CISCO Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

The CCNA, the Cisco Certified Network Associate certification validates your ability to install, configure, operate, and troubleshoot medium-size routed and switched networks, including implementation and verification of connections to remote sites in a WAN. This new curriculum includes basic mitigation of security threats, introduction to wireless networking concepts and terminology, and performance-based skills. This new curriculum also includes (but is not limited to) the use of these protocols: IP, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Serial Line Interface Protocol Frame Relay, Routing Information Protocol Version 2 (RIPv2), VLANs, Ethernet, access control lists (ACLs).

Prerequisites:
Prior to attending CCNA, you should be very familiar with networking topics such as TCP/IP, IP configuration, peer-to-peer networking, subnetting, building a routing table, and other network protocols, standards, and architecture.
Objectives:
To prepare individuals who possess a general networking background, have some experience with Cisco IOS, and are seeking Cisco CCNA certification for two Cisco certification exams. A Cisco Certification is earned with each passed exam.

Topics Covered:

Foundations: What is a Network?
Basic TCP/IP: Addressing Fundamentals
Local Area Networks: Welcome to Ethernet
LANs: Understanding LAN Switches
LANs: Optimizing and Troubleshooting Switches
Wireless: Understanding Wireless Networking
Wireless: Wireless Security and Implementation
Advanced TCP/IP: Working with Binary
Advanced TCP/IP: IP Subnetting
Routing: Initial Router Configuration
Routing: SDM and DHCP Server Configuration
Routing: Implementing Static Routing
Routing: Implementing Dynamic Routing with RIP
Routing: Internet Access with NAT and PAT
Routing: WAN Connectivity
Management and Security
Switch VLANs: Understanding, Configuring VLANs
Switch VLANs: Understanding, Configuring Trunks and VTP
Switch STP: Understanding and configuring the Spanning-Tree Protocol
Subnetting: Understanding VLSM
Routing Protocols: Distance Vector vs. Link State
Routing Protocols: OSPF Concepts
Routing Protocols: OSPF Configuration and Troubleshooting
Routing Protocols: EIGRP Concepts and Configuration
Access-Lists: The Rules of the ACL
Access-Lists: Configuring ACLs
Access-Lists: Configuring ACLs, Part 2
NAT: Understanding the Three Styles of NAT
NAT: Command-line NAT Configuration
WAN Connections: Concepts of VPN Technology
WAN Connections: Implementing PPP Authentication
WAN Connections: Understanding Frame Relay
WAN Connections: Configuring Frame Relay
IPv6: Understanding Basic Concepts and Addressing
IPv6: Configuring, Routing, and Interoperating