Routing and Switching Essentials v6 Companion Guide

Routing and Switching Essentials v6 Companion Guide

<!--[if gte mso 9]> <xml> </xml> <![endif]--> <p style="margin:0px;"> <b>Routing and Switching Essentials v6 Companion Guide</b> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"> <i> <br> </i> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"> <i>Routing and Switching Essentials v6 Companion Guide</i> is the official supplemental textbook for the Routing and Switching Essentials course in the Cisco Networking Academy CCNA Routing and Switching curriculum.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> <br> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">This course describes the architecture, components, and operations of routers and switches in a small network.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> <br> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">The <i>Companion Guide</i> is designed as a portable desk reference to use anytime, anywhere to reinforce the material from the course and organize your time.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> <br> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">The book’s features help you focus on important concepts to succeed in this course:</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> <br> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">·         <b>Chapter Objectives</b>–Review core concepts by answering the focus questions listed at the beginning of each chapter.</p> <p style="margin:0px;">·         <b>Key Terms</b>–Refer to the lists of networking vocabulary introduced and highlighted in context in each chapter.</p> <p style="margin:0px;">·         <b>Glossary</b>–Consult the comprehensive Glossary with more than 250 terms.</p> <p style="margin:0px;">·         <b>Summary of Activities and Labs</b>–Maximize your study time with this complete list of all associated practice exercises at the end of each chapter.</p> <p style="margin:0px;">·         <b>Check Your Understanding</b>–Evaluate your readiness with the end-ofchapter questions that match the style of questions you see in the online course quizzes. The answer key explains each answer.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"> <br> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">·         <b>How To</b>–Look for this icon to study the steps you need to learn to perform certain tasks.</p> <p style="margin:0px;">·         <b>Interactive Activities</b>–Reinforce your understanding of topics with dozens of exercises from the online course identified throughout the book with this icon.</p> <p style="margin:0px;">·         <b>Packet Tracer Activities</b>–Explore and visualize networking concepts using Packet Tracer exercises interspersed throughout the chapters and provided in the accompanying Labs & Study Guide book.</p> <p style="margin:0px;">·         <b>Videos</b>–Watch the videos embedded within the online course.</p> <p style="margin:0px;">·         <b>Hands-on Labs</b>–Work through all the course labs and additional Class Activities that are included in the course and published in the separate Labs & Study Guide.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> <br> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">This book is part of the <b>Cisco Networking Academy Series</b> from Cisco Press. Books in this series support and complement the Cisco Networking Academy curriculum.</p> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <xml> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE </xml> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <xml> </xml> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <![endif]--> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p>