Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Course Description: Cisco Certified Network Associate Course includes the following:  WAN technologies, implementing network security, types of networks and network media,  routing and switching fundamentals, the TCP/IP and OSI models, IP addressing, operating and configuring IOS devices, extending switched networks with VLANs, determining IP routes, managing IP traffic with access lists, establishing point-to-point connections, and establishing Frame Relay connections.

Course Objectives: Providing the skills and knowledge necessary to install, operate, and troubleshoot a small to medium branch office Enterprise Network. Switch and router configuration, connecting to a WAN and implementing network security will be covered. Students should be able to complete configuration and implementation of a small branch office network under supervision. Students will also learn to configure, verify, and troubleshoot OSPF and EIGRP. The ability to apply ACLs based on network requirements, as well as configure, verify, and troubleshoot ACLs on a medium-sized network are key to this course. The ability to configure and judge between NAT and PAT for a medium-sized network will also be covered.

Course Content:

Lesson 1: Internetworking
Lesson 2: Introduction to TCP/IP
Lesson 3: Subnetting, Variable Length Subnet Masks (VLSMs), and Troubleshooting TCP/IP
Lesson 4: Cisco’s Internetworking Operating System (IOS) and Security Device Manager (SDM)
Lesson 5: Managing a Cisco Internetwork
Lesson 6: IP Routing
Lesson 7: Enhanced IGRP (EIGRP) and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Lesson 8: Layer 2 Switching and Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
Lesson 9: Virtual LANs (VLANs)
Lesson 10: Security
Lesson 11: Network Address Translation (NAT)
Lesson 12: Cisco’s Wireless Technologies
Lesson 13: Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
Lesson 14: Wide Area Networks

Exam: Students will be well prepared for the 640-802 Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) examination.
Or, students may choose to forgo the 640-802 CCNA exam and take both of the following exams as equivalent: 640-822 ICND1 and 640-816 ICND2

Course Hours: 49

Prerequisites: Basic Windows skills and the fundamentals of computer and networking concepts are required.