CCNA Bootcamp v2.0

COURSE OUTLINE:

Description The CCNA Boot Camp combines ICND1, which offers fundamental networking knowledge and ICND2, which will provide an advanced look at troubleshooting and introducing security and wireless topics. Both courses incorporate a large proportion of hands-on lab experience.

Who should attend

CCNA Candidates

Certifications

This course is part of the following Certifications:

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Prerequisites

Delegates should have a reasonable understanding of the basics of Routing and Switching technologies - they should be familiar with a PC, understand how to change an IP address on a PC, use the ipconfig command and understand the different types of Ethernet cable.

Course Objectives

After completing this course, delegates will be able to:

Describe computer hardware basics, binary and hexadecimal number systems, basic networking terminology, and internetworking concepts
Identify the major components of a network system, including clients and servers, network interface cards (NICs), internetworking devices, media, and topologies
Describe the functions, operations, and primary components of local-area networks (LANs), wide-area networks (WANs), metropolitan-area networks (MANs), storage-area networks (SANs), content networks (CNs), and virtual private networks (VPNs)
Describe the major network access methods and outline the key features of each
Describe the functions and operations of switching technologies
Explain the format and significance of each of the following components to a network system: IP addressing, classes, reserved address space, and subnetting
Calculate valid subnetwork addresses and mask values so that user/network requirements are met when given an IP address scheme
Explain the purposes of networking addresses, routing protocols, and routed protocols
Describe the functions, operations, and primary components of WAN technologies
Describe the function, operation, and primary components required to provide remote access services
Use available configuration tools to establish connectivity to the appropriate network device in order to complete the initial device configuration
Build a functional configuration to support the specified network operational requirements, given a network design
Use the appropriate show commands to display network operational parameters so that anomalites are detected
Use the appropriate debug commands to monitor network operational parameters so that anomalies are detected
Explain how bridging and switching operates
Explain the purpose and operations of the Spanning-Tree Protocol
Build a functional router configuration to support the specified network operational requirements, given a network design
Describe the features and operation of static routing

Course Content

MODULE 1: THE OSI MODEL AND NETWORKING BASICS

Lesson 1: Network Basics
What is a Network?
Network Basic Components
Network Topology Types (Bus, Star, Ring)
Network Characteristics (Bandwidth, Topology, Availability, etc.) Physical vs. Logical Topologies
The Importance of Network Diagrams and Documentation

Lesson 2: The OSI Model
The need for a Layered Model
Describing the 7 OSI Layers
Packet Encapsulation Process
The TCP/IP Layered Model

Lesson 3: The Physical Layer
NIC and Router Interfaces
Media Requirements
Types of Cables (Straight Through, Cross Over, and Rollover)

Lesson 4: The Data Link Layer
What is a LAN?
Media Requirements
L2 Protocols
What is Ethernet?
CSMA/CD
Components and Functions of a LAN
Ethernet Framing
MAC or Physical Address

Lesson 5: The Network Layer
The Internet Protocol (IP)
IP Addresses Format
Private vs. Public Addresses
IP Address Classes
Assigning IP Addresses (Manual vs. Dynamic using DHCP)
Domain Name System (DNS)

Lesson 6: Binary Basics
Decimal vs. Binary
Decimal to Binary Conversion
Binary to Decimal Conversion

Lesson 7: IP Addressing and Subnetting
What is Subnetting?
What is a Subnet Mast?
How to calculate Subnets

Lesson 8: The Transport Layer. TCP
The Transport Control Protocol
The User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
Reliable vs. Unreliable Services
Mapping Applications (Port Numbers)
Establishing a TCP Session
Windowing, Sequence numbers and Acknowledgement in TCP

Lesson 9: The Packet Delivery Process
Layer Interaction
The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
PING
Trace route

MODULE 2: ETHERNET LANS AND SWITCHING

Lesson 1: Challenges of Shared LANs
What is a Switch?
Advantages of Switches
Problems with Shared Networks (Congestion, Collisions, and Broadcast)
The Switching Process
Solving Shared LANs issues with Bridges and Switches
LAN network Design using Switches (the Hierarchical Model, Interconnection Speeds)

Lesson 2: Cisco IOS Basics
What is IOS?
Device Startup Process
Cisco Devices Configuration Methods
The Command Line Interface (CLI)
User vs. Privileged Mode
CLI Help Facilities (Context Sensitive help and Command History)

Lesson 3: Basic Cisco Switch Configuration
Starting a Cisco Switch
Basic Switch Configuration
The MAC Address Table
Duplex vs. Half Duplex Port Operation

Lesson 4: VLANs and Trunking
The Need for VLANs
What is a VLAN?
VLANs and IP Addressing
Network Traffic Types and VLANS
Voice VLANs
VLAN Operation
VLAN Membership modes (Static vs. Dynamic Using VMPS)
IEEE 802.1q Trunking
Cisco VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)
Configuring VLANs, Trunking, and VTP

Lesson 5: VLAN Routing
VLAN-to-VLAN Routing Overview
Router in a Stick Configuration

Lesson 6: Spanning Tree Protocol
Introducing Spanning Tree Protocol
STP Port Status
STP Portfast
STP Portcost
Per-VLAN STP (PVST)
Problems with Redundant LANs (Broadcast Storms, Instabilities, and Duplicate Packets)
Spanning Tree Operation (STP Decision Process)
Rapid STP (RSTP)
Selecting the Root Bridge

Lesson 7: Switch Troubleshooting
The Layered Approach
Troubleshooting Steps
VTP Problems
STP Problems
Physical Layer Problems (Collisions, Duplex, and Speed Mismatch, etc.)
Configuration Issues

MODULE 3: CISCO ROUTER BASICS

Lesson 1: Starting a Cisco Router
The Boot Up Process
Setup Mode
Cisco AutoSecure
User vs. Privileged Mode
Show Version Command

Lesson 2: Managing Cisco Router Configuration Files and IOS Images
Power On Self Test (POST)
Memory Types
Finding and Loading the IOS Image and Configuration File
Configuration Register

Lesson 3: Cisco Router File System
Lesson 4: Basic Cisco Routing Configuration
Router Configuration Modes
Basic Interface Configuration

Lesson 5: Cisco Router and Security Device Manager (SDM)
What is SDM?
SDM Support
SDM Menus and Wizards

Lesson 6: Configuring DHCP through SDM
Understanding DHCP
HCP Configuration Steps

Lesson 7: Router Remote Access
net and SSH Details

Lesson 8: Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)

MODULE 4: BASIC NETWORK SECURITY

Lesson 1: The Need for Network Security
Understanding and Configuring Static and Default Routes
Understanding and Configuring Static and Default Routes

Lesson 2: Configuring Passwords, Hostnames, and Banners for Routers and Switches
Configuring Passwords, Hostname, and Banners

Lesson 3: Securing Remote Access
Telnet and SSH

Lesson 4: Switch Security Practices and Features
Recommended Switch Security Practices
Configuring Switch Passwords and Banners
Port Security
IEEE 802.1x

MODULE 5: ROUTING

Lesson 1: Routing Basics
What is a Router?
Path Determination
Router Operation
The Routing Table
Static vs. Dynamic Routing Table Entries
Administrative Distance
Metrics
Types of Routing Protocols
Distance Vector Routing Protocols Concepts
Link State Routing Protocols Concepts

Lesson 2: VLSM and Routing Summarization
Lesson 3: Static Routing
Understanding and Configuring Static and Default Routes

Lesson 4: Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
RIP Overview
RIPv1 and RIPv2
Configuring and Verifying RIP

Lesson 5: Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
OSPF Overview
OSPF Areas
OSPF Adjacencies
The SPF Process
Configuring and Verifying OSPF
OSPF Load Balancing
OSPF Authentication

Lesson 6: Troubleshooting OSPF
Lesson 7: Cisco Enhanced Exterior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
EIGRP Overview
Configuring and Verifying EIGRP
EIGRP Metrics and Load Balancing
EIGRP Authentication

Lesson 8: Troubleshooting EIGRP

MODULE 6: ACLS

Lesson 1: Understanding ACL Operations
ACL Uses
ACL Types
ACL Operations
Dynamic ACLs
Reflexive ACLs

Lesson 2: Configuring and Verifying ACLs

MODULE 7: WANS

Lesson 1: WAN Concepts
What is WAN?
WANs vs. LANs
WANs and the OSI Model
WAN Physical Layer

Lesson 2: Serial Encapsulation
HDLC
PPP
Serial Interface Configuration and Verification

Lesson 3: Frame Relay
Frame Relay Overview
NBMA Issues
Frame Relay Signaling
Frame Relay Inverse ARP
Configuring and Verifying Frame Relay
Troubleshooting Frame Relay

Lesson 4: Network Address Translation
NAT Operations
Port Address Translation
Configuring and Verifying NAT/PAT
Troubleshooting NAT/PAT

Lesson 5: Connecting to the Internet
Connecting to the internet
DSL
Cable
Configuring DHCP and SDM
Configuring NAT/PAT Using SDM

Lesson 6: VPNs
What is a VPN?
Benefits of VPNs
Site-to-Site and Remote-Access VPNs
Cisco Easy VPN
IPSEC (Confidentiality, Encryption, Data Integrity, Authentication)
VPN Cisco Devices

MODULE 8: IPV6

Lesson 1: IPv6 Basics
The Need of IPv6
IPv6 Features
IPv6 Address Representation
EUI-64 Interface ID
Stateless Auto configuration
IPv6 Address Types (Unicast, Multicast, and Anycast)
Unicast Addresses (Global, Link-Local, Unique-Local)
Stateful Auto configuration (DHCPv6)
IPv6 Routing Protocols (RIPng)
Transition Mechanisms (Dual Stack, Manual Tunnels)
Lesson 2: Cisco IPv6 Configuration

MODULE 9: WIRELESS LANS

Lesson 1: Wireless LAN Concepts
Difference Between Wired and Wireless LANs
Radio Frequencies for Wireless LANs
WiFi Certification
IEEE 802.11 Standards

Lesson 2: Wireless Security
Wireless LANs Threats
Mitigating The Threats
IEEE 802.1x
Wireless LAN Security Evolution (WEP, EAP, WPA, WPA2)
Wireless Client Associations. SSID
WPA vs. WPA2

Lesson 3: Wireless LAN Implementation
Ad Hoc vs. Infrastructure Mode
Coverage and Transmission Speeds
Access Point Configuration
Implementation Steps
Wireless Client Types
Common Wireless Issues
Wireless LAN Troubleshooting

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