Todd Lammle - CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate

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Acknowledgments

My development editor for this book was Kathi Duggan. She was very patient and kind, and easy to work with (as long as I was never late with my submissions!). Thank you, Kathi, for being fun to work with and for being a very hard worker (answering emails literally throughout the night) and making sure everything was done on time and with the very high-quality standard that my Sybex CCNA book has become known for. Im very happy that you were my new DE for this project, Kathiwe created a great book together!

Next in line to thank was my new technical editor, Dan Garfield. His expertise in the Cisco technical field, and history of networking in general, is second to none. His detailed analysis of my work helped make this my best CCNA book in the last 13 years. Thank you, Dan, for working hard under pressure, with tight deadlines, and for staying the course of delivering high-quality work in a short time frame.

Jeff Kellum is instrumental to my success in the Cisco world and is my acquisitions editor. Jeff, thanks for your guidance and continued patience. I look forward to our continued progress together in the Cisco certification world.

In addition, Christine OConnor was an excellent production editor, and she worked really hard to get the book done as quickly as possible, without missing the small mistakes that are so easy to overlook. I am always very happy when Christine is on my list of editors for a book project! Judy Flynn, my copy editor, was another return editor for my book who was patient and helpful, and I am happy she worked with me once again. I look forward to having Christine and Judy working with me on my next project.

Last, but in no way least, was Troy McMillian. Troy has become my defacto writer, technical editor, researcher, and he has always comes through on any unreasonable deadline. I always look forward to working with Troy.

Finally a big thanks to Craig Woods at Happenstance-Type-O-Rama and to the CD team.

About the Author

Todd Lammle CCSI, CCNA/CCNA Wireless/CCNP/CCSP/CCVP, MCSE, CEH/CHFI, FCC RF Licensed, is the authority on Cisco certification and internetworking. He is a world-renowned author, speaker, trainer, and consultant. Todd has over 29 years of experience working with LANs, WANs, and large licensed and unlicensed wireless networks and has published over 50 books, including the very popular Sybex CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide and the Sybex CCNA Wireless Study Guide . He runs an international training and consulting company based in Colorado and Texas. You can reach Todd through his forum and blog at www.lammle.com .