Todd Lammle - Understanding Cisco Networking Technologies, Volume 1: Exam 200-301 (CCNA Certification)

Todd Lammle

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There were many people that helped me build these new CCNA books. First, Kenyon Brown helped me put together the direction for the books and managed the internal editing at Wiley, so thank you, Ken, for working diligently for many months keeping these books moving along. The editors that I personally used in this first book in the CCNA series were Troy McMillan, who read each chapter in the full series multiple times, making amazing discoveries both technically and editorially and Todd Montgomery who also read through every chapter and helped with the technical edits with a sharp detailed eye. Also, Monica Lammle read and re-read each chapter and really helped me keep the voicing in place throughout the editorial process, which isn't an easy thing to do! Thanks also to Christine O'Connor, my production editor at Wiley for well over a decade now, and Louise Watson, proofreader at Word One.

Todd Lammle is the authority on Cisco certification and internetworking and is Cisco certified in most Cisco certification categories. He is a world-renowned author, speaker, trainer, and consultant. Todd has three decades of experience working with LANs, WANs, and large enterprise licensed and unlicensed wireless networks, and lately he's been implementing large Cisco Security networks using Firepower/FTD and ISE.

His years of real-world experience are evident in his writing; he is not just an author but an experienced networking engineer with very practical experience from working on the largest networks in the world at such companies as Xerox, Hughes Aircraft, Texaco, AAA, Cisco, and Toshiba, among many others.

Todd has published over 90 books, including the very popular CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide, CCNA Wireless Study Guide, CCNA Data Center Study Guide, SSFIPS (Firepower), and CCNP Security, all from Sybex. He runs an international consulting and training company based in Colorado, where he spends his free time in the mountains playing with his golden retrievers.

You can reach Todd through his website at www.lammle.com.

Welcome to the exciting world of internetworking and your path towards Cisco certification. If youve picked up this book because you want to improve yourself and your life with a better, more satisfying, and secure job, youve chosen well!

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Essentially, by beginning your journey towards becoming Cisco certified, youre proudly announcing that you want to become an unrivaled networking expert, a goal that this book will help get you underway to achieving. Congratulations in advance for taking the first step towards your brilliant future!

To find your included bonus material, as well as Todd Lammle videos, practice questions and hands-on labs, please see www.lammle.com/ccna.

It used to be that to secure the holy grail of Cisco certificationsthe CCIEyou passed only one written test before being faced with a grueling, formidable hands-on lab. This intensely daunting, all-or-nothing approach made it nearly impossible to succeed and predictably didnt work out too well for most people.