COURSE NAME: Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices 1 (ICND1) (4035)

Course length: 5 days

Overview:

This course focuses on providing the skills and knowledge necessary to install, operate, and troubleshoot a small branch office Enterprise network, including configuring a switch, a router, and connecting to a WAN and implementing network security. A Student should be able to complete configuration and implementation of a small branch office network under supervision.

Prerequesite Courses:

• No Prerequisites listed for this course

Performance-based Objectives:

Upon completion of the course, you should be able to:

• Describe how networks function, identifying major components, function of network components and the Open System Interconnection (OSI) reference model.
• Using the host-to-host packet delivery process, describe issues related to increasing traffic on an Ethernet LAN and identify switched LAN technology solutions to Ethernet networking issues.
• Describes the reasons for extending the reach of a LAN and the methods that can be used with a focus on RF wireless access.
• Describes the reasons for connecting networks with routers and how routed networks transmit data through networks using TCP / IP.
• Describe the function of Wide Area Networks (WANs), the major devices of WANs, and configure PPP encapsulation, static and dynamic routing, PAT and RIP routing.
• Use the command-line interface to discover neighbors on the network and managing the routers startup and configuration.

Course content:

Module 1 - Building a Simple Network

Module 2 - Ethernet Local Area Networks

Module 3 - Wireless Local Area Networks

Module 4 - Exploring the Functions of Routing

Module 5 - Wide Area Networks

Module 6 - Network Environment Management