31 Days Before Your CCNA Exam or Kismet Hacking

31 Days Before Your CCNA Exam: A Day-by-Day Review Guide for the Cisco Networking Academy Program Student (Cisco Networking Academy Program Series)

Author: Scott Bennett

If you have completed or are about to complete the four courses of the CCNA version 3.1 curriculum in the Cisco Networking Academy Program, you are ready to make your knowledge official with a CCNA certification. 31 Days Before Your CCNA Exam offers you a personable and practical way to understand the certification process and commit to taking the 640-801 CCNA certification exam while the course material is fresh in your mind.

Use the day-by-day guide and checklist to organize, prepare, and review. The best motivation for studying is scheduling an actual test date, so sign up and declare, "I am going to take the CCNA exam in 31 days, and this is what I will do to prepare leading up to the exam."

Each day in this guide breaks down an exam topic into a manageable bit of information to review using short summaries from relevant parts of the four Networking Academy CCNA courses.

The features of the book empower you to fit exam preparation into an otherwise busy schedule:

• -Visual calendar summarizing each day's study topic
• -Checklist providing advice for preparation activities leading up to the exam
• -Description of the 640-801 CCNA exam and how to sign up for it, including how to use a course voucher
• -Strategies to be mentally, organizationally, and physically prepared for exam day
• -Conversational tone, which makes your study time more enjoyable

Table of Contents:

Pt. I	31-24 days before the exam - technology	1
	Day 31 : describe network communications using layered models	3
	Day 30 : describe the spanning tree process	11
	Day 29 : compare and contrast key characteristics of LAN environments	15
	Day 28 : evaluate the characteristics of routing protocols	19
	Day 27 : evaluate the TCP/IP communication process and its associated protocols	27
	Day 26 : describe the components of network devices	35
	Day 25 : evaluate rules for packet control	39
	Day 24 : evaluate key characteristics of WANs	43
Pt. II	23-18 days before the exam - planning and design	47
	Day 23 : design a simple LAN using Cisco Technology	49
	Day 22 : design an IP addressing scheme to meet design requirements	57
	Day 21 : select an appropriate routing protocol based on user requirements	63
	Day 20 : design a simple Internetwork using Cisco Technology	69
	Day 19 : develop an access list to meet user specifications	73
	Day 18 : choose WAN services to meet customer requirements	77
Pt. III	17-9 days before the exam - implementation and operation	87
	Day 17 : configure routing protocols given user requirements	89
	Day 16 : configure IP addresses, subnet masks, and gateway addresses on routers and hosts	99
	Day 15 : configure a router for additional administrative functionality	105
	Day 14 : configure a switch with VLANs and interswitch communication	113
	Day 13 : implement a LAN	121
	Day 12 : customize a switch configuration to meet specified requirements and manage system image and device configuration files (two objectives)	125
	Day 11 : perform an initial configuration on a router and perform an initial configuration on a switch (two objectives)	133
	Day 10 : implement an access list	141
	Day 9 : implement simple WAN protocols	145
Pt. IV	8-1 day(s) before the exam - troubleshooting	153
	Day 8 : utilize the OSI model as a guide for systematic troubleshooting	155
	Day 7 : perform LAN and VLAN troubleshooting	159
	Day 6 : troubleshoot routing protocols	163
	Day 5 : troubleshoot IP addressing and host configuration	167
	Day 4 : troubleshoot a device as part of a working network	171
	Day 3 : troubleshoot an access list	175
	Day 2 : perform simple WAN troubleshooting	177
	Day 1 : key points from each day for relaxed skimming	181
Pt. V	Exam day and post-exam information	203
	Exam day : becoming a CCNA	205
	Post-exam information : after the CCNA	207

See also: Confianza & Traición en el Lugar de trabajo:Edificio de Relaciones Eficaces en Su Organización

Kismet Hacking

Author: Brad Haines

Kismet is the industry standard for examining wireless network traffic, and is used by over 250,000 security professionals, wireless networking enthusiasts, and WarDriving hobbyists.

Unlike other wireless networking books that have been published in recent years that geared towards Windows users, Kismet Hacking is geared to those individuals that use the Linux operating system. People who use Linux and want to use wireless tools need to use Kismet. Now with the introduction of Kismet NewCore, they have a book that will answer all their questions about using this great tool. This book continues in the successful vein of books for wireless users such as WarDriving: Drive, Detect Defend.

*Wardrive Running Kismet from the BackTrack Live CD

*Build and Integrate Drones with your Kismet Server

*Map Your Data with GPSMap, KisMap, WiGLE and GpsDrive