About This Training Course

"This training course focuses on providing students with the skills and knowledge necessary to install, operate and troubleshoot a small to medium-size branch office Enterprise network, including configuring several switches and routers, connecting to a WAN and implementing network security.

This course is designed for;

- Network administrators responsible for implementing and managing small and medium business networks.
- Network support staff who will perform a help desk role in a medium or enterprise-sized company that has an internal network support escalation staff.
- Network support staff who will act as network device installers and first-line support in a small business environment.
- System engineers, account managers, channel partners/resellers and customers. CCNA, CCDA, CCNP, CCDP, CCIP and CCSP candidates."

Subjects Covered

"Module 1: Small Network Implementation
1.0 Small Network Implementation

Module 2: Medium-Sized Switched Network Construction
1.0 Medium-Sized Switched Network Construction
2.0 Improving Performance with Spanning Tree
3.0 Routing Between VLANs
4.0 Securing the Expanded Network
5.0 Troubleshooting Switched Networks

Module 3: Medium-Sized Network Construction
1.0 Medium-Sized Network Construction
2.0 Implementing VLSM

Module 4: Single-Area OSPF Implementation
1.0 Single-Area OSPF Implementation
2.0 Troubleshooting OSPF

Module 5: EIGRP Implementation
1.0 EIGRP Implementation
2.0 Troubleshooting EIGRP

Module 6: Access Control Lists
1.0 Access Control Lists
2.0 Configuring and Troubleshooting ACLs

Module 7: Address Space Management
1.0 Address Space Management
2.0 Transitioning to IPv6

Module 8: LAN Extensions into a WAN
1.0 LAN Extensions into a WAN
2.0 Establishing a Point-to-Point WAN Connection with P P P
3.0 Establishing a WAN Connection with Frame Relay
4.0 Troubleshooting Frame Relay WANs"

Training Course Outcomes

"At course completion students will be able to;

- Review how to configure and troubleshoot a small network.
- Expand the switched network from a small LAN to a medium-sized LAN with multiple switches, supporting VLANs, Trunking and Spanning tree.
- Describe routing concepts as they apply to a medium-sized network and discuss considerations when implementing routing on the network.
- Configure, Verify and troubleshoot OSPF
- Configure, Verify and troubleshoot EIGRP
- Determine how to apply ACLs based on network requirements and to configure verify and troubleshoot ACLs on a medium-sized network.
- Describe when to use NAT or PAT and configure NAT or PAT on routers.
- Identify and implement the appropriate WAN technology based on network requirements."

Prerequisites

"The following are prerequisites for this course;

- ICND part 1 Class or knowledge
- Basic computer literacy
- Basic knowledge of PC hardware configurations
- Basic understanding of networking business drivers "