CCNP ISCW Official Exam Certification Guide Master all 642-825 exam topics with the official study guide Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes Review key concepts with foundation summaries Practice with hundreds of exam questions on the CD-ROM Brian Morgan, CCIEreg; No. 4865 Neil Lovering, CCIE No. 1772 CCNP ISCW Official Exam Certification Guideis a best of breed Ciscoreg; exam study guide that focuses specifically on the objectives for the Implementing Secure Converged Wide Area Networks exam (642-825 ISCW). Successfully passing the ISCW 642-825 exam certifies that you have the knowledge and skills necessary to secure and expand the reach of an enterprise network to teleworkers and remote sites with focus on securing remote access and VPN client configuration. CCNP ISCW Official Exam Certification Guidefollows a logical organization of the CCNPreg; ISCW exam objectives. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your retention and recall of exam topics. You can organize your exam preparation through the use of the consistent features in these chapters. "Do I Know This Already?" quizzes open each chapter and allow you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists and concise Foundation Summary information make referencing easy and give you a quick refresher whenever you need it. Challenging chapter-ending review questions help you assess your knowledge and reinforce key concepts. The companion CD-ROM contains a powerful testing engine that allows you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams. The assessment engine also tracks your performance and provides feedback on a topic-by-topic basis, presenting question-by-question remediation to the text. Well regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this book helps you master the concepts and techniques that can enable you to succeed on the exam the first time. Brian Morgan, CCIEreg; No. 4865, is a consulting systems engineer for Cisco, specializing in Unified Communications technologies. He services a number of Fortune 500 companies in architectural, design, and support roles. With more than 15 years in the networking industry, he served as director of engineering for a large telecommunications company, is a certified Cisco instructor teaching at all levels, from basic routing and switching to CCIE lab preparation, and spent a number of years with IBM Network Services serving many of IBMrs"s largest clients. He is a former member of the ATM Forum and a long-time member of the IEEE. Neil Lovering, CCIE No. 1772, works as a design consultant for Cisco. Neil has been with Cisco for more than three years and works on large-scale government networking solutions projects. Prior to Cisco, Neil was a network consultant and instructor for more than eight years and worked on various routing, switching, dialup, and security projects for many customers all over North America. This official study guide helps you master all the topics on the CCNP ISCW exam, including The Cisco hierarchical network model as it pertains to the WAN Teleworker configuration and access with broadband technologies Frame mode MPLS IPsec VPN implementations Cisco device hardening Cisco IOSreg; Firewall features Cisco IOS Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) features
Table of Contents
Remote Connectivity Best Practices | |
Describing Network Requirements | |
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 5 | |
Foundation Topics 9 | |
Describing Network Requirements 9 | |
Intelligent Information Network 9 | |
Sona | |
Networked Infrastructure Layer | |
Interactive Services Layer | |
Application Layer | |
Cisco Network Models | |
Cisco Hierarchical Network Model | |
Campus Network Architecture | |
Branch Network Architecture | |
Data Center Architecture | |
Enterprise Edge Architecture | |
Teleworker Architecture | |
Wan/Man Architecture | |
Remote Connection Requirements in a Converged Network | |
Central Site | |
Branch Office | |
SOHO Site | |
Integrated Services for Secure Remote Access | |
Foundation Summary | |
Q&A | |
Topologies for Teleworker Connectivity | |
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz | |
Foundation Topics | |
Facilitating Remote Connections | |
IIN and the Teleworker | |
Enterprise Architecture Framework | |
Remote Connection Options | |
Challenges of Connecting Teleworkers | |
Infrastructure Options | |
Infrastructure Services | |
Teleworker Components | |
Traditional Teleworker versus Business-Ready Teleworker | |
Foundation Summary | |
Q&A | |
Using Cable to Connect to a Central Site | |
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz | |
Foundation Topics | |
Cable Access Technologies | |
Cable Technology Terminology | |
Cable System Standards | |
Cable System Components | |
Cable Features | |
Cable System Benefits | |
Radio Frequency Signals | |
Digital Signals over RF Channels | |
Data over Cable | |
Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial Networks | |
Data Transmission | |
Cable Technology Issues | |
Provisioning Cable Modems | |
Foundation Summary | |
Q&A | |
Using DSL to Connect to a Central Site | |
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz | |
Foundation Topics | |
DSL Features | |
POTS Coexistence | |
DSL Limitations | |
DSL Variants | |
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