Cisco: A Beginner's Guide, Fifth Edition

  • 12h 41m
  • Anthony T. Velte, Toby J. Velte
  • McGraw-Hill/Osborne
  • 2014

Fully updated throughout, Cisco: A Beginner's Guide, Fifth Edition provides the essential underpinnings for understanding Cisco products, services, and technologies. The book is a gateway to all the Cisco basics as well as an introduction to new trends in the world of internetworking. This practical guide covers the fundamentals, including IOS command structure, routing and networking protocols, design and management tools, network security, and network device configuration. The fifth edition features new coverage of latest technologies, including cloud transitions, telepresence, adding mobile devices, software-defined networking, configuration, hardware, protocols, security, backup, recovery, virtualization, and much more.

  • Walks you through how to design, manage, and troubleshoot a robust Cisco network
  • Details how transitions into the cloud are made, how to integrate mobile devices, and the Presence phenomenon
  • Teaches Cisco technologies and administration and provides a solid foundation in the art of networking

About the Authors

Toby J. Velte, Ph.D., MCSE+I, CCNA, CCDA, is co-founder of Velte Publishing, Inc. He is co-author of four bestselling editions of Cisco: A Beginner’s Guide as well as Cisco 802.11 Wireless Network Quick Reference, Cisco Internetworking with Windows NT/2000, Cloud Computing: A Practical Approach, and several other books. Dr. Velte is currently part of Accenture's North American Consumer and Industrial practice.

Anthony T. Velte, CISSP, CISA, is co-founder of Velte Publishing, Inc. He is co-author of four bestselling editions of Cisco: A Beginner’s Guide as well as Cisco 802.11 Wireless Network Quick Reference, Cisco Internetworking with Windows NT/2000, Cloud Computing: A Practical Approach, and several other books. Mr. Velte is an information systems security expert and has led many network and security initiatives for large banking and healthcare organizations.

In this Book

  • Cisco and the Internet
  • Networking Primer
  • Cisco Certifications
  • Routing Overview
  • Routing Platforms
  • Configuring Routing
  • Switches
  • Security Overview
  • Access Control
  • Security Appliances
  • Cisco Unified Wireless
  • Cisco VoIP
  • Data Center and Virtualization
  • Cisco Content Networking and Video Solutions
  • Routing Protocols
  • Network Management
  • Network Design Process
  • Troubleshooting Cisco Networks
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