Accessing the WAN : CCNA Exploration Labs and Study Guide

Accessing the WAN CCNA Exploration Labs and Study Guide

John Rullan

Accessing the WAN, CCNA Exploration Labs and Study Guide is designed to support your learning the technologies and network services required by converged applications as taught in Version 4 of the Cisco® Networking Academy® CCNA® Exploration curriculum. Each chapter contains a Study Guide section and a Labs and Activities section.

Study Guide

The dozens of exercises in this book help you learn the concepts and configurations crucial to your success as a CCNA exam candidate. Each chapter is slightly different and includes multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and open-ended questions designed to help you

Labs and Activities

The Labs and Activities sections include all the online curriculum labs plus some additional activities to ensure that you have mastered the practical skills needed to succeed in this course.

Hands-On Labs–This icon identifies the hands-on labs created for each chapter. Work through all the Basic, Challenge, and Troubleshooting labs to gain a deep understanding of the CCNA knowledge and skills needed to ultimately succeed on the CCNA Certification Exam.

Packet Tracer Activities–This icon identifies exercises created by the author for you to challenge yourself on specific tasks using Packet Tracer, a powerful network simulation program developed by Cisco.

Packet Tracer Companion–This icon identifies the companion activities that correspond to each hands-on lab. You'll use the Packet Tracer to complete a simulation of the hands-on lab.

Packet Tracer Skills Integration Challenge–Each chapter concludes with a culminating activity called the Packet Tracer Skills Integration Challenge. These challenging activities require you to combine several skills learned from the chapter–as well as previous chapters and courses–to successfully complete one comprehensive exercise.

John Rullan has been a Cisco Instructor since 1998. He teaches CCNA, CCNP®, and network security courses to students and teachers throughout the New York City Department of Education system.

Use this book with:

Accessing the WAN,

CCNA Exploration Companion Guide

ISBN-10: 1-58713-205-2

ISBN-13: 978-158713-205-6

Companion CD-ROM

The CD-ROM provides all the Packet Tracer Activity, Packet Tracer Companion, and Packet Tracer Challenge files that are referenced throughout the book as indicated by the icons. These files work with Packet Tracer software v4.1, which is available through the Academy Connection website. Ask your instructor for access to the Packet Tracer software.

This book is part of the Cisco Networking Academy Series from Cisco Press®. Books in this series support and complement the Cisco Networking Academy curriculum.

About the Author

John Rullan has been teaching at Thomas Edison High School in Jamaica, New York for the past 13 years and has been a part of the Cisco Networking Academy since 1998. He is the director of the Cisco Academy for the New York City Department of Education and is the citywide trainer. He provides support to the academy community and has presented at academy conferences throughout the country while working on the Instructional Support and Curriculum Maintenance teams. He also has taught CCNA, CCNP, and network security for the Borough of Manhattan Community College since 2000. He currently holds the Network+, CCNA, CCNP, and CCAI certifications.

About the Contributing Author

Sonya Coker received her undergraduate degree in secondary education from the University of South Alabama. She worked in the public school system for five years as a Title 1 Project Coordinator serving at-risk students. She joined the Cisco Academy program in 1998 when she started a local CCNA Academy at Murphy High School in Mobile, Alabama. She now works as a full-time developer in the Cisco Networking Academy program. She has worked on a variety of Academy curriculum projects, including CCNA, CCNP, Fundamentals of Wireless LANs, and Network Security. She has taught instructor training classes throughout the world.