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Target Audience
.GIF)
Upon completion of the Routing Protocols and Concepts course, you 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 operations for a newly-installed router
- Describe the purpose of static routes and the procedure for configuring them
- 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 Content
Routing Protocols and Concepts
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. 
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 Chapter Labs
- 1.7 Chapter Summary
- 1.8 Chapter Quiz
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 Route Configuration Labs
- 2.9 Chapter Labs
- 2.10 Chapter Summary
- 2.11 Chapter Quiz
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 Chapter Labs
- 3.7 Chapter Summary
- 3.8 Chapter Quiz
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 Chapter Labs
- 4.7 Chapter Summary
- 4.8 Chapter Quiz
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 Route and RIPv1
- 5.6 Chapter Labs
- 5.7 Chapter Summary
- 5.8 Chapter Quiz
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 Chapter Labs
- 6.6 Chapter Summary
- 6.7 Chapter Quiz
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 Labs
- 7.7 Chapter Summary
- 7.8 Chapter Quiz
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 Labs
- 8.6 Chapter Summary
- 8.7 Chapter Quiz
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 Labs
- 9.8 Chapter Summary
- 9.9 Chapter Quiz
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 Labs
- 10.4 Chapter Summary
- 10.5 Chapter Quiz
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 Multi-access Networks
- 11.5 More OSPF Configuration
- 11.6 OSPF Configuration Labs
- 11.7 Chapter Labs
- 11.8 Chapter Summary
- 11.9 Chapter Quiz
Refund Policy (short courses)
Course Withdrawal & Refunds:
Fee refunds will only be issued if a course withdrawal request
is received at least five (5) working days prior to the date of
course commencement. A 25% administration fee will be charged.
No refunds will be issued for withdrawal requests received after
this time.
Course Transfers:
Students wishing to transfer to a future start date of the same
course will be accepted if a request is received at least five
(5) working days prior to the date of course commencement, and
providing a suitable future course offering is available. For
all transfer requests, a $35 transfer fee will apply.
Course Cancellation by the
Institute: Where a course is cancelled due to
unforeseen circumstances, a full refund will be issued.
Processing of refunds takes a minimum
of twelve (12) working days. All refunds will be made directly
to the payee, and will be mailed to the payee’s address as shown
on the application form. For online/web-based fee payments made via credit card, refunds will only be made to the payee’s credit card as was used for the original fee payment.