CIscO Networking

Duration: 4 weeks (40 hours, 2 hrs/day)

Grade: 9 to 12

Enrollment for additional Course or second kid - 10% discount

Course Content

• INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
• Networking fundamentals
• Networking terminology
• Protocol layering
• Routing vs. bridging
• Cisco hardware/software architecture
• Distribution and core routers
• Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) versions and licensing
• Addressing Cisco security vulnerabilities
• SETTING UP THE ROUTER
Accessing and controlling routers
• Console and AUX ports
• Remote and TFTP configuration
• The Cisco bootstrap sequence
• Setting the configuration register
• Using the start-up configuration dialog
• Creating configuration files
• Selecting a configuration mode: global, interface, router or line
• IOS editing and help features
• IMPLEMENTING IP ROUTING
• Initiating the basic IP configuration
• Assigning IP addresses and subnet masks
• Implementing access lists for enhanced security
• The IP routing process
• Selecting a routing protocol
• Monitoring and maintaining routing tables
• Configuring RIP V1, RIP V2, EIGRP, OSPF
• IP ROUTING PROTOCOLS
• Review of routing concepts
• Distance Vector and Link State routing
• Evaluating routing metrics
• Configuring Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
• Differentiating between RIP V1 and V2
• Tailoring RIP V2 address summarization and authentication
• Deploying Cisco Enhanced Interior Gateway Protocol (EIGRP)
• Transitioning to an OSPF single area network topology
• Routing interaction issues
• Implementing static routes
• Route redistribution
• CONFIGURING INTERFACE PARAMETERS
• • Local area networks
  • Ethernet
  • Port speed
  • Duplex settings
  • Wide area networks
  • Leased lines
  • ISDN
  • Frame relay
  • ATM
  • Setting up ISDN dial-on-demand and dial backup
• TROUBLESHOOTING CISCO ROUTERS
• Maintaining router operations
• Analyzing interface problems
• Finding and resolving IP routing errors with extended ping and trace
• Fixing misconfigurations
• Leveraging ICMP and Cisco debug commands
• Validating Layer 2 connectivity with Cisco Discovery Protocol
• Cisco Information Online
• Exploiting the Cisco documentation
• Contacting the Technical Assistance Center (TAC)
• APPLYING CISCO SWITCHES FOR LAN CONNECTIVITY
• Switch theory of operation
• Preventing loops using Spanning Tree
• Controlling root switch selection
• Working with VLANs
• Executing VLAN configuration
• Managing VLAN trunk lines
• ISL and 802.1Q trunks
• Routing between VLANs
• MAINTAINING AND UPGRADING CISCO ROUTERS
• Planning software upgrades
• Selecting and testing the new IOS release
• Loading the new IOS images
• Recovering a corrupt IOS from the ROMMON prompt
• Installing hardware upgrades
• Planning a hardware maintenance strategy
• Replacing boot ROMs
• Adding RAM and flash memory
• Administering routers
• Securing router access
• Defining local access strings
• Harnessing TACACS+ to authenticate and monitor users
• Recovering lost passwords
• Backing up config files and router images
• SNMP and management tools
• Exploiting Cisco's proprietary MIB
• Analyzing router performance

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