Just a quick blog post about a Cisco CCNA Lab Guide created by Neil Anderson from Flackbox blog I came across when trying to improve my networking skills. Even though I don’t think I’ll sit the exam any time soon it’s a great source of information, configuration reference and examples that I bet you’ll find useful in your daily network related work and also if you’re preparing for the exam.
The lab exercises can be run completely for free on your laptop which is really good and the guide contains full instructions on how to install the software as well as download links for the lab start-up files. The guide also contains troubleshooting tips that will further expand your networking knowledge.
Below is the list of the 25 lab exercises included in the eBook:
- The IOS Operating System
- The Life of a Packet
- The Cisco Troubleshooting Methodology
- Cisco Router and Switch Basics
- Cisco Device Management
- Routing Fundamentals
- Dynamic Routing Protocols
- Connectivity Troubleshooting
- RIP Routing Information Protocol
- EIGRP Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
- OSPF Open Shortest Path First
- VLANs and Inter-VLAN Routing
- DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- HSRP Hot Standby Router Protocol
- STP Spanning Tree Protocol
- EtherChannel
- Port Security
- ACL Access Control Lists
- NAT Network Address Translation
- IPv6 Addressing
- IPv6 Routing
- WAN Wide Area Networks
- BGP Border Gateway Protocol
- Cisco Device Security
- Network Device Management
The lab guide uses the free software GNS3 and Packet tracer for all the exercises.
Download the guide for free at here to improve your networking skills.
Happy routing and switching