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Table of Contents
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Chapter Summary ........................................................................................356
Lab Exercises ...............................................................................................357
Lab 2-1: Enabling RIP .........................................................................357
Chapter 3: Introduction to Switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365
Introduction to Cisco Switches ..................................................................368
System LED .........................................................................................368
RPS LED ...............................................................................................368
Switch display modes ........................................................................369
Understanding Switch Functionality .........................................................371
Switch overview .................................................................................371
Core switch services .........................................................................373
Switch operation modes ...................................................................377
Understanding Data Flow ...........................................................................378
Local communication ........................................................................378
Remote communication ....................................................................380
Basic Switch Con guration ........................................................................382
Con guring the device name ............................................................382
Con guring the IP address ...............................................................382
Remembering to con gure the default gateway setting ...............383
Chapter Summary ........................................................................................384
Lab Exercises ...............................................................................................385
Lab 3-1: Con guring a switch ...........................................................385
Chapter 4: Basic Switch Confi guration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391
Con guring Switch Ports ............................................................................394
Adding a port description .................................................................394
Choosing port speed .........................................................................394
Adjusting the duplex setting ............................................................395
Disabling and enabling ports ............................................................396
Viewing port con guration ...............................................................397
Port security .......................................................................................397
Understanding VLANs .................................................................................401
VLAN concepts ...................................................................................401
Basic VLAN con guration .................................................................403
Chapter Summary ........................................................................................405
Lab Exercises ...............................................................................................406
Lab 4-1: Con guring ports .................................................................406
Lab 4-2: Con guring port security ...................................................406
Lab 4-3: Con guring VLANs ..............................................................408
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting Network Communication . . . . . . . . . . . .413
Understanding Troubleshooting Utilities .................................................416
Using Cisco commands to troubleshoot .........................................416
Troubleshooting commands in Windows .......................................419
Troubleshooting Connectivity Issues .......................................................421
Identifying physical issues................................................................422
Identifying logical issues ...................................................................424
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