The completely revised and only authorized Labs and Study Guide for the Cisco Networking Academy Program CCNA 1 curriculum

• A portable classroom resource that supports the topics in the CCNA 1 curriculum aligning 1:1 with course modules
• Includes all the labs in the online curriculum as well as additional instructor-created challenge labs for extended learning and classroom exercises
• Written by leading Academy instructor Shawn McReynolds, who bring a fresh voice to the course material

The all-new Labs and Study Guide titles combine the best of the former Lab Companions and Engineering Journal and Workbooks with new features to improve the student's hands-on skills and reinforce the topics for each CCNA course. Networking Basics CCNA 1 Labs and Study Guide is a complete collection of the lab exercises specifically written for the CCNA 1 course in the Cisco Networking Academy Program, designed to give students hands-on experience in a particular concept or technology. Each lab contains an introductory overview, a preparation/tools required section, explanations of commands, and step-by-step instructions to reinforce the concepts introduced in the online course and covered in the Companion Guide. NEW: Challenge labs written by Academy instructors, tested in their classrooms will be included as additional or alternative labs. The Study Guide section is designed to provide additional exercises and activities to reinforce students' understanding of the course topics, preparing them for the course assessments. As a study guide it will also continue to provide ample writing opportunities to guide students into the habit of keeping notes on networking topics.

About The Author

Shawn McReynolds is the director of the Cisco Networking Academy Program at Southwest Virginia Community College. He has been a member of SwVCC’s Cisco Area Training Center for Sponsored Curriculum (CATC-SC) since 1999, where he teaches CCNA, CCNP, FNS, and PNIE courses. Shawn is one of the origi­nal contributors to the IT Essentials 1 curriculum and served as a technical editor for Cisco Networking Academy Program: IT Essentials 1 Companion Guide, Second Edition. Shawn has a B.S. in business engi­neering from Bluefield College and a master’s degree in information networking and telecommunications from Fort Hays State University. Shawn resides in Tazewell, VA, with his lovely wife Stephanie.

Customer Reviews & Comments
Networking Basics is the first course of four in the CCNA program. This course is more general than those that follow in that it is not as oriented to Cisco products. As you might expect, this book starts off with an introduction to networking at its most basic level and continues through things like cabling, Ethernet fundamentals and switching, TCP/IP, routing and the like. Note that this is a workbook and intended for use along side of the Networking Basics CCNA 1 Companion Guide and of course with the Module 1 online curriculum. The format of this book is of exercises. These vary from 'select one from column A to match one from column B,' to define these terms, to descriptions of optional test equipment you may be using. It's sort of a sample test that is in the form of a whole book. The completion of this book will leave you in good shape to contine with the CCNA courses that follow. Comment | Permalink | (Report this)