(5 Days)

Introduction

This course focuses on providing the skills and knowledge necessary to install, operate, and troubleshoot a small branch office Enterprise network, including configuring a switch, a router, and connecting to a WAN and implementing network security. A Student should be able to complete configuration and implementation of a small branch office network under supervision.
 

Audience

Network technicians and individuals seeking CCENT and/or CCNA certification.

Prerequisites

To benefit fully from this course, it is recommended that you have the following prerequisite skills and knowledge:

• Basic computer literacy

• Basic Windows navigation skills

• Basic Internet usage skills

• Basic e-mail usage skills

Course Objectives

After completing this course the student should 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

Certified Professional Exams

This course prepares for you the following Certified Professional Exams:

Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician (CCENT)
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Course Outline

Building a Simple Network
Ethernet Local Area Networks
Wireless Local Area Networks
Exploring the Functions of Routing
Wide Area Networks
Network Environment Management

Hands-on Lab Exercises

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: Confirming the Re-Configuration of the Branch Network
 

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