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CCNA/CCNP Course Syllabus

Networking concepts

• Components of network – router, switch, hub, bridge etc
• Types of Network – LAN, MAN, WAN, VPN, PAN & Content Network
• Defining Network requirements – NIC- Ethernet (CSMA/CD)
• 10/100/1000 mbps DUPLEX (Half/Full/Auto) – Connecting Media – Coax.
• 10 base 2T – UTP/STP – CAT 1/2/3..
• Straight through/cross crimping (only details no practical)
• Fiber optics – Single/Multimedia
• 100 Base TX/FX etc – wireless communication.
• Ethernet cabling Standard.
• Connecting Devices
• Repeater – Hub – Switch – Bridge – Topology – Bus/Star/Ring

OSI – Model

• 7 Layers – Communication between the Layers (Encapsulation & De-encapsulation) – PDU.
• Layer 2 – MAC/LLC – 802.3/802.2 (SAP/SNAP) /Ethernet II – Frames
• Broadcast/Collision domain – point of -Hub/Switch/Router
• L4 – 3way handshake – windowing – and about – Connectionless
• Packet size [64B (mini) to 1518B (Max)]

TCP/IP Model & Ipv4 Addressing

• All Layers of TCP/IP Compound with – OS
• Application Layer – TFTP/FTP/SMTP/TELNET/SNMP/DNS
• Transport Layer – TCP/UDP – TCP Segment Format
• 3 way handshake/windowing – UDP segment Format
• Internet Layer
• IP datagram format – Protocol No. – TCP 6 – UDP 17
• ICMP – ARP – RARP
• Introduction to IP addressing – Class A/B/C/D/E
• Private IP address – First OCTET range etc.

Subnetting

• Default Subnet Mask
• Class C Subnetting & Practice no. given
• Class B Subnetting & problems
• Class A Subnetting & problems

Introduction to IPV6

• Introduction
• Host Address Assignment
• Unicast, Multicast and other Special ipV6 Addresses
• Configuring ipV6 Routing and Routing Protocols
• Translations between ipV4 and ipV6
• Summary

Basic of Router & Configuration

• Selection of Router & Cabling a Route
  • When Router used – LAN with WAN connect – to connect networks of different IP
  • Different interface of Router – AUI /S0/S1/AUX – console / BRI etc.
  • Cables used in different interfaces/purpose of interfaces
  • WAN interface cable – EIA/TIA – 232/449/530 – V.35 – X.21
  • Different CISCO series – modular/fixed – 10mbps/100 etc
  • Straight through between DTE & DCE

Different modes of operation & basic commands

• Internal Components:
  • ROM – POST – BSL – ROM-MONITOR PRG – MINIIOS
  • Different interface of Router – AUI /S0/S1/AUX – console / BRI etc.
  • DRAM -Running Config
  • NVRAM – Startup Config
  • Flash MEM – IOS
• Different Modes:
  • ROM Monitor – Reboot Mode – Setup – Exec Model
• Exec Mode
  • User -Privilege – Global – Sub-configuration mode
  • Syntax/command to switch between modes
  • Assigning IP address for -E0-S0-S1
  • Enabling/disabling – console/privilege / vty password
  • Mold – command
  • Show Config / start / run / version / flash
• Basic commands practice
  • Changing between modes – (user-privilege- Global-etc)
  • IP address configuration-E0-S0-S1
  • Password – enabling – encrypting it
  • Practice – motd – show commands – editing commands
  • Assigning host name (for Router)
• Advanced Commands
  • Register value – X2102 – boot field value/purpose ROM monitor made – password breaking 8th/6th/13th bit of register value importance
  • Boot system flash/network/ROM – config-register (Changing register value) – etc command purpose Booting sequence – Backup & Recovery – CDP
  • Practice an above commands as well as following
  • Telnet – [ctrl+shift+6]x – disconnect – sh users /Sessions
  • Clear lines resume – [hostname resolving in telnet domain Enabling/disabling etc – no practical for this alone]
  • Overview of Cisco SDM (Security Device Manager)

IP Routing

• IP Routing, Static Routing & Default Routing
  • IP routing – static routing – default- dynamic routing
  • Providing clock rate to up the link after identifying DCE by “Sh controllers” command
  • Commands/syntax – Static/default routing
• Static Routing & Default Routing
  • Practical-session for Static & default routing
• Dynamic Routing and RIP
  • Dynamic Routing – IGP & EGP.
  • IGP – RIP-OSPF – EGRP – EIGRP
  • Classes of Routing Protocol – Distance vector – Link State – Balanced hybrid
  • Role of Routing Protocol – builds/updates/selects & Routes the packet
  • Soluting for Routing loops – Max. loop count – split horizon – Route poison Reverse – Hold down Timer
  • Features of RIP – distance vector algorithm – RIP V1/V2 – load sharing – metric (depends – loop count)
  • Metric value depends – loop count – Ticks – delay – Reliability – cost – MTU – Bandwidth
  • Command – Router RIP Network
  • Sh IP route
  • Timer value for RIP– Update/Invalid/ hold down/flush Timer
• RIP
  • Dynamic Routing – RIP Practical
• Dynamic Routing EIGRP & OSPF
  • Limitations of distance vector algorithm
  • Features of EIGRP and its operations
  • Configuring EIGRP – “Auto-redistribution”
  • Verify and troubleshooting EIGRP
  • Features of OSPF and its operation
  • Configuring single area OSPF
  • Verify and troubleshoot OSPF
• Access List
  • Purpose/advantage of Access-list
  • IP [-for a host – for a network/sub network].
  • Std IP access-list – wild card calculation
  • Extd IP access list
  • Switch port ACL,.
  • Step involved in creating access list
  • Applying access list at the interface – (inbound/outbound)
  • Named access-list for IP
  • Access-list in Telnet sessiont
• IP standard Access List
  • Practical on
  • IP Std access-list
• IP Extended Access List
  • IP Extd access-list, named access lists
• NAT
  • Implement, Verify & Troubleshoot NAT
    • Explain the Basic Operation Of NAT
    • Using (including CLI/SDM)
    • Practicals on Static NAT, Dynamic NAT and PAT
    • Troubleshoot NAT issues
• WAN Technologies
  • WAN Technologies- Leased Line
    • Leased line
    • P to P communication
    • HDLC & PPP protocol-features
    • Enabling HDLC & PPP
  • PPP Link
    • PPP layer & its explanation/role
    • PAP/CHAP role
    • Configuring PAP/CHAP using commands
  • VPN
    • Describe VPN technology
    • Importance Of VPN
    • Benefits & Role
    • Impact & Components
  • Frame-Relay
    • Packet Switched Network
    • Virtual circuit – DLCI – Access-link – CRI – FECN – BECN – LMI
    • Enabling Frame-relay
    • Inverse ARP
    • Configuring frame-relay for
    • Mesh Network
    • Star Network
    • Combination of above two
• Switching
  • Switching Operation and Configuration
    • Function –add-learning / Forward-filters the Frame / loop avoidance
    • Redundant path and its problems
    • Spanning Tree Protocol – purpose – its different state (blocking/listening/learning/forwarding)
    • Modes of operation of switch/Bridge
    • Port duplexing
    • Switch & hub – half duplex
    • Switch & Server – full duplex
    • CISCO catalyst switch 1912 & 1924 interface details
    • M/K/I modes
    • Basic and advanced commands
    • Enabling & configuring MAC address table
  • VLAN Configuration
    • VLAN – ISL – Trunking
    • Enabling Trunking
    • Assigning VLAN No. & name
    • Configuring ports to a specific VLAN
    • VTP purpose
    • VTP domain
    • VTP modes of operation
    • Switching Technologies (including VTP , RSTP , PVSTP, 802.1q)
    • Implement Basic Switch Security (including Port Security , Trunk access .etc )
• Wireless LAN
  • Wireless Intro & Operation
    • Standards associated with Wireless Media (including WI-FI Alliance, ITU/FCC)
    • Ad-hoc mode, infrastructure mode
    • SSID, BSS, ESS
    • Basic Parameters to configure on a Wireless Network
    • Wireless Security Feature’s (WEP, WPA 1 / 2 )
    • Implementing Wireless Networks

CCNP – Route

CCNA Course Revision

• Routers & Switches
• Addressing
• Routing and its Importance

Introducing EIGRP

• EIGRP Capabilities and Attributes
• Underlying Processes and Technologies
• EIGRP Operation
• EIGRP Tables
• EIGRP Metric
• Calculating the EIGRP Metric
• Integrating the EIGRP and IGRP Routes

Implementing and Verifying EIGRP

• Configuring Basic EIGRP
• Using a Wildcard Mask in EIGRP
• Configuring the ip default-network Command
• ip default-network Command
• Verify EIGRP IP Routes
• EIGRP Configuration,Verify EIGRP IP Operations

Configuring Advanced EIGRP Options

• Route Summarization
• Configuring Manual Route Summarization
• Load Balancing Across Equal Paths
• Configuring Load Balancing Across Unequal-Cost Paths
• Variance
• EIGRP Bandwidth Use Across WAN Links
• Configuring EIGRP Bandwidth Use Across WAN Links
• WAN Configuration—Frame Relay Hub-and-Spoke Topology
• WAN Configuration–Hybrid Multipoint

Configuring EIGRP Authentication

• Router Authentication
• MD5 Authentication
• Configuring MD5 Authentication
• Verifying MD5 Authentication
• Troubleshooting MD5 Authentication

Using EIGRP in an Enterprise Network

• Scalability in Large Networks
• EIGRP Queries
• EIGRP Stubs
• Limiting Updates and Queries: Using EIGRP Stub
• EIGRP stub Parameters
• SIA Connections
• Preventing SIA Connections
• Graceful Shutdown

Introducing the OSPF Protocol

• Link-State Routing Protocols
• OSPF Area Structure
• OSPF Adjacency Databases
• Calculating the OSPF Metric
• Link-State Data Structures

OSPF Packets

• OSPF Neighbor Adjacencies
• Exchanging and Synchronizing LSDBs
• Maintaining Network Routes
• Maintaining Link-State Sequence Numbers
• debug ip ospf packet

Configuring OSPF Routing

• Configuring Basic Single-Area and Multiarea OSPF
• Configuring OSPF on Internal Routers of a Single Area
• Configuring OSPF for Multiple Areas
• Configuring a Router ID
• Verifying the OSPF Router ID
• Verifying OSPF Operation
• The show ip route ospf Command
• The show ip ospf interface Command
• The show ip ospf neighbor Command

OSPF Network Types

• Introducing OSPF Network Types
• Adjacency Behavior for a Point-to-Point Link
• Adjacency Behavior for a Broadcast Network Link
• Selecting the DR and BDR
• Adjacency Behavior for an NBMA Network
• OSPF over Frame Relay Configuration Options
• Sample Configuration of a Router Using OSPF Broadcast Mode
• OSPF over Frame Relay NBMA Configuration
• neighbor Command
• OSPF over Frame Relay Point-to-Multipoint Configuration
• Point-to-Multipoint Configuration
• Using Subinterfaces in OSPF over Frame Relay Configuration
• Point-to-Point Sub interface
• Multipoint Sub interface
• OSPF over NBMA Topology Summary
• Tracking OSPF Adjacencies

Link-State Advertisements

• OSPF Router Types
• OSPF Hierarchical Routing
• OSPF Virtual Links
• OSPF Virtual Link Configuration
• show ip ospf virtual-links Command
• OSPF LSA Types
• Type 1
• Type 2
• Types 3 and 4
• Type 5
• Type 6
• Type 7
• Type 8
• Types 9, 10, and 11
• LSA Type 4—Summary LSA
• Interpreting the OSPF LSDB and Routing Table
• Interpreting the OSPF Database
• Configuring OSPF LSDB Overload Protection
• Changing the Cost Metric

OSPF Route Summarization

• OSPF Route Summarization
• Using Route Summarization
• Configuring OSPF Route Summarization
• Route Summarization Configuration at ABR
• Route Summarization Configuration at ASBR
• Benefits of a Default Route in OSPF
• Default Routes in OSPF
• Configuring a Default Route in OSPF
• Default Route Configuration

Configuring OSPF Special Area Types

• Configuring OSPF Area Types
• Configuring Stub Areas
• Configuring Totally Stubby Areas
• Interpreting Routing Tables
• Routing Table in a Standard Area
• Routing Table in a Stub Area
• Routing Table in a Stub Area with Summarization
• Routing Table in a Totally Stubby Area
• Configuring NSSAs

Configuring OSPF Authentication

• Types of Authentication
• Configuring Simple Password Authentication
• Troubleshooting Simple Password Authentication
• Configuring MD5 Authentication
• Verifying MD5 Authentication
• Troubleshooting MD5 Authentication

Operating a Network Using Multiple IP Routing Protocols

• Using Multiple IP Routing Protocols
• Defining Route Redistribution
• Using Seed Metrics

Configuring and Verifying Route Redistribution

• Configuring Redistribution
• Redistributing Routes into RIP
• Redistributing Routes into OSPF
• Redistributing Routes into EIGRP
• Redistributing Routes into IS-IS
• Verifying Route Redistribution

Controlling Routing Update Traffic

• Configuring a Passive Interface
• Configuring Route Filtering Using Distribute Lists
• Implementing the Distribute List
• Defining Route Maps
• Using route-map Commands
• Implementing Route Maps with Redistribution
• Defining Administrative Distance
• Modifying Administrative Distance

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)

• Describing the Purpose of DHCP
• Understanding the Function of DHCP
• Configuring DHCP
• Configuring the DHCP Client
• Explaining the IP Helper Address
• Configuring DHCP Relay Services

Explaining BGP Concepts and Terminology

• Using BGP in an Enterprise Network
• BGP Multihoming Options
• BGP Routing Between Autonomous Systems
• BGP Is Used Between Autonomous Systems
• AS Numbers
• Comparison with IGPs
• Path-Vector Functionality
• Features of BGP
• BGP Message Types

Explaining EBGP and IBGP

• BGP Neighbor Relationships
• Establishing EBGP Neighbor Relationships
• Establishing IBGP Neighbor Relationships
• IBGP on All Routers in Transit Path
• IBGP in a Transit AS
• IBGP in a Nontransit AS
• TCP and Full Mesh

Configuring Basic BGP Operations

• Initiate Basic BGP Configuration
• Activate a BGP Session
• The BGP neighbor Command
• Shutting Down a BGP Neighbor
• BGP Configuration Considerations
• Identifying BGP Neighbor States
• Authenticating in BGP
• Troubleshooting BGP

Selecting a BGP Path

• Characteristics of BGP Attributes
• AS Path Attribute
• Next-Hop Attribute
• Origin Attribute
• Local Preference Attribute
• MED Attribute
• Weight Attribute
• Determining the BGP Path Selection
• Selecting a BGP Path
• Path Selection with Multihomed Connection

Using Route Maps to Manipulate Basic BGP Paths

• Setting Local Preference with Route Maps
• Setting the MED with Route Maps
• Implementing BGP in an Enterprise Network

Implementing IPv6

• Introduction to IPv6
• Describing IPv6 Features

Defining IPv6 Addressing

• Describing IPv6 Addressing Architecture
• Defining Address Representation
• IPv6 Address Types
• Multiple ISPs and LANs with Multiple Routers

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