• Maps to new CCNA 3.0 online curriculum
• Additional labs beyond online curriculum for enhanced learning
• Enhanced pedagogy that reinforces the Companion Guide

For use within the CCNA 3 and 4 courses in the Cisco Networking Academy Program. There are currently over 130,000 students in the US enrolled in the CCNA program through the Networking Academy. The revised CCNA 3.0 curriculum will be available in the spring 2003. The Lab Companion will map directly to the new curriculum and is considered the core lab manual of the courses. This lab manual enhances the learning and includes hands-on activities to reinforce the concepts. It presents students with strong pedagogy and learning aids. In addition the book goes beyond the web-based course with enhanced chapters on more difficult subjects, such as advanced routing and IP routing.

The authors are the developers of the web-based curriculum for the Cisco Networking Academy Program. The developers and authors of this book have extensive teaching backgrounds and are experts in the online learning environment.