This document provides an introduction to Cisco certification training. It discusses Cisco's history, starting with founders Len and Sandy Bosack creating a gateway server in their home in the 1980s to help different computer systems communicate. This led to them founding cisco Systems in 1984. The company initially produced gateway server products before releasing routers in the 1990s. The document also covers learner responsibilities and introductions for the certification course.

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Course Introduction

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Communications and Services
Certifications

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Prerequisite Learner Skills
and Knowledge
Network
Components
Network
Cabling
LAN Topologies and
Technologies
WAN Topologies and
Technologies
Remote Access
Technologies
OSI Reference
Model
TCP/IP Protocols
and Applications
IP Addressing
Cisco Certified Network
Associate Basics
(CCNAB)

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Learner Responsibilities
•Complete prerequisites
•Introduce yourself
•Ask questions

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Cisco Icons and Symbols

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Learner Introductions
• Your name
• Your company
• Skills and knowledge
• Brief history
• Objective

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Cisco.inc Introduction
Cisco certification can also improve your understanding of the internet-
working of more than just Cisco products.
About Cisco Inc.
Cisco is the king of routing and switching, the Microsoft of the internet-
working world.
Cisco certification can also improve your understanding of the internet-
working of more than just Cisco products.
About Cisco Inc.
Cisco is the king of routing and switching, the Microsoft of the internet-
working world.

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Cisco.inc Introduction
In the early 1980s, Len and Sandy Bosack, a married couple who worked
in different computer departments at Stanford University, were having
trouble getting their individual systems to communicate (like many married
people). So in their living room they created a gateway server that made it
easier for their disparate computers in two different departments to commu-
nicate using the IP protocol. In 1984, they founded cisco Systems (notice the
small c) with a small commercial gateway server product that changed net-
working forever. Some people think the name was intended to be San Fran-
cisco Systems but the paper got ripped on the way to the incorporation
In the early 1980s, Len and Sandy Bosack, a married couple who worked
in different computer departments at Stanford University, were having
trouble getting their individual systems to communicate (like many married
people). So in their living room they created a gateway server that made it
easier for their disparate computers in two different departments to commu-
nicate using the IP protocol. In 1984, they founded cisco Systems (notice the
small c) with a small commercial gateway server product that changed net-
working forever. Some people think the name was intended to be San Fran-
cisco Systems but the paper got ripped on the way to the incorporation

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Cisco.inc Introduction
lawyers—who knows? In 1992, the company name was changed to Cisco
Systems, Inc.
The first product the company marketed was called the Advanced Gate-
way Server (AGS). Then came the Mid-Range Gateway Server (MGS), the
Compact Gateway Server (CGS), the Integrated Gateway Server (IGS), and
the AGS+. Cisco calls these “the old alphabet soup products.”
In 1993, Cisco came out with the amazing 4000 router and then created
the even more amazing 7000, 2000, and 3000 series routers. These are still
around and evolving (almost daily, it seems).
lawyers—who knows? In 1992, the company name was changed to Cisco
Systems, Inc.
The first product the company marketed was called the Advanced Gate-
way Server (AGS). Then came the Mid-Range Gateway Server (MGS), the
Compact Gateway Server (CGS), the Integrated Gateway Server (IGS), and
the AGS+. Cisco calls these “the old alphabet soup products.”
In 1993, Cisco came out with the amazing 4000 router and then created
the even more amazing 7000, 2000, and 3000 series routers. These are still
around and evolving (almost daily, it seems).