Trust the best-selling Official Cert Guide series from Cisco Press to help you learn, prepare, and practice for exam success. It is built with the objective of providing assessment, review, and practice to help ensure you are fully prepared for your certification exam.

CCNA 200-301 Official Cert Guide, Volume 2, Second Edition presents you with an organized test-preparation routine using proven series elements and techniques. “Do I Know This Already?” quizzes open each chapter and enable you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists make referencing easy. Chapter-ending Exam Preparation Tasks help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly.

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CCNA 200-301 Official Cert Guide, Volume 2, Second Edition from Cisco Press enables you to succeed on the exam the first time and is the only self-study resource approved by Cisco. Best-selling author Wendell Odom shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills.

This complete study package includes

A test-preparation routine proven to help you pass the exams

Do I Know This Already? quizzes, which enable you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section

Chapter-ending Key Topic tables, which help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly

The powerful Pearson Test Prep Practice Test software, complete with hundreds of well-reviewed, exam-realistic questions, customization options, and detailed performance reports

A free copy of the CCNA 200-301 Network Simulator Volume 2 Lite software, complete with meaningful lab exercises that help you hone your hands-on skills with the command-line interface for routers and switches

Links to a series of hands-on config labs developed by the author

Online, interactive practice exercises that help you enhance your knowledge and hone your configuration skills

More than 2 hours of video mentoring from the author

An online, interactive Flash Cards application to help you drill on Key Terms by chapter

A final preparation chapter, which guides you through tools and resources to help you craft your review and test-taking strategies

Study plan suggestions and templates to help you organize and optimize your study time

Well regarded for its level of detail, study plans, assessment features, hands-on labs, and challenging review questions and exercises, this official study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that ensure your exam success.

This official study guide has been fully updated to help you master the topics on the latest CCNA 200-301 exam. Volume 2 topic coverage includes

Wireless LANs

IP access control lists

Security services

IP services

Network architecture

Network automation

Content Update Program

This fully updated second edition includes the latest topics and additional information covering changes to the latest CCNA 200-301 exam. Visit ciscopress.com/newcerts for information on annual digital updates for this book that align to Cisco exam blueprint version changes.

Companion Website:

The companion website contains more than 600 unique practice exam questions, including two Volume 2 exam banks and four full CCNA exam banks, CCNA Network Simulator Lite software, online review and practice exercises, Key Term flashcards, and 2+ hours of video training.

In addition to the wealth of updated content, this new edition includes a series of free hands-on exercises to help you master several real-world configuration and troubleshooting activities. These exercises can be performed on the CCNA 200-301 Network Simulator Lite, Volume 2 software included for free on the companion website that accompanies this book. This software, which simulates the experience of working on actual Cisco routers and switches, contains the following lab exercises, covering the ACL topics in Part II:

ACL I

ACL II

ACL III

ACL IV

ACL V

ACL VI

ACL Analysis I

Named ACL I

Named ACL II

Named ACL III

Standard ACL Configuration Scenario

Extended ACL Configuration Scenario I

Extended ACL Configuration Scenario II

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This integrated learning package

Enables you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams

Includes direct links from each question to detailed tutorials to help you understand the concepts behind the questions

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Table of Contents

Part I Wireless LANs

Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Wireless Networks

Chapter 2 Analyzing Cisco Wireless Architectures

Chapter 3 Securing Wireless Networks

Chapter 4 Building a Wireless LAN

Part I Review

Part II IP Access Control Lists

Chapter 5 Introduction to TCP/IP Transport and Applications

Chapter 6 Basic IPv4 Access Control Lists

Chapter 7 Named and Extended IP ACLs

Chapter 8 Applied IP ACLs

Part II Review

Part III Security Services

Chapter 9 Security Architectures

Chapter 10 Securing Network Devices

Chapter 11 Implementing Switch Port Security

Chapter 12 DHCP Snooping and ARP Inspection

Part III Review

Part IV IP Services

Chapter 13 Device Management Protocols

Chapter 14 Network Address Translation

Chapter 15 Quality of Service (QoS)

Chapter 16 First Hop Redundancy Protocols

Chapter 17 SNMP, FTP, and TFTP

Part IV Review

Part V Network Architecture

Chapter 18 LAN Architecture

Chapter 19 WAN Architecture

Chapter 20 Cloud Architecture

Part V Review

Part VI Network Automation

Chapter 21 Introduction to Controller-Based Networking

Chapter 22 Cisco Software-Defined Access (Cisco SD-Access)

Chapter 23 Understanding REST and JSON

Chapter 24 Understanding Ansible and Terraform

Part VI Review

Part VII Exam Updates and Final Review

Chapter 25 CCNA 200-301 Official Cert Guide, Volume 2, Second Edition,

Exam Updates

Chapter 26 Final Review

Part VIII Print Appendixes

Appendix A Numeric Reference Tables

Appendix B Exam Topics Cross-Reference

Appendix C Answers to the “Do I Know This Already?” Quizzes

Glossary

Index

Online Appendixes

Appendix D Topics from Previous Editions

Appendix E Practice for Chapter 6: Basic IPv4 Access Control Lists

Appendix F Study Planner

About the Authors

Wendell Odom, CCIE Enterprise No. 1624, was the first Cisco Press author for Cisco certification guides. He wrote all prior editions of this book, along with books on topics ranging from introductory networking to CCENT, CCNA R&S, CCNA DC, CCNP ROUTE, CCNP QoS, and CCIE R&S. In his four decades as a networker, he has worked as a network engineer, consultant, systems engineer, instructor, and course developer. He now spends his time focused on updating the CCNA books, his blog (www.certskills.com), building his new CCNA YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/@NetworkUpskill), and teaching online (www.certskills.com/courses). You can find him at www.LinkedIn.com/in/WendellOdom, Twitter (@WendellOdom), and at his blog, which provides a variety of free CCNA learning resources.

Jason Gooley, CCIEx2 (RS, SP) No. 38759, is a very enthusiastic and engaging speaker who focuses on teaching others. Jason has more than 30 years of experience in the industry and currently works as the technical evangelist for the Worldwide Enterprise Networking and Software Sales team at Cisco. Jason is very passionate about helping others in the industry succeed. In addition to being a public speaker, Jason has authored numerous Cisco Press books, is a CiscoLive Distinguished Speaker, and is a developer of CCIE exams, training, and blogs for Learning@Cisco. Jason is also a co-founder and member of the Program Committee Board for the Chicago Network Operators Group (CHI-NOG). Jason is the founder and host of @MetalDevOps, which is a YouTube video show about the intersection of metal music and technology. Jason has earned the nickname of “The Godfather of Programmability” from his students and peers and continues to help drive the industry forward around topics such as network programmability and automation.

David Hucaby, CCIE No. 4594, CWNE No. 292, is a technical education content engineer for Cisco Meraki. Previously, he worked as a wireless escalation engineer in a large healthcare environment for more than 20 years. David holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering. He has been authoring Cisco Press titles for 25 years. David lives in Kentucky.