Install, operate and troubleshoot a small enterprise network. Hands-on 5-day course

Course Description
CCNA Basics presents important networking fundamentals.   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. Exercises and lab sessions reinforce the learning objectives and provide participants the opportunity to gain practical hands-on experience. 
  

You Learn to…
• Use available configuration tools to establish connectivity to the appropriate network device in order to complete the initial device configuration
• 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.

Who Needs to Attend
• Network Engineers
• System Engineers
• Support Staff

Prerequisites:
An understanding of computers is essential

Follow-On Courses
CCN200 – Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices – Part II

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