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CCNA Vol 1 Vol 1 Part 1: Intro All Content Part 1 Ch01: Intro to TCP/IP Ch02: Intro to Ethernet Ch03: Intro Routing, WAN Vol 1 Part 2: Ethernet All Content Part 2 Ch04: Command Line Ch05: Ethernet Switching Ch06: Switch Management Ch07: Switch Interfaces Vol 1 Part 3: VLANs, STP All Content Part 3 Ch08: Virtual LANs Ch09: Spanning Tree Ch10: RSTP and EtherChannel Vol 1 Pt 4: IP Addresses All Content Part 4 Ch11: IPv4 Subnetting Ch12: Classful IPv4 Networks Ch13: IPv4 Subnet Masks Ch14: Analyzing IPv4 Subnets Vol 1 Part 5: IP Routing All Content Part 5 Ch15: Operating Routers Ch16: Router Addresses and Routes Ch17: Routing in LANs Ch18: Troubleshooting Routing Vol 1 Part 6: OSPF All Content Part 6 Ch19: OSPF Concepts Ch20: OSPF Config Ch21: OSPF Network Types Vol 1 Part 7: IPv6 All Content Part 7 Ch22: IPv6 Fundamentals Ch23: IPv6 Addressing Ch24: Configure IPv6 Addressing Ch25: Configure IPv6 Routing Vol 1 Part 8: Wireless All Content Part 8 Ch26: WLAN Fundamentals Ch27: WLAN Architectures Ch28: Securing WLANs Ch29: Building WLANs CCNA Vol 2 Vol 2 Part 1: IP ACLs All Content Pt. 1 Ch01: TCP/IP Transport Ch02: Standard ACLs Ch03: Extended ACLs Vol 2 Part 2: Security Services All Content Pt. 2 Ch04: Security Arch. Ch05: Securing Devices Ch06: Port Security Ch07: DHCP Ch08: DHCP Snooping & DAI Vol 2, Part 3: IP Services All Content Pt. 3 Ch09: Device Management Protocols Ch10: NAT Ch11: QoS Ch12: Miscellaneous IP Services Vol 2 Part 4: Architectures All Content Pt. 4 Ch13: LAN Architecture Ch14: WAN Architecture Ch15: Cloud Architecture Vol 2 Part 5: Automation All Content Pt. 5 Ch16: Controller-Based Networks Ch17: Cisco SDA Ch18: REST and JSON Ch19: Ansible, Puppet, Chef Labs Config Labs, Volume 1 All Labs, Volume 1 Part 2 – Ethernet Part 3 – VLAN, STP Part 5 – IP Routing Part 6 – OSPF Part 7 – IPv6 Config Labs, Volume 2 All Labs, Volume 2 Part 1 – IP ACLs Part 2 – Security Part 3 – IP Services Free Play Labs All Labs, Volume 1 All Labs, Volume 2 Q&A Q&A Set #1 IPv4 Address Drills IPv4 Mask Drills IPv4 Design Drills IPv4 Network Analysis IPv4 VLSM IPv4-Adv Summary Routes IPv6 Address Drills OSPF Enabler STP vs RSTP STP Puzzle General Career News Study Tips Reference Product Links Config Labs Free Play Labs for CCNA Final Review CCNA Vol 1 Vol 1 Part 1: Intro All Content Part 1 Ch01: Intro to TCP/IP Ch02: Intro to Ethernet Ch03: Intro Routing, WAN Vol 1 Part 2: Ethernet All Content Part 2 Ch04: Command Line Ch05: Ethernet Switching Ch06: Switch Management Ch07: Switch Interfaces Vol 1 Part 3: VLANs, STP All Content Part 3 Ch08: Virtual LANs Ch09: Spanning Tree Ch10: RSTP and EtherChannel Vol 1 Pt 4: IP Addresses All Content Part 4 Ch11: IPv4 Subnetting Ch12: Classful IPv4 Networks Ch13: IPv4 Subnet Masks Ch14: Analyzing IPv4 Subnets Vol 1 Part 5: IP Routing All Content Part 5 Ch15: Operating Routers Ch16: Router Addresses and Routes Ch17: Routing in LANs Ch18: Troubleshooting Routing Vol 1 Part 6: OSPF All Content Part 6 Ch19: OSPF Concepts Ch20: OSPF Config Ch21: OSPF Network Types Vol 1 Part 7: IPv6 All Content Part 7 Ch22: IPv6 Fundamentals Ch23: IPv6 Addressing Ch24: Configure IPv6 Addressing Ch25: Configure IPv6 Routing Vol 1 Part 8: Wireless All Content Part 8 Ch26: WLAN Fundamentals Ch27: WLAN Architectures Ch28: Securing WLANs Ch29: Building WLANs CCNA Vol 2 Vol 2 Part 1: IP ACLs All Content Pt. 1 Ch01: TCP/IP Transport Ch02: Standard ACLs Ch03: Extended ACLs Vol 2 Part 2: Security Services All Content Pt. 2 Ch04: Security Arch. Ch05: Securing Devices Ch06: Port Security Ch07: DHCP Ch08: DHCP Snooping & DAI Vol 2, Part 3: IP Services All Content Pt. 3 Ch09: Device Management Protocols Ch10: NAT Ch11: QoS Ch12: Miscellaneous IP Services Vol 2 Part 4: Architectures All Content Pt. 4 Ch13: LAN Architecture Ch14: WAN Architecture Ch15: Cloud Architecture Vol 2 Part 5: Automation All Content Pt. 5 Ch16: Controller-Based Networks Ch17: Cisco SDA Ch18: REST and JSON Ch19: Ansible, Puppet, Chef Labs Mega Widget 4 Config Labs, Volume 1 All Labs, Volume 1 Part 2 – Ethernet Part 3 – VLAN, STP Part 5 – IP Routing Part 6 – OSPF Part 7 – IPv6 Config Labs, Volume 2 All Labs, Volume 2 Part 1 – IP ACLs Part 2 – Security Part 3 – IP Services Free Play Labs All Labs, Volume 1 All Labs, Volume 2 Q&A Q&A Set #1 IPv4 Address Drills IPv4 Mask Drills IPv4 Design Drills IPv4 Network Analysis IPv4 VLSM IPv4-Adv Summary Routes IPv6 Address Drills OSPF Enabler STP vs RSTP STP Puzzle General Career News Study Tips Reference Product Links Config Labs Free Play Labs for CCNA Final Review Wendell is on YouTube! YouTube: Network Upskill Subscribe, click the bell, and join Wendell’s YouTube channel: Network Upskill! CCNA V1.1 Announcement Videos CCNA Version 1.1 Major Changes to Books Options: Pursue V1.0 or V1.1 Blueprint CCNA Success! Once you’ve completed your initial reading of the Official Cert Guide , your journey to CCNA success has only begun. With over 400 labs, exercises, and sample questions this blog has been designed to add purpose to your study and practice. Wendell personally moderates comments and manages every line of content to bring you the most helpful tools, hints, and information possible. Complete your CCNA journey with Wendell by your side! What happens after your initial reading? Lots of study and practice. This blog helps. Over 400 labs, exercises, and sample questions to optimize the second (and often neglected) step in your journey to CCNA success. Comments moderated by Wendell himself. Many people struggle with the middle step in your CCNA journey (step 2 above.) How do you study, review, practice, and remember all the content? This blog helps you with various forms of practice that help you exercise your knowledge, uncover misconceptions, and strengthen your memory and application. All are welcome here, whether you use my books or not. I’m always happy to engage when you comment as well. Hope you enjoy the site! Wendell Odom, CCIE 1624, author of the Cisco Press CCNA Official Certification Guides Get the CCNA Library Get the Premium Edition CCNA Library Labs The blog has two types of lab, summarized here in a few short words. Click the links below for more info or a list of each type’s labs! Config Labs : Designed as straightforward configuration exercises, listing an initial state and topology with a small set of configuration requirements. The labs do not tell you the steps to take but rather the goals from which to create. More Info List of Labs Free Play Labs : Start with most examples from the Official Cert Guides, and explore from there using Cisco Packet Tracer. The blog posts help you re-create book examples to get you started quickly. From there, explore on your own. More Info List of Labs Exercises and Q&A The Q&A menu bar item lists a large variety of practice exercises. By volume, there are more multichoice Question and Answer posts than any other type. The different types exist because the need arose over the years. Many of those relate to the math required for IPv4 and IPv6 addressing, for IP ACLs, or for topics like Spanning Tree that just need more practice than other topics. I have two suggestions for how to learn more. First, click the Q&A menu item and click around to see the various types. Alternately, click the CCNA Vol 1” and CCNA Vol 2” menu items and select a book part or chapter. Those menu items will show you all posts related to that part or chapter of the book, and you may see different types of posts to explore. How to Find the Content! By Book Flow Studying with my CCNA Official Cert Guide books? The two leftmost items in the top menu on each blog page give you a way to navigate to all posts based on the book part (a set of chapters) or chapter. Click away! Details about the Books By Post Type Looking for Config Labs, Q&A, or IPv4 subnetting practice? Look for the top menu on every page, and look at the options under Lab and Q&A. E.G., All Q&A Posts By Searching Use the upper-right search icon (magnifying glass)...