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This work provides guidance on building a remote access network to interconnect central sites to branch offices and homes for telecommuting and gives advice access control, bandwidth maximization, and troubleshooting. It is the Cisco approved self-study book for the Remote Access exam (642-821) for CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional) certification. The text follows the exam in structure and includes self-study questions and exercises.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Description

Cisco authorized self-study book for CCNP 642-821 remote access foundation learning

Prepare for the CCNP BCRAN exam 642-821 with a Cisco authorized self-study guide. This book teaches you how to:
Identify Cisco solutions for remote-access needsUse AAA to scale access control in an expanding networkConfigure asynchronous connections to a central site with modemsConfigure PPP and control network access with PAP and CHAPUse ISDN and DDR connections to enhance connectivityOptimize the use of DDR interfacesEstablish dedicated Frame Relay connections and control traffic flowEnable backup to permanent connectionsManage network performance with queuing and compressionScale IP addresses with Network Address Translation (NAT)Use broadband to access a central siteUse VPNs to secure remote-access networks

CCNP Self-Study: Building Cisco Remote Access Networks (BCRAN), Second Edition, is a Cisco authorized, self-paced learning tool for CCNP remote access foundation learning. This book provides you with the knowledge needed to build, configure, and troubleshoot a remote-access network to interconnect central sites to branch offices, small offices, and home offices. This book arms you with skills necessary to describe, configure, operate, and troubleshoot WAN and remote-access solutions.

This comprehensive guide presents detailed information and easy-to-grasp tutorials on the implementation, operation, planning, design, and troubleshooting of modern WAN technologies. Using this book, you learn how to control access using basic authentication and authorization configurations, how to maximize bandwidth utilization over the remote links, and how to set up virtual private networks (VPNs) using IPSec. Each chapter opens with a list of objectives to help focus your study. Figures, tables, examples, and command summaries appear throughout to help explain theories, commands, and setup sequences. Step-by-step configuration instructions make enabling the various technologies easy. Key terms are highlighted and defined throughout for simple reference and review. Finally, each chapter concludes with a summary to help review key concepts and review questions to reinforce your understanding of what was covered.

Whether you are preparing for CCNP certification or simply want to gain a better understanding of WAN technology deployment, you will benefit from the foundation information presented in this book.

CCNP Self-Study: Building Cisco Remote Access Networks (BCRAN), Second Edition, is part of a recommended learning path from Cisco Systems that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from Cisco Press. To find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners worldwide, please visit www.cisco.com/go/authorizedtraining.

This volume is in the Certification Self-Study Series offered by Cisco Press. Books in this series provide officially developed training solutions to help networking professionals understand technology implementations and prepare for the Cisco Career Certifications examinations.

About the Author

Cisco Systems, Inc., is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create Internet solutions so that individuals, companies, and countries have easy access to information-regardless of differences in time and place.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

CCNP Self-Study: Building Cisco Remote Access Networks (BCRAN), Second Edition, is a Cisco authorized, self-paced learning tool for CCNP preparation. This book presents readers with a detailed overview of the technologies and techniques for enabling WAN solutions. It teaches networking professionals how to build, configure, and troubleshoot a remote access network to interconnect several central sites to branch offices and home offices. The book also helps readers learn to control access to the central site and maximize bandwidth utilization over the remote links.