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To Our Valued Readers:
Since its inception, the Cisco Certified Network Associate program has established itself as the premier
internetworking certification. Sybex is proud to have helped hundreds of thousands of CCNA candidates
prepare for their exams in recent years, and we are excited about the opportunity to continue to provide
individuals with the knowledge and skills they'll need to succeed in the highly competitive IT industry.
With the recent revision of the CCNA exam, Cisco raised the bar considerably, adding simulation
questions to verify the skills associated with hands-on router configuration. Sybex welcomes this new
testing feature as we strongly advocate a comprehensive and practical instructional approach to
certification exam preparation. It has always been Sybex's mission to teach exam candidates how new
technologies work in the real world, not to simply feed them answers to test questions. Sybex was
founded on the premise of providing technical skills to IT professionals, and we have continued to
build on that foundation. Over the years, we have made significant improvements to our study guides
based on feedback from readers, suggestions from instructors, and comments from industry leaders.
Cisco's new CCNA exam is indeed challenging. The author, renowned Cisco authority Todd Lammle,
and Sybex's editors and technical reviewers have worked hard to ensure that this
CCNA: Cisco
Certified Network Associate Study Guide
is comprehensive, in-depth, and pedagogically sound. We're
confident that this book, along with the collection of cutting-edge software study tools included on
the CD, will meet and exceed the demanding standards of the certification marketplace and help
you, the CCNA exam candidate, succeed in your endeavors.
Good luck in pursuit of your CCNA certification!
Neil Edde
Associate Publisher--Certification
Sybex, Inc.
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