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Free CCNA Study Guide – CCNA Book

Welcome to the free Cisco CCNA study guide.

This is the entire 560 page book students have been using since 2004 to pass their CCNA exam and land their dream Cisco job. Now in it's 6th edition. Completely revised and updated to meet the CCNA exam syllabus topics as well as many topics not listed in the exam but often tested still.

This book will help you prepare for the exam but also help you pass technical job interviews and deal with real-world networking issues such as faulty interfaces, routing protocol issues, broken access lists and more. The new CCNA 200-301 v1.1 topics are covered in the blog posts on this website so remember to read the blog also.

  • Entire CCNA 200-301 syllabus covered (as of 2024)
  • 32 full hands-on labs with solutions
  • 45 mini-labs for protocols and commands
  • Written and edited by three CCIEs
  • Real-world how-to knowledge advice
  • Exam tips included
  • Access lists, IPv6, JSON, STP, troubleshooting, security, subnetting, wireless, and more

This is the entire Cisco CCNA Simplified guide which is available on Amazon if you want the paperback or Kindle version. The Amazon version has access to a ton of practice exams, bonus videos, and lab books. This page is for the latest version Cisco CCNA 200-301.

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Here is the Cisco CCNA video course if you want the entire course in video format as well as access to live Cisco racks and forum support. Membership includes access to over 30 IT certification courses from Cisco to Linux, Wireshark, CompTIA and beyond. And lastly, if you just want to get some hands-on experience configuring Cisco routers, switches, DHCP, routing protocols, VLANs and much more check out our 101 Labs – Cisco CCNA book on Amazon.

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Set aside around two hours per day to read the theory and do the labs you see in these lessons. You will need around two months of hard work in order to be exam-ready. Print out the exam syllabus and score each topic you see out of 10 for your theory understanding and hands-on skills. Your score will slowly improve over time, so be patient and consistent.

Ensure you read our many blog posts where we share our study strategies and test-taking skills. Please watch our YouTube videos also, which give you invaluable technical and study skills that will help you dramatically cut down your study time and improve your chances of a first-time exam pass.

There are no secrets to success in the CCNA exam:

  • Study every day
  • Work on theory and lab skills
  • Take practice exams daily
  • Regularly review all topics until mastered
  • Work on your weak area until they become strong

PART 1 – NETWORK FUNDAMENTALS

Chapter 1 – Networking Fundamentals

Chapter 2 – Ethernet Concepts – What is Ethernet?

Chapter 3 – Cisco IOS and Router Architecture

Chapter 4 – Power over Ethernet and Router Interfaces

Chapter 5 – Wide Area Networks

Chapter 6 – IP Addressing and Subnetting

Chapter 7 – IPv6 Addressing

Chapter 8 – Wireless Standards and Security

PART 2 – NETWORK ACCESS

Chapter 9 – VLANs, DTP and InterVLAN Routing

Chapter 10 – VTP – VLAN Trunking Protocol

Chapter 11 – What is STP?

Chapter 12 – Etherchannels

PART 3 – IP CONNECTIVITY

Chapter 13 – IP Routing

Chapter 14 – RIP (Routing Information Protocol)

Chapter 15 – The OSPF Protocol

Chapter 16 – Advanced OSPF – LSA Types

Chapter 17 – EIGRP

Chapter 18 – VRRP and First Hop Redundancy Protocols

PART 4 – IP SERVICES

Chapter 19 – Port Address Translation – NAT – DNS – DHCP – NTP

Chapter 20 – Learn SNMP – Syslog – QoS

PART 5 – SECURITY FUNDAMENTALS

Chapter 21 – The CIA Triad and Network Threats

Chapter 22 – Access Control Lists

Chapter 23 – Securing Network Devices

Chapter 24 – DHCP Snooping and L2 Threat Mitigation

PART 6 – NETWORK AUTOMATION

Chapter 25 – Network Automation

Chapter 26 – Cisco DNA Center

Chapter 27 – Network Configuration Management

PART 7 – NETWORK TROUBLESHOOTING

Chapter 28 – Network Troubleshooting

Chapter 29 – Advanced Network Troubleshooting

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