CCNA Routing and Switching 200-125 Exam Cram, Fifth Edition, is the perfect study guide to help you pass the Cisco 200-125 CCNA exam, providing coverage and practice questions for every exam topic. The book contains an extensive set of preparation tools, including topic overviews, ExamAlerts, CramSavers, CramQuizzes, chapter-ending review questions, author notes and tips, and an extensive glossary. The book also contains the extremely useful CramSheet tear-out: a collection of essential facts in an easy-to-review format. Complementing all these great study tools is the powerful Pearson Test Prep practice test software, complete with hundreds of exam-realistic practice questions. This assessment software offers you a wealth of customization options and reporting features, allowing you to test your knowledge in study mode should be. Covers the critical information you’ll need to know to score higher on your CCNA exam! Compare and contrast networking models including OSI and TCP/IP Master subnetting in IPv4 u Understand important details of IPv6 Configure Layer 2 switches, including VLANs, trunks, STP, and Port Security Deploy EtherChannel and switch stacking Configure and verify Inter-VLAN routing Configure, verify, and troubleshoot static and dynamic routing using OSPF, EIGRP, and RIPv2 Describe basic QoS concepts Learn WAN topology and connectivity options and configure PPP, MLPPP, PPPoE, and GRE tunnel connectivity Configure and verify single-homed branch connectivity using eBGP IPv4 Configure and verify key infrastructure services including DNS, DHCP, NTP, HSRP, and NAT Configure Cisco device hardening and deploy access layer security, AAA, and ACLs Learn how to manage Cisco infrastructure Troubleshoot networks using key IOS tools Understand network programmability concepts

Table of Contents:
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . xviii Part I: Network Fundamentals 1 CHAPTER 1: Network Fundamentals: Models and Designs . . . . . . 3     Topic: Compare and contrast OSI and TCP/IP models . . . . 5     Topic: Compare and contrast TCP and UDP protocols . . . 11     Topic: Describe the impact of infrastructure components in an enterprise network . . . . . . . . . 15     Topic: Describe the effects of cloud resources on enterprise network architecture . . . . . . . . . . . 18     Topic: Compare and contrast collapsed core and three-tier architectures . . . . . . . . . . 22     Topic: Compare and contrast network topologies . . . . 25     Topic: Select the appropriate cabling type based on implementation requirements . . . . . . . . . . 28     Topic: Apply troubleshooting methodologies to resolve problems . . 31     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 33     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 35     Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 36 CHAPTER 2: Network Fundamentals: IPv4 . . . . . . . . . 37     Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot IPv4 addressing and subnetting . . . . . . . . . . . 38     Topic: Compare and contrast IPv4 address types . . . . 47     Topic: Describe the need for private IPv4 addressing . . . . 50     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 53     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 55     Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 56 CHAPTER 3: Network Fundamentals: IPv6 . . . . . . . . . 57     Topic: Identify the appropriate IPv6 addressing scheme to satisfy addressing requirements in a LAN/WAN environment . . . 58     Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot IPv6 addressing . . . 62     Topic: Configure and verify IPv6 Stateless Address Auto Configuration . . . . . . . . . 66     CCNA Routing and Switching 200-125 Exam Cram     Topic: Compare and contrast IPv6 address types . . . . 69     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 72     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 74     Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 75 Part II: LAN Switching Technologies 77 CHAPTER 4: LAN Switching Technologies: Switching Concepts . . . . . 79     Topic: Describe and verify switching concepts . . . . . 80     Topic: Interpret Ethernet frame format . . . . . . 85     Topic: Troubleshoot interface and cable issues (collisions, errors, duplex, speed) . . . . . . . . . . 88     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 94     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 95     Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 96 CHAPTER 5: LAN Switching Technologies: VLANs, Trunks, and STP . . . . 97     Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot VLANs (normal range) spanning multiple switches . . . . . . . . 99     Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot interswitch connectivity . 107     Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot STP protocols . . . 111     Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot STP-related optional features . . . . . . . . . . . 119     Topic: Configure and verify Layer 2 protocols . . . . . 122     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 125     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 126     Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 127 CHAPTER 6: LAN Switching Technologies: EtherChannel and Switch Stacking . . 129     Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot (Layer 2/Layer 3) EtherChannel . . . . . . . . . . 130     Topic: Describe the benefits of switch stacking and chassis aggregation . . . . . . . . . . . 137     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 139     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 140     Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 141 Part III: Routing Technologies 143 CHAPTER 7: Routing Technologies: Routing Concepts . . . . . . 145     Topic: Describe the routing concepts . . . . . . 146     Topic: Interpret the components of routing table . . . . 148     Topic: Describe how a routing table is populated by different routing information sources . . . . . . . . 153     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 156     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 157     Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 158 CHAPTER 8: Routing Technologies: Inter-VLAN Routing . . . . . . 159     Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot inter-VLAN routing . . 160     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 171     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 172     Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 173 CHAPTER 9: Routing Technologies: Routing Methods . . . . . . . 175     Topic: Compare and contrast static routing and dynamic routing . . 176     Topic: Compare and contrast distance vector and link state routing protocols . . . . . . . . . . 179     Topic: Compare and contrast interior and exterior routing protocols . 181     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 183     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 184     Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 185 CHAPTER 10: Routing Technologies: Static Routing and Dynamic Routing . . . 187     Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot IPv4 and IPv6 static routing . . . . . . . . . 189     Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot single area and multi-area OSPFv2 for IPv4 (excluding authentication, filtering, manual summarization, redistribution, stub, virtual-link, and LSAs) . . 193     Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot single area and multi-area OSPFv3 for IPv6 (excluding authentication, filtering, manual summarization, redistribution, stub, virtual-link, and LSAs) . . 199     Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot EIGRP for IPv4 (excluding authentication, filtering, manual summarization, redistribution, and stub) . . . . . . . . 202     Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot EIGRP for IPv6 (excluding authentication, filtering, manual summarization, redistribution, and stub) . . . . . . . . 205     Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot RIPv2 for IPv4 (excluding authentication, filtering, manual summarization, and redistribution) . . . . . . . . . . 208     Topic: Troubleshoot basic Layer 3 end-to-end connectivity issues . 218     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 220     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 222     Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 223 Part IV: WAN Technologies 225 CHAPTER 11: WAN Technologies: WAN Options . . . . . . . . 227     Topic: Configure and verify PPP and MLPPP on WAN interfaces using local authentication . . . . . . . . 228     Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot PPPoE client-side interfaces using local authentication . . . . . . 232     Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot GRE tunnel connectivity . 235     Topic: Describe WAN topology options . . . . . . 238     Topic: Describe WAN access connectivity options . . . . 240     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 242     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 243     Additional Resource . . . . . . . . . 244 CHAPTER 12: WAN Technologies: eBGP . . . . . . . . . 245     Topic: Configure and verify single-homed branch connectivity using eBGP IPv4 (limited to peering and route advertisement using Network command only) . . . . . . . 246     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 251     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 252     Additional Resource . . . . . . . . . 253 CHAPTER 13: WAN Technologies: QoS . . . . . . . . . 255     Topic: Describe basic QoS concepts . . . . . . . 256     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 259     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 260     Additional Resource . . . . . . . . . 261 Part V: Infrastructure Services 263 CHAPTER 14: Infrastructure Services: DNS, DHCP, NTP, HSRP . . . . . 265     Topic: Describe DNS lookup operation . . . . . . 267     Topic: Troubleshoot client connectivity issues involving DNS . . 270     Topic: Configure and verify DHCP on a router (excluding static reservations). . . . . . . . . . . 275     Topic: Troubleshoot client- and router-based DHCP connectivity issues . . . . . . . . . 280     Topic: Configure and verify NTP operating in client/server mode . 289     Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot basic HSRP . . . 292     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 295     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 296     Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 297 CHAPTER 15: Infrastructure Services: NAT . . . . . . . . . 299     Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot inside source NAT . . 300     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 309     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 310     Additional Resource . . . . . . . . . 311 Part VI: Infrastructure Security 313 CHAPTER 16: Infrastructure Security: Access Layer Security, AAA . . . . 315     Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot port security . . . 316     Topic: Describe common access layer threat mitigation techniques . 321     Topic: Describe device security using AAA with TACACS+ and RADIUS . . . . . . . . . . . 323     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 325     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 326     Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 327 CHAPTER 17: Infrastructure Security: ACLs . . . . . . . . . 329     Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot IPv4 standard numbered and named access list for routed interfaces . . . . . 330     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 344     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 345     Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 346 CHAPTER 18: Infrastructure Security: Device Hardening . . . . . . 347     Topic: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot basic device hardening . . . . . . . . . . . 348     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 359     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 360     Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 361 Part VII: Infrastructure Management 363 CHAPTER 19: Infrastructure Management: SNMP, Syslog, IP SLA . . . . . 365     Topic: Configure and verify device-monitoring using syslog and SNMP . . . . . . . . . . 366     Topic: Troubleshoot network connectivity issues using ICMP echo-based IP SLA . . . . . . . . 371     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 373     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 374     Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 375 CHAPTER 20: Infrastructure Management: Device Management . . . . . 377     Topic: Configure and verify device management . . . . 378     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 384     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 385     Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 386 CHAPTER 21: Infrastructure Management: Initial Device Configuration . . . . 387     Topic: Configure and verify initial device configuration. . . 388     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 395     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 396     Additional Resource . . . . . . . . . 397 CHAPTER 22: Infrastructure Management: Device Maintenance . . . . . 399     Topic: Perform device maintenance . . . . . . . 400     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 406     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 407     Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 408 CHAPTER 23: Infrastructure Management: IOS Troubleshooting Tools . . . . 409     Topic: Use Cisco IOS tools to troubleshoot and resolve problems . 410     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 427     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 429     Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . 430 CHAPTER 24: Infrastructure Management: Network Programmability . . . . 431     Topic: Describe network programmability in enterprise network architecture . . . . . . . . . . . 432     Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . 435     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . 436     Additional Resource . . . . . . . . . 437 Part VIII: Command Reference, Practice Exams, and Glossary 439 Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . 441 Practice Exam 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 453 Answer Key to Practice Exam 1 . . . . . . . . 469 Practice Exam 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 477 Answer Key to Practice Exam 2 . . . . . . . . 503 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . 511 978789756749, TOC, 1/20/2017