Networking Basics CCNA 1 Labs & Study Guide

The all-new Labs and Study Guide titles combine the best of the former Lab Companions and Engineering Journal and Workbooks with new features to improve the student's hands-on skills and reinforce the topics for each CCNA course. Networking Basics CCNA 1 Labs and Study Guide is a complete collection of the lab exercises specifically written for the CCNA 1 course in the Cisco Networking Academy Program, designed to give students hands-on experience in a particular concept or technology. Each lab contains an introductory overview, a preparation/tools required section, explanations of commands, and step-by-step instructions to reinforce the concepts introduced in the online course and covered in the Companion Guide. NEW: Challenge labs written by Academy instructors, tested in their classrooms will be included as additional or alternative labs. The Study Guide section is designed to provide additional exercises and activities to reinforce students' understanding of the course topics, preparing them for the course assessments. As a study guide it will also continue to provide ample writing opportunities to guide students into the habit of keeping notes on networking topics.Networking BasicsCCNA 1 Labs and Study Guide The only authorized Labs and Study Guide for the Cisco Networking Academy Program Shawn McReynolds Networking Basics CCNA 1 Labs and Study Guide supplements version 3.1.1 of the Cisco® Networking Academy® Program CCNA® 1. This guide maximizes your understanding of networking basics, including the fundamentals of Ethernet technologies, TCP/IP, network media, IP addressing, and routing. Each chapter contains a Study Guide section and a Lab Exercises section. Keep all your completed work on hand in this book to study from later, or take advantage of the perforated pages to tear out and hand in specific material for homework assignments. Study Guide To reinforce your comprehension of the essential concepts from this course, take advantage of more than 120 exercises of various types, including:Terminology identification and application Concept questions Internet research activities Journal entries Lab Exercises This book includes the 48 labs from the online course with an additional 12 labs in which you can apply your knowledge about the technologies and concepts introduced. You'll get ample opportunity for hands-on practice in three different types of labs:Curriculum Labs are step-by-step exercises designed to introduce you to new concepts. Presenting you with detailed instructions and sometimes additional explanations for completing the lab, Curriculum Labs come directly from the CCNA 1 online course. Comprehensive Labs combine the concepts learned from the course and Curriculum Labs into new experiments. These exercises provide minimal guidance. You are encouraged to complete the Curriculum Labs before moving on to a Comprehensive Lab. Challenge Labs require a thorough understanding of the previously learned network concepts. You should complete all Curriculum Labs and Comprehensive Labs before attempting a Challenge Lab. After completing all the exercises and hands-on labs in this book, you will be well prepared to continue your networking education in the CCNA courses that follow. Use this book with:Networking BasicsCCNA 1 Companion GuideISBN: 1-58713-164-1 Shawn McReynolds is the director of the Cisco Networking Academy Program at Southwest Virginia Community College. Since 1999, he has been a member of SwVCC's Cisco Area Training Center for Sponsored Curriculum, where he teaches CCNA, CCNP®, Fundamnetals of Network Security (FNS), and Panduit Network Infrastructure Essentials (PNIE) courses. This book is part of the Cisco Networking Academy Program Series from Cisco Press®. The products in this series support and complement the Cisco Networking Academy Program online curriculum.