Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices, Part 1 (ICND1), Second Edition, is a Cisco®-authorized, self-paced learning tool for CCENT™ and CCNA® foundation learning. This book provides you with the knowledge needed to configure Cisco switches and routers to operate in corporate internetworks. By reading this book, you will gain a thorough understanding of concepts and configuration procedures required to build a multiswitch, multirouter, and multigroup internetwork that uses LAN and WAN interfaces for the most commonly used routing and routed protocols.
In Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices, Part 1 (ICND1), you will study installation and configuration information that network administrators need to install and configure Cisco products. Specific topics include building a simple network, Ethernet LANs, wireless LANs (WLANs), LAN and WAN connections, and network management. Chapter-ending review questions illustrate and help solidify the concepts presented in the book.
Whether you are preparing for CCENT or CCNA certification or simply want to gain a better understanding of how to build small Cisco networks, you will benefit from the foundation information presented in this book.
Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices, Part 1 (ICND1), is part of a recommended learning path from Cisco that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from Cisco Press. To find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners worldwide, please visit www.cisco.com/go/authorizedtraining.
Steve McQuerry, CCIE® No. 6108, is a consulting systems engineer with Cisco. He focuses on data center architecture. Steve works with enterprise customers in the Midwestern United States to help them plan their data center architectures. Steve has been an active member of the internetworking community since 1991 and has held multiple certifications from Novell, Microsoft, and Cisco. Prior to joining Cisco, Steve worked as an independent contractor with Global Knowledge where he taught and developed coursework around Cisco technologies and certifications.
Understand the principles on which basic networks operate
Explore the operation and configuration of LANs
Extend the boundaries of the network by implementing and securing wireless connectivity
Configure routers to provide connectivity between different networks
Learn about IP addressing number conversion
Establish WAN interconnectivity using point-to-point links, DSL, and cable services
Configure Network Address Translation (NAT)
Use Cisco IOS® commands to determine the layout of a Cisco network topology
Manage the router startup and work with IOS configuration files and Cisco IOS images
This volume is in the Certification Self-Study Series offered by Cisco Press®. Books in this series provide officially developed self-study solutions to help networking professionals understand technology implementations and prepare for the Cisco Career Certifications examinations.
used for boson test engineMarch 30, 2010 Ryan C.(Philadelphia, PA) I used CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide: Exam 640-802 to 60% prepare for the exam. I used this book for the boson test engine because for some reason the author's ability to get information to stick in my brain was tough. I used CCNA 640-802 Network Simulator to prepare for hands-on which was about 30% of my time. If you can use this to pass instead of Todd's book, that's great, but the more books the better in my mind.
Great Cisco Book to BEGIN learning fromMarch 22, 2010 Travis Hahn(Phoenix, AZ) Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices, Part 1 (ICND1).
So I thought this book was a well laid out book for what I was trying to get out of it. I am trying to get my first Cisco Certification and wanted something from CiscoPress - as I feel that they have the best book to study from.
I liked how the book was organized and how it progress through the information. I thought the clarity on subjects was excellent.
I wanted the book to have current information for me to study from and I surely does. This is a book on Cisco routing and it reads as such.
I will continue to purchase CiscoPress books as I progress through my certifications - In my opinion they are just better books to learn from.
Good Content, Poor EditingFebruary 9, 2010 CiscoNewbie 2 out of 3 found this review helpful
All in all a good book on networking. The book could be organized better, 6 chapters over 463 pages makes for a little rough reading, they could have broken it into more, less broad chapters.
The end of chapter quizzes are AWFUL. I scored about 70% on the first chapter, but some of their explanations we're glaringly wrong. I went to the Cisco press website and downloaded the errata for this book, and there are 8 MISTAKES IN THE FIRST CHAPTER'S QUIZ ALONE! There are only 50 questions, COME ON! 5 more mistakes in the second chapter quiz...you get the picture.
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Excellent Networking BookJanuary 2, 2010 Robert Wurzburg(Long Island, New York) I purchased this book towards preparation for the CCNA exam, and for my own learning purposes, to help me in
configuring my own network set-ups and installations.
I liked it so much, its clarity and detail, that I enrolled at SUNY Farmingdale, Cisco Networking Academy and
Computer Science Dept. to learn even more, and prepare myself for a new trade or occupation as a computer net-
working technician; with website programming, design and maintainence as a minor. I already am a hardware and
electronic technician, and this would round out my skill set and enable me to achieve my goals.
I recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn the nuts and bolts of computer networking, exam or not. It
will be money well-spent by you if you can apply the concepts in the real world, at home and/or elsewhere.
A CISCO CCENT BookNovember 29, 2009 T. Maj(Canada) It is a great book, good organized but its not sufficient to complete the CCENT. To pass CCENT successfully, you most read it with books like
1. CCNA ICND1 640-822 CCENT Study Guide and Examination Guide Q&A, by thaar al_taiey.
2. CCENT/CCNA ICND1 Official Exam Certification Guide, 2nd Edition, by Wendell Odom.
3. CCENT: Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician Study Guide: ICND1 (Exam 640-822) (Exam 640-822 With CD), by Todd Lammle.
