This guide offers a solid foundation in baseline internetworking, assuming a degree of familiarity with local area networks, with all examples coming from Cisco products and engineering. Unlike titles aimed at CCNA candidates, it teaches the basics from the operations standpoint.

Cisco Systems is the premier vendor of products that link networks together and route network traffic. Most network professionals at the CNE or MCSE level need to know internetworking, yet building an internetwork is tricky business even for seasoned administrators This guide offers a solid foundation in baseline internetworking, assuming a degree of familiarity with local area networks, with all examples coming from Cisco products and engineering. Unlike titles aimed at CCNA candidates, this book teaches the basics from the operations standpoint not an exam one.