Who Should Read This Book

This book is designed for anyone wishing to gain a basic understanding of how networks operate and how Cisco devices in particular fulfill their roles in the process. This includes the following:

  • Those who have been away from the IT industry for some time and are reentering the field
  • Career changers with no previous experience
  • Students who have struggled with certification-level prep materials
  • Students who have had success with certification-level prep materials but came away from the experience with a shallow understanding of the core foundational knowledge

What's Inside

Here is a glance at what's in each chapter:

Chapter 1, “Networks,” describes network components, classifies LANs and WANs by function, and compares ...

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