Introduction Part I Forwarding Chapter 1 Packet Forwarding "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 2 Foundation Topics 3 Network Device Communication 3 Layer 2 Forwarding 4 Layer 3 Forwarding Forwarding Architectures Process Switching Software CEF Hardware CEF Stateful Switchover SDM Templates Exam Preparation Tasks Part II Layer 2 Chapter 2 Spanning Tree Protocol "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz Foundation Topics Spanning Tree Protocol Fundamentals IEEE 802.1D STP Building the STP Topology STP Topology Changes Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol RSTP (802.1W) Port States RSTP (802.1W) Port Roles RSTP (802.1W) Port Types Building the RSTP Topology Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 3 Advanced STP Tuning "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz Foundation Topics STP Topology Tuning Root Bridge Placement Modifying STP Root Port and Blocked Switch Port Locations Modifying STP Port Priority Additional STP Protection Mechanisms Root Guard STP Portfast BPDU Guard BPDU Filter Problems with Unidirectional Links Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 4 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz Foundation Topics Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol MST Instances (MSTIs) MST Configuration MST Verification MST Tuning Common MST Misconfigurations MST Region Boundary Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 5 VLAN Trunks and EtherChannel Bundles "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz Foundation Topics VLAN Trunking Protocol VTP Communication VTP Configuration VTP Verification Dynamic Trunking Protocol EtherChannel Bundle Dynamic Link Aggregation Protocols Verifying Port-Channel Status Viewing EtherChannel Neighbors Verifying EtherChannel Packets Advanced LACP Configuration Options Troubleshooting EtherChannel Bundles Load Balancing Traffic with EtherChannel Bundles Exam Preparation Tasks Part III Routing Chapter 6 IP Routing Essentials "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz Foundation Topics Routing Protocol Overview Distance Vector Algorithms Enhanced Distance Vector Algorithms Link-State Algorithms Path Vector Algorithm Path Selection Prefix Length Administrative Distance Metrics Static Routing Static Route Types Floating Static Routing Static Null Routes IPv6 Static Routes Virtual Routing and Forwarding Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 7 EIGRP "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz Foundation Topics EIGRP Fundamentals Autonomous Systems EIGRP Terminology Topology Table EIGRP Neighbors Path Metric Calculation Wide Metrics Metric Backward Compatibility Load Balancing Failure Detection and Timers Convergence Route Summarization Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 8 OSPF "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz Foundation Topics OSPF Fundamentals Inter-Router Communication OSPF Hello Packets Router ID Neighbors Designated Router and Backup Designated Router OSPF Configuration OSPF Network Statement Interface-Specific Configuration Statically Setting the Router ID Passive Interfaces Requirements for Neighbor Adjacency Sample Topology and Configuration Confirmation of Interfaces Verification of OSPF Neighbor Adjacencies Verification of OSPF Routes Default Route Advertisement Common OSPF Optimizations Link Costs Failure Detection DR Placement OSPF Network Types Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 9 Advanced OSPF "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz Foundation Topics Areas Area ID OSPF Route Types Link-State Announcements LSA Sequences LSA Age and Flooding LSA Types Discontiguous Networks OSPF Path Selection Intra-Area Routes Interarea Routes Equal-Cost Multipathing Summarization of Routes Summarization Fundamentals Interarea Summarization Summarization Metrics Configuration of Interarea Summarization Route Filtering Filtering with Summarization Area Filtering Local OSPF Filtering Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 10 OSPFv3 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz Foundation Topics OSPFv3 Fundamentals OSPFv3 Link-State Advertisement OSPFv3 Communication OSPFv3 Configuration OSPFv3 Verification Passive Interface Summarization Network Type IPv4 Support in OSPFv3 Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 11 BGP "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz Foundation Topics BGP Fundamentals Autonomous System Numbers Path Attributes Loop Prevention Address Families Inter-Router Communication BGP Neighbor States Basic BGP Configuration Verification of BGP Sessions Prefix Advertisement Receiving and Viewing Routes BGP Route Advertisements from Indirect Sources Route Summarization Aggregate Address Atomic Aggregate Route Aggregation with AS_SET Multiprotocol BGP for IPv6 IPv6 Configuration IPv6 Summarization Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 12 Advanced BGP "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz Foundation Topics BGP Multihoming Resiliency in Service Providers Internet Transit Routing Branch Transit Routing Conditional Matching Access Control Lists Prefix Matching Regular Expressions (regex) Route Maps Conditional Matching Optional Actions The continue Keyword BGP Route Filtering and Manipulation Distribute List Filtering Prefix List Filtering AS Path ACL Filtering Route Maps Clearing BGP Connections BGP Communities Well-Known Communities Enabling BGP Community Support Conditionally Matching BGP Communities Setting Private BGP Communities Understanding BGP Path Selection Routing Path Selection Using Longest Match BGP Best Path Overview Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 13 Multicast "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz Foundation Topics Multicast Fundamentals Multicast Addressing Layer 2 Multicast Addresses Internet Group Management Protocol IGMPv2 IGMPv3 IGMP Snooping Protocol Independent Multicast PIM Distribution Trees PIM Terminology PIM Dense Mode PIM Sparse Mode Reverse Path Forwarding PIM Forwarder Rendezvous Points Static RP Auto-RP PIM Bootstrap Router Exam Preparation Tasks Part IV Services Chapter 14 QoS "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz Foundation Topics The Need for QoS Lack of Bandwidth Latency and Jitter Packet Loss QoS Models Classification and Marking Classification Marking DSCP Per-Hop Behaviors Scavenger Class Trust Boundary A Practical Example: Wireless QoS Policing and Shaping Placing Policers and Shapers in the Network Markdown Token Bucket Algorithms Types of Policers Congestion Management and Avoidance Congestion Management Congestion-Avoidance Tools Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 15 IP Services "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz Foundation Topics Time Synchronization Network Time Protocol NTP Configuration Stratum Preference NTP Peers First-Hop Redundancy Protocol Object Tracking Hot Standby Router Protocol Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol Global Load Balancing Protocol Network Address Translation NAT Topology Static NAT Pooled NAT Port Address Translation Exam Preparation Tasks Part V Overlay Chapter 16 Overlay Tunnels "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz Foundation Topics Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) Tunnels GRE Tunnel Configuration GRE Configuration Example Problems with Overlay Networks: Recursive Routing IPsec Fundamentals Authentication Header Encapsulating Security Payload Transform Sets Internet Key Exchange IPsec VPNs Site-to-Site IPsec Configuration Cisco Location/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) LISP Architecture and Protocols LISP Operation Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (VXLAN) Exam Preparation Tasks Part VI Wireless Chapter 17 Wireless Signals and Modulation "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz Foundation Topics Understanding Basic Wireless Theory Understanding Frequency Understanding Phase Measuring Wavelength Understanding RF Power and dB Carrying Data Over an RF Signal Maintaining AP--Client Compatibility Using Multiple Radios to Scale Performance Maximizing the AP--Client Throughput Exam Preparation Tasks Chapter 18 Wireless Infrastructure "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz Foundation Topics Wireless LAN Topologies Autonomous Topology Lightweight AP Topologies Pairing Lightwei.