Overview
Main description
Get started using Cisco technologies quickly and easily
Here is a fully updated edition of the bestselling introductory guide to Cisco products and technologies. Cisco: A Beginner's Guide, Fourth Edition provides you with a practical hands-on resource for successfully designing and managing a Cisco network. Learn to work with Cisco routers and switches, wireless technologies, and storage tools. You'll also get full details on network security, including firewalls, as well as communications solutions such as VoIP. This is a must-have resource for anyone interested in internetworking and Cisco technologies.
- Work with Cisco's Internet technologies
- Configure Cisco routers and networks
- Understand Cisco internetworking technologies including LAN switches, multilayered switching, and VLANs
- Secure your network using CiscoSecure ACS, Cisco PIX firewall, IOS Firewall, and other methods
- Enable wireless internetworking using the Cisco Aironet and Airespace products
- Deploy VoIP via Cisco Unified Communications
- Implement Cisco storage area network (SAN) and content delivery network (CDN) solutions
- Use both open standard routing protocols (RIP, OSPF, BGP) and Cisco-proprietary protocols (IGRP and EIGRP)
- Design, manage, and troubleshoot a robust Cisco network
Table of contents
Part I: Cisco OverviewCh. 1: Cisco and the InternetCh. 2: Network PrimerPart II: Cisco Internetworking ToolsCh. 3: Router OverviewCh. 4: Configuring RoutersCh. 5: SwitchesCh. 6: Security OverviewCh. 7: Security Building BlocksCh. 8: Cisco Wireless SolutionsPart III: Cisco Business SolutionsCh. 9: Cisco Unified Contact CenterCh. 10: Storage ToolsCh. 11: Cisco Content Networking and Video SolutionsPart IV: Designing Cisco NetworksCh. 12: Routing ProtocolsCh. 13: Network ManagementCh. 14: Network Design ProcessCh. 15: Troubleshooting Cisco NetworksINDEX
Author comments
Toby J. Velte, Ph.D., MCSE+I, CCNA, CCDA, is cofounder of Velte Publishing, Inc., is an internationally bestselling author of business technology articles and books.
Anthony T. Velte, CISSP, CISA, is cofounder of Velte Publishing, Inc., and coauthor of several books on Cisco technologies.
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Get started using Cisco technologies quickly and easily
Here is a fully updated edition of the bestselling introductory guide to Cisco products and technologies. Cisco: A Beginner's Guide, Fourth Edition provides you with a practical hands-on resource for successfully designing and managing a Cisco network. Learn to work with Cisco routers and switches, wireless technologies, and storage tools. You'll also get full details on network security, including firewalls, as well as communications solutions such as VoIP. This is a must-have resource for anyone interested in internetworking and Cisco technologies.
- Work with Cisco's Internet technologies
- Configure Cisco routers and networks
- Understand Cisco internetworking technologies including LAN switches, multilayered switching, and VLANs
- Secure your network using CiscoSecure ACS, Cisco PIX firewall, IOS Firewall, and other methods
- Enable wireless internetworking using the Cisco Aironet and Airespace products
- Deploy VoIP via Cisco Unified Communications
- Implement Cisco storage area network (SAN) and content delivery network (CDN) solutions
- Use both open standard routing protocols (RIP, OSPF, BGP) and Cisco-proprietary protocols (IGRP and EIGRP)
- Design, manage, and troubleshoot a robust Cisco network
