CCNA 200-301

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

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

Introduction to DHCP
DHCP Client
DHCP Server Configuration
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