Acing the CCNA Exam, Volume 2

Master the most challenging elements of the CCNA exam to pass on your very first try!

The CCNA goes deep on networking and security. Acing the CCNA Exam, Volume 2 gives you exactly what you need to navigate the most challenging parts of the exam. Author Jeremy McDowell’s CCNA courses have helped hundreds of thousands of students pass their exams. This book distills that expertise into an easy-to-follow guide.

In Acing the CCNA Exam, Volume 2—Advanced Networking and Security you’ll dig into tough topics like:

• Security concepts and common threats

• Ethernet and wireless LANs (Wi-Fi) and network automation

• Essential network services like DHCP and DNS

• WAN, LAN, and wireless architectures

The Cisco Certified Network Associate is the gold-standard credential for network administrators. It demands an in-depth knowledge of complex network internals, including security, wireless architectures, and more. Acing the CCNA Exam, Volume 2—Advanced Networking and Security builds on the basics you learn in Volume 1 to help you study and prepare for the most challenging parts of the test.

About the Technology

The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification is the gold-standard credential for aspiring network administrators working with industry-standard Cisco hardware. The CCNA exam goes deep, and this book will help you prepare for the most difficult parts of the test. Acing the CCNA Exam, Volume 2 covers the demanding topics of network security, wired and wireless LANs, DNS, and more.

About the Book

Acing the CCNA Exam, Volume 2 introduces the technical skills and secrets you need to navigate the most challenging topics on the CCNA exam. CCNA expert Jeremy McDowell guides you through network services and architectures, automation, and other advanced topics you’ll face in the later parts of the test. His down-to-earth writing, diagrams, and clear examples make even the most complex topics easy to understand.

What’s Inside

• Security concepts and common threats

• Ethernet and wireless LANs (Wi-Fi) and network automation

• Essential network services like DHCP and DNS

• WAN, LAN, and wireless architectures

Table of Contents

Part 1. Network services

1. Cisco Discovery Protocol and Link Layer Discovery Protocol

2. Network Time Protocol

3. Domain Name System

4. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

5. Secure Shell

6. Simple Network Management Protocol

7. Syslog

8. Trivial File Transfer Protocol and File Transfer Protocol

9. Network Address Translation

10. Quality of service

Part 2. Security fundamentals

11. Security concepts

12. Port Security

13. DHCP Snooping

14. Dynamic ARP Inspection

Part 3. Network architectures

15. LAN architectures

16. WAN architectures

17. Virtualization and cloud

Part 4. Wireless LANs

18. Wireless LAN fundamentals

19. Wireless LAN architectures

20. Wireless LAN security

21. Wireless LAN configuration

Part 5. Network automation

22. Network automation

23. REST APIs

24. Data formats

25. Ansible and Terraform

A. Exam topics reference table

B. CLI command reference table

C. Chapter quiz questions

D. Chapter quiz answers

About the Readers

This book builds on Acing the CCNA Exam, Volume 1.

From the back cover

Acing the CCNA Exam, Volume 2 introduces the technical skills and secrets you need to navigate the most challenging topics on the CCNA exam. CCNA expert Jeremy McDowell guides you through network services and architectures, automation, and other advanced topics you’ll face in the later parts of the test. His down-to-earth writing, diagrams, and clear examples make even the most complex topics easy to understand.

About the Author

Jeremy McDowell is a senior network engineer, and an experienced teacher. Combining networking with his teaching skills, Jeremy has helped thousands of students study for and pass the CCNA exam through his YouTube channel Jeremy’s IT Lab, which currently has over 220,000 subscribers.