CCNP Practical Guide: Switching

Author: Meng Guo / Li Li / Gao Xue / Zhou Yongsheng
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The purpose of this book is to help readers master the theoretical knowledge and practical skills of LAN switching, enabling them to smoothly pass the CCNP certification exam and handle daily work with ease. The book is divided into 11 chapters and 2 appendices. The first 10 chapters introduce the basic technologies of LAN switching, including switching connections, VLAN operations, trunking and bandwidth aggregation, Spanning Tree, inter-VLAN routing, Layer 3 switching, multicast routing and switching, traffic filtering and security, Quality of Service (QoS), as well as maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting. The final chapter provides readers with comprehensive switching self-study experiments that cover all the content discussed in the book. Additionally, the appendices offer detailed solutions for the experiments in the final chapter. Each chapter includes a brief introduction that outlines the key concepts and background knowledge covered in that chapter. This is followed by several scenarios, each featuring a network topology and prerequisite configurations, demonstrating how to configure and implement related technologies and features. Finally, each chapter lists the necessary steps for configuring and verifying the scenarios, along with example configurations and explanations. This book is suitable for network technicians aiming to pass the CCNP certification exam, as well as those seeking practical experience to handle daily tasks with ease. Due to its comprehensive theoretical coverage and rich scenarios and exercises, it also serves as a valuable reference tool for network technicians.