Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide, 2/e

Description

Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide

 

Mark A. Dye • Rick McDonald • Antoon W. Rufi

 

Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide is the official supplemental textbook for the Network Fundamentals course in the Cisco® Networking Academy® CCNA® Exploration curriculum version 4. The course, the first of four in the new curriculum, is based on a top-down approach to networking. The Companion Guide, written and edited by Networking Academy instructors, is designed as a portable desk reference to use anytime, anywhere. The book’s features reinforce the material in the course to help you focus on important concepts and organize your study time for exams.

 

New and improved features help you study and succeed in this course:

 

• Chapter objectives—Review core concepts by answering the focus questions listed at the beginning of each chapter.
• Key terms—Refer to the updated lists of networking vocabulary introduced and highlighted in context in each chapter.
• Glossary—Consult the comprehensive glossary with more than 250 terms.
• Check Your Understanding questions and answer key—Evaluate your readiness with the updated end-of-chapter questions that match the style of questions you see on the online course quizzes. The answer key explains each answer.
• Challenge questions and activities—Strive to ace more challenging review questions and activities designed to prepare you for the complex styles of questions you might see on the CCNA exam. The answer key explains each answer.

 

Mark A. Dye was the technology and training manager for the Bevill Center at Gadsden State Community College and now works full time as a curriculum developer with Cisco.

 

Rick McDonald teaches computer and networking courses at the University of Alaska Southeast in Ketchikan, Alaska. 

 

Antoon “Tony” W. Rufi currently is the associate dean of computer and information science for all the ECPI College of Technology campuses.

 

How To—Look for this icon to study the steps you need to learn to perform certain tasks.

 

Packet Tracer Activities— Explore networking concepts in activities interspersed throughout some chapters using

 

Packet Tracer v4.1 developed by Cisco. The files for these activities are on the accompanying CD-ROM.

 

Also available for the Network Fundamentals Course

Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Labs and Study Guide

ISBN-10: 1-58713-203-6

ISBN-13: 978-1-58713-203-2

 

Companion CD-ROM

The CD-ROM provides many useful tools and information to support your education:

• Packet Tracer Activity exercise files v4.1
• VLSM Subnetting Chart
• Structured Cabling Exploration Supplement
• Taking Notes: a .txt file of the chapter objectives
• A Guide to Using a Networker’s Journal booklet
• IT Career Information
• Tips on Lifelong Learning in Networking

 

 

This book is part of the Cisco Networking Academy Series from Cisco Press®. The products in this series support and complement the Cisco Networking Academy online curriculum.

《網路基礎，CCNA探索伴侶指南》是Cisco®網路學院CCNA探索課程版本4中網路基礎課程的官方補充教材。該課程是新課程中的第一門課程，基於自上而下的網路方法。這本《伴侶指南》由網路學院的教師編寫和編輯，設計為一本便攜式桌面參考書，可隨時隨地使用。該書的特點強化了課程中的材料，幫助您專注於重要概念並組織您的學習時間以應對考試。

新的和改進的功能幫助您學習和成功完成這門課程：
- 章節目標-通過回答每章開頭列出的重點問題來複習核心概念。
- 關鍵詞-參考每章中引入並突出顯示的更新的網路詞彙表。
- 詞彙表-請查閱包含250多個詞彙的全面詞彙表。
- 檢查您的理解問題和答案-通過更新的章末問題評估您的準備情況，這些問題與在線課程測驗中看到的問題風格相匹配。答案解釋了每個答案。
- 挑戰問題和活動-努力通過更具挑戰性的複習問題和活動，為您準備可能在CCNA考試中遇到的複雜問題。答案解釋了每個答案。

Mark A. Dye曾是Gadsden State Community College的Bevill Center的技術和培訓經理，現在全職擔任Cisco的課程開發人員。
Rick McDonald在阿拉斯加東南部的Ketchikan的阿拉斯加大學教授計算機和網絡課程。
Antoon “Tony” W. Rufi目前是ECPI技術學院的所有計算機和信息科學副院長。

如何-尋找此圖示以學習執行某些任務所需的步驟。

Packet Tracer活動-在某些章節中，使用由Cisco開發的Packet Tracer v4.1探索網絡概念。這些活動的文件位於附帶的CD-ROM上。

還有可用於網路基礎課程的其他資源：
- 《網路基礎，CCNA探索實驗室和學習指南》
- ISBN-10: 1-58713-203-6
- ISBN-13: 978-1-58713-203-2

附帶的CD-ROM
CD-ROM提供許多有用的工具和信息來支持您的教育：
- Packet Tracer活動練習文件v4.1
- VLSM子網劃分表
- 結構化布線E...