• Data Link and Network Address
• MAC Address
• Address Resolution Protocol
• Connection Oriented and Connection-less Services
• Networking Topologies, Ethernet
• Token Ring, FDDI, Serial Ports
• Hub, Switch, Bridge VLAN, Router

Internetworking Operating System

• Logging in to a Router in Both User and Privileged Modes
• Authentication Servers
• Entering Commands, Configuring Router
• Understanding Router Elements
• RAM, ROM
• Flash Memory, Network Interfaces
• CISCO Discovery Protocols (CDP)
• CISCO IOC Command for Router Startup

Understanding and Configuring TCP/IP

• IP Address, Subnetting
• TCP/IP Overview, TCP?IP Services
• Host-name to IP Address Mapping
• Static Name Mapping
• Internet Control Message Protocol
• Remote Access using Telnet

LAN Switching

• Bridging and LAN Switching
• Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Full Duplex
• Collision & Broadcast Domains, Segmentation
• Gigabit Ethernet, Switching Architecture
• Cut Through, Store and Forward
• VLAN, VTP, ISL (802.10)
• VLAN Pruning, Inter VLAN
• Spanning Tree Protocol (802.19)

WAN Protocols

• WAN Terms - Central Office, Local Loop
• TI Services
• Channel Service Unit/Data Services Unit (CSU/DSU)
• Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
• Dial on Demand Routing (DDR)(Legacy/Dialer Profile)
• X.25, LAPB, SDLC, HDLC, PPP
• Frame Relay, Frame Relay Cloud, Committed Information Rate (CIR), Data-Link Connection Identifier (DLCI), Permanent Virtual Circuit (PVC), Switched Virtual Circuit (SVC)

Routing

• Routing Protocols Basics
• Multi-Protocols Routing (MRP)
• Routing Problems
• Distance Vector Protocols - RIP, IGRP
• Link State Protocols -EIGRP/OSPF
• CISCO Hierarchical Design, CIDR, NAT
• Implementing Standard IP Access List
• Restricting Traffic to and from One Network
• Managing Access List
• Restriction Traffic to and from one Network Station
• Implementing Extended IP Access Lists
• Deny Telnet Request to Host on your Network
• OSPF AND EIGRP PROTOCOLS