Spring, 2009 Schedule Tuesday, Thursday - Computer Networking I

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Cisco CCNA Exam requirements

Week 1        January 13th

  1. Homework #1 –   Practice Test Software - Find and work through 15 questions on OSI Model, Ethernet Standards, cabling, or the Cisco Hierarchical Model.
  2. Read CCNA Chapter 1 – Internetworking
  3. Additional reading – CCNA Portable Command Guide – chapters 4 and 5
  4. Additional reading as time permits - http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kotfid/ccna1/ CCNA 1 Chapters 2, 3, and 4
  5. In class assignments – grading policy overview and demos:  basics of routers/switches – console vs. telnet – book reading – certs overview – cisco.com
  6. Download and install on your laptop PacketTracer 5.0:  http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kotfid/packettracer/  (Get username and password from David, Chris, TAs) We will be using this in class on Thursday so you need to bring your laptop to class unless you want to be bored! 

 

January 15th

  1. Pass in homework #1.
  2. Homework #2 – Find 15 questions from practice test on TCP/IP DOD model, IP classes and NAT and answer.
  3. Read CCNA Chapter 2 – Introduction to TCP/IP
  4. Additional reading – CCNA Portable Command Guide – chapters 6 and 22
  5. Additional reading as time permits- http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kotfid/ccna1/ CCNA 1 Chapters 5, 6, and 7
  6. In class assignments – Lab 1 demo and possible quiz

 

Week 2        January 20th

  1. Pass in homework #2.
  2. Homework #3 - Find 15 questions from practice test on IP addressing and subnetting and hand in answers.
  3. Read CCNA Chapter 3 – Subnetting, variable length subnet masks (VLSM), and troubleshooting TCP/IP
  4. Additional reading - CCNA Portable Command Guide – chapters 1 - 3
  5. Additional reading as time permits - http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kotfid/ccna1/ CCNA 1 Chapters 8, 9, and 10
  6. In class assignments – subnetting exercises to be done in class.
  7. lab – super lab 1 - part a

 

                   January 22nd

  1. Pass in homework #3.
  2. Homework #4 – Find 15 questions from the practice test on IOS functions, IOS commands, and SDM and hand in answers.
  3. Read CCNA Chapter 4 – Cisco IOS and SDM
  4. Additional reading - CCNA Portable Command Guide – chapters 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20
  5. Additional reading as time permits - http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kotfid/ccna2/ CCNA 2 Chapters 1, 2, and 3
  6. lab – super lab 1 – Part b

 

Week 3        January 27th

  1. Pass in homework #4.
  2. Homework #5 – Find 15 questions on CDP, IOS and configuration management commands and hand in your answers.
  3. Read CCNA Chapter 5 – Managing a Cisco Internetwork
  4. Additional reading - CCNA Portable Command Guide – chapters 7, 8 and 29
  5. Additional reading as time permits - http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kotfid/ccna2/ CCNA 2 Chapters 4, 5, and 6
  6. lab – super lab 2 – part a

 

January 29th

  1. Pass in homework #5.
  2. Homework #6 – Find 20 questions pertaining to RIP, EIGRP, Split Horizon, Hold Down Timers, Classful Routing, Distance Vector, etc. and hand in your answers.
  3. Read CCNA Chapter 6 – IP Routing
  4. Additional reading - CCNA Portable Command Guide – chapters 9 and 10
  5. Additional reading as time permits - http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kotfid/ccna2/ CCNA 2 Chapters 7, 8, and 9
  6. lab – super lab 2 – part b

 

Week 4        February 3rd

  1. Pass in homework #6.
  2. Homework #7 – 20 questions pertaining to EIGRP, OSPF, Classless routing, link state and hand in answers.
  3. Read CCNA Chapter 7 – EIGRP and OSPF
  4. Additional reading - CCNA Portable Command Guide – chapters 11 and 12
  5. Additional reading as time permits - http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kotfid/ccna2/ CCNA 2 Chapters 10 and 11
  6. lab – super lab 3 – part a

 

                         February 5th 

  1. Pass in homework #7.
  2. Homework #8 – Find 15 questions on layer 2 switching, switching types, STP, and IOS switching commands, and hand in answers.  Find 15 questions on VLANS and VTP and hand in your answers.
  3. Read CCNA Chapter 8 STP and Chapter 9 VLANs
  4. Additional reading -  CCNA Portable Command Guide – chapters 13 and 14
  5. Additional reading as time permits - http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kotfid/ccna3/ CCNA 3 Chapters 1-6
  6. lab – super lab 3 – part b

 

Week 5         February 10th

  1. Pass in homework #8.
  2. Homework #9 – Find 15 questions on security and ACLs and hand in your answers.
  3. Read CCNA Chapter 10 – Security
  4. Additional reading - CCNA Portable Command Guide – chapters 28 and 21
  5. Additional reading as time permits - http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kotfid/ccna4/ CCNA 4 Chapters 4, 5, and 6
  6. lab – super lab 4 – parts a + b

 

                       February 12th

  1. Pass in homework #9.
  2. Homework #10 – Find 10 questions on NAT and hand in your answers.
  3. Read CCNA Chapter 11 – NAT
  4. Additional reading - CCNA Portable Command Guide – chapters 23 and 24
  5. Additional reading as time permits - http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kotfid/ccna4/ CCNA 4 Chapters 7 and 8
  6. lab – super lab 5 – parts a + b

 

*******You should sign up for your exam before the next class.  ???? will be the in-class mid-term for those not taking the 640-802 exam.  There is no one testing center that I recommend in the Capital District. All of them have their pluses and minuses. You must sign up with Pearson Vue to take any of the Cisco certification exams.  You must complete the first attempt of this exam before or on the ? of February.   

 

Week 6          February 17th  -  No Class (follow Monday schedule)  

 

                    February 19th

        

  1.  Pass in homework #10.
  2. Homework #11 – Find 15 questions on wireless technologies and IPv6 and hand in answers.
  3. Read CCNA Chapter 12 Cisco Wireless Technologies and Chapter 13 IPv6
  4. Additional reading - CCNA Portable Command Guide – chapters 15 and 25
  5. Additional reading – Online reading http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kotfid/ccna4 CCNA 4 Chapters 1-3
  6. lab – super lab 5 – parts a + b continued

 Week 7         February 24th           

  1. Pass in homework #11.
  2. Homework #12 – Find 25 questions on WAN terms, connection types, PPP (chap, pap), HDLC and ISDN and hand in answers.
  3. Read –  Chapter 14 - WANS
  4. Additional reading - CCNA Portable Command Guide – chapters 26 and 27
  5. Additional reading – Online reading http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kotfid/ccna3 CCNA 3 Chapter 7
  6. Study for your exam
  7. lab – super lab 6 – parts a + b

 

                     February 26th        

 

  1. Pass in homework #12.
  2. Homework #13 – Download Practice Tests for BSCI 642-901 – 10 questions regarding the Cisco Hierarchical Model and network models.  Review all CCNA practice questions for the final if you have not taken it yet.
  3. Read BSCI - Chapter 1 – Network Architecture Framework and Design Models
  4. Extended Reading - http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kotfid/routing/start.html Module 1
  5. Practice In Class Mid-Term
  6. lab – all super labs 1 – 6 should be completed at this point

 

 

Routing Module - CCNP

 

   Week 8  March 3rd

  1. Mandatory In-class Mid-Term.
  2. Pass in Homework #13
  3. Read BSCI - Chapter 2 – Routing Principles
  4. Extended Reading - http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kotfid/routing/start.html Module 1 if not already done
  5. Homework # 14 - Find 15 questions in Practice Tests differences between classful and classless routing, as well as static routes and administrative distance.
  6. Lab – Perform BSCI lab 1.1.  Use this time to catch up any outstanding labs.  If outstanding labs are complete begin EIGRP labs listed for the 18th.

                March 5th

  1. Pass in Homework #14
  2. Homework #15 – Find 15 questions in Practice Tests on EIGRP.
  3. Read BSCI - Chapter 3 – Configuring EIGRP
  4. Extended Reading - http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kotfid/routing/start.html Module 2
  5. Lab – EIGRP labs 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4a, and 2.5

Week 9    March 17th

  1. Pass in Homework #15
  2. Homework #16 – Find and answer 15 questions on single area OSPF
  3. Read BSCI - Chapter 4 - Configuring single area OSPF
  4. Additional reading - http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kotfid/routing/start.html Module 3
  5. Lab -  OSPF labs 3.1 and 3.2

                   March 19th

  1. Pass in Homework #16
  2. Homework #17 – Find and answer 15 OSPF multi-area questions
  3. Read BSCI - Chapter 5 – Configuring OSPF in a single area
  4. Additional reading - http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kotfid/routing/start.html Module 3
  5. Lab – OSPF labs 3.3 and 3.4a

 

Week 10        March 24th

  1. Pass in Homework #17
  2. Homework #18 – Find and answer 15 questions on ISIS
  3. Reading – BSCI chapter 6 – Integrated ISIS
  4. Additional reading - http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kotfid/routing/start.html Module 4
  5. Lab – ISIS labs 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3a

                   March 26th

  1. Pass in Homework #18
  2. Homework #19 – Find and answer 15 questions on route optimization.
  3. Read BSCI - Chapter 7 – Manipulating Routing Updates
  4. Additional reading - http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kotfid/routing/start.html Module 5
  5. Lab – Route Optimization labs 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, and 5.5

Week 11        March 31st

  1. Pass in Homework #19
  2. Homework #20 – Find 20 questions on BGP.
  3. Read BSCI - Chapter 8 - BGP
  4. Lab – BGP labs 6.1 and 6.2

                   April 2nd

  1. Pass in Homework #20
  2. Homework #21 – Find and configure 2 practice SIMs from the practice exam.  One SIM on route optimization and one on OSPF.
  3. Reading -  http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kotfid/routing/start.html Module 6
  4. Lab – BGP labs 6.3, 6.4, and 6.5

Week 12      April 7th

  1.  Pass in Homework #21
  2. Homework #22 – Find and answer 15 questions on BGP and Terminology, Concepts, and basic configuration.
  3. Read BSCI - Chapter 9 – Implementing IP Multicast
  4. Additional reading - http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kotfid/routing/start.html Module 7
  5. Lab – Multicast Routing labs 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4

                         April 9th

  1. Pass in Homework #22
  2. Homework #23 – Find and answer 15 questions on IPv6
  3. Reading – Chapter 10 – IPv6
  4. Additional Reading -  http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kotfid/routing/start.html Module 8
  5. Lab – IPv6 labs 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3

Download IPv6 slides

Week 13         April 14th

Track 1 - Schedule your final exam

  1. Pass in Homework #23
  2. Homework #24 – review each topic by finding 2 questions for each topic covered to this point – answer and hand in.
  3. Reading – Case studies and BSCI book Part V Appendix C - G
  4. Lab – Super lab 8 – finish any outstanding labs

           April 16th

  1. Pass in Homework #24
  2. Homework #25 – Answer the last 30 questions of the Practice Tests.
  3. Read BSCI – Appendix A – Job aids and supplements – this info may be on the exam, read thoroughly!!!
  4. Lab – Super Lab 9 – finish any outstanding labs

Week 14

                   April 21st

  1. Practice in class final.   Mandatory review session
  2. Homework – Study from BSCI or in class exam – review all questions
  3. Lab – Super lab 10 – finish any outstanding labs

 

                         April 23rd

  1. Homework – Study from BSCI or in class exam – review all questions
  2. Mandatory in class final
  3. Take the BSCI – 642-901 if you are in this grading track

 

Week 15         April 28th

IN CLASS REVIEW

All Certification EXAMs and LABs must be completed and in to David in Lally 316 no later than May 8th.  Remember that if you fail a Cisco certification exam, you must wait 5 business days before you can retake the exam.  Unless you are CERTAIN you will pass the exam on the first try, then schedule your exam accordingly.