Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Part I: Network Fundamentals
CHAPTER 1: Network Fundamentals: Models and Designs . . . . . . 3
Topic: Compare and contrast OSI and TCP/IP models . . . . 5
Topic: Compare and contrast TCP and UDP protocols . . . 10
Topic: Describe the impact of infrastructure components in an enterprise network . . . . . . . . . 14
Topic: Compare and contrast collapsed core and three-tier architectures . . . . . . . . . . 17
Topic: Compare and contrast network topologies . . . . 20
Topic: Select the appropriate cabling type based on implementation requirements . . . . . . . . . . 23
Topic: Apply troubleshooting methodologies to resolve problems . . 26
Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 28
Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 30
Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 31
CHAPTER 2: Network Fundamentals: IPv4 . . . . . . . . . 33
Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot IPv4 addressing and subnetting . . . . . . . . . . 34
Topic: Compare and contrast IPv4 address types . . . . . 43
Topic: Describe the need for private IPv4 addressing . . . . 46
Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 48
Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 50
Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 51
CHAPTER 3: Network Fundamentals: IPv6 . . . . . . . . . 53
Topic: Identify the appropriate IPv6 addressing scheme to satisfy addressing requirements in a LAN/WAN environment . . . 54
Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot IPv6 addressing. . . 58
Topic: Configure and verify IPv6 Stateless Address Auto Configuration . . . . . . . . . . 62
Topic: Compare and contrast IPv6 address types . . . . . 65
Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 68
Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 70
Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 71
Part II: LAN Switching Fundamentals
CHAPTER 4: LAN Switching Fundamentals: Switching Concepts . . . . . 75
Topic: Describe and verify switching concepts . . . . . 76
Topic: Interpret Ethernet frame format . . . . . . 80
Topic: Troubleshoot interface and cable issues (collisions, errors, duplex, speed) . . . . . . . . . . 83
Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 88
Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 89
Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 90
CHAPTER 5: LAN Switching Fundamentals: VLANs and Interswitch Connectivity . . 91
Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot VLANs (normal range) spanning multiple switches . . . . . . . . 92
Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot interswitch connectivity . 100
Topic: Configure and verify Layer 2 protocols . . . . . 104
Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 107
Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 108
Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 109
CHAPTER 6: LAN Switching Fundamentals: Port Security . . . . . . 111
Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot port security . . . 112
Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 117
Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 118
Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 119
Part III: Routing Fundamentals
CHAPTER 7: Routing Fundamentals: Routing Concepts . . . . . . 123
Topic: Describe the routing concepts . . . . . . 124
Topic: Interpret the components of routing table . . . . 126
Topic: Describe how a routing table is populated by different routing information sources . . . . . . . . 131
Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 134
Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 135
Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 136
CHAPTER 8: Routing Fundamentals: Inter-VLAN Routing . . . . . . 137
Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot inter-VLAN routing . . 138
Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 149
Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 150
Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 151
CHAPTER 9: Routing Fundamentals: Static and Dynamic Routing . . . . 153
Topic: Compare and contrast static routing and dynamic routing . . 154
Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot IPv4 and IPv6 static routing . . . . . . . . . 157
Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot RIPv2 for IPv4 (excluding authentication, filtering, manual summarization, redistribution) . . . . . . . . . . 161
Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 171
Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 172
Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 173
Part IV: Infrastructure Services
CHAPTER 10: Infrastructure Services: DNS, DHCP, NTP . . . . . . 177
Topic: Describe DNS lookup operation . . . . . . 178
Topic: Troubleshoot client connectivity issues involving DNS . . 181
Topic: Configure and verify DHCP on a router (excluding static reservations). . . . . . . . . . . 186
Topic: Troubleshoot client- and router-based DHCP connectivity issues . . . . . . . . . 191
Topic: Configure and verify NTP operating in client/server mode . 200
Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 203
Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 204
Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 205
CHAPTER 11: Infrastructure Services: ACLs . . . . . . . . . 207
Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot IPv4 standard numbered and named access list for routed interfaces . . . . . 208
Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 221
Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 222
Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 223
CHAPTER 12: Infrastructure Services: NAT . . . . . . . . . 225
Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot inside source NAT . . 226
Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 236
Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 237
Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 238
Part V: Infrastructure Maintenance
CHAPTER 13: Infrastructure Maintenance: Syslog and Device Management . . . 241
Topic: Configure and verify device-monitoring using syslog . . . 242
Topic: Configure and verify device management . . . . . 246
Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 252
Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 254
Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 255
CHAPTER 14: Infrastructure Maintenance: Initial Device Configuration . . . . 257
Topic: Configure and Verify Initial Device Configuration . . . 258
Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 265
Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 266
Additional Resource . . . . . . . . . 267
CHAPTER 15: Infrastructure Maintenance: Device Hardening . . . . . 269
Topic: Configure, Verify, and Troubleshoot Basic Device Hardening . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 282
Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 283
Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 284
CHAPTER 16: Infrastructure Maintenance: Device Maintenance . . . . . 285
Topic: Perform Device Maintenance . . . . . . . 286
Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 292
Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 293
Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 294
CHAPTER 17: Infrastructure Maintenance: IOS Troubleshooting Tools . . . . 295
Topic: Use Cisco IOS tools to troubleshoot and resolve problems . . 296
Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 312
Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 314
Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 315
Part VI: Command Reference, Practice Exams, and Glossary
Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . 319
Practice Exam 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Answer Key to Practice Exam 1 . . . . . . . . 343
Practice Exam 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Answer Key to Practice Exam 2 . . . . . . . . 377
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
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