Book Description
If you're serious about passing the new CCNA exam (#640-607), you need hands-on experience with routers and switches. Until now, this has required access to expensive network equipment--not to mention the freedom to experiment with it. The CCNA Virtual Lab, Gold Edition gives you everything you need and more to tackle Cisco's challenging simulation format questions. You can practice with this, "equipment" on your own, use it in conjunction with suggested labs that cover CCNA exam objectives, or even design custom labs. An enhanced version of Sybex's best-selling CCNA Virtual Lab, this program simulates a network environment consisting of four routers, two switches, and four hosts, this program provides hands-on practice for the following topics and more:* Logging in to a router * Starting and saving router configurations * Setting passwords, hostname, IP address, and clock rate * Static routes and default routes * Dynamic routing with RIP and IGRP * Backing up, upgrading or restoring your router IOS * Telnet* IP name resolution * Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) * Internetworking Packet eXchange (IPX) * Secondary network addresses and frame types * Configuring frame relay


From the Publisher
World renowned author Todd Lammle and instructional design expert William Tedder have created the CCNA Virtual Lab, Gold Edition from Sybex to give you more of what you need to prepare for the CCNA exam (640-507). Based upon the best-selling CCNA Virtual Lab, this software simulates a networking environment consisting of the following equipment: · three 2500 series routers
· one 2621 series router
· two 1900 series Catalyst switch
· four hosts You can hone your skills with built-in instructional labs or perform freeform configuration routines. An affordable alternative to products and courses costing hundreds, even thousands, of dollars, the CCNA Virtual Lab, Gold Edition allows you to work at your own pace, on your own time, so you get the most out of your exam preparation efforts. Used in conjunction with Sybex's #1 best-selling CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide, or with any other CCNA study program, the CCNA Virtual Lab, Gold Edition, will give you the skills you need to approach the exam with confidence.


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with the CCNA Virtual Lab(tm) Gold Edition If you're serious about passing the CCNA exam, you need extensive hands-on experience with routers and switches. Until now, this has required access to expensive network equipment-not to mention the freedom to experiment with it. The CCNA Virtual Lab Gold Edition from Sybex gives you everything you need, and more!. You can practice with this, "equipment" on your own, use it in conjunction with suggested labs that cover CCNA exam objectives, or even design custom labs. An affordable alternative to products and courses costing hundreds, even thousands, of dollars, the CCNA Virtual Lab Gold Edition allows you to work at your own pace, on your own time, so you get the most out of your exam preparation efforts. {main screen capture w/bullets on right of screen} TO Come A Realistic, Interactive Simulation of All the Router and Switch Functionality Required for the CCNA Exam Designed for Use in Conjunction with Sybex's Best-Selling CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide, But Can also be Used to Enhance any CCNA Study Program Economical Alternative to Expensive Dial-Up Router Labs Exceeds Cisco Networking Academy Lab Requirements-Contains Four Routers, Two Switches and Four Hosts! Fully Integrated Online Help Answers All Your Questions [INSIDE left]
Equip Yourself with the Knowledge and Skills You Need to Pass the CCNA Exam:
• Logging into a router
• Starting and saving router configurations
• Setting passwords, hostname, bandwidth, IP address, and clock rate
• Static routes and default routes
• Dynamic routing with RIP and IGRP
• Backing up, upgrading or restoring your router IOS
• Telnet
• IP name resolution
• Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)
• Internetworking Packet eXchange (IPX)
• Secondary network addresses and frame types
• Configuring Frame Relay About the Developers:
Todd Lammle is one of today's foremost experts on LAN/WAN installation, configuration, and administration. He is president of GlobalNet Systems and author of the hugely popular CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide, also from Sybex.
William Tedder, president of Interactive Designs Group Inc., is the person responsible for the intuitive, easy-to-use, and effective interface of the CCNA Virtual Lab. He holds graduate degrees in psychology and instructional design, and has been involved with computers and learning for more than 20 years. Side-by-Side Comparison between Sybex's Best-Selling CCNA Virtual Lab and the New Enhanced CCNA Virtual Lab, Gold Edition CCNA Virtual Lab
CCNA Virtual Lab, Gold Edition
Routers
3
4
Switches
1
2
Hosts
1
4
Lab Exercises
22
29 System Requirements
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000
133MHz or faster Pentium
32MB RAM
2MB video card
7MB HD space
8X CD-ROM drive
Mouse or other pointing device
Small fonts Get the Hands-on Experience You Need! Sybex's CCNA Virtual Lab Gold Edition has been specially designed to help you make the most of your CCNA preparation efforts. {router simulation screen showing available labs w/captions:} * Learn Key Skills by Following Step-by-Step Instructional Labs
* Test Your Knowledge with Self-Evaluation Labs {customized lab screen w/caption:} * Develop Custom Labs that Focus on the Techniques and Scenarios that Matter Most to You {router simulation screen showing available commands w/caption:} * Practice with Hundreds of Router Commands {Net Detective screen w/captions:} * Use the Net Detective to Track Down-and Learn From-Your Mistakes


About the Author
Todd Lammle is one of today's foremost experts on LAN/WAN installation, configuration, and administration. He is president of GlobalNetSystems and author of the best-selling CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide, also from Sybex. William Tedder, president of Interactive Designs Group, Inc., holds graduate degrees in psychologly and instructional design, and has been involved with computers and learning for more than 20 years.

FROM OUR EDITORS

The Barnes & Noble Review
By now you know that the CCNA exam is the gateway to a hugely rewarding career in Cisco internetworking. Some of this tough exam is what they used to call "book larnin'" -- but much of it requires hands-on experience with Cisco routers and switches. And the more practice, the better. That's where CCNA Virtual Lab, Gold Edition comes in.

In this package, Todd Lammle and Bill Tedder have souped up their previous CCNA Virtual Lab with even more lab configuration projects (29 in all) based on a more complex internetwork (4 routers, 2 switches, 4 hosts).

It's just like the real thing, except you don't have to worry about typing the wrong command and crashing the network -- and you can use it anywhere there's a PC. Just click on the Network Visualizer tab, and you see your customized lab, complete with suggested network settings and IP addresses. You'll have router configuration screens that look and work just like the real thing. Hundreds of IOS commands are supported -- everything you'd be likely to encounter on the CCNA, and then some. It's the most thorough CCNA practice we've yet seen on CD-ROM.(Bill Camarda)

--Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer with nearly 20 years' experience in helping technology companies deploy and market advanced products and services. He served for nearly ten years as vice president of a New Jersey-based marketing company, where he supervised a wide range of graphics and web design projects. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2000.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

World renowned author Todd Lammle and instructional design expert William Tedder have created the CCNA Virtual Lab,Gold Edition from Sybex to give you more of what you need to prepare for the CCNA exam (640-507). Based upon the best-selling CCNA Virtual Lab, this software simulates a networking environment consisting of the following equipment:
Three 2500 series routers
One 2621 series router
Two 1900 series Catalyst switch
Four hosts

You can hone your skills with built-in instructional labs or perform freeform configuration routines. An affordable alternative to products and courses costing hundreds, even thousands, of dollars, the CCNA Virtual Lab, Gold Edition allows you to work at your own pace, on your own time, so you get the most out of your exam preparation efforts. Used in conjunction with Sybex's #1 best-selling CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide, or with any other CCNA study program, the CCNA Virtual Lab, Gold Edition, will give you the skills you need to approach the exam with confidence.

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