Cisco Networking Training Course

Cisco Networking Essentials training – 4 days – private courses from £3590 + vat

We also offer a public 5-day Cisco CCNA course

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This Cisco training course gives the delegate a detailed understanding of the technologies behind modern networks. This includes TCP/IP and associated protocols used by the Internet.

Delegates will learn how the differences between different types of networks and how they are usually used.

The Cisco training course is based on Cisco IOS. The course will teach delegate how to configure Cisco IOS to implement each of the various protocols.

Cisco Networking Essentials Training Course Objectives

Upon completion of this Cisco training course, you will have learned:

Cisco Networking Essentials Training Course Content

What is Networking?

  • The purpose of networking
  • How networks can be used
  • Basic Terminology

Network Standards and Terminology

  • What is a protocol
  • History of network standards
  • OSI Networking Layers
  • TCP/IP Networking Layers
  • Networking Stacks and Layers
  • Encapsulation & de-encapsulation
  • Connectionless and Connection-oriented services

Topologies and the Physical Layer

  • Bus, ring & star topologies
  • Physical media
  • Cabling types
  • Physical considerations
  • LAN, MANs and WANs
  • Optical networking
  • Repeaters
  • Cisco hardware components

Datalink Protocols

  • What is the datalink layer?
  • IEEE802 Protocols
  • Ethernet, Token Ring, Token Bus
  • Data link addresses (MAC)
  • Wireless IEEE802.11a/b
  • FDDI/CDDI
  • Bridges
  • Switches
  • Cut through vs Store and Forward
  • The Spanning Tree Protocol
  • VLANs
  • IEEE 802.1q
  • VLAN Trunk Protocol (VTP)
  • ATM. X.25 and Frame Relay
  • Cisco IOS basics
  • Initial Cisco IOS configuration
  • Managing interfaces in Cisco IOS

WAN Protocols

  • ATM. X.25 and Frame Relay
  • Frame Relay, LMIs maps and subinterfaces
  • ISDN
  • LAPB, HDLC
  • PPP
  • Dial on demand routing (DDR)
  • Configuring WAN protocols with Cisco IOS
  • Configuring serial interfaces in Cisco IOS
  • Configuring PPP with Cisco IOS

Cisco ISO Management

  • Using the ISO command line
  • Getting help
  • Use setup mode
  • The show command
  • Router start-up sequence
  • Load IOS
  • Manage ISO images & config files
  • Backup & upgrade Cisco IOS
  • Configure Cisco IOS access lists

Routing and Internetworking

  • The Internet Protocol
  • IP Addresses
  • ICMP
  • ARP
  • IP fragmentation
  • What is routing?
  • Routers and gateways
  • Routing tables
  • Default routes
  • Subnetting

Routing Protocols

  • ICMP Redirects
  • Dynamic Routing
  • Interior & exterior routing protocols
  • Vector distance vs link-state
  • RIP/OSPF/BGP/IGRP/EIGRP
  • Routing metrics
  • Inter-VLAN routing

The Transport Layer

  • TCP and UDP
  • Sockets and ports
  • TCP & UDP Header formats
  • 3-way handshakes & Windowing
  • VPNs
  • Basic TCP/IP applications
  • FTP, telnet, TFTP

Network Monitoring and Management

  • SNMP
  • Management Tools
  • Protocol Analysers
  • Troubleshooting
  • Cisco IOS debugging

Cisco Networking Essentials Course Prerequisites

This Cisco training course is ideal for IT support staff, network engineers and technical managers who wish to gain the Cisco CCNA accreditation.

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