CMT II Syllabus
by Leanne Falbo
September 07, 2007
Computer Maintenance Technology II
Cisco CCNA Exploration I and II
Syllabus and Student Information
Grundy Area Vocational Center
2007 –
2008
Instructors Howard
Whitney Hwhitney@gavc-il.org
Leanne
Falbo Lfalbo@gavc-il.org
Textbook Required:
Routing
Protocols and Concepts, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide
ISBN-10: 1-58713-206-0
ISBN-13: 9781587132063
Publication Date: October 2007
Routing
Protocols and Concepts, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide
ISBN-10: 1-58713-206-0
ISBN-13: 9781587132063
Publication Date: October 2007
Optional:
Network
Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Labs and Study Guide
ISBN-10: 1-58713-203-6
ISBN-13: 9781587132032
Publication Date: October 2007
Routing Protocols and Concepts, CCNA Exploration Labs and Study
Guide
ISBN-10: 1-58713-204-4
ISBN-13: 9781587132049
Publication Date: October 2007
Alternative Curriculum
Access Methods
Student CD distributed
during first week of class
http://cisco.netacad.net
website
Required Materials
Writing tool, journal (composition book) or loose leaf paper
Class
Hours
GAVC Time block EB or 1, Monday through Friday
Prerequisites
Required:CMT
I
Helpful: A+
Certification; Microsoft Office Skills;introductory
programming or
multimedia courses, introductory electronics
Dual
Enrollment
Joliet Junior College
4
credit hours each for CNT 101 and CNT 102 will be awarded to
students who successfully complete both semesters of this
course.
Grading
Scale
A >=
93%
B >= 85%
C >= 77%
D >= 70%
< 70 =
Failing
Upon completion of the Network Fundamentals course, (semester one), students will be able to perform the following tasks:
● Explain the importance of data networks and the Internet in supporting business communications and everyday activities
● Explain how communication works in data networks and the Internet
● Recognize the devices and services that are used to support communications across an Internetwork
● Use network protocol models to explain the layers of communications in data networks
● Explain the role of protocols in data networks
● Describe the importance of addressing and naming schemes at various layers of data networks
● Describe the protocols and services provided by the Application layer in the OSI and TCP/IP models and describe how this layer operates in various networks
● Analyze the operations and features of the Transport layer protocols and services
● Analyze the operations and feature of the Network layer protocols and services and explain the fundamental concepts of routing
● Design, calculate, and apply subnet masks and addresses to fulfill given requirements
● Describe the operation of protocols at the OSI Data link layer and explain how they support communications
● Explain the role of Physical layer protocols and services in supporting communications across data networks
● Explain fundamental Ethernet concepts such as media, services, and operation
● Employ basic cabling and network designs to connect devices in accordance with stated objectives
● Build a simple Ethernet network using routers and switches
●Use Cisco CLI commands to perform basic router and switch configuration and verification
● Analyze the operations and features of common Application layer protocols such as HTTP, DNS, DHCP, SMTP, Telnet, and FTP.
● Utilize common network
utilities to verify small network operations and analyze data
traffic.
Upon
completion of the Routing Protocols and Concepts course, (semester
two), students will be able to perform the following functions:
●Describe the purpose, nature, and operations of a router
● Explain the critical role routers play in enabling communications across multiple networks
● Describe the purpose and nature of routing tables
● Describe how a router determines a path and switches packets
● Explain the route lookup process and determine the path packets will take in the network.
● Configure and verify basic router operation for a newly installed router
●Describe the purpose and procedure for configuring static routes
●Configure and verify static and default routing.
● Describe the role of dynamic routing protocols and place these protocols in the context of modern network design
●Describe how metrics are used by routing protocols and identify the metric types used by dynamic routing protocols
● Identify the characteristics of distance vector routing protocols
●Describe the network discovery process of distance vector routing protocols using Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
●Describe the functions, characteristics, and operations of the RIPv1 protocol
●Compare and contrast classful and classless IP addressing
● Describe classful and classless routing behaviors in routed networks
●Design and implement a classless IP addressing scheme for a given network
● Describe the main features and operations of the Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
● Use advanced configuration commands with routers implementing EIGRP and OSPF
● Describe the basis features and concepts of link-state routing protocols
● Describe the purpose, nature, and operations of the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Protocol
● Configure and verify basic RIPv1, RIPv2, single area OSPF, and EIGRP operations in a small routed network.
● Use router show and
debug commands to troubleshoot common errors that occur in small
routed networks.
Course Outline
Network Fundamentals (semester one)
This course introduces the architecture, structure, functions, components, and models of the Internet and other computer networks. It uses the OSI and TCP layered models to examine the nature and roles of protocols and services at the application, network, data link, and physical layers. The principles and structure of IP addressing and the fundamentals of Ethernet concepts, media, and operations are introduced to provide a foundation for the curriculum. Labs use a “model Internet” to allow students to analyze real data without affecting production networks. Packet Tracer (PT) activities help students analyze protocol and network operation and build small networks in a simulated environment. At the end of the course, students build simple LAN topologies by applying basic principles of cabling; performing basic configurations of network devices, including routers and switches; and implementing IP addressing schemes.
Week 1 – 2, Chapter 1. Living in a Network-Centric World
1.0 Chapter Introduction
1.1 Communicating in a Network-Centric World
1.2 Communication – An Essential Part of Our Lives
1.3 The Network as a Platform
1.4 The Architecture of the Internet
1.5 Trends in Networking
1.6 Chapter Labs
1.7 Summary
1.8 Chapter Quiz
Week 3 – 4, Chapter 2. Communications over the Networks
2.0 Chapter Introduction
2.1 The Platform for Communications
2.2 LANs, WANs, and Internetworks
2.3 Protocols
2.4 Using Layered Models
2.5 Network Addressing
2.6 Chapter Labs
2.7 Chapter Summary
2.8 Chapter Quiz
Week 5 - 6, Chapter 3. OSI Application Layer Functionality
3.0 Chapter Introduction
3.1 Applications – The Interface Between the Networks
3.2 Making Provisions for Applications and Services
3.3 Application Layer Protocols and Services Examples
3.4 Chapter Labs and Activites
3.5 Chapter Summary
3.6 Chapter Quiz
Week 7, Chapter 4. OSI Transport Layer
4.0 Chapter Introduction
4.1 Roles of the Transport Layer
4.2 The TCP Protocol – Communicating with Reliability
4.3 Managing TCP Sessions
4.4 The UDP Protocol – Communicating with Low Overhead
4.5 Lab Activities
4.6 Chapter Summary
4.7 Chapter Quiz
Week 8, Chapter 5. OSI Network Layer
5.0 Chapter Introduction
5.1 IPv4
5.2 Networks – Dividing Devices into Groups
5.3 Routing – How Our Data Packets are Handled
5.4 Routing Processes: How Routes are Learned
5.5 Labs
5.6 Summary
5.7 Quiz
Week 9 - 10, Chapter 6. Addressing the Network – IPv4
6.0 Chapter Introduction
6.1 IPv4 Addresses
6.2 Addresses for Different Purposes
6.3 Assigning Addresses
6.4 Is It On My Network?
6.5 Calculating Addresses
6.6 Testing the Network Layer
6.7 Labs and Activities
6.8 Chapter Summaries
6.9 Chapter Quiz
Week 11, Chapter 7. Data Link Layer
7.0 Chapter Introduction
7.1 Data Link Layer – Accessing the media
7.2 Media Access Control Techniques
7.3 Media Access Control Addressing and Framing Data
7.4 Putting it All Together
7.5 Labs and Activities
7.6 Chapter Summary
7.7 Chapter Quiz
Week 12, Chapter 8. OSI Physical Layer
8.0 Chapter Introduction
8.1 The Physical Layer - Communication Signals
8.2 Physical Signaling and Encoding: Representing
8.3 Physical Media – Connecting Communication
8.4 Lab – Media Connectors
8.5 Chapter Summary
8.6 Chapter Quiz
Week 13 - 14, Chapter 9. Ethernet
9.0 Chapter Introduction
9.1 Overview of Ethernet
9.2 Ethernet - Communication through the LAN
9.3 The Ethernet Frame
9.4 Ethernet Media Access Control
9.5 Ethernet Physical Layer
9.6 Hubs and Switches
9.7 Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
9.8 Chapter Labs
9.9 Chapter Summary
9.10 Chapter Quiz
Week 15, Chapter 10. Planning and Cabling Networks
10.0 Chapter Introduction
10.1 LANs – Making the Physical Connection
10.2 Device Interconnections
10.3 Developing an Addressing Scheme
10.4 Calculating the Subnets
10.5 Device Interconnections
10.6 Chapter Labs
10.7 Chapter Summary
10.8 Chapter Quiz
Week 16, Chapter 11. Configuring and Testing Your Network
11.0 Chapter Introduction
11.1 Configuring Cisco Devices – IOSｮ basics
11.2 Applying a Basic Configuration Using Cisco IOS
11.3 Verifying Connectivity
11.4 Monitoring and Documenting of Networks
11.5 Lab Activity
11.6 Summary
11.7 Chapter Quiz
Week 17, Review of Major concepts in semester one
Week 18, Written and Practical Final Exams
Course Outline
Routing Protocols and Concepts (semester two)
This course describes the architecture, components, and operation of routers, and explains the principles of routing and routing protocols. Students analyze, configure, verify, and troubleshoot the primary routing protocols RIPv1, RIPv2, EIGRP, and OSPF. By the end of this course, students will be able to recognize and correct common routing issues and problems. Each chapter walks the student through a basic procedural lab, and then presents basic configuration, implementation, and troubleshooting labs. Packet Tracer (PT) activities reinforce new concepts, and allow students to model and analyze routing processes that may be difficult to visualize or understand.
Week 1, Chapter 1. Introduction to Routing and Packet Forwarding
1.0 Chapter Introduction
1.1 Inside the Router
1.2 CLI Configuration and Addressing
1.3 Building the Routing Table
1.4 Path Determination and Switching Functions
1.5 Router Configuration Labs
1.6 Summary
1.7 Chapter Quiz
Week 2, Chapter 2. Static Routing
2.0 Chapter Introduction
2.1 Routers in Networks
2.2 Router Configuration Review
2.3 Exploring Directly Connected Networks
2.4 Static Routes with “Next Hop” Addresses
2.5 Static Routes with Exit Interfaces
2.6 Summary and Default Static Routes
2.7 Managing and Troubleshooting Static Routes
2.8 Static RouteConfiguration Labs
2.9 Chapter Summary
2.10 Chapter Quiz
Week 3 - 4, Chapter 3. Introduction to Dynamic Routing Protocols
3.0 Chapter Introduction
3.1 Introduction and Advantages
3.2 Classifying Dynamic Routing Protocols
3.3 Metrics
3.4 Administrative Distances
3.5 Routing Protocol and Subnetting Activities
3.6 Summary
3.7 Chapter Quiz
Week 5 – 6, Chapter 4. Distance Vector Routing Protocols
4.0 Chapter Introduction
4.1 Introduction to Distance Vector Routing Protocols
4.2 Network Discovery
4.3 Routing Table Maintenance
4.4 Routing Loops
4.5 Distance Vector Routing Protocols Today
4.6 Summary
4.7 Quiz
Week 7, Chapter 5. RIP version 1
5.0 Chapter Introduction
5.1 RIPv1: Distance Vector, Classful Routing Protocol
5.2 Basic RIPv1 Configuration
5.3 Verification and Troubleshooting
5.4 Automatic Summarization
5.5 Default Routeand RIPv1
5.6 Summary
5.7 Quiz
Week 8 – 9, Chapter 6. VLSM and CIDR
6.0 Chapter Introduction
6.1 Classful and Classless Addressing
6.2 VLSM
6.3 CIDR
6.4 VLSM and Route Summarization Activity
6.5 Summary
6.6 Chapter Quiz
Week 10, Chapter 7. RIPv2
7.0 Chapter Introduction
7.1 RIPv1 Limitations
7.2 Configuring RIPv2
7.3 VLSM and CIDR
7.4 Verifying and Troubleshooting RIPv2
7.5 RIPv2 Configuration Labs
7.6 Chapter Summary
7.7 Chapter Quiz
Week 11, Chapter 8. The Routing Table: A Closer Look
8.0 Chapter Introduction
8.1 The Routing Table Structure
8.2 Routing Table Lookup Process
8.3 Routing Behavior
8.4 Routing Table Labs
8.5 Chapter Summary
8.6 Chapter Quiz
Week 12 – 13, Chapter 9. EIGRP
9.0 Chapter Introduction
9.1 Introduction to EIGRP
9.2 Basic EIGRP Configuration
9.3 EIGRP Metric Calculation
9.4 DUAL
9.5 More EIGRP Configuration
9.6 EIGRP Configuration Labs
9.7 Chapter Summary
9.8 Chapter Quiz
Week 14, Chapter 10. Link-State Routing Protocols
10.0 Chapter Introduction
10.1 Link-State Routing Protocols
10.2 Implementing Link-State Routing Protocols
10.3 Chapter Summary
10.4 Chapter Quiz
Week 15 - 16, Chapter 11. OSPF
11.0 Chapter Introduction
11.1 Introduction to OSPF
11.2 Basic OSPF Configuration
11.3 The OSPF Metric
11.4 OSPF and Multiaccess Networks
11.5 More OSPF Configuration
11.6 OSPF Configuration Labs
11.7 Chapter Summary
11.8 Chapter Quiz
Week 17, Semester two review
Week 18, Written and Practical Final Exams
