<p><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Get started using Cisco technologies quickly and easily </font></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Here is a fully updated edition of the bestselling introductory guide to Cisco products and technologies. <em>Cisco: A Beginner's Guide, Fourth Edition</em> provides you with a practical hands-on resource for successfully designing and managing a Cisco network. Learn to work with Cisco routers and switches, wireless technologies, and storage tools. You'll also get full details on network security, including firewalls, as well as communications solutions such as VoIP. This is a must-have resource for anyone interested in internetworking and Cisco technologies. </font></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Work with Cisco's Internet technologies </font></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Configure Cisco routers and networks</font></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Understand Cisco internetworking technologies including LAN switches, multilayered switching, and VLANs</font></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Secure your network using CiscoSecure ACS, Cisco PIX firewall, IOS Firewall, and other methods </font></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Enable wireless internetworking using the Cisco Aironet and Airespace products</font></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Deploy VoIP via Cisco Unified Communications</font></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Implement Cisco storage area network (SAN) and content delivery network (CDN) solutions </font></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Use both open standard routing protocols (RIP, OSPF, BGP) and Cisco-proprietary protocols (IGRP and EIGRP)</font></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Design, manage, and troubleshoot a robust Cisco network</font></span></li></ul><p> </p>