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Review of PC Fundamentals and Intro to Networking

3 weeks

Standard & Benchmarks:

Cisco Networking 1.3, 2.1, and 6.1

Content:

Presents the basics of connecting to the Internet. It also introduces different number systems and the processes used to convert a number from one number system to another.

Suggested Student Performance/Product:

Students should perform simple PC and NIC troubleshooting. Students will be introduced to Binary math.

Suggested Resources:

Cisco CCNA 1 and 2 Companion Guide Revised 3^rd Edition and accompanying online content.

Instructor Handouts and PowerPoint’s

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Networking Fundamentals

2 weeks

Standard & Benchmarks:

Cisco Networking 1.1, 1.4, 1.5, 3.1, 5.2, 6.8, and 6.16

Content:

Introduces some of the terminology used by networking professionals and various types of computer networks. It also describes how the OSI reference model networking scheme supports networking standards. In addition, this describes the basic functions that occur at each layer of the OSI model. Finally, this describes various network devices and networking topologies.

Suggested Student Performance/Product:

Students should be able to describe the OSI model, bandwidth and the Layered Approach.

Suggested Resources:

Cisco CCNA 1 and 2 Companion Guide Revised 3^rd Edition and accompanying online content.

Instructor Handouts and PowerPoint’s

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Networking Media

1 week

Standard & Benchmarks:

Cisco Networking 1.10, 5.2, 6.3, and 6.14

Content:

Introduces the basic theory of electricity, which provides a foundation for understanding networking at the physical layer of the OSI model. Also discusses different types of networking media that are used at the physical layer, including shielded twisted‑pair cable, unshielded twisted‑pair cable, coaxial cable, and fiber‑optic cable, as well as wireless media.

Suggested Student Performance/Product:

The students should be proficient in describing various types of networking media options. They should be able to make straight-through, crossover, and rollover (optional) cables.

Suggested Resources:

Cisco CCNA 1 and 2 Companion Guide Revised 3^rd Edition and accompanying online content.

Instructor Handouts and PowerPoint’s

Cable Making Equipment

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Cable Testing

1 week

Standard & Benchmarks:

Cisco Networking 1.10, 6.3, and 6.17

Content:

Describes issues related to the testing of media used for physical layer connectivity in local‑area networks (LANs). Networking media is literally and physically the backbone of a network. Inferior quality of network cabling results in network failures and in networks with unreliable performance. The equipment used to perform these tests involves certain electrical and mathematical concepts and terms, such as signal, wave, frequency, and noise. Understanding this vocabulary is helpful when learning about networking, cabling, and cable testing.

Suggested Student Performance/Product:

Students should be able perform basic cable quality tests. They should be familiar with basic terminology and equipment used in copper and optical cable testing. They should be able to give a qualitative description of how frequency-based cable testing relates to high speed LANs.

Suggested Resources:

Cisco CCNA 1 and 2 Companion Guide Revised 3^rd Edition and accompanying online content.

Instructor Handouts and PowerPoint’s

Essential Labs: 4.2.9a

Optional labs: 4.2.9b, 4.2.9c, and 4.2.9d

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Cabling LANs and WANs

1 week

Standard & Benchmarks:

Cisco Networking 1.10, 4.1, 6.3, 6.16, 6.17, and 6.18

Content:

Describes issues related to cabling a WAN and cabling a LAN. Although each LAN is unique, many design aspects are common to all LANs. For example, most LANs follow the same standards and the same components. Presents information on elements of Ethernet LANs and common LAN devices. Several WAN connections are available today. They range from dialup to broadband access, and differ in bandwidth, cost, and required equipment. Presents information on the various types of WAN connections.

Suggested Student Performance/Product:

Identify characteristics of Ethernet networks

• Identify straight-through, crossover, and rollover cables

• Describe the function, advantages, and disadvantages of repeaters, hubs, bridges,

switches, and wireless network components

• Describe the function of peer-to-peer networks

• Describe the function, advantages, and disadvantages of client-server networks

• Describe and differentiate between serial, Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN),

digital subscriber line (DSL), and cable modem WAN connections

• Identify router serial ports, cables, and connectors

• Identify and describe the placement of equipment used in various WAN configurations

Suggested Resources:

Cisco CCNA 1 and 2 Companion Guide Revised 3^rd Edition and accompanying online content.

Instructor Handouts and PowerPoint’s

Essential Labs: 5.2.3a, 5.2.3b, 5.2.3c, and 5.2.7, 5.1.4, 5.1.12, 5.1.13a, and 5.1.13b

Optional labs: 5.1.7 and 5.1.10

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Ethernet Fundamentals

1 week

Standard & Benchmarks:

Cisco Networking 6.18

Content:

Discusses the operation of Ethernet, Ethernet framing, error handling, and the different type of the collisions on Ethernet networks. In addition, introduces the collision domains and broadcast domains. Finally, describes segmentation and the devices used to create the network segments.

Suggested Student Performance/Product:

Students should know the Ethernet frame and be able to decode the Ethernet naming conventions. The student should be able to use a wide range of Ethernet-related vocabulary to describe collisions, errors, and auto-negotiation on modern Ethernet LANs.

Suggested Resources:

Cisco CCNA 1 and 2 Companion Guide Revised 3^rd Edition and accompanying online content.

Instructor Handouts and PowerPoint’s

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Ethernet Technologies

1 week

Standard & Benchmarks:

Cisco Networking 1.5 and 6.2

Content:

Introduces Layer 2 bridging and switching techniques. It introduces the Spanning‑Tree Protocol (STP), tells how STP works, and covers the STP switch port states. Provides details about the most important types of Ethernet. The goal is to help you understand what is common to all forms of Ethernet. Also covers the standards for Gigabit Ethernet, which has emerged in only 3 years. An even faster Ethernet version ‑I O‑Gigabit Ethernet ‑ is now widely available, and still faster versions are being developed.

Suggested Student Performance/Product:

The students should be proficient in comparing and contrasting the major features of Legacy, Fast, Gigabit, and 10-Gigabit Ethernet.

Suggested Resources:

Cisco CCNA 1 and 2 Companion Guide Revised 3^rd Edition and accompanying online content.

Instructor Handouts and PowerPoint’s

Essential Labs: 7.1.9a, 7.1.9b, 7.1.10a and 7.1.10b

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Ethernet Switching

1 week

Standard & Benchmarks:

Cisco Networking 5.4 and 6.15

Content:

Introduces the concepts related to Ethernet switching. Bridges were developed to help correct performance problems that arose from increased collisions. Switches evolved from bridges to become the main technology in modem Ethernet LANs. Also explores the effects of collisions and broadcasts on network traffic and then describes how bridges/switches and routers are used to segment networks for improved performance.

Suggested Student Performance/Product:

Students should be able to explain the basic function of an Ethernet switch and how frames and packets flow in a collision and broadcast domain.

Suggested Resources:

Cisco CCNA 1 and 2 Companion Guide Revised 3^rd Edition and accompanying online content.

Instructor Handouts and PowerPoint’s

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TCP/IP Protocol Suite and IP Addressing

2 weeks

Standard & Benchmarks:

Cisco Networking 1.2, 1.4, 1.7, and 6.15

Content:

Presents an overview of the TCP/IP protocol suite. It starts with the history and future of TCP/IP, compares the TCP/IP protocol model to the OSI model, and identifies and describes each layer of the TCP/IP protocol suite.

Suggested Student Performance/Product:

Students should be proficient in decimal-to-binary and binary-to-decimal conversion, the nomenclature and format of IP addresses and subnet masks, and the IP address classes.

Suggested Resources:

Cisco CCNA 1 and 2 Companion Guide Revised 3^rd Edition and accompanying online content.

Instructor Handouts and PowerPoint’s

Optional labs: 10.3.5a, 10.3.5b, 10.3.5c, and 10.3.5d, 10.2.9

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Routing Fundamentals and Subnets

3 weeks

Standard & Benchmarks:

Cisco Networking 1.3, 1.6, and 1.7

Content:

Covers the topics related to the Internet Protocol (IP). Also discusses the difference between routing and routed protocols, and tells how routers track distance between locations. Finally, this introduces the distance vector, link‑state, and hybrid routing approaches, as well as how each resolves common routing problems.

Suggested Student Performance/Product:

The student should have an ability to describe the IP packet in some detail and to distinguish, both in name and in justification, between routed and routing protocols.

Suggested Resources:

Cisco CCNA 1 and 2 Companion Guide Revised 3^rd Edition and accompanying online content.

Instructor Handouts and PowerPoint’s

Optional labs: 10.2.9, 10.3.5a, 10.3.5b, 10.3.5c, and 10.3.5d

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TCP/IP Transport and Application Layers

1 week

Standard & Benchmarks:

Cisco Networking 1.6, 5.1, and 5.5

Content:

Covers the issues related to the transport layer and how it uses the services provided by the network layer, such as best path selection and logical addressing, to provide end‑to‑end communication between source and destination. Describes how the transport layer regulates the flow of information from source to destination reliably and accurately.

Suggested Student Performance/Product:

Student should be familiar with the terminology of each of the TCP/IP transport and application layer protocols discussed.

Suggested Resources:

Cisco CCNA 1 and 2 Companion Guide Revised 3^rd Edition and accompanying online content.

Instructor Handouts and PowerPoint’s

Essential Labs: 11.1.5, 11.2.4

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