Cisco CCNA Bootcamp

Revision: TE1203_20060318

Course Length:

5 Days

Course Description:

This course was designed to help participants attain the skills necessary to install, configure and support Cisco devices in a small to medium sized organization or as part of a team in a large enterprise. This course will also help participants prepare for the Cisco CCNA certification examination.

Who Should Attend:

This course is recommended for students who are new to Cisco or just entering the internetworking industry. Others who will benefit are network technicians and administrators, system engineers, and network support staff.

Benefits of Attendance:

Upon completion of 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.
• Describe the functions, operations, and primary components of LANs, WANs, MANs, SANs, CNs, & VPNs.
• Describe 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 various components to a network system.
• Calculate valid subnetwork addresses and mask values.
• Explain the purposes of networking addresses and routing 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.
• Build a functional configuration.
• Use appropriate show and debug commands.
• Explain how bridging and switching operates.
• Explain the purpose and operations of the Spanning-Tree Protocol.
• Build a functional router configuration.
• Describe the features and operation of static routing.

Prerequisites:

Students are expected to review the contents of the CCNA Certification Library prior to attending the CCNA Boot Camp. Participants should have a working knowledge of commonly used networking terms and topologies; the basic functions of a network protocol; fundamental network device; the OSI reference model; use of Windows 95/NT to run multiple applications; accessing the Internet or an intranet; and binary and hexadecimal numbering.

Course Outline:

• Chapter 1: Introduction To Networking
• Chapter 2: Network Types
• Chapter 3: Network Media
• Chapter 4: Switching Fundamentals
• Chapter 5: TCP/IP
• Chapter 6: IP Addressing And Routing
• Chapter 7: WAN Technologies
• Chapter 8: Operating And Configuring Cisco IOS Devices
• Chapter 9: Managing Your Network Environment
• Chapter 10: Extending Switched Networks With VLANs
• Chapter 11: Spanning Tree Protocol Overview
• Chapter 12: Determining IP Routes
• Chapter 13: Managing IP Traffic With Access Lists
• Chapter 14: Establishing Serial Point-to-Point Connections
• Chapter 15: Establishing Frame Relay Connections
• Chapter 16: Completing ISDN Calls