Duration: 5 Days
In this course, you will learn how to install, operate, configure, and verify a basic IPv4 and IPv6 network, including configuring a LAN switch, configuring an IP router, connecting to a WAN, and identifying basic security threats. You will prepare for the entry-level CCENT certification, which is the foundation for Cisco associate-level certifications and beyond.
What You Will Learn
- Network fundamentals and how to build simple LANs
- Establish Internet connectivity
- Manage network device security
- Expand small to medium-sized networks with WAN connectivity
- IPv6 basics
Audience
- Individuals seeking the Cisco CCENT certification or Cisco CCNA Routing and Switching certification
- Support technicians involved in the basic installation, operation, and verification of LAN networks
- Entry-level network engineers, network administrators, network support technicians, and help desk technicians
Prerequistes
- Basic computer literacy
- Basic PC operating system navigation skills
- Basic Internet usage skills
- Basic address knowledge
Course Outline
1. Building a Simple Network
- Exploring the Functions of Networking
- Host-to-Host Communications Model
- Introducing LANs
- Operating Cisco IOS Software
- Starting a Switch
- Ethernet and Switch Operation
- Troubleshooting Common Switch Media Issues
2. Establishing Internet Connectivity
- TCP/IP Internet Layer
- IP Addressing and Subnets
- TCP/IP Transport Layer
- Exploring the Functions of Routing
- Configuring a Cisco Router
- Exploring the Packet Delivery Process
- Enabling Static Routing
- Managing Traffic Using ACLs
- Enabling Internet Connectivity
3. Managing Network Device Security
- Securing Administrative Access
- Implementing Device Hardening
- Implementing Traffic Filtering with ACLs
4. Building a Medium-Sized Network
- Implementing VLANs and Trunks
- Routing Between VLANs
- Using a Cisco Network Device as a DHCP Server
- WAN Technologies
- Dynamic Routing Protocols
- Implementing OSPF
5. Introducing IPv6
- Basic IPv6
- Configuring IPv6 Routing
Course Labs
Lab 1: Switch Startup and Initial Configuration
Lab 2: Troubleshoot Switch Media Issues
Lab 3: Router Setup and Initial Configuration
Lab 4: Configure a Static Route, DHCP, and Network Address Translation
Lab 5: Enhance the Security of Router and Switch Configuration
Lab 6: Device Hardening
Lab 7: Filter Traffic with ACLs
Lab 8: Enhanced - Troubleshoot ACLs
Lab 9: Configure an Expanded Switched Network
Lab 10: Configure DHCP Server
Lab 11: Implement Single-Area OSPF
Lab 12: Configure Basic IPv6
Lab 13: Implement IPv6 Stateless Auto-Configuration
Lab 14: Implement IPv6 Routing
Lab 15: ICND1 Super Lab
