Virtual Classroom e-Learning Outline
Virtual Classroom e-Learning content follows the Classroom
Learning outline above. Hands-on virtual labs are as follows:
Lab 1: Introduction to a Router
The "Introduction to a Router" lab is designed to
provide a first look at a Cisco router and begins to introduce
inexperienced students to the Cisco Internet Operating System (IOS)
command line interface. This lab is an appropriate beginning
point for most students and specifically supports those
preparing for the Cisco CCNA certification.
The objective of this lab is to power up a Cisco router and
create an initial configuration using the setup dialog. The
setup dialog runs when a router boots without a configuration or
when the "setup" command is used. It is a common
method of placing a basic configuration on a router to allow a
more complete configuration to then be downloaded from a TFTP
server.
Lab 2: Initial Router Configuration
"Introduction to Router Configuration" gives
beginning students an initial look at Cisco IOS and guides them
through creating or modifying a simple configuration. This lab
begins with the correct configuration from "Introduction to
a Router" and is an appropriate next step for students
pursuing Cisco CCNA certification.
The goal of this lab is to become familiar with some of the
operational modes of the router, including global configuration
mode. From global configuration mode, you will modify a basic
configuration to gain experience with the router.
Lab 3: Initial Switch Configuration
"Introduction to Switch Configuration" gives
beginning students a look at how the Cisco IOS is implemented on
the Catalyst 1912 switch and guides them through creating or
modifying a configuration using configuration mode. This lab
begins with the correct configuration from "Introduction to
Router Configuration" and is the appropriate introduction
to LAN switching for students pursuing Cisco CCNA certification.
The objective of this lab is to gain access to the switch and
to create a basic configuration. To gain console access, reverse
telnet (a technique of opening a console session from a
neighboring device) is used from a router to access the switch.
Finally, you will create a configuration by accessing the switch
configuration mode.
Lab 4: Network Device Management
"Network Device Management" gives beginning
students an initial look at some of the management technologies
within Cisco IOS. This lab begins with the correct configuration
from "Introduction to Switch Configuration".
This lab guides you through using CDP to document the network
topology. After learning the IP addresses of neighboring
devices, you will learn how to manage multiple telnet sessions.
Finally, you will use TFTP to backup the router configuration.
Lab 5: Switching
"Switching" gives beginning students another look
at the Catalyst 1912. This lab begins with the correct
configuration from "Network Device Management".
The goal of this lab is to understand how a switch learns MAC
addresses and to then use that knowledge to configure and test
port security. Port security allows a switch to limit or
prohibit traffic based on source MAC address.
Lab 6: VLANs
"VLANs" allows beginning students to review VLANs
and to see how VLAN definition affects spanning tree operation
on a Catalyst 1912 switch. This lab begins with the correct
configuration from "Switching".
The objective of this lab is to configure a Catalyst 1900
switch for VLAN segmentation and for trunking, then to test how
that configuration affects the flow of traffic across the
switch. You will also use VTP to communicate VLAN definitions
and examine how VLANs affect the Spanning Tree Protocol.
Lab 7: IP Routing
"IP Routing" provides students with a first view of
the routing process. This lab begins with the correct
configuration from "VLANs".
In this lab, you will setup a router to accept an ISL trunk
from the Catalyst 1912 switch and then create subinterfaces -
virtual interfaces based on VLAN identification. Remembering
that routers route between different networks on different
interfaces, you should now be able to route between the
subinterfaces to the networks directly connected to the router.
Lab 8: IP Routing Protocols
"IP Routing Protocols" builds on the ideas of
routing exposed in "Introduction to Routing" - in that
lab, you routed traffic between directly connected networks. So
how does a router learn about networks that are not directly
connected? This lab begins with the correct configuration from
"IP Routing".
The goal of this lab is to configure RIP and then IGRP to
exchange network topology information between routers. With each
routing protocol in place, you will examine various show and
debug commands to verify the operation and to witness the
exchange of routes.
Lab 9: IP Access Lists
"IP Access Lists" moves beginning students into
controlling traffic across a router. This lab begins with the
correct configuration from "IP Routing Protocols" and
is an appropriate next step for students pursuing Cisco CCNA
certification.
The objective of this lab is to create and test a simple
access-list to block telnet and TFTP traffic from the pod to the
core of the network. If you are using telnet to control routers,
it is possible to block your own telnet session. Of course, in
this lab environment you can access the other routers via
Hyperterm or even cycle the power to regain access.
Lab 10: IPX and IPX Access Lists
"IPX and IPX Access Lists" proves that IP is not
the only routed protocol. This lab begins with the correct
configuration from "Introduction to Access Lists" and
is an appropriate next step for students pursuing Cisco CCNA
certification.
IP is certainly ubiquitous today, but IPX still plays an
important role for many organizations. It is very likely that
you will have to accommodate multiple protocols in the future
and this lab helps you understand how multiple routed protocols
work on the router. The goal of the lab is to configure IPX
addresses on your pod routers. You will also examine the
operation of IPX RIP. A final step, crucial to any production
IPX network, is to control network overhead caused by SAP
advertisements by filtering SAP traffic.
Lab 11: Wide Area connections
"Wide Area connections" gives beginning students an
initial look at how wide area circuits are implemented using the
Cisco IOS. This lab begins with the correct configuration from
"IPX and IPX Access Lists" and is an appropriate next
step for students pursuing Cisco CCNA certification.
The goal of this lab is to configure wide area connectivity
using PPP and authentication using CHAP. After preparing for the
connection, you will verify that the PPP session is established
and authenticated correctly by using show and debug commands.
Lab 12: ISDN and Dial on Demand
"ISDN and Dial on Demand" gives beginning students
an initial look at ISDN, focusing on the "legacy Dial on
Demand Routing (DDR)" method. This lab begins with the
correct configuration from "Wide Area connections" and
is an appropriate next step for students pursuing Cisco CCNA
certification.
In this lab you will enable legacy dial-on-demand routing
over an ISDN BRI connection. Legacy DDR is configured by
creating static routes that point across the dial-up circuit.
You will use access-lists to pick out interesting traffic and
configure dialing parameters. You will also use IOS commands to
verify connectivity and troubleshoot errors. Legacy DDR is the
simplest set of commands needed to perform dial-up routing.
Lab 13: Frame Relay
"Frame Relay" introduces students to Frame Relay
with Cisco IOS and returns to the idea of subinterfaces. This
lab begins with the correct configuration from "ISDN and
Dial on Demand" and is an appropriate final step for
students pursuing Cisco CCNA certification.
The objective of this lab is to prepare a set of frame relay
connections and to demonstrate how using the subinterface
configuration solves the split horizon issues caused by NBMA.
You will also use IOS commands to verify LMI, PVCs, and
troubleshoot errors.
Classroom
Learning $2495 USD
