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— Chapter 10, “Ethernet Switch Troubleshooting,” focuses on how to
tell if the switch is doing what it is supposed to, mainly through the
use of show commands.
— Chapter 11, “Wireless LANs,” explains the basic operation concepts of
wireless LANs, along with addressing some of the most common
security concerns.
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Part III: IP Routing
— Chapter 12, “IP Addressing and Subnetting,” completes the
explanation of subnetting that was introduced in Chapter 5. More
importantly, it describes in detail how to perform the math and processes
to find the answers to many varieties of subnetting questions.
— Chapter 13, “Operating Cisco Routers,” is like Chapter 8, but with a
focus on routers instead of switches.
— Chapter 14, “Routing Protocol Concepts and Configuration,”
explains how routers forward (route) IP packets and how IP routing
protocols work to find all the best routes to each subnet. This chapter
includes the details of how to configure static routes and RIP version 2.
— Chapter 15, “Troubleshooting IP Routing,” suggests hints and tips
about how to troubleshoot problems related to layer 3 routing, including
a description of several troubleshooting tools.
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Part IV: Wide-Area Networks
— Chapter 16, “WAN Concepts,” completes the conceptual materials
for WANs, continuing the coverage from Chapter 4 by touching on
Internet access technologies such as DSL and cable. It also covers the
concepts of Network Address Translation (NAT).
— Chapter 17, “WAN Configuration,” completes the main technical
topics, focusing on a few small WAN configuration tasks. It also covers
the WAN configuration tasks and NAT configuration using Cisco

— Appendix E, “Subnetting Reference Pages.” Chapter 12 explains in
detail how to calculate the answers to many subnetting questions. This
appendix summarizes the process of finding the answers to several key
questions, with the details on a single page. The goal is to give you a
handy reference page to refer to when you’re practicing subnetting.
— Appendix F, “Additional Scenarios.” One method to improve your
troubleshooting and network analysis skills is to examine as many unique
network scenarios as possible, think about them, and then get some
feedback on whether you came to the right conclusions. This appendix
provides several such scenarios.
— Appendix G, “Subnetting Video Reference.” The DVD includes
several subnetting videos that show you how to use the processes covered
in Chapter 12. This appendix contains copies of the key elements from
those videos, which may be useful when you’re watching the videos
(so that you do not have to keep moving back and forth in the video).
— Appendix H, “Memory Tables,” contains the key tables and lists from
each chapter, with some of the content removed. You can print this
appendix and, as a memory exercise, complete the tables and lists. The
goal is to help you memorize facts that can be useful on the exams.
— Appendix I, “Memory Tables Answer Key,” contains the answer key
for the exercises in Appendix H.
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— Appendix J, “ICND1 Open-Ended Questions,” is a holdover from the
previous edition of this book. The first edition had some open-ended
questions to help you study for the exam, but the newer features make
these questions unnecessary. For convenience, the old questions are
included here, unedited since the last edition.
How to Use This Book to Prepare for the
ICND1 (640–822) Exam and CCENT Certification

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Practice subnetting using the tools available in the CD appendixes.
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Repeat the tasks in all the chapters’ “Exam Preparation Tasks” chapter-ending
sections.
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Review the scenarios in CD Appendix F.
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Review all the “Do I Know This Already?” questions.
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Practice the exam using the exam engine.
How to Use These Books to Prepare for the
CCNA 640–802 Exam
If you plan to get your CCNA certification using the one-exam option of taking the
CCNA 640-802 exam, you can use this book with the CCNA ICND2 Official Exam
Certification Guide. If you haven’t yet bought either book, you generally can get the pair
cheaper by buying both books as a two-book set called the CCNA Certification Library.
These two books were designed to be used together when you study for the CCNA exam.
You have two good options for the order in which to read the two books. The first and most
obvious option is to read this book and then move on to the ICND2 book. The other option
is to read all of ICND1’s coverage of one topic area, and then read ICND2’s coverage of
the same topics, and then return to ICND1. Figure I-3 outlines my suggested plan for
reading the two books.
Figure I-3
Reading Plan When You’re Studying for the CCNA Exam
Both reading plan options have some benefits. Moving back and forth between books helps
you focus on one general topic at a time. However, note that there is some overlap between
the two exams, so there is some overlap between the two books as well. From reader
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answers. Those ICND2 chapters, particularly Chapter 5 (“VLSM and Route
Summarization”), are much easier to understand if you can do the related subnetting math
pretty easily.
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