CCNP Virtual Lab Book

If you're serious about earning your CCNP, 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 CCNP Virtual Lab from Sybex gives you everything you need. You can practice with this "equipment" on your own, follow suggested labs that cover the entire range of CCNP objectives, and design custom labs that focus on your special interests. An affordable alternative to products and courses costing hundreds, even thousands, of dollars, the CCNP Virtual Lab allows you to work at your own pace, on your own time, so you get the most out of your exam preparation efforts.Remote Access

• Working with asynchronous connections
• Using the Point-to-Point Protocol
• Setting up ISDN and dial-on-demand routing
• Working with the Cisco 700 Series
• Working with Frame Relay
• Using NAT (Network Address Translation)
• Setting up AAA

• Connecting the switch block
• Working with Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
• Using Spanning Tree with VLAN and setting up Inter-VLAN Routing
• Using Multi-Layer Switching (MLS)
• Implementing Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP)
• Configuring multicast
• Planning and setting up access policies

• IP addressing
• Interconnecting OSPF areas
• EIGRP
• Configuring, monitoring, troubleshooting, and scaling BGP
• Route optimization
• Network scalability

• Troubleshooting Cisco routers and switches
• Using problem-solving models
• Common data link layer characteristics in campus LANs
• Connection sequences in TCP/IP, Novell IPX, and AppleTalk
• Using Cisco IOS software commands and debug utilities
• Resolving VLAN, WAN, Frame Relay, and ISDN BRI problems