Course Description

This course is designed to provide classroom and laboratory experience to help prepare for certification as a Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA). Students learn how to configure a router and a switch for basic functionality. By the end of this course, students will be able to configure and troubleshoot routers and switches and resolve common issues with RIPv1, RIPng, single-area OSPF, virtual LANs, and inter-VLAN routing in both IPv4 and IPv6 networks.

By successfully completing this course you will earn 1 units of college credit.

 Course Objectives

• Formulate the processes routers and switches perform in enabling communications across multiple networks.
• Evaluate the purpose and nature of routing tables.
• Set up and verify router and switch interfaces.
• Generalize the purpose and procedure for configuring static routes.
• Generalize the characteristics of distance vector routing protocols.
• Generalize the network discovery process of distance vector routing protocols using Routing Information Protocol (RIP).
• Dissect the functions, characteristics, and operations of the RIPv1 protocol.
• Compare and contrast classful and classless IP addressing and routing behaviors.
• Design and implement a classless IP addressing scheme for a given network.

 Course Learning Outcomes

• The student will analyze the processes routers and switches employ to enable communication across multiple networks.
• The student will perform, with an increasing degree of proficiency, basic router and switch configurations, demonstrating increasing comprehension ofrouting and switching metrics and protocols.
• The student will design and implement a classless Internet Protocol (IP) addressing scheme, applying the skills and knowledge obtained in this class.
• The student will analyze the processes routers and switches employ to enable communication across multiple networks.
• The student will perform, with an increasing degree of proficiency, basic router and switch configurations, demonstrating increasing comprehension ofrouting and switching metrics and protocols.
• The student will design and implement a classless Internet Protocol (IP) addressing scheme, applying the skills and knowledge obtained in this class.