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CNET 2401 - Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Credits: 3

Catalog Description
Students in this course will learn to install, configure, and maintain basic Cisco networks for LAN, WAN, and internet. Course topics include open systems networking layers, LAN/WAN configurations, routing protocols, managing access lists and routing/switching/bridging within networks. Activities include hands-on practice labs.

Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better): Must have attended ICDN (Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices), ICRS (Introduction to Cisco Routers) or CCDA (Cisco Certified Design Associate); or must have installed at least two Cisco routers and/or switches; or taken semesters 1 & 2 from a Cisco Network Academy
Additional fee to student: No

Learner Outcomes
At the conclusion of the course, the student should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate how data movement, sessions, applications, protocols, routing, system linking, and hardware are handled within the OSI reference model.
  2. Design, build, install, configure, and monitor basic local and wide area networks.
  3. Describe features and functions of Cisco IOS Software. Demonstrate use of IOS to deploy internet applications over networks.
  4. Setup and configure routing protocols within basic networks.
  5. Enable and support TCP/IP, IPX, ICMP and other data protocols on basic networks.
  6. Setup and manage standard and extended network access lists.
  7. Build network basic segments using routers, switches, and bridges.

Major Areas of Course Content
  1. Internetworking models
  2. Configuration & Basic IOS Commands
  3. Basic Switching Technologies
  4. Basic WAN Connection and Frame-Relay
  5. Distance Vector, Static & Default Routing
  6. Managing & Updating Cisco Gear
  7. Protocols: Novell IPX, ICMP and TCP/IP Addressings
  8. Basic Access Control Lists
  9. ISDN networks (PPP, ISDN, DDR)
  10. Certification Prep Session: CD Questions and Group-work activities

Credit for Prior Learning Options
No credit for prior learning option is available for this course.


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