The only authorized lab companion for the Cisco Networking Academy Program

Cisco Networking Academy Program CCNA 1 and 2 Lab Companion, is the complete collection of labs created for version 3.1 of the Cisco Networking Academy Program CCNA 1 and CCNA 2 web-based courses.

A collection of more than 100 labs, including the Case Study labs from the CCNA course, provides you with hands-on experience to practice the skills needed for CCNA certification. The material begins to prepare you to take the CCNA certification exam (640-801, or 640-821 and 640-811).

Keep your completed labs on-hand in this book to use as a study guide later. These labs are also referenced in the Cisco Networking Academy Program CCNA 1 and 2 Companion Guide.

Each lab helps facilitate your full understanding of the networking and routing topics covered with features like:

Objective-Identifies the goals that are to be accomplished in the lab.
Background/Preparation-Provides a list of the equipment needed to run the lab.
Reflection Questions-As appropriate, the labs include questions that elicit particular points of understanding. These questions help verify your comprehension of the technology being implemented.
As in the courses, the CCNA 1 section covers networking basics, including the basics of Ethernet technologies, TCP/IP, network media, IP addressing, and routing. The CCNA 2 section covers routers and routing basics, including the basics of configuring routers, routing protocols, more TCP/IP concepts, access control lists, and networking troubleshooting skills.