Pick up where certification exams leave off. With this practical, in-depth guide to the entire network infrastructure, you’ll learn how to deal with real Cisco networks, rather than the hypothetical situations presented on exams like the CCNA. Network Warrior takes you step by step through the world of routers, switches, firewalls, and other technologies based on the author's extensive field experience. You'll find new content for MPLS, IPv6, VoIP, and wireless in this completely revised second edition, along with examples of Cisco Nexus 5000 and 7000 switches throughout.
Topics include:
An in-depth view of routers and routing
Switching, using Cisco Catalyst and Nexus switches as examples
SOHO VoIP and SOHO wireless access point design and configuration
Introduction to IPv6 with configuration examples
Telecom technologies in the data-networking world, including T1, DS3, frame relay, and MPLS
Security, firewall theory, and configuration, as well as ACL and authentication
Quality of Service (QoS), with an emphasis on low-latency queuing (LLQ)
IP address allocation, Network Time Protocol (NTP), and device failures
About the Author
Gary A. Donahue is a working consultant who has been in the computer industry for 25 years. Gary has worked as a programmer, mainframe administrator, Technical Assistance Center engineer, network administrator, network designer, and consultant. Gary has worked as the Director of Network Infrastructure for a national consulting company and has been the president of his own New Jersey consulting company; GAD Technologies.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 What Is a Network?
Chapter 2 Hubs and Switches
Chapter 3 Autonegotiation
Chapter 4 VLANs
Chapter 5 Trunking
Chapter 6 VLAN Trunking Protocol
Chapter 7 Link Aggregation
Chapter 8 Spanning Tree
Chapter 9 Routing and Routers
Chapter 10 Routing Protocols
Chapter 11 Redistribution
Chapter 12 Tunnels
Chapter 13 First Hop Redundancy
Chapter 14 Route Maps
Chapter 15 Switching Algorithms in Cisco Routers
Chapter 16 Multilayer Switches
Chapter 17 Cisco 6500 Multilayer Switches
Chapter 18 Cisco Nexus
Chapter 19 Catalyst 3750 Features
Chapter 20 Telecom Nomenclature
Chapter 21 T1
Chapter 22 DS3
Chapter 23 Frame Relay
Chapter 24 MPLS
Chapter 25 Access Lists
Chapter 26 Authentication in Cisco Devices
Chapter 27 Basic Firewall Theory
Chapter 28 ASA Firewall Configuration
Chapter 29 Wireless
Chapter 30 VoIP
Chapter 31 Introduction to QoS
Chapter 32 Designing QoS
Chapter 33 The Congested Network
Chapter 34 The Converged Network
Chapter 35 Designing Networks
Chapter 36 IP Design
Chapter 37 IPv6
Chapter 38 Network Time Protocol
Chapter 39 Failures
Chapter 40 GAD’s Maxims
Chapter 41 Avoiding Frustration
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