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31 days before your CCNA exam.

This resource guides Cisco Networking Academy Program students through a 31-day review program designed to help them prepare for the 640-801CCNA certification examination. Using short summaries from the online curriculum, each daily unit focuses on a particular exam topic. The volume also contains preparation checklists plus study tips and test-taking strategies. Bennett (Portland Community College) has taught the Cisco Networking Academy Program curriculum since 2003. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Authorized self-study guide: Cisco voice over IP (CVoice).

This work offers a Cisco-authorized, self-paced tutorial for passing the CVoice exam, a required exam for the Cisco Certified Voice Professional (CCVP) certification and for Cisco's IP Telephony Support Specialist and Rich Media Communications Specialist certifications. The book covers CVoice exam objectives by explaining exam-relevant concepts in a logical sequence, and includes real-world content not covered in the CVoice course. Coverage encompasses basic IP telephony operation and router configuration, troubleshooting, and integration with an existing public switched telephone network. Chapter review questions are included, and hands-on lab exercises are tailored to home lab environments. Although the book is targeted to CVoice exam candidates, it can serve as a VoIP primer. Wallace has written books on Cisco networking. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

CCNA; official exam certification library, 2d ed.; 2v. (includes CD-ROMs)

This package consists of two books, CCNA INTRO exam certification guide and CCNA ICND exam certification guide, and two companion CD-ROMs containing a test engine for taking practice exams from INTRO, ICND, or unified CCNA test banks. The second edition of the package adds an additional video mentor CD-ROM that offers three video tutorials on basic CCNA configuration tasks. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Cisco ASA and PIX firewall handbook.

This comprehensive handbook, the first to include Cisco ASA and PIX version 7 security appliances, addresses the most commonly used features of Cisco Systems firewall security and its complete product line. It also covers PIX version 6.3, the Cisco IOS router firewall, and the Catalyst Firewall Services Module. Only features used for stateful traffic inspection and overall network security are included; VPN functions are not covered. Meant as a reference guide for administrators, engineers, consultants, and students, it is organized by features: configuration, connectivity, management, users, controlling access, increasing availability, load balancing, logging, verifying operation, and Intrusion Detection System sensors. Sample configurations are provided. Hucaby is a lead network engineer at the U. of Kentucky. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Cisco QOS exam certification guide; CCVP self-study, 2d ed. (CD-ROM included)

Odom has 20-plus years of experience with jobs in pre- and post-sales technical consulting, teaching, and course development; Cavanaugh has been in the networking industry for 17-plus years. They offer an updated self-study guide specializing in the objectives for the QOS 642-642 exam. The text includes hints and test-taking tips to help those preparing for the exam to identify their areas of weakness and improve their QOS knowledge. The accompanying CD-ROM contains a testing engine which allows users to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams. The assessment engine tracks performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, presenting question-by-question remediation to the text. Revisions from the first to second edition are not stated. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Cisco security agent.

This book outlines the Cisco Security Agent, how it works to protect against worms and viruses, its architecture and components, and the configuration of rules and policy. Sullivan explains the need for endpoint security; how to implement agents and interact locally; reporting and monitoring events; advanced analysis features in version 4.5, including application deployment investigation and behavior analysis; maintenance, administration, and backup; and installation and management. Sullivan, a consulting systems engineer for Cisco Systems, specializes in security. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Cisco voice gateways and gatekeepers.

Building on the Cisco CVoice course, this guide describes advanced deployment options for Cisco IOS-based voice gateways and gatekeepers for voice over IP (VoIP) networks. The gateway chapters explain how to implement MGCP and SIP call signaling, connect to the public switched telephone network, configure analog PBX trunks, build a dial plan, and influence path selection. The final chapters walk through different gatekeeper deployment models for H.323 networks, the basic configuration of a Cisco router as a gatekeeper, and the functions of a Cisco multiservice IP-to-IP gateway. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Home network security simplified.

Written in plain language for home users, this overview of security threats explains the tricks and tools that hackers use and offers step-by-step instructions for implementing security solutions related to firewalls, wireless networks, antivirus protection, spyware and adware, and phishing scams. There are also tips on updating software, parental controls, creating passwords, and backing up files. Concepts are reinforced with easy-to-understand color illustrations, and instructions come with color screen shots. A glossary is included. Doherty and Anderson have written other books on home networking. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Networking basics; CCNA 1 labs and study guide.

This supplement to version 3.1.1 of the Cisco networking academy program CCNA 1 contains printed versions of the 48 curriculum labs from the online course as well as 12 more advanced labs and 120 exercises. The labs provide step-by-step instructions for measuring the electrical properties of cables, building LANs and WANs, decoding a waveform, Ethernet switching, and IP addressing. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Network security 1 and 2 companion guide. (CD-ROM included)

This work is meant to be used as a desk reference for students taking the two network security courses of the Cisco Networking Academy Program curriculum, although author Rufi (computer and information science, ECPI College of Technology) notes that it should be useful to anyone interested in learning about network security and security processes. In the chapters designed to correlate to course one, he covers vulnerabilities, threats, and attacks; security planning and policy; security devices; trust and identity technology; Cisco Secure Access Control Server; configuring trust and identity at layers 2 and 3; configuring filtering on a router; configuring filtering on a PIX (private internet exchange) security appliance; and configuring filtering on a switch. The second half of the text offers chapters on intrusion detection and prevention technology; configuring network intrusion detection and prevention; encryption and VPN (virtual private network) technology; configuring site-to-site VPN using pre-shared keys and digital certificates; configuring remote access VPN; secure network architecture and management; and PIX security appliance contexts, failover, and management. The CD-ROM contains 95 interactive visual demonstrations of topics found in the text and a number of command reference materials. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Network virtualization.

Covering concepts from both a theoretical and a practical point of view, Moreno and Reddy, both affiliated with Cisco Systems, provide readers with an understanding of what network virtualization is, which problems it can solve, and the techniques available to virtualize a network. They review enterprise network design best practices and introduce basic technology and architectures used in virtualized networks, then show how to design virtualized networks in the core, across the WAN, in the data center, and in the access layer. A section of appendices offers reference material. The book is written for enterprise network designers, planners, architects, operators, and support personnel. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Optimal routing design.

This volume describes the tools and techniques for use in building a large-scale or scalable IP-routed network, based on the authors' experiences, for beginner and advanced network designers. Readers should be familiar with basic concepts and mechanics, configuration, and physical layer interconnectivity. The book covers network design goals, basic techniques, each interior gateway (EIGRP, OSPF, and IS- IS), and advanced topics such as cores, virtual private networks, and security. The appendices concern the fundamentals of how each routing protocol works. White et al. work for Cisco in the area of routing protocol design. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Routers and routing basics; CCNA 2 labs and study guide.

This supplement to second CCNA course in the Cisco networking academy program contains printed versions of the 55 curriculum labs from the online course as well as 15 more advanced labs and exercises. The labs provide step-by-step instructions for configuring a router, managing the Cisco IOS, selecting a router protocol, verifying a network, and implementing basic security with access control lists. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Security threat mitigation and response; understanding Cisco Security MARS.

The Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System (CS-MARS) is a network appliance that consolidates and correlates security events and syslogs from a variety of Cisco and third-party hardware and software devices. This reporting system enables users to better recognize and mitigate security threats. This practical guide for network security engineers and other IT professionals offers step-by-step instructions for configuring and deploying CS-MARS. The authors (both Cisco) also explain how to use CS-MARS to investigate reported threats. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Self-defending networks; the next generation of network security.

A security and technology manager at Cisco Systems, De Capite explains the concepts, benefits, and implementation details of a Cisco self-defending network. He writes primarily for security and information managers, network engineers and architects, and engineering students. His focus is on device management and centralized management to show how to manage a self-defending network. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Switching basics and intermediate routing; CCNA 3 labs and study guide. (CD-ROM included)

Designed as a supplement to version 3.1 of the manufacturer's basic course materials, this serves to further explain advanced IP processing techniques, including the variable-length subnet mask, routing protocols, switching technologies and LAN design, and switch configurations. Chapters include features that can include vocabulary matching and completion, skill-building activities and scenarios, configuration scenarios, concept questions, journal entries, and sources for Internet research, and the text includes curriculum labs with step-by-step exercised, comprehensive labs for new experiments and challenge labs to make sure readers are retaining information. Topics include single-areas OSPF, EIGRP and troubleshooting routing protocols, switching concepts, LAN design and switches, catalyst switch configurations, spanning tree protocol, virtual LANs, and VLAN trunking protocol. Appendices include skills-based assessment practice exercises. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

TCP/IP first-step.

Sportack, who teaches at Syracuse University, explains the four functional layers of the TCP/IP protocol stack, and the network- oriented functions provided by IP, UDP, and TCP. This accessible textbook introduces IP addressing, the internet control message protocol (ICMP), routing, wire-based Ethernet configuration, wireless connections, and troubleshooting tools. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Voice over IP fundamentals, 2d ed.

Written for both voice and networking professionals, this guide overviews how a basic telephony infrastructure is built and explains major concepts concerning voice and data networking, transmission of voice over data, and IP signaling protocols used to internetwork with current telephony systems. Protocols that affect VoIP are covered in detail. Network administrators and software engineers will appreciate the book's review of VoIP basics. This second edition includes new chapters on security, the importance of billing and mediation in a VoIP network, and common types of threats inherent with the interoperation of packet voice environments, public switched telephone networks, and VoIP. Davidson is affiliated with Cisco Systems. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

WAN technologies; CCNA 4 companion guide.

This is the official supplemental textbook for version 3.1.1 of the CCNA 4 course in the Cisco Networking Academy Program. It covers all of the topics in the online course while providing additional examples and discussing some alternative approaches. Pedagogical features include highlighted key terms, end-of-chapter review questions, and complex challenge questions similar to those found on the CCNA exam. Answers are fully explained in the appendix. The CD- ROM contains more than 25 interactive media activities that visually demonstrate important topics. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

WAN technologies; CCNA 4 labs and study guide.

This workbook-style study guide supplements version 3.11 of the Cisco Networking Academy Program's CCNA 4 course, with coverage of network address translation, dynamic host configuration protocol, ISDN dialer maps and profiles, and frame relay. Each chapter contains a study guide section, with brief summaries of material, vocabulary and matching exercises, concept questions, and Internet research questions, and a section of lab exercises from the online course, with an additional 10 labs on technologies and concepts. Three different types of labs provide step-by-step exercises, configuration tasks, and challenge labs without detailed directions. Rullan is a Cisco Networking Academy Program instructor. There is no subject index. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)