Course Overview

Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices: Accelerated (CCNAX) v1.1 is a 60-hour instructor-led course that provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to install, operate, and troubleshoot a small to medium-sized network, including connecting to a WAN and implementing network security.

This course is the equivalent of Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices Part 1 v1.1 and Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices Part 2 v1.1 together.

Target Audience

The primary audience for this course is as follows:
Network administrators, Network engineers, Network managers, and Systems engineers

The secondary audience for this course is as follows:
Network designers and Project managers

Prerequisites

• Basic computer literacy
• Basic Microsoft Windows navigation skills
• Basic Internet usage skills

Course Objectives

• Describe how networks function, identifying major components, function of network components, and the OSI reference model
• Describe issues related to increasing traffic on an Ethernet LAN and expand the switched network from a small LAN to a medium-sized LAN with multiple switches supporting VLANs, trunking, and spanning tree
• Describe the reasons for extending the reach of a LAN and the methods that can be used, with a focus on RF wireless access
• Describe the reasons for connecting networks and connecting multiple IP subnets with routers
• Configure and verify a Cisco router for WAN connections with HDLC and PPP encapsulation, PAT, static routing, and describe the components that make up a VPN solution
• Use the command-line interface to discover neighbors on the network and manage the router startup and configuration
• Describe routing concepts as they apply to a medium-sized network, discuss dynamic routing with distance vector and link-state routing protocols, and configure RIP
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot single-area OSPF
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot EIGRP
• Determine how to apply ACLs based on network requirements, and to configure, verify, and troubleshoot ACLs
• Describe when to use NAT and PAT on a medium-sized network, how to configure NAT and PAT, and explain IPv6 addressing and configuration on a Cisco router
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot Frame Relay

Course Outline

• Module 1: Building a Simple Network
• Module 2: Switching
• Module 3: Wireless LANs
• Module 4: LAN Connections
• Module 5: WAN Connections
• Module 6: Network Environment Management
• Module 7: Medium-Sized Routed Network Construction
• Module 8: Single-Area OSPF Implementation
• Module 9: EIGRP Implementation
• Module 10: Access Control Lists
• Module 11: Address Space Management
• Module 12: LAN Extension into a WAN with Frame Relay