Get Hands-on Experience, Sharpen Your Skills, and Advance Your Career with the CCNA Virtual Lab Platinum Edition If you're serious about passing the CCNA exam (640-801), you need hands-on experience with routers and switches. The CCNA Virtual Lab Platinum Edition from Sybex gives you everything you need, and more! You can practice with this "equipment" on your own, use it in conjunction with suggested labs that cover CCNA exam objectives, or design your own custom labs. An affordable alternative to products and courses costing hundreds, even thousands, of dollars, the CCNA Virtual Lab Platinum Edition allows you to work at your own pace, on your own time, so you get the most out of your exam preparation efforts. * Work in a pre-designed network or make your own with the drag-and-drop capabilities of the Network Visualizer(TM). Add network devices and connect them to create a network that can be saved for further practice. * Access configuration consoles for network devices, including 2600 series Cisco routers and 1900 or 2950 series Cisco switches. Practice with all of the Cisco IOS commands you'll need to be familiar with for the CCNA exam. * View the configurations, including IP addresses, for all network devices in the Net Configs window. Equip Yourself with the Knowledge and Skills You Need to Pass the Latest CCNA Exam: * Logging into a router * Starting and saving router configurations * Setting passwords, hostname, banners, interface descriptions, IP address, and clock rate * Using static routes and default routes * Implementing dynamic routing with RIP and IGRP * Routing with EIGRP and OSPF * Backing up, upgrading or restoring your router IOS * Resolving IP names * Using Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) * Configuring PPP with authentication * Configuring Frame Relay