Cisco A Beginner's Guide, Fifth Edition

Cisco networking essentials-made easy! Get a solid foundation in Cisco products and technologies from this fully updated bestseller. Covering the latest solutions, Cisco: A Beginner's Guide, Fifth Edition shows you, step-by-step, how to design, build, and manage custom networks. Learn how to configure hardware, use IOS commands, set up wireless networks, and secure your systems. You'll also get tips on preparing for Cisco certification exams. Brand-new voice and social networking features, Cisco TelePresence, the cloud-based Cisco Unified Computing System, and more are fully covered in this pr.

Cover -- About the Authors -- About the Technical Reviewer -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- At a Glance -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Who Should Read This Book -- What This Book Covers -- How to Read This Book -- Part I: Cisco Overview -- Chapter 1: Cisco and the Internet -- Internetworking -- Cisco's Position in the Computer Industry -- The Internet Landscape -- Internetworking's Five Major Device Types -- Basic Internetwork Topologies -- Internetwork Players -- Internetworking Protocols -- Routing vs. Switching -- Other Internetworking Trends

Cisco's Offerings -- Competition -- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? -- Cisco Solutions -- Cisco Innovation -- Chapter 2: Networking Primer -- Bits and Bytes -- How Computers Understand Data -- OSI Reference Model -- The Seven-Layer Stack -- OSI Implementation by Layer -- Network Technologies -- Ethernet -- Gigabit, 10 Gigabit, 40 Gigabit, and 100 Gigabit Ethernet -- Wireless -- WAN Technologies -- Dial-in Technologies -- WAN Trunk Technologies -- TCP/IP -- TCP/IP Messaging -- The Transport Layer -- IP Addressing -- The IP Address Format -- IP Address Classes -- Private Addressing -- Subnetting

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