Cisco Wireless Network Fundamentals Training - United States

Cisco Wireless Network Fundamentals Training Course Outline

Module 1: Living in a Network-Centric World

• Communicating in a Network-Centric World
• Communication: An Essential Part of Our Lives

• What Is Communication?
• Quality of Communication

• Network as a Platform
• Architecture of the Internet
• Trends in Networking

Module 2: Communicating over the Network

• Platform for Communications

• Elements of Communication
• Communicating the Messages
• Components of the Network
• End Devices and Their Role on the Network
• Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide
• Intermediary Devices and Their Role on the Network
• Network Media

• LANs, WANs, and Internetworks

• Local-Area Networks
• Wide-Area Networks
• Internet: A Network of Networks
• Network Representations

• Protocols
• Using Layered Models

• Benefits of a Layered Model
• Protocol and Reference Models
• TCP/IP Model
• Communication Process
• Protocol Data Units and Encapsulation
• Sending and Receiving Process
• OSI Model
• Comparing the OSI Model to the TCP/IP Model

• Network Addressing

Module 3: Application Layer Functionality and Protocols

• Applications: Interface Between the Networks

• OSI and TCP/IP Model
• Application Layer Software
• User Applications, Services, and Application Layer Protocols
• Application Layer Protocol Functions

• Making Provisions for Applications and Services

• Client/Server Model
• Servers
• Application Layer Services and Protocols
• Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Networking and Applications

• Application Layer Protocols and Services Examples

Module 4: OSI Transport Layer

• Roles of the Transport Layer

• Purpose of the Transport Layer
• Supporting Reliable Communication
• TCP and UDP
• Port Addressing
• Segmentation and Reassembly: Divide and Conquer

• TCP: Communicating with Reliability
• UDP: Communicating with Low Overhead

• Low Overhead Versus Reliability
• Datagram Reassembly
• Server Processes and Requests
• Client Processes

Module 5: OSI Network Layer

• IPv4 136
• Networks: Dividing Hosts into Groups

• Creating Common Groups
• Why Separate Hosts into Networks?
• Dividing Networks from Networks

• Routing: How Data Packets Are Handled
• Routing Processes: How Routes Are Learned

• Static Routing
• Dynamic Routing
• Routing Protocols

Module 6: Addressing the Network: IPv4

• IPv4 Addresses

• Anatomy of an IPv4 Address
• Binary-to-Decimal Conversion
• Decimal-to-Binary Conversions
• Addressing Types of Communication

• IPv4 Addresses for Different Purposes
• Assigning Addresses

• Planning to Address the Network
• Static or Dynamic Addressing for End-User Devices
• Selecting Device Addresses
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
• ISPs

• Calculating Addresses
• Testing the Network Layer

Module 7: OSI Data Link Layer

• Data Link Layer: Accessing the Media
• MAC Techniques: Placing Data on the Media

• MAC for Shared Media
• MAC for Nonshared Media
• Logical Topology Versus Physical Topology

• MAC: Addressing and Framing Data

Module 8: OSI Physical Layer

• Physical Layer: Communication Signals

• Purpose of the Physical Layer
• Physical Layer Operation
• Physical Layer Standards
• Physical Layer Fundamental Principles

• Physical Signaling and Encoding: Representing Bits

• Signaling Bits for the Media
• Encoding: Grouping Bits
• Data-Carrying Capacity

• Physical Media: Connecting Communication

• Types of Physical Media
• Copper Media
• Media Connectors

Module 9: Ethernet

• Overview of Ethernet
• Ethernet: Communication Through the LAN
• Ethernet Frame
• Ethernet MAC
• Ethernet Physical Layer
• Hubs and Switches
• Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

Module 10: Planning and Cabling Networks

• LANs: Making the Physical Connection
• Device Interconnections
• Developing an Addressing Scheme
• Calculating the Subnets
• Device Interconnections

Module 11: Configuring and Testing Your Network

• Configuring Cisco Devices: IOS Basics
• Applying a Basic Configuration Using Cisco IOS

• Naming Devices
• Limiting Device Access: Configuring Passwords and Banners
• Managing Configuration Files
• Configuring Interfaces

• Verifying Connectivity

• Test the Stack
• Testing the Interface
• Testing the Local Network
• Testing Gateway and Remote Connectivity
• Tracing and Interpreting Trace Results

• Monitoring and Documenting Networks