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Contents at a Glance
Introduction
xxi
Chapter 1
All About the Cisco Certified Network and Design Professional Certifications
3
Chapter 2
Cisco Remote Connection Products
19
Chapter 3
Assembling and Cabling WAN Components
43
Chapter 4
Configuring Asynchronous Connections with Modems
67
Chapter 5
Configuring PPP and Controlling Network Access
97
Chapter 6
Using ISDN and DDR to Enhance Remote Connectivity
125
Chapter 7
Configuring the Cisco 700 Series Router
193
Chapter 8
Establishing an X.25 Connection
221
Chapter 9
Establishing Frame Relay Connections and Controlling Traffic Flow
251
Chapter 10
Managing Network Performance with Queuing and Compression
291
Chapter 11
Scaling IP Addresses with Network Address Translation
331
Chapter 12
Using AAA to Scale Access Control in an Expanding Network
367
Appendix A
Answers to the "Do I Know This Already?" Quizzes and Q&A Sections
397
Index
445