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CCNA ICND2
640-816 Official Cert Guide
Third Edition
Wendell Odom, CCIE No. 1624
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CCNA ICND2 640-816 Official Cert Guide Third Edition
Wendell Odom
CCIE No. 1624
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Publisher:Paul Boger Manager Global Certification: Erik Ullanderson
Associate Publisher: Dave Dusthimer Business Operation Manager, Cisco Press: Anand Sundaram
Executive Editor: Brett Bartow Technical Editors: Elan Beer, Teri Cook, Steve Kalman
Managing Editor: Sandra Schroeder Development Editor: Andrew Cupp
Project Editor: Mandie Frank Copy Editor: Sheri Cain
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About the Author
Wendell Odom, CCIE No. 1624, has been in the networking industry since 1981. He has
worked as a network engineer, consultant, systems engineer, instructor, and course
developer; he currently works writing and creating certification tools. He is author of all the
previous editions of the Cisco Press CCNA Official Certification Guide series, as well as the
CCNP ROUTE 642-902 Official Certification Guide, the CCIE Routing and Switching
Official Certification Guide,Computer Networking First Step, the CCNA Video Mentor,IP
Networking (a college textbook), and he is the primary networking consultant for the CCNA
640-802 Network Simulator from Pearson. He maintains study tools, links to his blogs, and
other resources at www.certskills.com.
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About the Technical Reviewers
Elan Beer is a senior consultant and Cisco instructor specializing in multi-protocol
network design, network configuration, troubleshooting, and network maintenance. For the
past 20 years, Elan has trained thousands of industry experts in routing, switching, and data
center architectures. Elan has been instrumental in large scale professional service efforts
designing and troubleshooting internetworks, performing network audits, and assisting
clients with their short and long term design objectives. Elan has a global perspective of
network architectures via his international clientele. Elan has used his expertise to design
and troubleshoot networks in Malaysia, North America, Europe, Australia, Africa, China
and the Middle East. Most recently Elan has been focused on data center design,
configuration, and troubleshooting as well as service provider technologies.
In 1993 Elan was amongst the first to obtain Cisco’s Certified System Instructor (CCSI)
certification and in 1996, Elan was amongst the first to attain Cisco System’s highest
technical certification the Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (CCIE). Since then Elan
has been involved in numerous large-scale telecommunications networking projects
worldwide. Elan is known internationally as a leader in network architecture and training
and has worked on many high profile projects assisting companies with their goal of
implementing leading edge technologies in their corporate infrastructure.
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Teri Cook (CCSI, CCDP, CCNP, CCDA, CCNA, MCT, and MCSE 2000/2003: Security)
has more than 10 years of experience in the IT industry. She has worked with different types
of organizations within the private business and DoD sectors, providing senior-level
network and security technical skills in the design and implementation of complex
computing environments. Since obtaining her certifications, Teri has been committed to
bringing quality IT training to IT professionals as an instructor. She is an outstanding
instructor that utilizes real-world experience to present complex networking technologies.
As an IT instructor, Teri has been teaching Cisco classes for more than five years.
Stephen Kalman is a data security trainer and the author or tech editor of more than 20
books, courses, and CBT titles. His most recent book is Web Security Field Guide,
published by Cisco Press. In addition to those responsibilities he runs a consulting
company, Esquire Micro Consultants, which specializes in network security assessments
and forensics. Mr. Kalman holds SSCP, CISSP, ISSMP, CEH, CHFI, CCNA, CCSA
(Checkpoint), A+, Network+, and Security+ certifications and is a member of the New York
State Bar.
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Dedication
For Hannah Odom, from your earthly Dad. I love you, my girl!
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Acknowledgments
You know, after writing books for 13 years now, I would think that there would be
something normal, something repetitive, and that each book would pretty much follow the
same process as others. It now seems that normal is actually abnormal, and that requires
everyone to think outside the box.
More so than probably any other editions of these books, these books really are the result
of a team effort. The biggest news relates to all the extras Cisco Press added to the package.
Thanks to Dave, Brett, Kourtnaye, Sandra, and all the folks at Cisco Press for going several
extra miles to make this “extra” edition happen, and with so many extra valuable pieces. I
think the readers will appreciate the added value. Now, on to the specifics.
First, my hat’s off to Drew Cupp. Wow. Between this book, the matching ICND2 Official
Cert Guide, and another title, Drew and I went from having no books to working on three
together all at once. And they all fell into the same 5-month stretch from start to finish. It
makes my head hurt thinking about it. Besides taking on extra work to get it done, Drew’s
clarity of thought about how to get from here to there through the process, with so many
different print, DVD, and online elements, wow, no way this book gets done without Drew.
Thanks, Drew: You da man!
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Brian, Teri, and Steve all did a great job technical editing the book. Besides helping find
mistakes and keeping the book accurate, each tech editor brought a different perspective to
the process. I hope we can work together on future editions. And a special thanks to Elan
Beer, the best tech editor in the business, for working on the new materials for this edition.
You know, it’s great when the person you rely on most at work is consistently helpful and
always comes through, whether working on an opportunity or an issue. But, when that
person actually works for a partner company, it’s all the more impressive. I am fortunate
enough to have such an ally in Brett Bartow—thank you so much for walking this journey
with me.
Mandie Frank gets the “hot potato” award for working as the project editor with this book
and with ICND1. The nature of this project plus the ICND1 book at practically the same
time can create some challenges. Mandie handled them all with grace and aplomb, and she
seamlessly managed the entire process with the rest of the production team. Thanks,
Mandie, and the whole group! And thanks especially for the extra attention to the pages
review.
Thanks to Richard Bennett, who slaved on a short schedule on some figure improvements
that I really wanted to include in this book and for his work on the question database. Dude,
Robin Williams would be proud!
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A special thank you goes to you readers, who write in with suggestions, possible errors, and
especially those of you who post online at the Cisco Learning Network (CLN). Without a
doubt, the comments I receive directly and overhear by participating at CLN made this
edition a better book.
Finally, thanks to my wife Kris for all her support with my writing efforts, her prayers, and
understanding when the deadline didn’t quite match with our vacation plans this summer.
(Yes, that’s twice in a row that when this book reved, we cancelled vacation—you’re a doll!)
And thanks to Jesus Christ—all this effort is just striving after the wind without Him.
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Contents at a Glance
Introduction xxv
Part I: LAN Switching 3
Chapter 1 Virtual LANs 5
Chapter 2 Spanning Tree Protocol 57
Chapter 3 Troubleshooting LAN Switching 109
Part II: IP Routing 157
Chapter 4 IP Routing: Static and Connected Routes 159
Chapter 5 Variable Length Subnet Masks 199
Chapter 6 Route Summarization 227
Chapter 7 Basic IP Access Control Lists 251
Chapter 8 Advanced IP Access Control Lists 275
Chapter 9 Troubleshooting IP Routing 305
Part III: Routing Protocols 339
Chapter 10 Routing Protocol Theory 341
Chapter 11 OSPF 379
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Chapter 12 EIGRP 413
Chapter 13 Troubleshooting Routing Protocols 443
Part IV: Wide-Area Networks 467
Chapter 14 Point-to-Point WANs 469
Chapter 15 Frame Relay Concepts 493
Chapter 16 Frame Relay Configuration 523
Chapter 17 Virtual Private Networks 565
Part V: Scaling the IP Address Space 583
Chapter 18 Network Address Translation 585
Chapter 19 IP Version 6 617
Part VI: Final Preparation 657
Chapter 20 Final Preparation 659
Part VII: Part VII: Appendices 669
Appendix A Answers to the “Do I Know This Already?” Quizzes 671
Appendix B Numeric Reference Tables 684
Appendix C ICND2 Exam Updates: Version 1.0 692
Glossary 696
Index 674
