CCNA — Cisco Certified Network Associate

Define a Network

Differentiate between network types, communication and protocols.

Explain the role and functions of network components.

Identify network domains

identify network topologies and architectures

Identify the open system interconnect (OSI) and TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) model layers, their protocols, headers and port numbers

Identify Media Access Control(MAC) addresses and their vendors

what is power over ethernet (PoE) concepts and standards

understand different classes of network addressing

identify IPV4 private, public and reserved address range

Create networks using IPv4 addresses and perform Static Routing.

Understanding Subnetting for IPv4 Class A, B and C address ranges, networks, hosts and subnet masks.

Explain the forwarding logic of the Router and Switch when sending packets by default.

Identify features of a Cisco Router and Switch.

Explain the booting process of a Router and a Switch.

Gain access to the CLI and use the context switching and Routing basic commands of an Internetwork Operating System (IOS).

Configure routers with High-Level Data Link Layer Protocol (HDLC).

Interpret the components of a routing table.

Configure static (network, default) routes using IPv4.

Explain Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) operations and states.

Configure dynamic routing using OSPFv2.

Explain the operations of Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) in a network.

Identify DHCP messages.

Configure and verify DHCP client and relay in a network.

Understanding the different Password configurations on our CLI.

Configure network devices for remote access using TELNET & SSH.

Explain encryption and identify encryption standard and their uses.

Understand the need for Subnetting and Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) in modern networks.

Configure class A, B and C Subnets with respect to hosts and networks.

Understand the need for variable length subnet masks (VLSM) in modern networks.

Configure VLSM subnets

Compare Ethernet cabling standards, and troubleshoot cabling issues.

Create network cables.

First Milestone Project

Understand the shortcomings of IPv4 and how IPv6 solves them.

Identify and configure IPv6 Global Unicast, Unique Local, Link Local, Anycast and Multicast addresses.

Administer IPv6 addresses using Modified Extended Unique Identifier 64 (EUI-64) pattern, Stateless Address Auto configuration (SLAAC) and DHCPv6

Configure static and dynamic routes on IPv6 networks.

Create networks using IPv6.

Explain the benefits of Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs).

Configure and verify single switch VLANs for voice and data.

Identify different trunking protocols

Configure inter-VLAN routes using trunking (Router on a Stick)

Configure standard access-list for traffic filtering and access control.

Configure extended and named access-list for traffic filtering and access control.

Explain the operations of Network Time Protocol (NTP).

Configure and verify NTP in master and server mode using loopback interfaces.

Perform operations on files and directories using the Cisco Internetwork Operating File System (IFS) and File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

Explain the role of Network Address Translation (NAT) in preventing IP address depletion.

Configuring Static NAT.

Configuring Dynamic NAT.

Understand wireless principles and Wi-Fi standards.

Identify types of Access Point (AP) and their modes.

Identify wireless connection infrastructures.

Secure wireless networks with appropriate security protocols.

Create wireless networks using autonomous APs.

Understanding the Need for Hot-Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP).

Configure and verify HRSP states.

Understand how Port security protects ports.

Identify Port Security Violation modes.

Configure and verify Port Security.

Understand how DHCP snooping and ARP poisoning can be used to attack the network.

Configure DHCP snooping and ARP inspection to prevent network attacks.

Explain security terminologies threats, vulnerabilities, exploits, mitigation and policies.

Identify types of malwares and network attacks along with mitigation techniques.

Explain Virtualization.

Define Controller-based Networking (CBN).

Identify networking device planes.

Compare CBN to traditional networks.

Identify CBN solutions and architectures

Explain SDA overlays, underlays and fabric.

Define Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

Understand what makes an API RESTful

HTTP request format, actions, verbs and response codes.

Introduce data serialization and encoding formats.

Create JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) arrays and objects.

Explore Cisco Digital Network Architecture (DNA) center.

Perform CRUD operations on the DNA center using Postman and Python scripts.