Prerequisites
To fully benefit from this course, it is recommended that you have the following
prerequisite skills and knowledge
- Basic computer literacy
- Windows navigation skills
- Basic Internet usage skills
Target Audience
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
- Network Administrator
- Network Engineer
- Network Manager
- Systems Engineer
The secondary audience for this course is as follows:
- Network Designer
- Project Manager
Course Objectives
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe how networks function, identifying major components, function of network
components and
the Open System Interconnection (OSI) reference model
- Using the host-to-host packet delivery process , describe issues related to increasing
traffic on an
Ethernet LAN and identify switched LAN technology solutions to Ethernet networking
issues
- Describes the reasons for extending the reach of a LAN and the methods that can
be used with a focus on RF wireless access
- Describes the reasons for connecting networks with routers and how routed networks
transmit data through networks using TCP/IP
- Describe the function of Wide Area Networks (WANs), the major devices of WANs, and
configure PPP encapsulation, static and dynamic routing, PAT and RIP routing
- Use the command-line interface to discover neighbors on the network and managing
the router's startup and configuration
Course Outline
Building a Simple Network
- Medium-Sized Switched Network Construction
- Lesson 1: Exploring the Functions of Networking
- Lesson 2: Securing the Network
- Lesson 3: Understanding the Host-to-Host Communication Model
- Lesson 4: Understanding TCP/IP's Internet Layer
- Lesson 5: Understanding TCP/IP's Transport Layer
- Lesson 6: Exploring the Packet Delivery Process
- Lesson 7: Understanding Ethernet
- Lesson 8: Connecting to an Ethernet LAN
Ethernet Local Area Networks
- Lesson 1: Understanding the Challenges of Shared LANs
- Lesson 2: Solving Network Challenges with Switched LAN Technology
- Lesson 3: Exploring the Packet Delivery Process
- Lesson 4: Operating Cisco IOS Software
- Lesson 5: Starting a Switch
- Lesson 6: Understanding Switch Security
- Lesson 7: Maximizing the Benefits of Switching
- Lesson 8: Troubleshooting Switch Issues
Wireless Local Area Networks
- Lesson 1: Exploring Wireless Networking
- Lesson 2: Understanding WLAN Security
- Lesson 3: Implementing a WLAN
Exploring the Functions of Routing
- Lesson 1: Exploring the Functions of Routing
- Lesson 2: Understanding Binary Basics
- Lesson 3: Constructing a Network Addressing Scheme
- Lesson 4: Starting a Router
- Lesson 5: Configuring a Router
- Lesson 6: Exploring the Packet Delivery Process
- Lesson 7: Understanding Router Security
- Lesson 8: Using Cisco Router and Security Device Manager
- Lesson 9: Using a Router as a DHCP Server
- Lesson 10: Accessing Remote Devices
Wide Area Networks
- Lesson 1: Understanding WAN Technologies
- Lesson 2: Enabling the Internet Connection
- Lesson 3: Enabling Static Routing
- Lesson 4: Configuring Serial Encapsulation
- Lesson 5: Enabling Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
Network Environment Management
- Lesson 1: Discovering Neighbors on the Network
- Lesson 2: Managing Router Startup and Configuration
- Lesson 3: Managing Cisco Devices
Labs
- Lab 1-1: Using Windows Applications as Network Tools
- Lab 1-2: Observing the TCP Three-Way Handshake
- Lab 1-3: Observing Extended PC Network Information
- Lab 2-1: Connecting to Remote Lab Equipment
- Lab 2-2: Switch Startup and Initial Config
- Lab 2-3: Enhancing Security of Switch Configuration
- Lab 2-4: Operating and Configuring a Cisco IOS Device
- Lab 4-1 Converting Decimal to Binary and Binary to Decimal
- Lab 4-2 Classifying Network Addressing
- Lab 4-3: Computing Usable Subnetworks and Hosts
- Lab 4-4 Calculating Subnet Masks
- Lab 4-5: Initial Router Startup
- Lab 4-6: Initial Router Configuration
- Lab 4-7: Enhancing Security of Initial Router Configuration
- Lab 4-8: Using SDM to Configure DHCP Server Function
- Lab 4-9: Managing Remote Access Sessions
- Lab 5-1: Connecting to the Internet
- Lab 5-2: Connecting to the Main Office
- Lab 5-3: Enable Dynamic Routing to Main Office
- Lab 6-1: Using CDP
- Lab 6-2: Managing Router Startup Options
- Lab 6-3: Managing Cisco Devices
- Lab 6-4: Cap Stone Lab: Network Environment
Management
In this lab activity, the learners will assume that they are taking over the re-configuration
of a branch network from an administrator who has not completed the configuration,
in fact there may be mis-configuration of some of the settings. They will use their
knowledge and experience from the earlier labs to complete the reconfiguration,
correction and testing.
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