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Acing the CCNA Exam, Volume 2, Video Edition

Acing the CCNA Exam Volume 2 Video Edition course. This course is designed as a video. In these videos, the speaker reads the book and at the same time the content of the book such as images, codes, diagrams and text are displayed on the screen. The experience is similar to listening to an audiobook that you can watch at the same time. This course will help you understand the most challenging sections of the CCNA exam and pass on your first attempt. The CCNA exam deals with network and security topics in depth. Acing the CCNA Exam, Volume 2 is exactly what you need to pass the most difficult parts of the exam. The book’s author, Jeremy McDowell, has helped hundreds of thousands of students pass their exams with his CCNA courses. This book has turned his expertise into a simple and understandable guide. The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification is a valid certification for network administrators who work with Cisco industry-standard hardware. The CCNA exam is very in-depth and this book will help you prepare for the most difficult parts of the exam. Acing the CCNA Exam, Volume 2 covers challenging topics in network security, wired and wireless LANs, DNS, and more. Acing the CCNA Exam, Volume 2 introduces you to the technical skills and secrets you need to pass the most challenging CCNA exam topics. CCNA expert Jeremy McDowell guides you through services and network architectures, automation, and other advanced topics you’ll encounter in later sections of the exam. His simple writing, clear diagrams and examples make even the most complex topics easy to understand. What you will learn: Security concepts and common threats Ethernet and wireless networks (Wi-Fi) and network automation Essential network services such as DHCP and DNS WAN, LAN and wireless architectures This course is suitable for people who: This book is based on the book “Acing the CCNA Exam, Volume 1”.

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What You'll Master in this Course

Security concepts and common threats
Ethernet and wireless networks (Wi-Fi) and network automation
Essential network services such as DHCP and DNS
WAN, LAN and wireless architectures

Course Curriculum107 Lectures

1 sections • 20.7 hours total length

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Part 1. Network services
Preview
3m
Chapter 1. Link Layer Discovery Protocol
Preview
9m
Chapter 1. Cisco Discovery Protocol and Link Layer Discovery Protocol
15m
Chapter 1. Summary
8m
Chapter 2. Network Time Protocol
7m
Chapter 2. How NTP works
5m
Chapter 2. Summary
9m
Chapter 2. Configuring NTP
18m
Chapter 3. DNS on Cisco IOS
8m
Chapter 3. Summary
5m
Chapter 3. Domain Name System
25m
Chapter 4. DHCP relay
3m
Chapter 4. Client OS IP settings
5m
Chapter 4. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
28m
Chapter 4. Summary
11m
Chapter 5. Secure Shell
10m
Chapter 5. Remote management
12m
Chapter 5. Secure Shell
9m
Chapter 5. Summary
11m
Chapter 6. SNMP messages
8m
Chapter 6. SNMP versions and security
10m
Chapter 6. Summary
12m
Chapter 6. Simple Network Management Protocol
15m
Chapter 7. Syslog
13m
Chapter 7. The Syslog message format
12m
Chapter 7. Summary
4m
Chapter 8. File Transfer Protocol
8m
Chapter 8. Upgrading Cisco IOS
5m
Chapter 8. Trivial File Transfer Protocol and File Transfer Protocol
15m
Chapter 9. Network Address Translation
6m
Chapter 8. Summary
10m
Chapter 9. NAT concepts
11m
Chapter 9. Types of NAT
23m
Chapter 9. Summary
12m
Chapter 10. Quality of service
14m
Chapter 10. QoS concepts
9m
Chapter 10. Queuing and scheduling
7m
Chapter 10. Policing and shaping
3m
Chapter 10. Classification and marking
17m
Chapter 10. Congestion avoidance
7m
Part 2. Security fundamentals
2m
Chapter 10. Summary
16m
Chapter 11. Security concepts
8m
Chapter 11. Common threats
18m
Chapter 11. Passwords and alternatives
12m
Chapter 11. User access control with AAA
8m
Chapter 11. Firewalls and IPS
9m
Chapter 11. Summary
15m
Chapter 12. Port Security
19m
Chapter 12. Port Security configuration options
12m
Chapter 12. Summary
10m
Chapter 13. DHCP Snooping
4m
Chapter 13. Summary
5m
Chapter 13. DHCP Snooping
22m
Chapter 14. Dynamic ARP Inspection
6m
Chapter 14. Summary
5m
Chapter 14. Dynamic ARP Inspection
15m
Part 3. Network architectures
3m
Chapter 15. LAN architectures
5m
Chapter 15. Data center architectures spine-leaf
4m
Chapter 15. Campus LAN architectures
10m
Chapter 15. SOHO networks
2m
Chapter 15. Summary
10m
Chapter 16. Internet connections
11m
Chapter 16. WAN architectures
16m
Chapter 16. Internet VPNs
14m
Chapter 17. Virtual Routing and Forwarding
9m
Chapter 17. Virtualization and cloud
19m
Chapter 16. Summary
16m
Chapter 17. Cloud computing
17m
Part 4. Wireless LANs
3m
Chapter 17. Summary
7m
Chapter 18. Additional AP operational modes
4m
Chapter 18. Wireless LAN fundamentals
15m
Chapter 18. Radio frequency
15m
Chapter 18. Service sets
10m
Chapter 19. Summary
7m
Chapter 19. Wireless LAN architectures
11m
Chapter 18. Summary
17m
Chapter 19. AP architectures
24m
Chapter 20. Wireless encryption and integrity
5m
Chapter 20. Wireless client authentication
12m
Chapter 20. Wireless LAN security
14m
Chapter 20. Wi-Fi Protected Access
3m
Chapter 21. WLC ports and interfaces
9m
Chapter 20. Summary
15m
Chapter 21. Configuring WLANs
14m
Chapter 21. Wireless LAN configuration
26m
Part 5. Network automation
3m
Chapter 22. Network automation
6m
Chapter 21. Summary
13m
Chapter 23. REST APIs
3m
Chapter 22. Software-defined networking
18m
Chapter 22. Summary
6m
Chapter 22. Artificial intelligence and machine learning
18m
Chapter 23. HTTP
7m
Chapter 24. Data formats
4m
Chapter 23. Summary
5m
Chapter 23. REST APIs
18m
Chapter 24. Summary
4m
Chapter 24. JSON
11m
Chapter 24. XML and YAML
3m
Chapter 25. Ansible and Terraform
10m
Chapter 25. Summary
5m
Chapter 25. Configuration management tools
21m
Appendix C. Chapter quiz questions
48m
Appendix D. Chapter quiz answers
1h 23m

Requirements

  • Basic enthusiasm to learn and follow along with lessons
  • A computer or mobile device with a modern internet connection

Description

Acing the CCNA Exam Volume 2 Video Edition course. This course is designed as a video. In these videos, the speaker reads the book and at the same time the content of the book such as images, codes, diagrams and text are displayed on the screen. The experience is similar to listening to an audiobook that you can watch at the same time. This course will help you understand the most challenging sections of the CCNA exam and pass on your first attempt. The CCNA exam deals with network and security topics in depth. Acing the CCNA Exam, Volume 2 is exactly what you need to pass the most difficult parts of the exam. The book’s author, Jeremy McDowell, has helped hundreds of thousands of students pass their exams with his CCNA courses. This book has turned his expertise into a simple and understandable guide. The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification is a valid certification for network administrators who work with Cisco industry-standard hardware. The CCNA exam is very in-depth and this book will help you prepare for the most difficult parts of the exam. Acing the CCNA Exam, Volume 2 covers challenging topics in network security, wired and wireless LANs, DNS, and more. Acing the CCNA Exam, Volume 2 introduces you to the technical skills and secrets you need to pass the most challenging CCNA exam topics. CCNA expert Jeremy McDowell guides you through services and network architectures, automation, and other advanced topics you’ll encounter in later sections of the exam. His simple writing, clear diagrams and examples make even the most complex topics easy to understand. What you will learn: Security concepts and common threats Ethernet and wireless networks (Wi-Fi) and network automation Essential network services such as DHCP and DNS WAN, LAN and wireless architectures This course is suitable for people who: This book is based on the book “Acing the CCNA Exam, Volume 1”.

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