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Technical Editor and Contributor
Wayne A. Lawson II (CCIE # 5244, CCNA, CCDA, NNCSE, CNX,
MCSE, CNE, Banyan CBE) is a Systems Engineer with Cisco
Systems in Southfield, Michigan. His core area of expertise is in
the Routed Wide Area Network (WAN) and Campus Switching. He
has provided pre- and post-sales technical support for various
dot-com start-ups on redundant ISP access, failsafe security,
content networking and verification for local premise, as well as
geographical load balancing. His internetworking proficiency
includes Layer One and Two, Layer Three, IBM & Voice
Technologies, and Network Management and Monitoring
Technologies.
Wayne received the “Top Performer” award at Cisco 2000
National Sales Meeting for achieving Cisco’s highest level of tech-
nical certification. He has also contributed to Syngress
Publishing’s Building Cisco Remote Access Networks (ISBN:
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Contributors
Randall S. Benn (CCIE #1637, CCSI, CCDA, CSE) is the
President of Global Network Solutions, Inc., a network consulting
and training services company. He has over 13 years experience
building voice and data networks and holds an MBA from Old
Dominion University and a Bachelor of Science degree in
Mathematics & Computer Science from Bloomsburg University.
Randy currently specializes in designing and deploying con-
verged voice, video and data networks. He also provides sales
and technical training to Cisco Systems employees, partners,
and customers with CCI, a Cisco Systems Learning Partner. He
spends his spare time maintaining the popular Web site “Cisco
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