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Introduction

This ICND 640-811 preparation training course covers the necessary subjects to enable the student to move forward and sit and pass the ICND 640-811 exam.

Hands-on practice

Approximately 40% of this course represents hands-on practice. The purpose of this is to help consolidate the subjects learnt and give the students practical as well as theoretical skills.

Who should attend the course?

This course is aimed at individuals who wish to pass the ICND 640-811 exam. Students should already have a working knowledge of binary and hexadeciamal numbering systems, basic networking, network protocols, Microsoft Windows, Internet / intranet access and a fundamental knowledge of various networking devices including hubs, bridges, switches and routers.

Course length

Five days.

Course agenda

1. Review of LAN Switching
2. The Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) and the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
3. Virtual LANs (VLANs) and Trunking
4. The Internet Protocol (IP) Layer, IP Addressing and Subnetting
5. Routing IP, Static Routing and Routing Protocols
6. RIP (Routing Information Protocol), IGRP (Interior Gateway Routing Protocol) and RIP Version 2
7. OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) and EIGRP (Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol)
8. ICND - ICMP, TCP, UDP, FTP and TFTP
9. Point-to-point WAN Protocols
10. ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) and DDR (Dial-on-demand Routing)
11. Frame Relay
12. IP Access Control Lists

1 ICND 640-811 - Review of LAN Switching

This section covers the theory and practice of LAN switching, looking at the theory behind how switches work and what they do as well as looking at the configuration of a Cisco 2950 LAN switch. The emphasis is put on the Cisco 2950 configuration rather than the switch theory.

• Introduction to bridging and switching
• Switch operation
  • MAC address learning
  • Forwarding and filtering of frames
  • Broadcast, multicast and unknown unicast frame handling
• Operation of and configuration of a Cisco 2950 LAN switch
• Configuring port security on a Cisco 2950
• A look at various 2950 commands
• Section summary and end-of-section review questions

• The IEEE 802.1d Spanning Tree Protocol - STP
  • Overview of the Spanning Tree algorithm
  • The Spanning Tree Protocol explained
    • Ports and The Spanning Tree
    • Root Bridge election
    • Root Port selection
    • Designated bridge and Designated Port selection
    • Bridge (Switch) Port States
  • Responding to network changes
  • STP and EtherChannel
  • STP and PortFast
• The IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
  • Port Roles
    • Root port, designated port, alternate port, backup port and disabled port
  • Port States
  • Rapid Convergence
• Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol on the Cisco 2950
• A look at various STP and RSTP commands on the Cisco 2950
• Section summary and end-of-section review questions

• Overview of VLAN concepts and operation
• Trunking between switches
  • Cisco Inter-Switch Link - ISL
  • IEEE 802.1Q
  • A comparison between ISL and IEEE 802.1Q
  • Trunking Between a Switch and a Router
• VLAN Trunking Protocol - VTP
  • VTP Explained
  • VTP Pruning
• VLAN configuration on the Cisco 2950
• VLAN trunking configuration on the Cisco 2950
• Section summary and end-of-section review questions

• The IP Packet
• IP addressing
  • Dotted decimal notation and binary view
  • Converting between dotted decinal notation and binary
  • Class A, Class B, Class C (Class D and Class E) addresses - The first octet rule
  • Network address masks
  • Converting IP addresses between decimal and binary format
• Subnetting
  • Subnet masks and prefix notation
  • Using the logical AND function to find network/subnet and host numbers
  • Subnetting on an octet boundary
  • Breaking the octet boundary
  • How many subnets and hosts per subnet are available?
  • Subnet zero and the all-ones subnet
  • Calculating subnet number, subnet broadcast address and the range of host addresses in a subnet using binary.
  • Calculating subnet number, subnet broadcast address and the range of host addresses in a subnet without using binary.
  • IP subnetting guidelines to meet a given design requirement
  • Variable Length Subnet Masking - VLSM
• Classless Inter-Domang Routing - CIDR
• Private Addressing
• Network Address Translation (NAT) and Port Address Translation (PAT)
  • Static NAT
  • Dynamic NAT
  • Port Address Translation (PAT)
  • Configuring NAT
• Using secondary IP addresses
• IP addressing exercises
• IP addressing design exercises
• Section summary and end-of-section review questions

• Routing
  • Routing tables
  • Static routing and its configuration
  • Summary Route
  • Floating Static Routes and Load Sharing
  • Default routes
• Routing protocols
  • Routed vs. Routing Protocols
  • Dynamic Routing Protocols
  • Interior and Exterior Gateway Protocols
  • Routing Metrics
  • Types of Dynamic Routing Protocol
    • Distance Vector, Link State and Balanced Hybrid
  • Classful and Classless routing
  • Classful and Classless Routing protocols
  • Route summarisation
  • Autosummarisation
• Checking routes with Ping and extended Ping
• Section summary and end-of-section review questions

• Overview of Distance Vector routing protocols
• Routing loops and how to overcome them
  • Route Poisoning
  • Split Horizon
  • Split Horizon with Poison Reverse
  • Hold-down Timer
  • Triggered (Flash) updates
• Auto-summarisation
• Discontiguous networks when using auto-summarisation
• Routing Information Protocol Version 1(RIP-1)
  • RIP-1 parameters and metrics
  • Configuring RIP-1
  • Viewing various RIP show and debug commands
• Overview of RIP-2
• Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP)
  • IGRP Parameters and metrics
  • Configuring IGRP
  • Viewing various IGRP show and debug commands
• Using administrative distance when multiple routes to the same subnet exist
• Section summary and end-of-section review questions

• Link State Routing Protocols
  • Overview of Link-State routing protocols
  • Avoiding loops with Link-State routing protocols
  • Overview of the Dijkstra algprithm
  • Comparison of Distance Vector and Link-state routing protocols
• Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
  • OSPF in a single area
  • Scaling the network using multiple areas
  • Stub areas
  • Configuring OSPF with a single area
  • Configuring OSPF with multiple areas
• Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) - Balanced hybrid routing protocol
  • Avoiding loops with EIGRP
  • Configuring EIGRP
• Section summary and end-of-section review questions

• Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
  • ICMP - Echo request and echo reply
  • ICMP - Destination unreachable
    • Network unreachable
    • Host unreachable
    • Protocol unreachable
    • Port unreachable
    • Fragementation needed and DF bit set (Can't fragment)
      • Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) and Fragmentation
  • ICMP - Time exceeded
  • ICMP - Redirect
• Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
• User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
• Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
• Section summary and end-of-section review questions

• WAN Protocols
• High-Level Datalink Control (HDLC)
  • HDLC overview
  • Configuring HDLC
  • HDLC show and debug commands
• Point-to-point Protocol (PPP)
  • PPP Session Setup
  • PPP Link Control Protocol (LCP)
    • LCP features
      • Link Quality Monitoring (LQM)
      • Magic number for looped link detection
      • Multilink PPP
      • PAP & CHAP Authentication
  • Configuring PPP
  • PPP show and debug commands
• Comparing HDLC and PPP
• Section summary and end-of-section review questions

• Introduction to ISDN
  • ISDN protocol architecture
  • ISDN PRI (24B+D and 30B+D) and BRI (2B+D)
  • ISDN reference points and functional devices and their application to PRI and BRI
  • ISDN PRI framing and physical encoding
  • ISDN BRI framing and physical encoding
  • Configuring PRI (DS-1/T1 and E1)
  • Configuring BRI
  • Multilink PPP with ISDN
• Dial-on-Demand Routing (DDR)
  • Configuring DDR
  • DDR Configuration Example
• ISDN and DDR show and debug commands
• Section summary and end-of-section review questions

• Frame Relay Introduction
  • Frame Relay components
  • Frame Relay encapsulation - Cisco and IETF (RFC1490/RFC2427)
  • Data Link Connection Identifiers (DLCI) and virtual circuits
  • Traffic Parameters and Congestion Control
  • Local Management Interface (LMI) - Cisco, ANSI and ITU (q933a)
  • Network Layer Considerations
    • Inverse ARP (InARP)
    • Cisco Router Frame Relay Interfaces & Subinterfaces
    • Frame Relay Interface/VC to Subnet/Network Assignment - Full Mesh
      • Configuring Full Mesh
    • Frame Relay Interface/VC to Subnet/Network Assignment - Partial Mesh
      • Configuring Partial Mesh
    • Frame Relay Interface/VC to Subnet/Network Assignment - Hybrid
      • Configuring Hybrid
    • Broadcast handling
    • Split Horizon on Frame Relay
• Section summary and end-of-section review questions

• Access Lists
  • Standard Access Lists
    • Wildcard masks
    • Defining standard Access Lists
    • Applying standard Access Lists to interfaces
    • Configuring Standard Access Lists
  • Extended Access Lists
    • Defining Extended Access Lists
    • Applying Extended Access Lists to interfaces
    • Configuring Extended Access Lists
  • Named IP Access Lists
    • Configuring Named Access Lists
  • Controlling vty Access with Access Lists
• Section summary and end-of-section review questions