Module 1 Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) Fundamentals

• The IOS and Its User Interface
• Router Components
• Command-Line Interface
• Configuration Processes and the Configuration File
• Example Configuration Process
• Managing Configuration Files
• Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)
• Managing IOS Images

Module 2: OSI Reference Model & Layered Communication

• The OSI, TCP/IP, and NetWare Protocol Architectures
• Layering Benefits and Concepts
• Interaction Between OSI Layers
• The TCP/IP and NetWare Protocols
• OSI Transport Layer Functions
• Connection-Oriented Versus Connectionless Protocols 87
• How Error Recovery Is Accomplished
• Flow Control
• OSI Data Link Layer Functions
• OSI Network Layer Functions
• Routing
• Network Layer (Layer 3) Addressing

Module 3: Bridges/Switches and LAN Design

• LAN Overview
• LAN Addressing
• LAN Framing
• Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet
• LAN Standards
• Bridging, Switching, and Spanning Tree
• Transparent Bridging
• LAN Switching
• Comparison of LAN Segmentation Using Bridges, Switches, and Routers
• Spanning Tree
• Virtual LANs
• VLAN Summary
• LAN Switch Configuration
• Basic VLAN Configuration
• VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)

Module 4: Network Protocols

• TCP/IP Protocols
• Transmission Control Protocol
• User Datagram Protocol
• Address Resolution Protocol
• Internet Control Message Protocol
• FTP and TFTP
• IP Addressing and Subnetting
• IP Addressing Review
• IP Configuration
• Using Secondary Addresses
• IP Addressing with Frame Relay Subinterfaces
• MTU and Fragmentation
• IP Naming Commands and Telnet
• Default Routes and the ip classless Command  
• IPX Addressing and Routing
• Internal Networks and Encapsulation Types
• IPX Configuration

Module 5: Routing

• Distance Vector Routing Protocols
• Comparing Routing Protocols
• Distance Vector Routing
• Configuration of RIP and IGRP
• The network Command
• IGRP Metrics
• Split Horizon and Infinity
• RIP-1 and IGRP—No Subnet Masks
• RIP Version 2
• Auto Summary and Route Aggregation
• Multiple Routes to the Same Subnet
• Troubleshooting Routing and Routing Protocols
• IPX RIP, SAP, and GNS
• Service Advertisement Protocol
• Configuration of IPX
• Tunneling
• Tunneling for VPNs
• Configuring Tunneling
• Integrated Routing Protocols

Module 6: Understanding Access List Security

• Filtering IP Traffic
• Standard IP Access Lists
• Extended IP Access Lists
• Named IP Access Lists
• Controlling vty Access with IP Access Lists
• IP Access List Summary
• Filtering IPX Traffic and SAPs
• IPX Packet Filters (Access Lists)
• Standard IPX Access Lists
• Extended IPX Access Lists
• SAP Filters
• Named IPX Access Lists

Module 7: WAN Protocols and Design

• Point-to-Point Leased Lines
• HDLC and PPP Configuration
• WAN Cabling Standards
• Frame Relay Protocols
• Frame Relay Features and Terminology
• LMI and Encapsulation Types
• DLCI Addressing and Frame Relay Switching  
• Network Layer Concerns with Frame Relay
• How Address Mapping Works
• Review: Basic Frame Relay Initialization
• Compression
• Frame Relay Configuration
• Configuring Networks Without Sub-interfaces
• Configuring Networks with Point-to-Point Sub-interfaces
• Configuring Networks with Coexisting Point-to-Point and Multipoint
• Sub interfaces
• Payload Compression Configuration
• ISDN Protocols and Design
• ISDN Channels
• ISDN Protocols
• ISDN Function Groups and Reference Points
• Typical Use of ISDN
• PAP and CHAP
• Multilink PPP
• Dial-on-Demand Routing and ISDN Configuration
• DDR Legacy Concepts and Configuration
• A Comparison of WAN Options