Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician (CCENT) is the test for networking technicians. It validates their ability to install, operate, and troubleshoot a network—and keep it secure. This course is your first step towards CCENT certification and a career in IT. Course teacher prepares you with practical examples that you'll encounter in the exam and in real life. You'll learn the basics of configuring Cisco routers and switches, IP addressing, routing protocols like RIP and OSPF, and critical security concepts such as switch port security and access control lists.

Topics include:

• The basics of networking
• The TCP/IP model vs. OSI model
• Understanding the Cisco three-layer model
• Collision and binary domains
• Converting binary to decimal and hexadecimal
• IP addressing
• Subnetting
• Diagramming summarization
• Working Cisco IOS
• Managing Cisco internetworks
• IP routing
• Switching
• Security with ACLs
• Configuring and verifying NAT
• IPv6 addressing

        Once you've passed the CCENT, your next step toward Cisco certification and a career in IT is the CCNA. CCNA ICND2 course covers the second part of the exam that networking candidates need to take to earn their Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing and Switching (CCNA RS) certification. The ICND2 exam validates a candidate's ability to install, configure, operate, and troubleshoot medium-sized routed and switched networks. 

• LAN switching
• The Spanning-Tree Protocol
• Backing up and restoring Cisco devices
• IP services (FHRP, syslog, GLBP, and SNMP v2 and v3)
• Configuring EIGRP
• IP routing via OSPF
• Setting up wide area networks (WANs) with PPP and frame relay
• Understanding virtual private networks (VPNs)