CCNA London - Cisco - 200-120

Course review:

Full CCNA course, 8 weeks, exam questions, online tests, labs, real life examples!

1 TO 1 COURSE East London

Course is delivered online by an experienced CCNP / CCSP engineer, who works as a Network Security Specialist in London

Topics covered:

• Operation of IP Data Networks
• Recognize the purpose and functions of various network devices such as Routers, Switches, Bridges and Hubs.
• Select the components required to meet a given network specification.
• Identify common applications and their impact on the network
• Describe the purpose and basic operation of the protocols in the OSI and TCP/IP models.
• Predict the data flow between two hosts across a network.
• Identify the appropriate media, cables, ports, and connectors to connect Cisco network devices to other network devices and hosts in a LAN

• Determine the technology and media access control method for Ethernet networks
• Identify basic switching concepts and the operation of Cisco switches.
  • Collision Domains
  • Broadcast Domains
  • Types of switching
  • CAM Table
• Configure and verify initial switch configuration including remote access management.
  • Cisco IOS commands to perform basic switch setup
• Verify network status and switch operation using basic utilities such as ping, telnet and ssh.
• Identify enhanced switching technologies
  • RSTP
  • PVSTP
  • Ethercnannels
• Describe how VLANs create logically separate networks and the need for routing between them.
  • Explain network segmentation and basic traffic management concepts
• Configure and verify VLANs
• Configure and verify trunking on Cisco switches
  • DTP
  • Auto negotiation
• Configure and verify PVSTP operation
  • describe root bridge election
  • spanning tree mode

• Describe the operation and necessity of using private and public IP addresses for IPv4 addressing
• Identify the appropriate IPv6 addressing scheme to satisfy addressing requirements in a LAN/WAN environment.
• Identify the appropriate IPv4 addressing scheme using VLSM and summarization to satisfy addressing requirements in a LAN/WAN environment.
• Describe the technological requirements for running IPv6 in conjunction with IPv4 such as dual stack
• Describe IPv6 addresses
  • Global unicast
  • Multicast
  • Link local
  • Unique local
  • eui 64
  • autoconfiguration

• Describe basic routing concepts
  • CEF
  • Packet forwarding
  • Router lookup process
• Describe the boot process of Cisco IOS routers
  • POST
  • Router bootup process
• Configure and verify utilizing the CLI to set basic Router configuration
  • Cisco IOS commands to perform basic router setup
• Configure and verify operation status of a device interface, both serial and ethernet
• Verify router configuration and network connectivity
  • Cisco IOS commands to review basic router information and network connectivity
• Configure and verify routing configuration for a static or default route given specific routing requirements
• Manage Cisco IOS Files
  • Boot preferences
  • Cisco IOS image(s)
  • Licensing
    • Show license
    • Change license
• Differentiate methods of routing and routing protocols
  • Static vs. Dynamic
  • Link state vs. Distance Vector
  • Administrative distance
  • split horizon
  • metric
  • next hop
  • ip routing table
  • Passive Interfaces
• Configure and verify OSPF (single area)
  • Benefit of single area
  • neighbor adjacencies
  • OSPF states
  • Discuss Multi area
  • Configure OSPF v2
  • Configure OSPF v3
  • Router ID
  • Passive interface
  • LSA types
• Configure and verify EIGRP (single AS)
  • Feasible Distance / Feasible Successors /Administrative distance
  • Feasibility condition
  • Metric composition
  • Router ID
  • Auto summary
  • Path selection
  • Load balancing
    • Equal
    • Unequal
  • Passive interface
• Configure and verify interVLAN routing (Router on a stick)
  • sub interfaces
  • upstream routing
  • encapsulation
• Configure SVI interfaces

• Configure and verify DHCP (IOS Router)
  • configuring router interfaces to use DHCP
  • DHCP options
  • excluded addresses
  • lease time
• Describe the types, features, and applications of ACLs
  • Standard
    • Sequence numbers
    • Editing
  • Extended
  • Named
  • Numbered
  • Log option
• Configure and verify ACLs in a network environment
  • Named
  • Numbered
  • Log option
• Identify the basic operation of NAT
  • Purpose
  • Pool
  • Static
  • 1 to 1
  • Overloading
  • Source addressing
  • One way NAT
• Configure and verify NAT for given network requirements
• Configure and verify NTP as a client
• Recognize High availability (FHRP)
  • VRRP
  • HSRP
  • GLBP
• Configure and verify Syslog
  • Utilize Syslog Output
• Describe SNMP v2 & v3

• Configure and verify network device security features such as
  • Device password security
  • Enable secret vs enable
  • Transport
  • Disable telnet
  • SSH
  • VTYs
  • Physical security
  • Service password
  • Describe external authentication methods
• Configure and verify Switch Port Security features such as
  • Sticky MAC
  • MAC address limitation
  • Static / dynamic
  • Violation modes
    • Err disable
    • Shutdown
  • Protect restrict
  • Shutdown unused ports
  • Err disable recovery
  • Assign unused ports to an unused VLAN
  • Setting native VLAN to other than VLAN 1
• Configure and verify ACLs to filter network traffic
• Configure and verify an ACLs to limit telnet and SSH access to the router

• Identify and correct common network problems
• Utilize netflow data
• Troubleshoot and correct common problems associated with IP addressing and host configurations.
• Troubleshootand Resolve VLAN problems
  • identify that VLANs are configured
  • port membership correct
  • IP address configured
• Troubleshoot and Resolve trunking problems on Cisco switches
  • correct trunk states
  • correct encapsulation configured
  • correct vlans allowed
• Troubleshoot and Resolve Spanning Tree operation issues
  • root switch
  • priority
  • mode is correct
  • port states
• Troubleshoot and Resolve routing issues
  • routing is enabled
  • routing table is correct
  • correct path selection
• Troubleshoot and Resolve OSPF problems
  • neighbor adjancies
  • Hello and Dead timers
  • OSPF area
  • Interface MTU
  • Network types
  • Neighbor states
  • OSPF topology database
• Troubleshoot and Resolve EIGRP problems
  • neighbor adjancies
  • AS number
  • Load balancing
  • Split horizon
• Troubleshoot and Resolve interVLAN routing problems
  • Connectivity
  • Encapsulation
  • Subnet
  • Native VLAN
  • Port mode trunk status
• Troubleshoot and Resolve ACL issues
  • Statistics
  • Permitted networks
  • Direction
    • Interface
• Troubleshoot and Resolve WAN implementation issues
  • Serial interfaces
  • PPP
  • Frame relay
• Troubleshoot and Resolve Layer 1 problems
  • Framing
  • CRC
  • Runts
  • Giants
  • Dropped packets
  • Late collision
  • Input / Output errors
• Monitor NetFlow statistics
• Troubleshoot etherchannel problems

• Identify different WAN Technologies
  • Metro Ethernet
  • VSAT
  • Cellular 3G / 4G
  • MPLS
  • T1 / E1
  • ISDN
  • DSL
  • Frame relay
  • Cable
  • VPN
• Configure and verify a basic WAN serial connection
• Configure and verify a PPP connection between Cisco routers
• Configure and verify Frame Relay on Cisco routers
• Implement and troubleshoot PPPoE