
Intro – 8 Days
At Course Completion:
After completing this course, students will be able to: - Describe computer hardware basics, binary and hexadecimal number systems, basic networking terminology, and internetworking concepts - Identify the major components of a network system, including clients and servers, network interface cards (NICs), internetworking devices, media, and topologies - Describe the functions, operations, and primary components of local-area networks (LANs), wide-area networks (WANs), metropolitan-area networks (MANs), storage-area networks (SANs), content networks (CNs), and virtual private networks (VPNs) - Describe the major network access methods and outline the key features of each - Describe the functions and operations of switching technologies - Explain the format and significance of each of the following components to a network system: IP addressing, classes, reserved address space, and subnetting - Calculate valid subnetwork addresses and mask values so that user/network requirements are met when given an IP address scheme - Explain the purposes of networking addresses, routing protocols, and routed protocols - Describe the functions, operations, and primary components of WAN technologies - Describe the function, operation, and primary components required to provide remote access services - Use available configuration tools to establish connectivity to the appropriate network device in order to complete the initial device configuration
ICND – 12 Days
At Course Completion:
After completing this course, the student should be able to: - Configure a Catalyst switch for basic operations, given a need for plug-and-play operation - Configure and troubleshoot Virtual LANs (VLANs), given an operational access layer switch - Configure and troubleshoot Routing Information Protocol (RIP), Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), given operational routers - Configure IP access lists, given a functioning router - Configure serial interfaces using PPP and High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC), given a functioning router - Configure Frame Relay, given functioning Cisco routers - Configure DDR between two routers with Basic Rate interface (BRI) or Primary Rate Interface (PRI), given a functioning remote access router and a physical ISDN connection.
