About
Learn Cisco Network Administration in a Month of Lunches is a tutorial designed for beginners who want to learn how to administer Cisco switches and routers. Just set aside one hour a day (lunchtime would be perfect) for a month, and you'll start learning practical Cisco Network administration skills faster than you ever thought possible.
About the Technology
Cisco's ultra-reliable routers and switches are the backbone of millions of networks, but "set and forget" is not an acceptable attitude. Fortunately, you don't have to be an old-time administrator to set up and maintain a Cisco-based network. With a handful of techniques, a little practice, and this book, you can keep your system in top shape.
What's Inside
• Understand your Cisco network, including the difference between routers and switches
• Configure VLANs and VLAN trunks
• Secure your network
• Connect and configure routers and switches
• Establish good maintenance habits
Table of Contents
• Before you begin
• What is a Cisco network?
• A crash course on Cisco's Internetwork Operating System
• Managing switch ports
• Securing ports by using the Port Security feature
• Managing virtual LANs (VLANs)
• Breaking the VLAN barrier by using switched virtual interfaces
• IP address assignment by using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
• Securing the network by using IP access control lists
• Connecting switches using trunk links
• Automatically configuring VLANs using the VLAN Trunking Protocol
• Protecting against bridging loops by using the Spanning Tree Protocol
• Optimizing network performance by using port channels
• Making the network scalable by connecting routers and switches together
• Manually directing traffic using the IP routing table
• A dynamic routing protocols crash course
• Tracking down devices
• Securing Cisco devices
• Facilitating troubleshooting using logging and debugging
• Recovering from disaster
• Performance and health checklist
• Next steps
About the Technology
Cisco's ultra-reliable routers and switches are the backbone of millions of networks, but "set and forget" is not an acceptable attitude. Fortunately, you don't have to be an old-time administrator to set up and maintain a Cisco-based network. With a handful of techniques, a little practice, and this book, you can keep your system in top shape.
What's Inside
• Understand your Cisco network, including the difference between routers and switches
• Configure VLANs and VLAN trunks
• Secure your network
• Connect and configure routers and switches
• Establish good maintenance habits
Table of Contents
• Before you begin
• What is a Cisco network?
• A crash course on Cisco's Internetwork Operating System
• Managing switch ports
• Securing ports by using the Port Security feature
• Managing virtual LANs (VLANs)
• Breaking the VLAN barrier by using switched virtual interfaces
• IP address assignment by using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
• Securing the network by using IP access control lists
• Connecting switches using trunk links
• Automatically configuring VLANs using the VLAN Trunking Protocol
• Protecting against bridging loops by using the Spanning Tree Protocol
• Optimizing network performance by using port channels
• Making the network scalable by connecting routers and switches together
• Manually directing traffic using the IP routing table
• A dynamic routing protocols crash course
• Tracking down devices
• Securing Cisco devices
• Facilitating troubleshooting using logging and debugging
• Recovering from disaster
• Performance and health checklist
• Next steps