Talk:CCNA Certification

This material from the old "CISCO Certification" book, should be merged into the appropriate chapter:

Introduction to the Internet
The Internet has become an essential resource in our society. It is necessary for the day to day operation of many businesses, government and educational institutions, and even home users. The Internet is a worldwide collection of interconnected networks. The networks are of varying sizes and can be private, public and government owned. A stable, well working network requires a full understanding of its workings on all levels.

The Internet can be compared to current telephone networks in the world, a road system, or even the circulatory/nervous system of your body. Just as cars can function without roads, so too can computers function without networking. However, like roads, networking greatly improves and extends the capabilities of computers.

High-speed access to the Internet is currently available to the general public in most the western world and large parts of Asia. High-speed access is still somewhat lacking in remote areas due to cost.

End users computers sit at the very edge of the internet, much as the leaves on a tree are the very end of the twigs, or a person's driveway the end of the road system.

Network Topologies
There are various ways computers can be physically connected. These are called topologies.


 * Bus - In a bus topology, all computers connect to the same 'wire'.
 * Star - A star topology consists of a central 'hub', which each computer connects to with a separate wire.
 * Ring - Computer in a ring topology are connected in a loop. Information is passed around the loop until it reaches its destination.
 * Hierarchical - A hierarchical topology involves several distinct layers, where each layer combines the connections of lower layers.
 * Mesh - A mesh topology is unique: each computer has multiple connections to other computers.

The Internet can be best described as a hierarchical mesh.

Relevancy of book
Just wondering if anybody is reading/editing this book, and if anybody is likely to use it as part of their CCNA study (the subject is broadly covered). If there is any interest I'll keep contributing, but not gonna wast time writing a book no one will read?


 * I believe there is room for a free, living book on CCNA that keeps up with the changes in the Certification and technology. I would like to donate a good outline and several articles and diagrams.  It needs a lot of organization and materials, but after it starts taking shape, it will be widely read. kgrr  talkKgrr16:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Type of Book
A comprehensive study guide for the CCNA Intro, CCNA ICND and CCNA Certification exams.  kgrr talkKgrr16:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

I am studying and have found this book very useful, thank you for putting it together. Please keep adding to it as many will benefit and appreciate this free resource. Many Thanks to you.

As a holder of CCNA certification, I would advise you understand the paths to the various professional status. This largely depends on your career goals. Vachus2004 (discuss • contribs) 10:28, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

Target Audience
Adult, first year community college  kgrr talkKgrr16:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Scope
This book should cover all basic networking knowledge for the CCNA exams  kgrr talkKgrr16:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Thesis Statement
CCNA is a cornerstone of many IT careers. This book is a free, living book on CCNA Certification that keeps up with the changes in the technology and certification.  kgrr talkKgrr16:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Topics
CCNA Intro 640-821 Topics: * Network Types * Network Media * Switching Fundamentals * TCP/IP and OSI networking models * IP addressing and subnetting * Switching * VLANs, and Trunking * Routing and Routing Protocols * WAN Technologies * Operating and Configuring IOS Devices * Managing Network Environments. * Basic router configuration and operation * Discovering information about an IP network * Analog modems, PAP/CHAP, DSL and Cable

CCNA ICND 840-811 Topics: * LAN switching concepts * Extending Switched Networks with VLANS * STP, VLANs, and trunking * Determining IP Routes * Managing IP traffic with Access Lists * Establishing Point-to-Point connections * Establishing Frame Relay Connections. * IP addressing and subnetting * LAN switching concepts * RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, and static route configuration * VLSM support and route summarization * CIDR and NAT * Point-to-point leased line implementation * ISDN and Dial-on-Demand Routing (DDR) * Frame Relay configuration * IP Access Control List (ACL) security

Did I miss topics that have to be covered?

 kgrr talkKgrr

Outline
Part I - CCNA Intro

Chapter 1 - The OSI Model * 7 layers * TCP Model (5 layers) Chapter 2 - Network Layer * IP Protocols * TCP * UDP * ICMP * DHCP.

Chapter 3 - Addressing *    * Classes * Subnetting

Chapter 4 - Routing * Routing and Routing Protocols Section 1 - RIP Section 2 - IGRP Section 3 - OSPF Section 3 - EIGRP Chapter 5 - Data Link Layer * MAC * LLC * ARP * RARP

Chapter 6 - Switching * LAN switching concepts * VLANs and trunking

Chapter 7 - Physical Layer * WAN Technologies * Analog modems, PAP/CHAP, DSL and Cable

Chapter 8 - Router Operation * Operating and Configuring IOS Devices * Managing Network Environments. * Basic router configuration and operation * Discovering information about an IP network

Part II - CCNA ICND

Chapter 1 - Advanced Addressing Topics * IP addressing and subnetting * Classless Addressing (CIDR) * NAT

Chapter 2 - Advanced Routing Topics * Determining IP Routes

Chapter 3 - Advanced Switching Topics * LAN switching concepts * Extending Switched Networks with VLANS * STP

Chapter 4 - Security * Managing IP traffic with Access Lists

Chapter 5 - WAN * Establishing Point-to-Point connections * Establishing Frame Relay Connections * Point-to-point leased line implementation * ISDN and Dial-on-Demand Routing (DDR)

Chapter 6 - Configuration * RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, and static route configuration * VLSM support and route summarization * Frame Relay configuration

Is this a good presentation order?

 kgrr talkKgrr

fixing links
All the copying from wikipedia has left the book with a lot of bad links. They Need to be fixed. We have a few things we can do. We can: Remove the links find an existing link to add pages/books that fit the links

I would like us to decide what we feel would be best for this book. If no one adds to this discussion. I will move ahead fixing this. --2tailakitsune 20:06, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Lets try this again
Soon the exam is going to change. So we need some incite into what is going to change. The Cisco site tells all.

2nd, most of the pages are still just copes of other wiki pages. Some of the things in the pages are not on the exam, and a lot of things are missing from the pages. Most of the pages that are not just copes are stubs at best.

All of the things in the INTO exam can be learned from other Wiki books. I feel that this book would not be hard to do.

I'm going to start cutting out things that are not on the CCNA Exam.

% Complete
Some of the % complete boxes seem horribly wrong. I am going to go through the book and update some of them, as I work through it. Urzumph (talk) 04:02, 2 July 2008 (UTC)