Overview
This 5-day course focuses on how to install, operate, configure, and verify a basic IPv4 and IPv6 network, including configuring a LAN switch, configuring an IP router, connecting to a WAN, and identifying basic security threats. This course also covers on skills and knowledge necessary to install, operate, and troubleshoot a small to medium-sized branch office Enterprise network. This course is an accelerated time format alternative to completion of ICND1 and ICND2.
Prerequisites
Participants who wish to take up this course should be familiar with:
- Basic computer literacy
- Basic PC operating system navigation skills
- Basic Internet usage skills
- Basic IP address knowledge
- Good understanding of network fundamentals
Who Should Attend?
This course will significantly benefit towards network specialists, network administrators, and network engineers. This course is also recommended for individuals whose network support engineer positions would require the CCNA certification.
Course Outline
- 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
- 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
- Establish Internet Connectivity
- Troubleshoot Internet Connectivity
- 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
- Introducing Basic IPv6
- Understanding IPv6 Operation
- Configuration IPv6 Static Routes
- Troubleshooting IPv4 Network Connectivity
- Troubleshooting IPv6 Network Connectivity
- Securing Administrative Access
- Implementing Device Hardening
- Implementing Advance Security
- Implementing EIGRP
- Implementing EIGRP for IPv6
- Troubleshooting EIGRP
- Troubleshooting a Medium-Sized Network
- Troubleshooting Scalable Medium-Sized Network
- Understanding OSPF
- Multiarea OSPF IPv4 Implementation
- Implementing OSPFv3 for IPv6
- Troubleshooting Multiarea OSPF
- Understanding WAN Technologies
- Understanding Point-to-Point Protocols
- Configuring GRE Tunnels
- Configuring Single-Homed EBGP
- Implementing Basic Network Device Management
- Evolution of Intelligent Networks
- Introducing QoS
- Managing Cisco Devices
- Licensing
- Troubleshooting Scalable Multiarea Network
- Implementing and Troubleshooting
- Scabable Multiarea Network
