This 5-day course focuses on installing, operating, configuring, and verifying a basic IPv4 and IPv6 network. It includes configuring a LAN switch, an IP router, connecting to a WAN, and identifying basic security threats. The course also covers the skills and knowledge necessary to install, operate, and troubleshoot a small to medium-sized branch office Enterprise network. This accelerated format serves as an alternative to completing ICND1 and ICND2.
Course Outline
Lesson 1: Building a Simple Network
- Functions of Networking
- Host-to-Host Communications Model
- LANs
- Operating Cisco IOS Software
- Starting a Switch
- Ethernet and Switch Operation
- Troubleshooting Common Switch Media Issues
Lesson 2: Establishing Internet Connectivity
- TCP/IP Internet Layer
- IP Addressing and Subnets
- TCP/IP Transport Layer
- Functions of Routing
- Configuring a Cisco Router
- Packet Delivery Process
- Enabling Static Routing
- Basics of ACLs
- Enabling Internet Connectivity
Lesson 3: Summary Challenge
- Establish Internet Connectivity
- Troubleshoot Internet Connectivity
Lesson 4: Implementing a Scalable Medium-Sized Network
- Implementing and Troubleshooting VLANs and Trunks
- Building Redundant Switched Topologies
- Improving Redundant Switched Topologies with EtherChannel
- Routing Between VLANs
- Using a Cisco IOS Network Device as a DHCP Server
- Understanding Layer 3 Redundancy
- Implementing RIPv2
Lesson 5: Introducing IPv6
- Introducing Basic IPv6
- Understanding IPv6 Operation
- Configuring IPv6 Static Routes
Lesson 6: Troubleshooting Basic Connectivity
- Troubleshooting IPv4 Network Connectivity
- Troubleshooting IPv6 Network Connectivity
Lesson 7: Implementing Network Device Security
- Securing Administrative Access
- Implementing Device Hardening
- Implementing Advanced Security
Lesson 8: Implementing an EIGRP-Based Solution
- Implementing EIGRP
- Implementing EIGRP for IPv6
- Troubleshooting EIGRP
Lesson 9: Summary Challenge
- Troubleshooting a Medium-Sized Network
- Troubleshooting a Scalable Medium-Sized Network
Lesson 10: Implementing a Scalable OSPF-Based Solution
- Understanding OSPF
- Multiarea OSPF IPv4 Implementation
- Implementing OSPFv3 for IPv6
- Troubleshooting Multiarea OSPF
Lesson 11: Implementing Wide-Area Networks
- Understanding WAN Technologies
- Understanding Point-to-Point Protocols
- Configuring GRE Tunnels
- Configuring Single-Homed EBGP
Lesson 12: Network Device Management
- Implementing Basic Network Device Management
- Evolution of Intelligent Networks
- Introducing QoS
- Managing Cisco Devices
- Licensing
Lesson 13: Change Management Practices
- Troubleshooting a Scalable Multiarea Network
- Implementing and Troubleshooting a Scalable Multiarea Network
Lesson 14: Summary Challenge
- Troubleshooting a Scalable Multiarea Network
- Implementing and Troubleshooting a Scalable Multiarea Network
Self-Study Sections
- Building Redundant Switched Topologies
- Exploring Layer 3 Redundancy
- Introducing WAN Technologies
- Examining the Security Threat Landscape
- Implementing Threat Defense Technologies
- Introducing QoS
- Explaining Wireless Fundamentals
- Introducing Architectures and Virtualization