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If you ever wanted some hands-on experience to help you in your CCNA preparation (of course you do), then this chapter is for you. This chapter focuses on a number of very important and often-applied skills in networking. The ability to manage configuration files, to load and copy Cisco software, and to understand the impact of these types of commands is vital for your success. More importantly, you need to master these crucial skills to avoid causing a disaster in your company's network and pass the exam of course. Understanding the many password types and security levels used on Cisco routers is equally important. Finally, this chapter describes and illustrates the steps required to set up a router via the initial setup sequence. However, let's start with a review of key concepts from Chapter 8, where we first introduced router configuration. |