Cisco : A Beginner's Guide

Name: Cisco : A Beginner's Guide
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ISBN: 9780072121155

ISBN-10: 0072121157

ISBN-13: 9780072121155

Edition: 1999

Authors: Tom A. Shaughnessy

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Cisco continues to dominate the networking marketplace, and Cisco certification is therefore sought after. Most study guides assume the reader already has extensive knowledge, so this is an entry level text to introduce the reader to Cisco products.

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 590
Size: 7.40" wide x 9.21" long x 1.61" tall
Weight: 2.640
Language: English

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Cisco Overview
Cisco and the Internet	p. 3
Cisco's Position in the Computer Industry	p. 5
The Internet Landscape	p. 7
Cisco's Offerings	p. 18
Cisco Hardware Devices	p. 19
Cisco Solutions	p. 25
Networking Primer	p. 27
Bits and Bytes	p. 28
How Computers Understand Data	p. 28
OSI Reference Model	p. 32
The Seven-Layer Stack	p. 32
OSI Implementation by Layer	p. 34
Network Technologies	p. 37
Ethernet	p. 38
Token Ring	p. 40
ATM	p. 42
Gigabit Ethernet	p. 47
FDDI	p. 48
WAN Technologies	p. 50
Dial-in Technologies	p. 51
WAN Trunk Technologies	p. 54
TCP/IP	p. 56
TCP/IP Messaging	p. 58
The Transport Layer	p. 62
IP Addressing	p. 68
The IP Address Format	p. 69
IP Address Classes	p. 71
Private Addressing	p. 72
Subnetting	p. 73
Putting It All Together	p. 81
Cisco Certifications	p. 83
Certifications Overview	p. 85
Cisco Career Paths Overview	p. 85
Support vs. Design Disciplines	p. 87
The CCIE Pathway	p. 87
Routing and Switching Technology Track	p. 89
Support Certifications for Routing and Switching	p. 90
Design Certifications for Routing and Switching	p. 92
Routing and Switching CCIE	p. 97
WAN Switching Technology Track	p. 99
Support Certifications for WAN Switching	p. 99
Design Certification for WAN Switching	p. 104
WAN Switching CCIE	p. 105
ISP Dial CCIE	p. 105
Career Specializations	p. 107
Security Certification	p. 108
Network Management Certification	p. 108
LAN ATM Certification	p. 110
Voice Access Certification	p. 112
SNA/IP Integration Certification (for CCNPs)	p. 112
SNA/IP Network Management Certification	p. 115
SNA/IP Integration Certification (for CCDPs)	p. 116
Cisco Internetworking Tools
Router Overview	p. 121
Communicating with a Router	p. 123
The Console Port	p. 125
The Auxiliary Port	p. 126
Telnet	p. 126
The HTTP Server User Interface	p. 128
Router Security	p. 129
Router Passwords	p. 130
Router Hardware	p. 133
Router Memory	p. 134
Router Ports and Modules	p. 136
Essential Files	p. 140
IOS: The Internetwork Operating System	p. 140
The Configuration File	p. 147
Password Recovery	p. 149
Recovering Enable Passwords	p. 149
Recovering Passwords from Older Cisco Routers	p. 154
Configuring Routers	p. 155
The Configuration File's Central Role	p. 156
Three Types of Cisco Router Files	p. 157
Getting Started with Cisco Routers	p. 160
Communicating with IOS	p. 160
Using IOS Commands	p. 161
Overview of Router Modes	p. 167
Essential Router Commands	p. 170
Step-by-Step Router Configuration	p. 172
Setup Mode	p. 173
Giving a Router an Identity	p. 177
Examining Device Status	p. 179
Cisco Discovery Protocol	p. 180
Using Applications to Help Configure Routers	p. 182
ConfigMaker	p. 183
Fast Step	p. 189
Switches and Hubs	p. 197
Network Topologies	p. 198
The Importance of Network Domains	p. 202
Cabling Defines Network Speed and Distance	p. 206
What Hubs and Switches Do, and How They Differ	p. 213
Picking the Right Tool	p. 216
Cisco Hubs	p. 217
Cisco Hub Basics	p. 217
Cisco Hub Products	p. 221
Configuring and Managing Cisco Hubs	p. 221
Cisco Switches	p. 224
How an Individual Switch Works	p. 225
Switched Networking Basics	p. 227
Designing Switched Internetworks	p. 228
VLANs	p. 233
Cisco's Switched Network Products	p. 234
Configuring and Managing Cisco Switches	p. 235
Internet Access Products	p. 241
Firewalls	p. 243
Firewall Basics	p. 244
How Firewalls Work	p. 247
The IOS Firewall Feature Set	p. 256
The Cisco PIX Firewall	p. 265
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)	p. 271
What Composes a VPN	p. 272
Why Most WANs Will Soon Be VPNs	p. 274
Access Servers	p. 275
Designing Cisco Networks
Routing Protocols	p. 283
Overview of Routing Protocols	p. 284
Routing Protocol Basics	p. 285
Routing Protocol Architectures	p. 304
How Routing Protocols Are Implemented	p. 308
Overview of Cisco Routing Protocols	p. 313
Cisco's Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP)	p. 315
Configuring RIP 2	p. 320
Configuring Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)	p. 321
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)	p. 323
Cisco's Routing Protocol Strategy	p. 325
Network Management	p. 327
Overview of Network Management	p. 328
The Evolution of Management Tools	p. 330
Network Management Tools Today	p. 332
Trends in Enterprise System Management	p. 335
SNMP Is IP's Common Management Platform	p. 337
What Is SNMP?	p. 337
SNMP Polling and Managed Objects	p. 339
The MIB	p. 339
Polling Groups and Data Aggregation	p. 346
SNMP Commands	p. 349
Thresholds	p. 349
Events and Traps	p. 350
Rmon: Hardware Probes for Switched Networks	p. 352
Trends in Network Management Technology	p. 356
Cisco's SNMP and RMON Implementations	p. 358
CiscoWorks2000	p. 363
CiscoWorks2000 Overview	p. 364
CiscoWorks2000 Resource Manager Essentials	p. 365
CiscoView: The Tool for Managing Individual Devices	p. 369
Resource Manager Essentials Applications	p. 378
CiscoWorks Switch Internetworks (CWSI)	p. 383
NetSys Baseliner	p. 388
Cisco Security	p. 393
Overview of Network Security	p. 396
Traffic-Based Security	p. 396
User-Based Security	p. 398
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA)	p. 401
Overview of the AAA Model	p. 402
How AAA Works	p. 409
CiscoSecure ACS	p. 429
CiscoSecure ACS Architecture	p. 429
Using the CiscoSecure ACS	p. 432
Dynamic Access Lists	p. 444
Lock-and-Key Using a Local User Database	p. 445
Building Cisco Networks	p. 447
Internetwork Design Basics	p. 448
Internetworking Basics Reviewed	p. 448
The Three-Layer Hierarchical Design Model	p. 455
Design Methods	p. 462
Designing to Fit Needs	p. 466
Understanding Existing Internetworks	p. 468
Characterizing Networks	p. 469
Cisco Network Designs	p. 475
Logical Network Design	p. 475
Campus Network Designs	p. 480
Troubleshooting Cisco Networks	p. 497
The Mechanics of Network Troubleshooting	p. 498
Network Troubleshooting Methods	p. 499
Troubleshooting Host IP Configuration	p. 502
Isolating Connectivity Problems	p. 506
Troubleshooting WAN Links	p. 520
Troubleshooting Cisco Hardware	p. 526
Inspecting Devices	p. 526
The Reboot Test	p. 527
Configuring Switches and Hubs	p. 529
Visual Switch Manager	p. 531
Visual Switch Manager Software	p. 531
The Visual Switch Manager Home Page	p. 532
The Interactive Device Graphic in Visual Switch Manager	p. 533
Network View	p. 534
Switch Port Configuration	p. 535
Port Grouping	p. 536
Port Monitoring (SPAN)	p. 537
Flooding Controls/Network Port	p. 538
System Configuration	p. 539
IP Management	p. 540
SNMP Configuration	p. 541
ARP Table	p. 542
Address Management	p. 543
Port Security	p. 544
Cisco Discovery Protocol	p. 545
Cisco Group Multicast Protocol	p. 546
Spanning-Tree Protocol	p. 547
VLAN Membership	p. 548
VTP Management	p. 549
VMPS Configuration	p. 550
VTP/VQP Statistics	p. 551
Logging Configuration	p. 552
Hub Management Consoles	p. 553
Hub Management Console Main Menu	p. 553
Console Password Screen	p. 554
Console Port Screen	p. 555
Firmware Screen	p. 556
System Screen	p. 557
IP Configuration Screen	p. 558
SNMP Management Screen	p. 559
Port Configuration Screen	p. 560
Unit Configuration Screen	p. 561
Port Statistics Report	p. 562
Unit Statistics Report	p. 563
RMON Statistics Report	p. 564
Unit Addressing Report	p. 565
Index	p. 567
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