CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate

·      Access ports (data and voice)

·      Default VLAN

·      Connectivity          

·      Practical Exercise  

·      Trunk ports

·      802.1Q

·      Native VLAN

·      Configure and verify Layer 2 discovery protocols (Cisco Discovery Protocol and LLDP)

·      Configure and verify (Layer 2/Layer 3) Ether Channel (LACP)

·      Practical Exercise              

·      Root port, root bridge (primary/secondary), and other port names

·      Port states (forwarding/blocking)

·      PortFast benefits

·      Compare Cisco Wireless Architectures and AP modes

·      Describe physical infrastructure connections of WLAN components (AP,WLC, access/trunk ports, and LAG)

·      Describe AP and WLC management access connections (Telnet, SSH, HTTP,HTTPS, console, and TACACS+/RADIUS)

·      Configure the components of a wireless LAN access for client  connectivity using GUI only such as WLAN creation, security settings, QoS profiles, and advanced WLAN settings

·      Practical Exercise  

·      Routing protocol code

·      Prefix

·      Network mask

·      Next hop

·      Administrative distance

·      Metric

·      Gateway of last resort

·      Practical Exercise              

·      Longest match

·      Administrative distance

·      Routing protocol metric    

·      Practical Exercise  

·      Default route

·      Network route

·      Host route

·      Floating static        

·      Practical Exercise  

·      Neighbour adjacencies

·      Point-to-point

·      Broadcast (DR/BDR selection)

·      Router ID

·      Describe the purpose of first hop redundancy protocol    

·      Practical Exercise  

·      Lecture 15: Configure and verify inside source NAT using static

     and pools

·      Lecture 16: Configure and verify NTP operating in a client and

     server mode

·      Lecture 17: Explain the role of DHCP and DNS within the network

·      Lecture 18: Explain the function of SNMP in network operations

·      Lecture 29: Describe the use of syslog features including facilities

     and levels

·      Lecture 20: Configure and verify DHCP client and relay

·    Lecture 21: Explain the forwarding per-hop behavior (PHB) for QoS

    such as classification, marking, queuing, congestion, policing,

    shaping

·      Lecture 22: Configure network devices for remote access using

     SSH

·      Lecture 23: Describe the capabilities and function of TFTP/FTP in

     the network            

·         Lecture 24: Define key security concepts (threats, vulnerabilities, exploits, and mitigation techniques)

·         Lecture 25: Describe security program elements (user awareness, training, and physical access control)

·         Lecture 26: Configure device access control using local passwords

·         Lecture 27: Describe security password policies elements, such as management, complexity, and password alternatives (multifactor authentication, certificates, and biometrics)

·         Lecture 28: Describe remote access and site-to-site VPNs

·         Lecture 29: Configure and verify access control lists

·         Lecture 30: Configure Layer 2 security features (DHCP snooping, dynamic ARP inspection, and port security)

·         Lecture 31: Differentiate authentication, authorization, and accounting concepts

·         Lecture 32: Describe wireless security protocols (WPA, WPA2, and WPA3)

·         Lecture 33: Configure WLAN using WPA2 PSK using the GUI     

·      Separation of control plane and data plane

·      North-bound and south-bound APIs

·      Explain how automation impacts network management

·      Compare traditional networks with controller-based networking

·      Compare traditional campus device management with Cisco DNA Center enabled device management

·      Describe characteristics of REST-based APIs (CRUD, HTTP verbs, and data encoding)

·      Recognize the capabilities of configuration management mechanisms Puppet, Chef, and Ansible

·      Interpret JSON encoded data       

·      Practical Exercise