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LAN Switching First-Step

Your first step into the world of LAN switching

* No LAN switching experience required
* Includes clear and easily understood explanations
* Makes learning easy

Your first step to LAN switching begins here!

* Learn local-area network (LAN) key concepts and terminology
* Identify key issues involved with designing and managing a switched LAN
* Answer the question: do I need a hub, a bridge, or a switch?

Welcome to the world of LAN switching!

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802.11 Wireless LAN Fundamentals

Master the basics in designing, building, and managing a Cisco Aironet WLAN.

* Master the basics of Wireless LANs with this concise design and deployment guide
* Understand implementation issues for a variety of environments including vertical, SOHO, and enterprise networks
* Learn design and troubleshooting advice from real-world case studies

802.11 Wireless LAN Fundamentals gives networking engineers and IT professionals the knowledge they need to design, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot their own wireless local-area networks (WLANs). Starting with an overview of the technology and architecture of WLANs, the book goes on to explain services and advanced features that such applications can provide. Most importantly, it provides practical design guidance and deployment recommendations.

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Cisco LAN Switching (CCIE Professional Development series)

The most complete guide to Cisco Catalyst(r) switch network design, operation, and configuration

* Master key foundation topics such as high-speed LAN technologies, LAN segmentation, bridging, the Catalyst command-line environment, and VLANs
* Improve the performance of your campus network by utilizing effective Cisco Catalyst design, configuration, and troubleshooting techniques
* Benefit from the most comprehensive coverage of Spanning-Tree Protocol, including invaluable information on troubleshooting common Spanning Tree problems
* Master trunking concepts and applications, including ISL, 802.1Q, LANE, and MPOA
* Understand when and how to utilize Layer 3 switching techniques for maximum effect
* Understand Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching configuration with the Catalyst 6000 family, including coverage of the powerful MSFC Native IOS Mode

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Cisco Wireless LAN Security

Expert guidance for securing your 802.11 networks

* Learn best practices for securely managing, operating, and scaling WLANs
* Comprehend the security-related technological underpinnings of WLANs
* Explore new security protocols in 802.11i and WPA and learn how they prevent attacks
* Review centralized deployment models for wired/wireless integration
* Deepen your knowledge of defense by understanding the tools that attackers use to perform reconnaissance and to attack authentication and encryption mechanisms
* Understand how to design secure WLANs to support enterprise applications with the new standards and practices detailed in this book
* Reference the next generation authentication standards and protocols
* Find out about mobility, hotspots, and campus wireless networks
* Grasp Open Authentication, MAC-based authentication, shared key authentication, EAP authentication protocols, WEP, WPA, and 802.11i

Cisco Wireless LAN Security is an in-depth guide to wireless LAN technology and security, introducing the key aspects of 802.11 security by illustrating major wireless LAN (WLAN) standards that can protect the entire network. Because a WLAN is less effective as an isolated piece of the network, this book emphasizes how to effectively integrate WLAN devices into the wired network while maintaining maximum security.

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Cisco Field Manual: Catalyst Switch Configuration

A complete, concise reference for implementing the most important features of the Cisco Catalyst family of switches

* Review detailed and comparative configuration steps for features of the COS and Cisco IOS Software operating systems
* Understand basic system and operating system management
* Configure Ethernet, EtherChannel, Token Ring, and ATM LANE interfaces
* Deploy VLANs, private VLANs, trunking, VTP, and dynamic port membership
* Understand STP operation, configuration, and tuning
* Configure and use Cisco Catalyst hardware for Layer 3 switching and redundancy
* Discover how Cisco Catalyst switches handle multicast traffic and interact with multicast routers
* Implement broadcast suppression, protocol filtering, user authentication, port security, and VLAN access lists
* Set up switches for logging, SNMP and RMON management, and port analysis
* Configure voice gateway modules, inline power, and QoS features needed to transport voice traffic

Cisco Catalyst switches, a common ingredient in many campus, metropolitan, enterprise, and service provider networks, are complex devices that require many configuration steps for proper operation. Not only are the required commands difficult to remember, but locating reference material on them also requires extensive research that is both time- consuming and difficult to complete in the field. Cisco Field Manual: Catalyst Switch Configuration is a quick and portable reference guide to the most commonly used features that can be configured on Cisco Catalyst switches.

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End-to-End QoS Network Design: Quality of Service in LANs, WANs, and VPNs

Best-practice QoS designs for protecting voice, video, and critical data while mitigating network denial-of-service attacks

* Understand the service-level requirements of voice, video, and data applications
* Examine strategic QoS best practices, including Scavenger-class QoS tactics for DoS/worm mitigation
* Learn about QoS tools and the various interdependencies and caveats of these tools that can impact design considerations
* Learn how to protect voice, video, and data traffic using various QoS mechanisms
* Evaluate design recommendations for protecting voice, video, and multiple classes of data while mitigating DoS/worm attacks for the following network infrastructure architectures: campus LAN, private WAN, MPLS VPN, and IPSec VPN

Quality of Service (QoS) has already proven itself as the enabling technology for the convergence of voice, video, and data networks. As business needs evolve, so do the demands for QoS. The need to protect critical applications via QoS mechanisms in business networks has escalated over the past few years, primarily due to the increased frequency and sophistication of denial-of-service (DoS) and worm attacks.

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