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Accessing the WAN

CCNA Exploration Companion Guide

 

Bob Vachon

Rick Graziani

 

Accessing the WAN, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide is the official supplemental textbook for the Accessing the WAN course in the Cisco Networking Academy CCNA Exploration curriculum version 4. This course discusses the WAN technologies and network services required by converged applications in enterprise networks. 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 turn to the highlighted terms in context in each chapter.
• Glossary: Consult the all-new 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.

 

Bob Vachon is the coordinator of the Computer Systems Technology program and teaches networking infrastructure courses at Cambrian College in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Bob has worked and taught in the computer networking and information technology field for 25 years and is a scholar graduate of Cambrian College. 

 

Rick Graziani teaches computer science and computer networking courses at Cabrillo College in Aptos, California. Rick has worked and taught in the computer networking and information technology field for 30 years.

 

How To: Look for this icon to study the steps that 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 Accessing the WAN Course

Accessing the WAN,

CCNA Exploration

Labs and Study Guide

ISBN-10: 1-58713-201-X

ISBN-13: 978-1-58713-201-8

 

Companion CD-ROM

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

Packet Tracer Activity exercise files

• A Guide to Using a Networker’s Journal booklet
• Taking Notes: A .txt file of the chapter objectives
• More 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.

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THE FAT BURNING DIET
By Jay Robb
256 pages (softbound)

A HEALTHY APPROACH TO LOW-CARB DIETING!
Low-carb mania is sweeping the nation as Americans become carb-conscious in their quest to lose weight. While low-carb dieting can be effective in the short run, cutting carbs long term can carry many potential drawbacks, health risks, and challenges. An extreme low-carb diet can be monotonous, boring, too high in saturated fat, too low in fresh fruits and vegetables, too low in fiber, too high in meat, and fattening because it is high in calories.

CUT CARBS, LOSE WEIGHT, AND GAIN HEALTH!
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Accessing the WAN CCNA Exploration Labs and Study Guide

 

John Rullan

 

Accessing the WAN, CCNA Exploration Labs and Study Guide is designed to support your learning the technologies and network services required by converged applications as taught in Version 4 of the Cisco® Networking Academy® CCNA® Exploration curriculum. Each chapter contains a Study Guide section and a Labs and Activities section.

 

Study Guide

The dozens of exercises in this book help you learn the concepts and configurations crucial to your success as a CCNA exam candidate. Each chapter is slightly different and includes multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and open-ended questions designed to help you

Labs and Activities

The Labs and Activities sections include all the online curriculum labs plus some additional activities to ensure that you have mastered the practical skills needed to succeed in this course.

 

Hands-On Labs–This icon identifies the hands-on labs created for each chapter. Work through all the Basic, Challenge, and Troubleshooting labs to gain a deep understanding of the CCNA knowledge and skills needed to ultimately succeed on the CCNA Certification Exam.

 

Packet Tracer Activities–This icon identifies exercises created by the author for you to challenge yourself on specific tasks using Packet Tracer, a powerful network simulation program developed by Cisco.

 

Packet Tracer Companion–This icon identifies the companion activities that correspond to each hands-on lab. You'll use the Packet Tracer to complete a simulation of the hands-on lab.

 

Packet Tracer Skills Integration Challenge–Each chapter concludes with a culminating activity called the Packet Tracer Skills Integration Challenge. These challenging activities require you to combine several skills learned from the chapter–as well as previous chapters and courses–to successfully complete one comprehensive exercise.

 

John Rullan has been a Cisco Instructor since 1998. He teaches CCNA, CCNP®, and network security courses to students and teachers throughout the New York City Department of Education system.

 

Use this book with:

Accessing the WAN,

CCNA Exploration Companion Guide

ISBN-10: 1-58713-205-2

ISBN-13: 978-158713-205-6

 

Companion CD-ROM

The CD-ROM provides all the Packet Tracer Activity, Packet Tracer Companion, and Packet Tracer Challenge files that are referenced throughout the book as indicated by the icons. These files work with Packet Tracer software v4.1, which is available through the Academy Connection website. Ask your instructor for access to the Packet Tracer software.

 

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

 

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