1:Managing the 1900 Switch\r\nLab B.2:1900 Switch Operations\r\nLab B.3:Creating VLANs\r\nLab B.4:Assigning VLANs to Switch Ports\r\nLab B.5:Configuring Trunking\r\nLab B.6:Configuring VTP\r\nLab B.7:Configuring Inter-VLAN Routing with ISL\r\nReview Questions\r\nAnswers to Review Questions\r\nAnswers to Written Lab Appendix B\r\n\r\nAppendix C Commands in This Study Guide\r\n\r\nGlossary