Master the most challenging elements of the CCNA exam to pass on your very first try!
The CCNA goes deep on networking and security. Acing the CCNA Exam, Volume 2 gives you exactly what you need to navigate the most challenging parts of the exam. Author Jeremy McDowell’s CCNA courses have helped hundreds of thousands of students pass their exams. This book distills that expertise into an easy-to-follow guide.
In Acing the CCNA Exam, Volume 2—Advanced Networking and Security you’ll dig into tough topics like:
• Security concepts and common threats
• Ethernet and wireless LANs (Wi-Fi) and network automation
• Essential network services like DHCP and DNS
• WAN, LAN, and wireless architectures
The Cisco Certified Network Associate is the gold-standard credential for network administrators. It demands an in-depth knowledge of complex network internals, including security, wireless architectures, and more. Acing the CCNA Exam, Volume 2—Advanced Networking and Security builds on the basics you learn in Volume 1 to help you study and prepare for the most challenging parts of the test.
About the Technology
The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification is the gold-standard credential for aspiring network administrators working with industry-standard Cisco hardware. The CCNA exam goes deep, and this book will help you prepare for the most difficult parts of the test. Acing the CCNA Exam, Volume 2 covers the demanding topics of network security, wired and wireless LANs, DNS, and more.
About the Book
Acing the CCNA Exam, Volume 2 introduces the technical skills and secrets you need to navigate the most challenging topics on the CCNA exam. CCNA expert Jeremy McDowell guides you through network services and architectures, automation, and other advanced topics you’ll face in the later parts of the test. His down-to-earth writing, diagrams, and clear examples make even the most complex topics easy to understand.
What’s Inside
• Security concepts and common threats
• Ethernet and wireless LANs (Wi-Fi) and network automation
• Essential network services like DHCP and DNS
• WAN, LAN, and wireless architectures
About the Readers
This book builds on Acing the CCNA Exam, Volume 1.
About the Author
Jeremy McDowell is a senior network engineer and an experienced teacher. His YouTube channel, Jeremy’s IT Lab, has helped hundreds of thousands prepare for the CCNA.
The technical editor on this book was Jeremy Cioara.
Table of Contents
Part 1
1 Cisco Discovery Protocol and Link Layer Discovery Protocol
2 Network Time Protocol
3 Domain Name System
4 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
5 Secure Shell
6 Simple Network Management Protocol
7 Syslog
8 Trivial File Transfer Protocol and File Transfer Protocol
9 Network Address Translation
10 Quality of service
Part 2
11 Security concepts
12 Port Security
13 DHCP Snooping
14 Dynamic ARP Inspection
Part 3
15 LAN architectures
16 WAN architectures
17 Virtualization and cloud
Part 4
18 Wireless LAN fundamentals
19 Wireless LAN architectures
20 Wireless LAN security
21 Wireless LAN configuration
Part 5
22 Network automation
23 REST APIs
24 Data formats
25 Ansible and Terraform
A Exam topics reference table
B CLI command reference table
C Chapter quiz questions
D Chapter quiz answers
- 592 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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Subtopic
Computer NetworkingTable of contents
- Acing the CCNA Exam
- Copyright
- contents
- front matter
- Part 1. Network services
- 1 Cisco Discovery Protocol and Link Layer Discovery Protocol
- 2 Network Time Protocol
- 3 Domain Name System
- 4 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- 5 Secure Shell
- 6 Simple Network Management Protocol
- 7 Syslog
- 8 Trivial File Transfer Protocol and File Transfer Protocol
- 9 Network Address Translation
- 10 Quality of service
- Part 2. Security fundamentals
- 11 Security concepts
- 12 Port Security
- 13 DHCP Snooping
- 14 Dynamic ARP Inspection
- Part 3. Network architectures
- 15 LAN architectures
- 16 WAN architectures
- 17 Virtualization and cloud
- Part 4. Wireless LANs
- 18 Wireless LAN fundamentals
- 19 Wireless LAN architectures
- 20 Wireless LAN security
- 21 Wireless LAN configuration
- Part 5. Network automation
- 22 Network automation
- 23 REST APIs
- 24 Data formats
- 25 Ansible and Terraform
- Appendix A. Exam topics reference table
- Appendix B. CLI command reference table
- Appendix C. Chapter quiz questions
- Appendix D. Chapter quiz answers
- index
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