Table of Contents

Skill Builders:

These 93 labs are narrowly focused, enabling you to practice your configuration skills on a single topic. Coverage includes 

• Router and switch navigation and administration
• SNMP configuration
• Syslog configuration
• IOS licensing
• VLAN troubleshooting
• STP configuration
• Etherchannel
• EIGRP IPv4 and IPv6 serial and Frame Relay configuration
• EIGRP neighbors and route tuning
• OSPF Frame Relay configuration and metric tuning
• OSPF v3 serial configuration, metric tuning, and neighbors
• IPv6 routing
• HSRP
• GLBP
• Serial configuration and authentication
• Serial link configuration
• Frame Relay configuration and verification

 Subnetting Exercises:

These 7 labs help you to perform subnetting calculations quickly and accurately, a critical skill for success on the CCNA exam. Topics covered include

• IP VLSM route selection

Configuration Scenarios:

These 23 labs are more broadly focused, combining multiple technologies into configuration scenarios that mimic real-world environments. These labs are longer and more complex, challenging you to put your configuration skills to the test. Topics covered include 

• Password recovery
• Netflow configuration
• IOS licensing installation and migration
• STP configuration and prediction
• EIGRP configuration, metric manipulation, and auto-summary
• EIGRP for IPv6 configuration and metric manipulation
• Serial link configuration
• OSPF metric manipulation
• HSRP configuration
• GLBP configuration
• Frame Relay  

 Troubleshooting Scenarios:

These 19 labspresent complicated and realistic troubleshooting scenarios that truly test your ability to perform the job of a network engineer. There are two types of troubleshooting labs that test different approaches to troubleshooting. Show troubleshooting labs challenge you to use exec commands to evaluate, correct, and optimize network performance. Configuration troubleshooting labs present you with misconfigured networks that you must analyze and fix. Topics covered include 

• Path analysis
• Path troubleshooting
• Routing analysis
• VLAN troubleshooting
• STP troubleshooting
• IPv4  and IPv6 addressing
• NAT
• Network expansion
• IPv4 and IPv6 routing
• OSPF troubleshooting
• EIGRP and EIGRP for IPv6 troubleshooting

About the Author

Wendell Odom, CCIE No. 1624, is the most respected author of Cisco networking books in the world. His books are known for their technical depth and accuracy. Wendell has worked as a network engineer, consultant, instructor, course developer, and book author, and he has produced videos, software, and blogs related to Cisco certifications. His website, with links to various study tools and resources, is at www.certskills.com.

Sean Wilkins is an accomplished networking consultant for SR-W Consulting (www.sr-wconsulting.com) and writer/editor for infoDispersion (www.idisperse.info). Sean has been in the IT field for more than 15 years, working with companies such as Cisco, Lucent, Verizon, and AT&T as well as several other private companies. Sean holds certifications with Cisco (CCNP/CCDP), Microsoft (MCSE), and CompTIA (A+ and Network+). His educational accomplishments include a master of science in information technology with a focus in network architecture and design, a master of science in organizational management, a master’s certificate in network security, a bachelor of science in computer networking, and an associate of applied science.