CCIE Routing and Switching Exam Certification Guide, 4th Edition

The CCIE Routing and Switching certification is the most respected certification in the industry. The successful CCIE candidate must understand a broad range of network technologies that includes OSI model, bridging, LAN switching, IP and IP Routing protocols, multicast, WAN technologies, and performance management. The exam is notoriously difficult and CCIE candidates must first pass a qualifying written exam. The CCIE Routing and Switching Exam Certification Guide, Fourth Ed., covers all of the topics of the 4.0 written exam. In this updated edition there are content and alignment changes based on the revised v4.0 exam. The newest edition includes 300 pages of new content covering the following topics:

• Network optimization
• Troubleshooting
• BGP routing policies
• Expanded QoS coverage
• Expanded WAN coverage
• Expanded multicast coverage
• Expanded MPLS coverage
• IPv6 redistribution

This book also contains all the elements and features of the best-selling Exam Certification Guide series. These elements include specially designed assessment and study features, such as "Do I Know This Already?" quizzes that assess your knowledge and helps you decide how much time to spend on each section, Foundation Summary sections that highlight essential concepts for quick reference, and End-of-chapter questions to quiz you.

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Table of Contents

Part 1: LAN Switching
Chapter 1: Ethernet Basics
Chapter 2: Virtual LANs and VLAN Trunking
Chapter 3: Spanning Tree Protocol
Part 2: IP
Chapter 4: IP Addressing
Chapter 5: IP Services
Chapter 6: IP Forwarding 
Chapter 7: EIGRP
Chapter 8: OSPF
Chapter 9: IGP Route Redistribution, Route Summarization, and Default Routing 
Chapter 10: Fundamentals of BGP Operations
Chapter 11: BGP  Routing Policies
Part 4: QoS
Chapter 12: Classification and Marking
Chapter 13: Congestion Management and Avoidance
Chapter 14: Shaping, Policing, and Link Fragmentation
Part 5 Wide-Area Networks
Chapter 15: Wide Area Networks
Part 6: IP Multicast
Chapter 16: Introduction to IP Multicasting
Chapter 17: IP Multicast Routing
Part 7: Security
Chapter 18: Security
Part 8: MPLS
Chapter 19: MPLS
Part 9: IP Version 6
Chapter 20: IP Version 6
Appendix A: Answers to the "Do I Know This Already?" Quizzes and Q and A Sections
Appendix B: Decimal to Binary Conversion Table
Appendix C: CCIE Exam Updates
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Appendix D: Subnetting Practice
Appendix E: RIP Version 2
Appendix F: IGMP
Appendix G: Memory Tables