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You're reading from CCENT/CCNA: ICND1 100-105 Certification Guide Learn computer network essentials and enhance your networking skills by obtaining the CCENT certification

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2018

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781788621434

Length 362 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Linux

Concepts

IT Certification

Author (1):

Bekim Dauti

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Title Page

Dedication

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Contributors

Preface

1. Introduction to Computer Networks FREE CHAPTER

2. Communication in Computer Networks

3. Introduction to Switching

4. Setting Up the Switch

5. Introduction to Routing

6. Setting up the Router

7. Networking Services and Maintenance

8. Network Troubleshooting

9. Studying and Preparing for ICND 1 (100-105) Exam

1. Appendix A: Answers to Chapter Questions

2. Appendix B: Cisco Device Icons

Cisco network topology icons

3. Appendix C: Numbering Systems and Conversions

4. Appendix D: Boolean Algebra

5. Appendix E: Subnetting

6. Appendix F: Cisco Packet Tracer

7. Appendix G: Graphical Network Simulator-3 (GNS3)

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Index

Communication protocols

The fact that you are able to read and understand this book proves that you know the English language. Like any other language written and spoken around the globe, the English language also has its own rules of grammar, syntax, and spelling. Almost equally, even computers, in order to communicate with one another, must know the communication language. Like human languages, the computer communication language also contain standards and rules, which are called communication protocols. In the following sections, you will get acquainted with characteristics of the communication protocols, and will be introduced to some of the well-known communication protocols in computer networks.

Characteristics of communication protocols

The beauty of communication technologies is their variety in every respect. From the message delivery types to the types of communication channels, and from communication protocols to the connection between devices, all of these and many others present...