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Target Audience
.GIF)
Upon completion of the LAN Switching and Wireless course, students will be able to perform the following functions:
- Identify and correct common network problems at layers 1, 2, 3, and 7 using a layered model approach
- Interpret network diagrams
- Select the appropriate media, cables, ports, and connectors to connect switches to other network devices and hosts
- Explain the technology and media access control method for Ethernet networks
- Explain basic switching concepts and the operation of Cisco switches
- Perform and verify initial switch configuration tasks including remote access management
- Describe enhanced switching technologies such as VLANs, VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP), Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), Per VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol (PVSTP), and 802.1q
- Describe how VLANs create logically separate networks and how routing occurs between them
- Configure, verify, and troubleshoot VLANs, trunking on Cisco switches, interVLAN routing, VTP, and RSTP
- Interpret the output of various show and debug commands to verify the operational status of a Cisco switched network
- Verify network status and switch operation using basic utilities such as ping, traceroute, Telnet, Secure Shell (SSH), Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), and ipconfig, as well as the show and debug commands
- Identify, prescribe, and resolve common switched network media issues, configuration issues, autonegotiation, and switch hardware failures
- Manage Cisco IOS® Software . Manage Cisco IOS configuration files (save, edit, upgrade, and restore)
- Describe standards associated with wireless media, such as ( IEEE WI-FI Alliance, ITU/FCC) standards
- Identify and describe the purpose of the components in a small wireless network, such as Service Set Identification (SSID), Basic Service Set (BSS), and Extended Service Set (ESS)
- Identify basic configuration parameters on a wireless network to ensure that devices connect to the correct access points
- Compare and contrast Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) security features and capabilities of open, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), and WPA-1/2 networks
- Describe common wireless-network implementation issues such as interference and misconfiguration
Course Content
LAN Switching and Wireless
This course provides a comprehensive, theoretical, and practical approach to learning the technologies and protocols needed to design and implement a converged switched network. Students learn about the hierarchical network design model and how to select devices for each layer. The course explains how to configure a switch for basic functionality and how to implement Virtual LANs, VTP, and Inter-VLAN routing in a converged network. The different implementations of Spanning Tree Protocol in a converged network are presented, and students develop the knowledge and skills necessary to implement a WWLAN in a small to medium network. 
Chapter 1. LAN Design
- 1.0 Chapter Introduction
- 1.1 Switched LAN Architecture
- 1.2 Matching Switches to Specific LAN Functions
- 1.3 Chapter Labs
- 1.4 Chapter Summary
- 1.5 Chapter Quiz
Chapter 2. Configure a Switch
- 2.0 Chapter Introduction
- 2.1 Introduction to Ethernet/802.3 LANs
- 2.2 Forwarding Ethernet Frames Using a Switch
- 2.3 Switch Management Configuration
- 2.4 Configuring Switch Security
- 2.5 Chapter Labs
- 2.6 Chapter Summary
- 2.7 Chapter Quiz
Chapter 3. VLANs
- 3.0 Chapter Introduction
- 3.1 Introducing VLAN Concepts
- 3.2 VLAN Trunking
- 3.3 Configuring VLANs
- 3.4 Troubleshooting VLANs
- 3.5 Chapter Labs
- 3.6 Chapter Summary
- 3.7 Chapter Quiz
Chapter 4. Implement VTP
- 4.0 Chapter Introduction
- 4.1 Introducing VTP Concepts
- 4.2 VTP Operation
- 4.3 Configuring VTP
- 4.4 Chapter Labs
- 4.5 Chapter Summary
- 4.6 Chapter Quiz
Chapter 5. Implementing Spanning Tree Protocols
- 5.0 Chapter Introduction
- 5.1 Redundant Layer 2 Topologies
- 5.2 Configuring Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol
- 5.3 Configuring Per-VLAN Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
- 5.4 Chapter Labs
- 5.5 Chapter Summary
- 5.6 Chapter Quiz
Chapter 6. Implementing Inter-VLAN Routing
- 6.0 Chapter Introduction
- 6.1 Introducing Inter-VLAN routing
- 6.2 Configuring Inter-VLAN Routing
- 6.3 Troubleshooting Inter-VLAN Routing
- 6.4 Chapter Labs
- 6.5 Chapter Summary
- 6.6 Chapter Quiz
Chapter 7. Configuring a Wireless Router
- 7.0 Chapter Introduction
- 7.1 Wireless LAN Topologies
- 7.2 Wireless LAN Security
- 7.3 Configuring a Wireless Access Point
- 7.4 Troubleshooting Wireless Clients
- 7.5 Chapter Labs
- 7.6 Chapter Summary
- 7.7 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.