Learn Cisco network administration in a month of lunches /

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Author / Creator:Piper, Ben (IT consultant), author.
Imprint:Shelter Island, NY : Manning Publications Co., [2017]
©2017
Description:1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13651974
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ISBN:9781617293634
1617293636
9781638351375
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9781617293634
Notes:Includes index.
Online resource; title from title page (Safari, viewed July 13, 2017).
Summary:Learn Cisco Network Administration in a Month of Lunches is a tutorial designed for beginners who want to learn how to administer Cisco switches and routers. Just set aside one hour a day (lunchtime would be perfect) for a month, and you'll start learning practical Cisco Network administration skills faster than you ever thought possible.
Table of Contents:
  • Before you begin
  • What is a Cisco network?
  • A crash course on Cisco's internetwork operating system
  • Managing switch ports
  • Securing ports by using the port securit feature
  • Managing virtual LANs (VLANs)
  • Breaking the VLAN barrier by using switched virtual interfaces
  • IP address assignment by using dynamic host configuration protocol
  • Securing the network by using IP access control lists
  • Connecting switches using trunk links
  • Automatically configuring VLANs using the VLAN trunking protocol
  • Protecting against bridging loops by using the spanning tree protocol
  • Optimizing network performance by using port channels
  • Making the network scalable by connecting routers and switches together
  • Manually directing traffic using the IP routing table
  • A dynamic routing protocols crash course
  • Tracking down devices
  • Securing Cisco devices
  • Facilitating troubleshooting using logging and debugging
  • Recovering from disaster
  • Performance and health checklist
  • Next steps.