The job roles best suited to the material in this course are: Entry-level Network Engineer, Network Administrator, Network Support Technician, and Help Desk Technician. Before taking this course, you should have: basic computer literacy, basic PC operating system navigation skills, basic internet usage skills, and basic IP address knowledge.

• Identify the components of a computer network and describe their basic characteristics

• Understand the model of host-to-host communication

• Describe the features and functions of the Cisco IOS Software

• Describe LANs and the role of switches within LANs

• Describe Ethernet as the network access layer of TCP/IP and describe the operation of switches

• Install a switch and perform the initial configuration

• Describe the TCP/IP internet Layer, IPv4, its addressing scheme, and subnetting

• Describe the TCP/IP Transport layer and Application layer

• Explore functions of routing

• Implement basic configuration on a Cisco router

• Explain host-to-host communications across switches and routers

• Identify and resolve common switched network issues and common problems associated with IPv4 addressing

• Describe IPv6 main features, addresses and configure and verify basic IPv6 connectivity

• Describe the operation, benefits, and limitations of static routing

• Describe, implement and verify VLANs and trunks

• Describe the application and configuration of inter-VLAN routing

• Explain the basics of dynamic routing protocols and describe components and terms of OSPF

• Explain how STP and RSTP work

• Configure link aggregation using EtherChannel

• Describe the purpose of Layer 3 redundancy protocols

• Describe basic WAN and VPN concepts

• Describe the operation of ACLs and their applications in the network

• Configure internet access using DHCP clients and explain and configure NAT on Cisco routers

• Describe the basic QoS concepts

• Describe the concepts of wireless networks, which types of wireless networks can be built and how to use WLC

• Describe network and device architectures and introduce virtualization

• Introduce the concept of network programmability and SDN and describe the smart network management solutions like Cisco DNA Center, SD-Access and SD-WAN

• Configure basic IOS system monitoring tools

• Describe the management of Cisco devices

• Describe the current security threat landscape

• Describe threat defense technologies

• Implement a basic security configuration of the device management plane

• Implement basic steps to harden network devices

1 - EXPLORING THE FUNCTIONS OF NETWORKING

2 - INTRODUCING THE HOST-TO-HOST COMMUNICATIONS MODEL

3 - OPERATING CISCO IOS SOFTWARE

4 - INTRODUCING LANS

5 - EXPLORING THE TCP/IP LINK LAYER

6 - STARTING A SWITCH

7 - INTRODUCING THE TCP/IP INTERNET LAYER, IPV4 ADDRESSING, AND SUBNETS

8 - EXPLAINING THE TCP/IP TRANSPORT LAYER AND APPLICATION LAYER

9 - EXPLORING THE FUNCTIONS OF ROUTING

10 - CONFIGURING A CISCO ROUTER

11 - EXPLORING THE PACKET DELIVERY PROCESS

12 - TROUBLESHOOTING A SIMPLE NETWORK

13 - INTRODUCING BASIC IPV6

14 - CONFIGURING STATIC ROUTING

15 - IMPLEMENTING VLANS AND TRUNKS

16 - ROUTING BETWEEN VLANS

17 - INTRODUCING OSPF

18 - BUILDING REDUNDANT SWITCHED TOPOLOGIES

19 - IMPROVING REDUNDANT SWITCHED TOPOLOGIES WITH ETHERCHANNEL

20 - EXPLORING LAYER 3 REDUNDANCY

21 - INTRODUCING WAN TECHNOLOGIES

22 - EXPLAINING BASICS OF ACL

23 - ENABLING INTERNET CONNECTIVITY

24 - INTRODUCING QOS

25 - EXPLAINING WIRELESS FUNDAMENTALS

26 - INTRODUCING ARCHITECTURES AND VIRTUALIZATION

27 - EXPLAINING THE EVOLUTION OF INTELLIGENT NETWORKS

28 - INTRODUCING SYSTEM MONITORING

29 - MANAGING CISCO DEVICES

30 - EXAMINING THE SECURITY THREAT LANDSCAPE

31 - IMPLEMENTING THREAT DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES

32 - IMPLEMENTING DEVICE HARDENING