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Chappell, Laura. Introduction to Cisco Router Configuration . Cisco Systems Inc., Macmillan Computer Publishing. Indianapolis, IN, 1998. ISBN 0-7645-3186-7. This book provides a great overview of the concepts tested on the CCNA exam.

Ford, Merilee, H. Kim Lew, Steve Spanier, and Kevin Downes. Internetworking Technologies Handbook , 2nd Edition . Macmillan Computer Publishing. Indianapolis, IN, 1998. ISBN 1-56205-102-3. This book is full of resourceful information on internetworking technologies.

Lammle, Todd, Donald Porter, and James Chellis. CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate . Sybex Network Press. Alameda, CA, 1999. ISBN 0-7821-2381-3. This book is a great supplement for learning the technologies tested on the CCNA exam.

Syngress Media, with Richard D. Hornbaker, CCIE. Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide . Osborne/McGraw-Hill. Berkeley, CA, 1998. ISBN 0-07882-487-7. Another great book for review before taking the CCNA exam.

Dictionary of Internetworking Terms and Acronyms . Cisco Press, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2001. ISBN 1-58720045-7. Cisco has its own language for technologies used in its products. You will need to use and understand that language for the test. This book will help.

www.cisco.com, the official Cisco Web site, contains several Cisco white papers on topics such as PPP configuration and troubleshooting.

www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/information/rfc.html, the Computer and Information Science Web site at Ohio State University, provides information about Internet RFC documents. You can review detailed information on PPP in RFCs 1661, 1331, and 2153.