Network Fundamentals and Ccna

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Network Fundamentals and ccna

• Compare & contrast OSI & TCP/IP models


• Compare & contrast TCP & UDP protocols
• Impact of infrastructure components in a network
Firewalls, Access points, Wireless controllers
• Effects of cloud resources on network architecture
Traffic path to internal and external cloud services
Virtual services
Basic virtual network infrastructure
• Compare & contrast collapsed core and three-tier architecture
• Compare & contrast network topologies
Star, Mesh, Hybrid
• Select the appropriate cabling type (Straight & Cross)
• Apply troubleshooting methodologies to resolve problems
Perform and document fault isolation
Resolve or escalate
Verify & monitor resolution
• Configure, verify & troubleshoot IPv4 addressing & subnetting
• Compare & contrast IPv4 address types
Unicast, Broadcast, Multicast
• Describe the need for private IPv4 addressing
• Identify IPv6 addressing to use in LAN / WAN environment
• Configure, verify & troubleshoot IPv6 addressing
• Configure & verify IPv6 Stateless Address Auto Configuration
• Compare & contrast IPv6 address types
• Global unicast, Unique local, Link local, Multicast, Modified EUI 64,
Autoconfiguration, Anycast
LAN Switching Technologies
• Describe & verify switching concepts
MAC learning & aging, Frame switching, Frame flooding,
MAC address table
• Interpret Ethernet frame format
• Troubleshoot interface & cable issues (collisions, errors, duplex, speed)
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot VLANs (normal/extended range) spanning multiple
switches
Access ports (data & voice), Default VLAN
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot interswitch connectivity
Trunk ports, Add & remove VLANs on a trunk
DTP, VTP (v1&v2), and 802.1Q Native VLAN
• Configure, verify, & troubleshoot STP protocols
STP mode (PVST+ and RPVST+), STP root bridge selection
• Configure, verify & troubleshoot STP related optional features
PortFast, BPDU guard
• Configure & verify Layer 2 protocols
Cisco Discovery Protocol, LLDP
• Configure, verify, & troubleshoot (Layer 2/Layer 3) EtherChannel
Static, PAGP, LACP
• Describe the benefits of switch stacking & chassis aggregation
Routing Technologies
• Describe the routing concepts
Packet handling along the path through a network
Forwarding decision based on route lookup
Frame rewrite
• Interpret the components of a routing table
Prefix, Network mask, Next hop, Routing protocol code
Administrative distance, Metric
Gateway of last resort & Admin distance
• Configure, verify, & troubleshoot inter-VLAN routing
Router on a stick & SVI
• Compare & contrast static routing & dynamic routing
• Compare & contrast distance vector and link state routing protocols
• Compare & contrast interior and exterior routing protocols
• Configure, verify & troubleshoot IPv4 and IPv6 static routing
Default route, Network route, Host route, Floating static
• Configure, verify & troubleshoot single area & multi-area OSPFv2 for IPv4 & IPv6
(excluding authentication, filtering, anual summarization, redistribution, stub, virtual-link, and
LSAs)
• Configure, verify & troubleshoot EIGRP for IPv4 & IPv6 (excluding authentication, filtering,
manual summarization, redistribution, stub)
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot RIPv2 for IPv4
(excluding authentication, filtering, manual summarization, redistribution)
• Troubleshoot basic Layer 3 end-to-end connectivity issues
WAN Technologies
• Configure & verify PPP and MLPPP on WAN interfaces using local authentication
• Configure, verify, & troubleshoot PPPoE client-side interfaces using local authentication
• Configure, verify, & troubleshoot GRE tunnel connectivity
• Describe WAN topology options
Point-to-point, Hub and spoke, Full mesh, Single vs dual-homed
• Describe WAN access connectivity options
MPLS, Metro Ethernet, Broadband PPPoE, Internet VPN (DMVPN, site-to-site VPN, client
VPN)
• Configure and verify single-homed branch connectivity using eBGP IPv4 (limited to peering
and route advertisement using Network command only)
• Describe basic QoS concepts
Marking, Device trust, Prioritization, (Voice, Video & Data)
Shaping, Policing, Congestion management
Infrastructure Services
• Describe DNS lookup operation
• Troubleshoot client connectivity issues involving DNS
• Configure and verify DHCP on a router (excluding static reservations)
Server, Relay, Client, TFTP, DNS, & gateway options
• Troubleshoot client- and router-based DHCP connectivity issues
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot basic HSRP
Priority, Pre-emption, Version
• Describe common access layer threat mitigation techniques
Using CDP or LLDP for device discovery
Licensing, Logging, Time zone & Loopback
• Configure and verify initial device configuration
• Perform device maintenance
• Introduction to Controllers (Cisco DNA Center and WLC

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