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Networking Essentials Companion Guide is the official supplemental textbook for the Networking Essentials course in the Cisco Networking Academy.

Networking is at the heart of the digital transformation. The network is essential to many business functions today, including business-critical data and operations, cybersecurity, and so much more. A wide variety of career paths rely on the network, so its important to understand what the network can do, how it operates, and how to protect it.

This is a great course for developers, data scientists, cybersecurity specialists, and other professionals looking to broaden their networking domain knowledge. Its also an excellent launching point for students pursuing a wide range of career pathwaysfrom cybersecurity to software development to business and more.

The Companion Guide is designed as a portable desk reference to use anytime, anywhere to reinforce the material from the course and organize your time. The books features help you focus on important concepts to succeed in this course:

* Chapter objectives: Review core concepts by answering the focus questions listed at the beginning of each chapter.

* Key terms: Refer to the lists of networking vocabulary introduced and highlighted in context in each chapter.

* Glossary: Consult the comprehensive Glossary with more than 250 terms.

* Summary of Activities and Labs: Maximize your study time with this complete list of all associated practice exercises at the end of each chapter.

* Check Your Understanding: Evaluate your readiness with the end-of-chapter questions that match the style of questions you see in the online course quizzes. The answer key explains each answer.

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Table of Contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. About This eBook
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Pearson‛s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  6. About the Contributing Authors
  7. About the Technical Reviewers
  8. Contents at a Glance
  9. Contents
  10. Command Syntax Conventions
  11. Introduction
  12. Chapter 1. Communications in a Connected World
  13. Chapter 2. Online Connections
  14. Chapter 3. Explore Networks with Packet Tracer
  15. Chapter 4. Build a Simple Network
  16. Chapter 5. Communication Principles
  17. Chapter 6. Network Design and the Access Layer
  18. Chapter 7. Routing Between Networks
  19. Chapter 8. The Internet Protocol
  20. Chapter 9. Dynamic Addressing with DHCP
  21. Chapter 10. IPv4 and IPv6 Address Management
  22. Chapter 11. Transport Layer Services
  23. Chapter 12. Application Layer Services
  24. Chapter 13. Build a Home Network
  25. Chapter 14. Connect to the Internet
  26. Chapter 15. Security Considerations
  27. Chapter 16. Configure Network and Device Security
  28. Chapter 17. Cisco Switches and Routers
  29. Chapter 18. The Cisco IOS Command Line
  30. Chapter 19. Build a Small Cisco Network
  31. Chapter 20. Troubleshoot Common Network Problems
  32. Appendix A. Answers to the “Check Your Understanding” Questions
  33. Glossary
  34. Index
  35. Code Snippets