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  • Comprehensive late stage preparation for the new CCENT 640-823 exam
  • Features the Cram Sheet for last minute review, as well as exam strategies, practice exams, and lab exercises
  • Updated for the latest changes to the new entry level CCENT certification exam

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  • Copyright 2014
  • Dimensions: 6" x 9"
  • Pages: 528
  • Edition: 2nd
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  • ISBN-10: 0-7897-5150-X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-5150-8

Prepare for Cisco CCENT ICND1 100-101 exam success with this Cisco Exam Cram from Pearson IT Certification, a leader in IT. 

Cisco CCENT ICND1 100-101 Exam Cram, Second Edition is the perfect study guide to help you pass the Cisco ICND1 100-101 exam, providing coverage and practice questions for every exam topic. The book contains an extensive set of preparation tools such as exam objective mapping; a self-assessment section that helps you evaluate your motivations and exam readiness; concise, easy-to-read exam topic overviews; Exam Alerts that highlight key concepts; bullet lists and summaries for easy review; Cram Savers, Cram Quizzes, and chapter-ending practice questions that help you assess your knowledge and test your understanding; Notes that indicate areas of concern or specialty training; Tips to help you build a better foundation of knowledge; and an extensive glossary of terms and acronyms. The book also contains the extremely useful Cram Sheet tear-out that represents a collection of the most difficult-to-remember facts and numbers you should memorize before taking the test. Complementing all these study tools is the powerful Pearson IT Certification Practice Test software, complete with hundreds of exam-realistic practice questions. This assessment software offers you a wealth of customization option and reporting features, allowing you to test your knowledge in study mode, practice exam mode, or flash card mode.

Covers the critical information you’ll need to know to score higher on your Cisco CCENT ICND1 100-101 exam!

·         Identify the protocols that operate at specific OSI layers

·         Learn the details of custom subnetting with IPv4

·         Understand and implement IPv6

·         Connect, configure, and manage Cisco routers and switches

·         Set up security for routers and switches

·         Create VLANs and set up switch-to-switch trunk links

·         Configure, verify, and troubleshoot OSPFv2 and OSPFv3

·         Anticipate the actions a router will take

·         Understand and use CDP for neighbor discovery

·         Learn the detailed learning and forwarding process of both routers and switches

·         Filter traffic from one network to another with access control lists (ACLs)

·         Deploy Network Address Translation (NAT) and IOS router DHCP services

·         Troubleshoot many types of network problems

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Mike Valentine has been in the IT field for 16 years, focusing on network design and implementation. He is a Cisco Certified Systems Instructor (#31461) and specializes in Cisco Unified Communications instruction as well as CCNA and CCNP courses. His accessible, humorous, and effective teaching style has demystified Cisco for hundreds of students since he began teaching in 2002.

Keith Barker, CCIE No. 6783 R/S & Security, is a 27-year veteran of the networking industry. He currently works at CBT Nuggets. His past experience includes EDS, Blue Cross, Paramount Pictures, and KnowledgeNET, and he has delivered CCIE-level training for several years.

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About the Premium Edition eBook

Cisco CCENT ICND1 100-101 Exam Cram, Second Edition is the perfect study guide to help you pass the Cisco ICND1 100-101 exam, providing coverage and practice questions for every exam topic. The book contains an extensive set of preparation tools such as exam objective mapping; a self-assessment section that helps you evaluate your motivations and exam readiness; concise, easy-to-read exam topic overviews; Exam Alerts that highlight key concepts; bullet lists and summaries for easy review; Cram Savers, Cram Quizzes, and chapter-ending practice questions that help you assess your knowledge and test your understanding; Notes that indicate areas of concern or specialty training; Tips to help you build a better foundation of knowledge; and an extensive glossary of terms and acronyms. The book also contains the extremely useful Cram Sheet tear-out that represents a collection of the most difficult-to-remember facts and numbers you should memorize before taking the test.

Covers the critical information you’ll need to know to score higher on your Cisco CCENT ICND1 100-101 exam!

·         Identify the protocols that operate at specific OSI layers

·         Learn the details of custom subnetting with IPv4

·         Understand and implement IPv6

·         Connect, configure, and manage Cisco routers and switches

·         Set up security for routers and switches

·         Create VLANs and set up switch-to-switch trunk links

·         Configure, verify, and troubleshoot OSPFv2 and OSPFv3

·         Anticipate the actions a router will take

·         Understand and use CDP for neighbor discovery

·         Learn the detailed learning and forwarding process of both routers and switches

·         Filter traffic from one network to another with access control lists (ACLs)

·         Deploy Network Address Translation (NAT) and IOS router DHCP services

·         Troubleshoot many types of network problems

Mike Valentine has been in the IT field for 16 years, focusing on network design and implementation. He is a Cisco Certified Systems Instructor (#31461) and specializes in Cisco Unified Communications instruction as well as CCNA and CCNP courses. His accessible, humorous, and effective teaching style has demystified Cisco for hundreds of students since he began teaching in 2002.

Keith Barker, CCIE No. 6783 R/S & Security, is a 27-year veteran of the networking industry. He currently works at CBT Nuggets. His past experience includes EDS, Blue Cross, Paramount Pictures, and KnowledgeNET, and he has delivered CCIE-level training for several years.

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Table of Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Taking a Certification Exam . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . 2

Tracking Your Certification Status . . . . .  . . . . . . . 3

How to Prepare for an Exam . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . 4

    What This Book Will Not Do . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . 5

    What This Book Is Designed to Do . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

About This Book . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . 6

    CCENT Official Exam Topics . . . .. . . . . 6

    Chapter Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Pearson IT Certification Practice Test Engine and Questions on the CD-ROM .  . . 14

    Install the Software from the CD . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 14

    Activate and Download the Practice Exam . . . . . . . . . . 15

    Activating Other Exams . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . 16

    Contacting the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Self-Assessment . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . 17

CCENT in the Real World . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

    The Ideal CCENT Candidate . . . . .  . . . . . . . 18

    Put Yourself to the Test . . . . . . . . . . 19

CHAPTER 1: Networking Fundamentals . . . . . . . 25

Essential Terms and Components . . . .. . . . . . . . 26

    Topologies . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 27

    Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

    WAN Technologies . . . . . .  . . . . . 31

Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . 34

Answers to Review Questions . . . .  . . . . . . 36

What Next? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

CHAPTER 2: Network Models . . . . . . . . 39

Cisco Hierarchical Design . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 40

    Access Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

    Distribution Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

    Core Layer . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . 41

    Advantages of the Three-Layer Model . . .. . . . . 42

OSI Model . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . 44

    Layer 7: The Application Layer . . . . . .  . . . 45

    Layer 6: The Presentation Layer . . . . . . . . . 47

    Layer 5: The Session Layer . . .. . . . . . . . 47

    Layer 4: The Transport Layer . . . .  . . . . 47

    Layer 3: The Network Layer . . . .. . . . . . . 54

    Layer 2: The Data Link Layer . . . . . . . . . . . 56

    Layer 1: The Physical Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

TCP/IP Model . . . . . .. . . . . . . 61

Review Questions . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 64

Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

CHAPTER 3: Concepts in IP Addressing . . . . . . . 69

Binary . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 70

Hexadecimal . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 74

Conversion Between Binary, Hex, and Decimal .  . . . . . 75

    Decimal to Hexadecimal Conversions . . . . . . . . 75

    Hexadecimal to Decimal Conversions . . . .. . . . . 75

IP Address Components . . . .  . . . . . . . . . 77

    Address Class . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . 77

    Public and Private IP Addresses . . . . . . . . . 78

    Default Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . 78

    The Network Field . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 79

    The Host Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

    Nondefault Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

    The Subnet Field . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 81

Subnetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

    Address Class and Default Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

    The Increment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

    Number of Hosts . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 86

    The Broadcast ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

    Number of Subnets . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 89

    Working with Subnetting Questions . . . .  . . . 91

    The Subnetting Chart . . . . . . . . . . . 93

VLSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Route Summarization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

    Summarization Guidelines . . . . . .. . . . . 102

    Determining Summary Addresses . . . . . . . 104

IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 110

    IPv6 Address Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

    IPv6 Address Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

    Types of IPv6 Addresses . . . . . . . . . . 114

    IPv6 Address Configuration . . . . .. . . . 115

    IPv6 Router Configuration . . . . . .. . . . . 116

    IPv6 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

    The IPv6 Header . . . . . . . .. . . . 118

    IPv6 Transition Strategies . . . . . .  . . . . 119

Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 122

Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . . 128

What Next? . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 131

CHAPTER 4: Working with Cisco Equipment. . . . . . . 133

Introducing Your Cisco Gear . . .  . . . . . . . . . 134

    External Connections . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 135

    Other Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Connecting and Configuring Cisco Devices . . . .  . . . . 141

    Device Memory Locations . . . . . . . . . 142

    IOS Startup Process . . . . . . .. . . . . 142

    Setup Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

    Configuration Register . . . . .. . . . . 144

    Password Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 145

    Command-Line Modes . . . . .. . . . . 146

    Command Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Context-Sensitive Help . . . . .  . . . . 149

Managing IOS Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Remote Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

    Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

    Secure Shell . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

    Cisco Discovery Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

    Internet Control Message Protocol . . .  . . . 156

    Network Time Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . 158

    Simple Network Management Protocol. . . . .. . . 158

    Syslog . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . 159

    NetFlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

    Basic Switch Configuration . . . . . . . . . . 159

    Basic Router Configuration . . . . . . . . . 160

Review Questions . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 164

Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

What Next? . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . 167

CHAPTER 5: Securing Your Cisco Devices . . . . .. .  . . . . 169

Securing Routers and Switches . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 170

    Configuring Password Security . . . . . . . .. . . . 170

Configuring SSH Access to Your Router . . . . . . . . . . 174

    External Authentication Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Switch Port Security . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 178

    Security Best Practices for Switches . . . . .. . . . . 178

Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Answers to Review Questions . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 186

What Next? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

CHAPTER 6: Basic Switch Operations and Configuration . .  . . . . 189

Bridging and Switching . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 190

    Functions of Bridges and Switches . . . . . . . . . . 191

    The Differences Between Switches and Bridges . . . . . . . 195

    STP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 200

VLAN Concepts and Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

    The Definition of a VLAN . . . . . . . . . 206

    Benefits of VLANs . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 206

    Implementing VLANs . . . . . .  . . . . 208

    VLAN Membership . . . . . . .  . . . . . 210

Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . 212

    802.1Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

    Configuring Switches for Trunking . . . . . . . . . . 215

Review Questions . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . 219

Answers to Review Questions . . . . .  . . . . . . . . 222

What Next? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

CHAPTER 7: Basic Routing . . . .  . . 225

Routing Fundamentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

    The Next Hop Concept . . . . . . . . . . 227

    Connected Networks . . .  . . . . . . . . . 228

    Static Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

    Default Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

    Dynamic Routes . . . . . . . . . . 232

    Understanding the Router Lookup Process and the IP Route Table . . .. . 235

Inter-VLAN Routing . . . . . . . . . . 242

    Router on a Stick . . . . . . . . . 243

    L3 Switching . . . .  . . . . . . . 245

OSPF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

    Characteristics . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 249

    Configuring Single-Area OSPFv2. . . . . . . . 254

    Configuring Single-Area OSPFv3. . . . . . . . . . . 258

    Verifying and Troubleshooting OSPF. . . . . . . . 260

    Verification of OSPFv3 . . .  . . . . . . . . 261

Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 265

Answers to Review Questions . . . .. . . . . . 269

CHAPTER 8: Visualizing Data Flow Between Two Hosts on a Network . .  . 271

Host-to-Host Direct Communications . . . . . . . . . 272

Host to Host Through a Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Host to Host Through a Router . . . . . . . . . . 278

Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . 283

Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

What Next? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

CHAPTER 9: IP Access Lists . . . . . . . 289

IP Access Lists as Packet Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

    Types of ACLs . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . 293

Configuring and Implementing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

    Configuring Standard ACLs . . . .  . . . . . . 297

    Configuring Extended ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . 300

    Filtering Telnet and SSH Access . . . . . . . . . . 302

Troubleshooting and Verifying ACL Configurations. . . . .. . . . 308

Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Answers to Review Questions . . . . .  . . . . . . . . 316

What Next? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

CHAPTER 10: IP Services . . .  . . 319

Network Address Translation . . .. . . . . . . . 320

    NAT Terminology . . . .  . . . . . . 321

    Applications, Advantages, and Disadvantages of NAT . . . . . . . . . 323

    Static NAT . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . 324

    Dynamic NAT . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 326

    PAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

    Verification and Troubleshooting NAT and PAT . . . . . 330

Network Time Protocol . . . . . . .  . . . . 334

    Configuring an IOS Router as an NTP Client . . . . . . . 335

    Verification of NTP . . . . .. . . . . . . . 336

DHCP . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 338

    Configuring an IOS Router as a DHCP Client . . . . . . 338

    Configuring an IOS Router as a DHCP Server . . .. . . . 339

    Verification of DHCP Operation . . . . . . . . 340

Review Questions . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 343

Answers to Review Questions . . . . . .  . . . . . . 345

CHAPTER 11: Troubleshooting . . . . 347

Troubleshoot Layer 1 Problems . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 348

    Problems with the Wiring . . . . .. . . . . . . 348

    Duplex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

    Finding the Errors . . . . . . .. . . . . . 349

Verify and Troubleshoot VLANs and Port Membership . . . .. . . . 353

    Troubleshooting VLANs . . . . .. . . . . . 354

Verify Trunk Configuration and Operation . . . .. . . . . . 357

    Is the Link Up and Configured? . . . . . . . . . . 357

    VLANs Must Exist for the Trunk to Support Them . . . . . . 357

    Administrative Versus Operational . . . . . . . . . 358

Troubleshoot Problems with IP Addressing and Host Configurations . . 361

    Verify Hosts Have Correct IP Addresses . . . . . . . . . . 362

    How to Remotely Change a Cisco IP Address . . . . . . . . 362

    Making Sure That We Have a Default Gateway on Hosts . . . . . . 362

    Troubleshooting NAT . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 363

Troubleshoot ACL Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Practice Exam 1 . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . 377

 

Answer Key to Practice Exam 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Answers at a Glance to Practice Exam 1 . . . . . . . . . 413

Answers with Explanations . . . . . . . .. . . . . 413

Practice Exam 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 423

 

Answer Key to Practice Exam 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

Answers at a Glance to Practice Exam 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 459

Answers with Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Glossary . . . .  . . . . . . . 469

 

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

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If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as your postal address or email address), we provide a way to correct or update that user's personal data provided to us. This can be done on the Account page. If a user no longer desires our service and desires to delete his or her account, please contact us at customer-service@informit.com and we will process the deletion of a user's account.

Choice/Opt-out


Users can always make an informed choice as to whether they should proceed with certain services offered by Adobe Press. If you choose to remove yourself from our mailing list(s) simply visit the following page and uncheck any communication you no longer want to receive: www.pearsonitcertification.com/u.aspx.

Sale of Personal Information


Pearson does not rent or sell personal information in exchange for any payment of money.

While Pearson does not sell personal information, as defined in Nevada law, Nevada residents may email a request for no sale of their personal information to NevadaDesignatedRequest@pearson.com.

Supplemental Privacy Statement for California Residents


California residents should read our Supplemental privacy statement for California residents in conjunction with this Privacy Notice. The Supplemental privacy statement for California residents explains Pearson's commitment to comply with California law and applies to personal information of California residents collected in connection with this site and the Services.

Sharing and Disclosure


Pearson may disclose personal information, as follows:

  • As required by law.
  • With the consent of the individual (or their parent, if the individual is a minor)
  • In response to a subpoena, court order or legal process, to the extent permitted or required by law
  • To protect the security and safety of individuals, data, assets and systems, consistent with applicable law
  • In connection the sale, joint venture or other transfer of some or all of its company or assets, subject to the provisions of this Privacy Notice
  • To investigate or address actual or suspected fraud or other illegal activities
  • To exercise its legal rights, including enforcement of the Terms of Use for this site or another contract
  • To affiliated Pearson companies and other companies and organizations who perform work for Pearson and are obligated to protect the privacy of personal information consistent with this Privacy Notice
  • To a school, organization, company or government agency, where Pearson collects or processes the personal information in a school setting or on behalf of such organization, company or government agency.

Links


This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects Personal Information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this web site.

Requests and Contact


Please contact us about this Privacy Notice or if you have any requests or questions relating to the privacy of your personal information.

Changes to this Privacy Notice


We may revise this Privacy Notice through an updated posting. We will identify the effective date of the revision in the posting. Often, updates are made to provide greater clarity or to comply with changes in regulatory requirements. If the updates involve material changes to the collection, protection, use or disclosure of Personal Information, Pearson will provide notice of the change through a conspicuous notice on this site or other appropriate way. Continued use of the site after the effective date of a posted revision evidences acceptance. Please contact us if you have questions or concerns about the Privacy Notice or any objection to any revisions.

Last Update: November 17, 2020