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Table of Contents

Part 1: Fundamentals of Computer Networking

Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Computer Networking & Ethernet LANs

Chapter 2: Fundamentals of TCP/IP Transport, Applications & Security:

Chapter 3: Introduction to WANs

Chapter 4: Fundamentals of IPv4 Addressing and Routing

Part 2- IPv4 Subnetting & Variable Length Subnet Mask

Chapter 5- Perspective on IPv4 Subnetting

Chapter 6- Analyzing Classful IPv4 Networks

Chapter 7: Converting subnet masks

Chapter 8:  Analyzing Existing Subnet Masks

Chapter 9: Designing Subnet Masks

Chapter 10: Variable Length Subnet Masking (VLSM)

Chapter 11: Route Summarization: A Need of Routing Table

Part 3: Introduction to Router and Cisco IOS

Chapter 12: Introduction to Routers and their Operation

Chapter 12.5- Managing Cisco IOS Licensing

Chapter 13- Setting a password in a Router and its Recovery

Part 4: IPv4 Routing

Chapter 14- Different Methods of Routing and Routing Protocols

Chapter 15 – Routing Information Protocol- RIP v2 and RIPv1

Chapter 16 – Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)

Chapter 17- Introduction to Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Protocol:

Chapter 18: OSPF Areas

Chapter 19: OSPF Troubleshooting

Chapter 20: Necessity of Route Redistribution

Part 5: IPv6 Addressing & Routing

Chapter 21: Fundamentals of IPv6 Addressing & Routing

Chapter 22: OSPF in IPv6(OSPFv3)

Chapter 23: EIGRP in IPv6

Part 6: LAN Switching Technologies

Chapter 24: Introduction to LAN Switching Technologies

Chapter 26: Installing and Operating Cisco Switches

Chapter 26- Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN)

Chapter 27- Inter VLAN Routing

Chapter 28- Virtual Trunking Protocol (VTP)

Chapter 29- Spanning Tree Protocol

Chapter 30: EtherChannel

Chapter 31: Troubleshooting LAN Switches

Chapter 32: Introduction to Wireless LAN

Part 7: IP Services

Chapter 33- Configuring and Verifying DHCP

Chapter 34: First Hop Redundancy Protocols (HSRP, VRRP & GLBP)

Chapter 35: Network Management Protocol (SNMP, Syslog & NTP)

Part 8: Network Security

Chapter 36: Introduction to Network Security

Chapter 37: IP Access Control Lists

Chapter 38: Understanding Wildcard Masks

Chapter 39: NAT/PAT – The Technique behind Private and Public IP Communication

Chapter 40: An Introduction to Virtual Private Network (VPN)

Part 9- Wide Area Network (WAN)

Chapter 41: Point-to-Point WANs

Chapter 42: Demystifying Frame Relay

Chapter 43: Troubleshooting Frame Relay

Chapter 44: GRE Tunnels

Appendix & Case Studies