CCNA

CCNA certification is an associate-level Cisco Career certification. The Cisco exams have changed several times. In 2013, Cisco announced an update to its certification program that "aligns certification and training curricula with evolving industry job roles."[1] There are now several different types of Cisco-Certified Network Associate, with "CCNA Routing and Switching" being closest to the original CCNA focus; other types of CCNA focus on security, collaboration, datacentres, service providers, video, voice, and wireless.[2]

Introduction to Inter-networking

• The OSI
• Introduction to Network Devices
• Ethernet Networking (half/full)
• Ethernet Cabling (straight/cross/rollover)
• CISCO 3 layer Hierarchical Model

Software Used: Packet Tracer Network Devices

Introduction to TCP/IP and Subnetting

• TCP/IP and DoD Model
• Advanced IP Addressing
• Subnetting and troubleshooting IP Addressing
• VLSM/CIDR and Summarisation
• Introduction to LAN Network Technologies

Software Used: LAN Network Technologies

Introduction to Router Hardware

• Introduction to Router Hardware
• Internal Components of a CISCO Router
• CISCO Router Interfaces and Modules
• Identification of Slots and Interfaces
• Router Boot Sequence
• CISCO IOS Installation using X-MODEM
• Configuration Register and Password Recovery

CISCO Router IOS Management

• CISCO Router CLI Basic Commands
• CDP /TELNET /SSH
• Backing up and Restoring the Configuration Files
• Backing up and Restoring CISCO IOS
• Security Device Manager
• Configuring Router as a DHCP Server
• Configuring NTP on CISCO Routers

Software Used: CISCO Routers DHCP Server

Understanding Routing Protocols & Advanced Routing

• Static Routing and Default Routing
• RIPv1 and RIPv2 (Configuring and verifying, RIPv2)
• OSPF (Areas, DR & BDR elections and LSA)
• EIGRP (Stub, Query-Reply Messages)
• Implementation/Configuration, Verification
• Troubleshooting of all the Routing Protocols
• Route Redistribution
• Route Summarization

Implementing, Configuring & Troubleshooting Network Security

• Introduction to Network Security
• Types of Security Threats
• Using Backtrack for Security Audit & Penetration Testing
• Configuring Access Control Lists
• Standard/ Extended/ Named ACL
• Overview of Reflexive ACLs
• Time-Based ACLs

Configuration of CISCO LAN Switches

• Introduction to Cisco Catalyst Switches
• Basic Concepts of LAN Switching
• Cisco Switch Basic Commands
• Address Learning and Forwarding
• Avoiding Loops with Spanning Tree Protocol
• Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
• Port Fast, Uplink Fast & Backbone Fast,
• Etherchannels
• Implementation of Port Security on Switches
• Multi-layer Switching & SVI
• Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF)

Implementing Virtual Lans (VLANs)

• Introduction to VLANs
• Configuring VLANs
• Assigning VLAN Memberships
• Implementing Trunk Ports
• Voice VLAN and Qos
• Frame Tagging Methods (ISL & Dot1q)
• Configuring VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)
• Inter VLAN Routing
• VTP Modes of operation, VTP Pruning
• Configuring CISCO Switches using Cisco Network Assistant
• Configuring HSRP, VRRP, GLBP on CISCO Router

IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6)

• Understanding IPv6 basics
• Introduction to the IPv6 Addresses
• Link local, Site local & Global IPv6 Addresses
• Implementing Static routing, RIPng & OSPFv3
• IPv6 transition techniques
• Concept of Dual stacking in IPv6
• Configuring 6 to 4 Tunneling

Network Address Translation (NAT)

• Understanding Need for NAT
• Understanding public & private IP Addresses
• Configuring Static, Dynamic NAT & NAT overload

WAN (Wide Area Networks)

• Introduction to WAN Networks
• WAN protocols: - PPP, HDLC
• Introduction to Circuit Switched & Packet Switched Networks
• Introduction to Frame-Relay Technology
• Frame Relay Point-Point & Multipoint Configuration
• Introduction to DSL Technologies (ADSL/SDSL)
• Introduction to VPN
• Configuring IPSEC site-site VPN using SDM
• Configuring lease lines & radio modems
• Understanding VSAT, Cellular 3G / 4G, MPLS

CISCO Wireless Technologies

• Introduction to Wireless Standards
• The 802.11 a, b, g, n Standards
• Wireless Service Sets
• Wireless Security & 802.1x authentication
• Configuring the Wireless Internetwork