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CCNA Class

Charles & Rich Hill will teach the entire Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) exam #200-120 topics in an accelerated 12 week format.

Cost: free. Open to members & non-members Classes run from January 6TH to March 24TH, 2014

The class starts with the most basic of basic concepts of how networks work and how to operate them. 1 hour lecture and a 30 minute lab or simulation/demonstration each week.

CCNA Overview Course Outline

OR "60 Hours of Material in Roughly 24 Hours"

Week 1: Building a Simple Network

Mission: Making one box of electronics talk to another
Network components: switches, bridges, hubs, wireless access points, routers, and firewalls
OSI model vs. TCP/IP
Network addressing and encapsulation, "datagram, frame, or packet?"
Types of cables and connectors and layer 1 caveats
Routing versus switching, label switching, load balancing
Connecting to a switch/router console port
Cisco switch password recovery procedure
Configuration first steps
Basic utilities: telnet, ssh, ping, arp, traceroute, etc.

Week 2: Switching basics OR "Just Enough to be Dangerous"

Ethernet 802.3
Ethernet media types and connectors
Crossover cables versus MDIX
802.3u, Clauses 28 & 40, autonegotiate, ugly patents, and two minutes of hate
MAC address table / CAM
Broadcasts and broadcast domains
VLANs
Configuring Cisco switch interfaces
Ethernet caveats: collision domains, broadcast storms, and bridge loops
Troubleshooting Ethernet (CRC errors, late collisions aka duplex mismatch)

Week 3: Local Area Network Connections

trunking, VTP
encapsulation
DTP
Spanning tree protocol(s) introduction
STP basic configuration
STP beyond 802.1D: PVSTP, PVSTP+, RSTP, MST
BPDU Guard

Week 4: Multilayer Switching

Etherchannel, etc. (PAgP, LACP, stack, VSS, and VPC)
Trunking review
Router on a stick
Configuring an SVI
Packet capture, debug tips, and flows

Week 5: Network Environment Management

SNMP (v2 and v3), traps, polling
Syslog
MOTD
AAA
Configuring ACLs for device security
Physical security
Layer 2 hacking, MAC spoofing, DHCP spoofing
Identifying security threats and implementing countermeasures

Week 6: Medium*Sized Routed Network Construct

Introduction to IP addressing, subnetting, VLSM
Introduction to routing protocols
Split horizon
Process switching, fast switching, and CEF
HSRP, VRRP, GLBP
CDP
Connecting to a WAN (Serial connections, Cable, DSL, VSAT, Metro Ethernet, etc.)

Week 7: Single Area OSPF Implementation

LSA types
Adjacencies and DR election
OSPF database
OSPFv3 for IPv6
Configuration steps
Troubleshooting

Week 8: EIGRP Implementation

K values *> Feasible distance
Configuration steps
Load balancing
Route redistribution basics

Week 9: Access Control Lists

Numbered vs. named
Standard vs. extended
Sources, destinations, protocols, and ports
Applying ACLs in the right direction
Troubleshooting with ACLs, logging

Week 10: Address Space Management

VLSM, subnetting review
DHCP
IPv6
All the NATs: PAT, NAPT, two*way and bidirectional NAT, multi*homed NAT, Twice NAT
NAT traversal and Carrier Grade NAT

Week 11: Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs).

LAN review
WLAN overview
Standalone vs. LWAPP
WLAN security

Week 12: WAN overview

T1/E1 troubleshooting
SONET
HDLC
PPP and PPPoE
Frame relay configuration: point to point, multi*point
LAN Ext into a WAN with Frame Relay (if time)
Review

Week 13: CCNA Exam Simulation

Transcender ICND1 and ICND2 http://www.transcender.com/demos/#Cisco

Some of these topics are highly compressed, like WAN is 10% of the exam, but we'll cover it in 90 minutes.

Class notes from week 1

Class notes from week 1:

Configuring a Cisco switch: http://ciscoiseasy.blogspot.com/2010/08/lesson-2-navigating-in-cisco-ios.html http://ciscoiseasy.blogspot.com/2010/08/lesson-3-initial-configuration-of-cisco.html

A slideshow to review + complement what we covered last week: http://www.slideshare.net/dsunte/ccna-network-devices

Some slides of the OSI model material I glossed over, which you should memorize on your own. . . it really is too boring for class: http://www.slideshare.net/dsunte/ccna-introducing-networks

The OSI model info you really need to know: http://ciscoiseasy.blogspot.com/2010/08/lesson-5-encapsulation-and-de.html

Preview of week 2: A suggested preview of basic switching: http://www.slideshare.net/dsunte/ccna-basic-switching-and-switch-configuration

Here are some of the resources for the CCNA 200-120 Exam in general.

The overview of the exam itself: https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/certifications/ccna/ccna_exam_v2

The lab simulator software ($99 purchase): http://www.ciscopress.com/store/cisco-ccna-routing-and-switching-icnd2-200-101-network-9780789750402

The (e)book+DVD includes a "Lite" version of the lab simulator: http://www.ciscopress.com/store/cisco-ccna-routing-and-switching-icnd2-200-101-official-9781587143731

To create an account on cisco.com to get access to extensive documentation: https://tools.cisco.com/RPF/register/register.do