The Only Authorized Lab Companion for the Cisco Networking Academy Program. Cisco-approved study materials for the Networking Academies courseWritten by the course developerMaps to online curriculum version Increased integration across print products for more effective learning resourceExpanded CD-ROM - To include interactive e-Lab activities, over 400 CCNA preparation questions, Real Media movies and animations and moreIncludes all of the labs that appear on the online curriculum and more than a dozen challenge labs.Provides excellent directions and hints for getting the most out of the labs. "Cisco Networking Academy Program: Lab Companion, Vol. I, Second Edition is the lab companion product to the Cisco Networking Academy Program semesters 1 and 2. This book has been strongly integrated with the "Cisco Networking Academy Program: First-Year Companion Guide, Second Edition and the "Cisco Networking Academy Program: Engineering Journal and Workbook, Volume I, Second Edition. It saves you the time and cost of printing out the online materials. The "Lab Companion contains all the labs from Version 2.1 of the online curriculum, along with additional instruction and bonus labs not found anywhere else. Also includes a CD-ROM containing additional learning materials and e-Labs for reality-based lab training and learning.