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Cisco routers and switches are the cornerstones of many networks. But when things break, repairs can intimidate even the most competent administrator. Luckily, just knowing the "in case of emergency" basics will take you far.

Just like the original, this second edition of the highly acclaimed Cisco Routers for the Desperate is written for the administrator in crisis mode. Updated to cover switches and the latest Cisco terminology, with a tighter focus on the needs of the small network administrator, this second edition gives you what you need to know to provide reliable network services and fix problems fast. You'll find coverage of:
–Installation—how to get your router and network connections up and running right the first time
–Troubleshooting routers and switches, so that you can determine whether your hardware or the Internet is broken
–Security concerns, like how to keep your network equipment safe from hackers and install a private network between two offices
–How to implement basic network redundancy to reduce the risk of network downtime

Cisco Routers for the Desperate, 2nd Edition is designed to be read once and left alone until something breaks. When it does, you'll have everything you need to know in one easy-to-follow guidebook.

Length: 144 pages	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled	Page Flip: Enabled
Language: English

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--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

About the Author

Michael W. Lucas is a network/security engineer with extensive experience working with high-availability systems. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Absolute FreeBSD, Absolute OpenBSD, Cisco Routers for the Desperate, and PGP & GPG, all from No Starch Press. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN : B002MZAR7C
Publisher : No Starch Press; Second edition (1 February 2009)
Language : English
File size : 1068 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Not Enabled
Print length : 144 pages

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Useful book!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 January 2020

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Excellent book.

Not just for the desperate

Reviewed in the United States on 5 December 2012

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I'm a CCNA/NP candidate, and having been out of the I.T. for a few years, and then not only finding employment, but a job in a WAN environment, I found myself in over my head.

Things had changed, and I needed to forget about things like Frame Relay, and accept BGP as the lord of corporate circuits to branch offices, and needed to get up to speed rather quickly.

Probably an easier read if you're someone who understands technology, and definitely wouldn't recommend it if you're not familiar with tech speak, but certainly more conversational than the typical tech books.

Well worth my time to read too in pursuit of my Cisco certifications, but it won't allow me to pass the test as my lone source of knowledge. Not that I expected it to.

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Reviewed in the United States on 8 August 2011

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As a CCNA I found this book really interesting (and well written). Even though I know the technical side of routers and routing, the author throws in some really interesting real world issues - like how to provision a circuit, as one example. It is worth the money.

I've read a lot of networking books, primarily Cisco related, and the author throws in some interesting insights that you may not find anywhere else. However, if you have no idea what a subnet is, this book won't help you much, and understanding subnetting is foundational to hooking up your router/switch to anything. The appendix on subnetting will only further flumux the uninitiated. I have seen half of a Cisco networking class disappear after the first mid-term, due to subnetting questions, and that was after weeks of preparing to answer them.

His target audience is for someone who is desparate, and needs some answers now, not after they read five books and/or get their CCNA or Network+ certificate, and he sticks to his mission.

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good

Reviewed in the United States on 15 May 2017

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Good and very useful, I recommend to all doing any work with network gears. However this book is focusing on Cisco it teaches a few other common practices which can be used on any equipment.

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Served its purpose

Reviewed in the United States on 4 June 2012

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This book saved me time and potential headaches this past weekend. I need(ed) a succinct "instruction manual" for logging in to my Cisco Catalyst 3750 switches, verifying a few configuration settings, modifying jumbo MTU size, and saving the changes.

I had plenty of official online documentation for the MTU changes, but I really wasn't comfortable with the very basics of Cisco IOS's command line interface. I bought this book to help ensure I wouldn't shoot myself in the foot. Authenticating, navigating unprivileged vs. privileged EXEC, and making config changes are all covered in Cisco Routers for the Desperate. (And then some.) That's what I needed.

Served its purpose for a Linux sysadmin who inherited a couple switches.

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