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Written by networking veteran with 20 years of experience, Network Warrior provides a thorough and practical introduction to the entire network infrastructure, from cabling to the routers. What you need to learn to pass a Cisco certification exam such as CCNA and what you need to know to... read more

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Copyright
Preface
Chapter 1. What Is a Network?
Chapter 2. Hubs and Switches
Section 2.1. Hubs
Section 2.2. Switches
Chapter 3. Autonegotiation
Section 3.1. What Is Autonegotiation?
Section 3.2. How Autonegotiation Works
Section 3.3. When Autonegotiation Fails
Section 3.4. Autonegotiation Best Practices
Section 3.5. Configuring Autonegotiation
Chapter 4. VLANs
Section 4.1. Connecting VLANs
Section 4.2. Configuring VLANs
Chapter 5. Trunking
Section 5.1. How Trunks Work
Section 5.2. Configuring Trunks
Chapter 6. VLAN Trunking Protocol
Section 6.1. VTP Pruning
Section 6.2. Dangers of VTP
Section 6.3. Configuring VTP
Chapter 7. Link Aggregation
Section 7.1. EtherChannel
Section 7.2. Cross-Stack EtherChannel
Section 7.3. Multichassis EtherChannel (MEC)
Section 7.4. Virtual Port Channel
Chapter 8. Spanning Tree
Section 8.1. Broadcast Storms
Section 8.2. MAC Address Table Instability
Section 8.3. Preventing Loops with Spanning Tree
Section 8.4. Managing Spanning Tree
Section 8.5. Additional Spanning Tree Features
Section 8.6. Common Spanning Tree Problems
Section 8.7. Designing to Prevent Spanning Tree Problems
Chapter 9. Routing and Routers
Section 9.1. Routing Tables
Section 9.2. Route Types
Section 9.3. The IP Routing Table
Section 9.4. Virtual Routing and Forwarding
Chapter 10. Routing Protocols
Section 10.1. Communication Between Routers
Section 10.2. Metrics and Protocol Types
Section 10.3. Administrative Distance
Section 10.4. Specific Routing Protocols
Chapter 11. Redistribution
Section 11.1. Redistributing into RIP
Section 11.2. Redistributing into EIGRP
Section 11.3. Redistributing into OSPF
Section 11.4. Mutual Redistribution
Section 11.5. Redistribution Loops
Section 11.6. Limiting Redistribution
Chapter 12. Tunnels
Section 12.1. GRE Tunnels
Section 12.2. GRE Tunnels and Routing Protocols
Section 12.3. GRE and Access Lists
Chapter 13. First Hop Redundancy
Section 13.1. HSRP
Section 13.2. HSRP Interface Tracking
Section 13.3. When HSRP Isn’t Enough
Section 13.4. Nexus and HSRP
Section 13.5. GLBP
Chapter 14. Route Maps
Section 14.1. Building a Route Map
Section 14.2. Policy Routing Example
Chapter 15. Switching Algorithms in Cisco Routers
Section 15.1. Process Switching
Section 15.2. Interrupt Context Switching
Section 15.3. Configuring and Managing Switching Paths
Chapter 16. Multilayer Switches
Section 16.1. Configuring SVIs
Section 16.2. Multilayer Switch Models
Chapter 17. Cisco 6500 Multilayer Switches
Section 17.1. Architecture
Section 17.2. CatOS Versus IOS
Section 17.3. Installing VSS
Chapter 18. Cisco Nexus
Section 18.1. Nexus Hardware
Section 18.2. NX-OS
Section 18.3. Nexus Iconography
Section 18.4. Nexus Design Features
Chapter 19. Catalyst 3750 Features
Section 19.1. Stacking
Section 19.2. Interface Ranges
Section 19.3. Macros
Section 19.4. Flex Links
Section 19.5. Storm Control
Section 19.6. Port Security
Section 19.7. SPAN
Section 19.8. Voice VLAN
Section 19.9. QoS
Chapter 20. Telecom Nomenclature
Section 20.1. Telecom Glossary
Chapter 21. T1
Section 21.1. Understanding T1 Duplex
Section 21.2. Types of T1
Section 21.3. Encoding
Section 21.4. Framing
Section 21.5. Performance Monitoring
Section 21.6. Alarms
Section 21.7. Troubleshooting T1s
Section 21.8. Configuring T1s
Chapter 22. DS3
Section 22.1. Framing
Section 22.2. Line Coding
Section 22.3. Configuring DS3s
Chapter 23. Frame Relay
Section 23.1. Ordering Frame Relay Service
Section 23.2. Frame Relay Network Design
Section 23.3. Oversubscription
Section 23.4. Local Management Interface
Section 23.5. Configuring Frame Relay
Section 23.6. Troubleshooting Frame Relay
Chapter 24. MPLS
Chapter 25. Access Lists
Section 25.1. Designing Access Lists
Section 25.2. ACLs in Multilayer Switches
Section 25.3. Reflexive Access Lists
Chapter 26. Authentication in Cisco Devices
Section 26.1. Basic (Non-AAA) Authentication
Section 26.2. AAA Authentication
Chapter 27. Basic Firewall Theory
Section 27.1. Best Practices
Section 27.2. The DMZ
Section 27.3. Alternate Designs
Chapter 28. ASA Firewall Configuration
Section 28.1. Contexts
Section 28.2. Interfaces and Security Levels
Section 28.3. Names
Section 28.4. Object Groups
Section 28.5. Inspects
Section 28.6. Managing Contexts
Section 28.7. Failover
Section 28.8. NAT
Section 28.9. Miscellaneous
Section 28.10. Troubleshooting
Chapter 29. Wireless
Section 29.1. Wireless Standards
Section 29.2. Security
Section 29.3. Configuring a WAP
Section 29.4. Troubleshooting
Chapter 30. VoIP
Section 30.1. How VoIP Works
Section 30.2. Small-Office VoIP Example
Section 30.3. Troubleshooting
Chapter 31. Introduction to QoS
Section 31.1. Types of QoS
Section 31.2. QoS Mechanics
Section 31.3. Common QoS Misconceptions
Chapter 32. Designing QoS
Section 32.1. LLQ Scenario
Section 32.2. Configuring the Routers
Section 32.3. Traffic-Shaping Scenarios
Chapter 33. The Congested Network
Section 33.1. Determining Whether the Network Is Congested
Section 33.2. Resolving the Problem
Chapter 34. The Converged Network
Section 34.1. Configuration
Section 34.2. Monitoring QoS
Section 34.3. Troubleshooting a Converged Network
Chapter 35. Designing Networks
Section 35.1. Documentation
Section 35.2. Naming Conventions for Devices
Section 35.3. Network Designs
Chapter 36. IP Design
Section 36.1. Public Versus Private IP Space
Section 36.2. VLSM
Section 36.3. CIDR
Section 36.4. Allocating IP Network Space
Section 36.5. Allocating IP Subnets
Section 36.6. IP Subnetting Made Easy
Chapter 37. IPv6
Section 37.1. Addressing
Section 37.2. Simple Router Configuration
Chapter 38. Network Time Protocol
Section 38.1. What Is Accurate Time?
Section 38.2. NTP Design
Section 38.3. Configuring NTP
Chapter 39. Failures
Section 39.1. Human Error
Section 39.2. Multiple Component Failure
Section 39.3. Disaster Chains
Section 39.4. No Failover Testing
Section 39.5. Troubleshooting
Chapter 40. GAD’s Maxims
Section 40.1. Maxim #1
Section 40.2. Maxim #2
Section 40.3. Maxim #3
Chapter 41. Avoiding Frustration
Section 41.1. Why Everything Is Messed Up
Section 41.2. How to Sell Your Ideas to Management
Section 41.3. When to Upgrade and Why
Section 41.4. Why Change Control Is Your Friend
Section 41.5. How Not to Be a Computer Jerk
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  1. Gary A. Donahue (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Country: USA
Publication Date: June 1, 2007
ISBN: 978-0596101510
Page Count: 576

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