Course Highlights
In this course you will learn:
- Learn the basics of networking.
- The difference between protocols like IP, TCP, and UDP.
- The difference between IPv4 and IPv6.
- The difference between routers and switches.
- How to configure Cisco Catalyst switches.
- How to configure Cisco IOS routers.
- How to configure the OSPF routing protocol.
- How to protect your routers with access-lists and VPNs.
- How network automation impacts traditional network management
- And many other topics…
Requirements
1. Basic computer skills.
2. A basic understanding of networking.
Course Schedule
Unit 1: Introduction
- How to study for CCNA
- How to study Networking
- How to take networking notes
- How to build a CCNA Lab
- What is Networking
Unit 2: Network Fundamentals
- Introduction to the OSI Model
- Introduction to IPv4 (Internet Protocol)
- IPv4 Packet Header
- Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
- Introduction to TCP and UDP
- TCP Header
- TCP Window Size Scaling
- Introduction to ICMP
- Introduction to DNS
- Introduction to Cisco Command Line Interface (CLI)
- User mode and Privileged mode
Unit 3: Network Access
3.1 LAN
- Introduction to LANs
- Introduction to Ethernet
- Collision Domains
- Broadcast Domains
- How a switch learns MAC addresses
- Power over Ethernet (PoE)
- Network Topologies
- Troubleshooting Interfaces
3.2 VLANs and Trunks
- Introduction to VLANs
- How to configure VLANs
- Introduction to 802.1Q
- How to configure a Trunk
- VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)
- Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP)
- 802.1Q Native VLAN
- Introduction to Voice VLAN
- Troubleshooting VLANs and Trunks
- Etherchannels
- L3 Etherchannel
3.3 Spanning Tree
- Introduction to Spanning-Tree
- Per VLAN Spanning-Tree
- Spanning-Tree Port States
- Spanning-Tree Root Bridge Configuration
- Spanning-Tree Cost Calculation
- Spanning-Tree Portfast
- Rapid PVST
- Rapid PVST Configuration
- Spanning-Tree BPDUGuard
3.4 Wireless
- Introduction to Wireless Networks
- Introduction to Wireless LANs
- Wireless LAN 802.11 Service Sets
- Introduction to Wireless Security
- Wireless Authentication Methods
- Wireless Encryption and Integrity
- Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
- Cisco Wireless Network Architectures
- Cisco WLC Deployment Models
- Cisco Wireless AP Modes
- Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Basic Configuration
- Cisco WLC WPA2 PSK Authentication
Unit 4: IP Connectivity
- 4.1 introduction
- Introduction to Routers and Routing
- Cisco IOS Router Basic Configuration
- Introduction to Wide Area Networks (WAN)
- Metro Ethernet
- 4.2 IPV4 Subnetting
- Introduction to Subnetting
- Basics of Binary Numbers
- Subnetting in Binary
- Subnetting in Decimal (Fast Method)
- Classless InterDomain Routing (CIDR)
- Variable Length Subnet Mask (VLSM)
- Route Summarization
- Hexadecimal to Binary and Decimal Conversion
- Create a Subnetting Cheat Sheet
- 4.3 Routing
- Default Gateway
- Static Routing
- Floating Static Route
- IP Routing Explained
- Router on a Stick
- InterVLAN Routing
- Traceroute
- Administrative Distance
- Longest prefix match routing
- Introduction to Route Summarization
- 4.4 OSPF
- Introduction to OSPF
- OSPF Configuration
- OSPF Packets and Neighbor Discovery
- OSPF Reference Bandwidth
- OSPF Router ID
- OSPF DR/BDR Election
- OSPF Passive Interface
- OSPF Hello and Dead Interval
- OSPF Multi-Area
- OSPF Default Route
- Troubleshoot OSPF Neighbor Adjacency
- 4.5 Gateway Redundancy
- Introduction to Gateway Redundancy
Unit 5: IP Services
5.1 DHCP
o Introduction to DHCP
o DHCP Client
o DHCP Server Configuration
o DHCP Relay Agent
5.2 SNMP
- Introduction to SNMP
- SNMPv2
- SNMPv3
5.3 NAT
- Introduction to NAT and PAT
- NAT Static
- NAT Dynamic
- Port Address Translation (PAT)
- Troubleshooting NAT/PAT
5.4 Quality of Service (QoS)
- Introduction to Quality of Service (QoS)
- IP Precedence and DSCP Values
- Classification
- Marking
- QoS Trust Boundary
- Shaping
- Policing
- Weighted Random Early Detection (WRED)
Unit 6: IPv6
- Introduction to IPv6
- Shortening IPv6 Addresses
- How to find IPv6 Prefix
- IPv6 Address Types
- IPv6 Address Assignment Example
- IPv6 EUI-64
- IPv6 Summarization
- IPv6 Solicited Node Multicast Address
- IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP)
- IPv6 Stateless Autoconfiguration
- IPv6 Static Route
- DHCP Server IPv6 Configuration
Unit 7: Security Fundamentals
7.1 Access-Lists
- Introduction to Access-Lists
- Wildcard Bits
- Standard Access-List
- Extended Access-List
- Time-based Access-List
7.2 Misc
- Network Security Threats, Vulnerabilities and Countermeasures
- Port-Security
- AAA and 802.1X
- AAA User Authentication
- AAA Admin Authentication
- DHCP Snooping
- ARP Poisoning
- Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI)
- Introduction to Firewalls
- Introduction to VPNs
Unit 8: Network Management
- Introduction to CDP
- Introduction to LLDP
- Telnet Server and Client
- SSH Server and Client
- Introduction to NTP
- Introduction to Syslog
- Configuration Register
- Password Recovery on Cisco IOS
- Cisco IOS Filesystem
- Upgrade Cisco IOS Image
Unit 9: Network Design
- Cisco Campus Network Design
- Spine and Leaf Architecture
Unit 10: Automation and Programmability
- Introduction to Software Defined Networking (SDN)
- Introduction to SDN OpenDaylight
- Device Programmability
- REST API
- Data Models and Structures
- Configuration Management Tools and Version Control Systems
- Introduction to SD-Access
Unit 11: Cloud Computing
- Virtual Machines and Containers
- Introduction to Cloud Computing
- Cloud Connectivity
Unit 12: Practice Exam
- CCNA 200-301 Practice Exam