Topics:
- Network Fundamentals
- Routing Protocols and Concepts

Duration:
Classroom: 40 hours / 5 Days (mandatory)
Additional Lab Work: 60 hours (extra-curriculum)

Introduction
Cisco Certified Network Associate - CCNA Exploration will be delivered in two segments:

Parts I & II
- Network Fundamentals
- Routing Protocols and Concepts

Parts III & IV
- LAN Switching and Wireless
- Accessing the WAN

The complete curriculum provides the student with the skills necessary to succeed in networking-related jobs and services and help them prepare for the CCNA certification. It also help students to fulfil job responsibilities of network technicians, network administrators, and network engineers.

Overview
This course introduces the architecture, structure, functions, components and models of the internet and other computer networks. It uses the OSI and TCP layered models to examine the nature and roles of protocols and services at the application, network, data link and physical layers. The principles and structure of IP addressing and the fundamentals of Ethernet concepts, media, and operations are introduced to provide a foundation for the curriculum. Labs use a model internet to allow students to analyze real data without effecting production networks. Packet Tracer (PT) activities help students analyze protocol and network operation and build small networks in a simulated environment. At the end of the course, students build simple LAN topologies by applying basic principles of cabling, performing basic configuration of network devices such as routers and switches, and implementing IP addressing
schemes.

The course also describes the architecture, components, and operations of routers, and explains the principles of routing and routing protocols. Students analyze, configure, verify, and troubleshoot the primary routing protocols RIPv1, RIPv2, EIGRP and OSPF. By the end of this course, students will be able to recognize and correct common routing issues and problems. Students complete a basic procedural lab, followed by basic configuration, implementation, and troubleshooting labs in each chapter. Packet Tracer activities reinforce new concepts, and allow students to model and analyze routing processes that may be difficult to visualize or understand.

Prerequisites
None

Target Audience
Junior IT professionals with who need to develop advanced network problem-solving and analytical skills.

Course Content

• Living in a Network-Centric World
• Communicating over the Internet
• Application Layer Functionality and Protocols
• OSI Transport Layer
• OSI Network Layer
• Addressing the Networks Ipv4
• Data Link Layer
• OSI Physical Layer
• Ethernet
• Planning and Cabling Networks
• Configuring and Testing your Network
• Introduction to Routing and Packet Forwarding
• Static Routing
• Introduction to Dynamic Routing Protocols
• Distance Vector Routing Protocols
• RIP Version 1
• VLSM and CIDR
• RIPv2
• The Routing Table: A Closer Look
• EIGRP
• Link-State Routing Protocols
• OSPF

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