Maricopa Community Colleges  CNT210   20046-20076 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 12/09/03
CNT210 20046-20076 L+L 4 Credit(s) 6 Period(s)
Cisco Networking Remote-Access Networks
Emphasis on development of knowledge and skills to build, configure and troubleshoot a remote-access network to interconnect central sites of branch offices, home offices and control access to the central site plus maximize bandwidth over remote links. Preparation for Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) exam.
Prerequisites: CNT170 or CCNA industry certification, or permission of instructor. Corequisites: CNT200 and CNT220.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
CNT210   20046-20076 Cisco Networking Remote-Access Networks
1. Identify the appropriate hardware for a given set of wide area network (WAN) technology requirements. (I)
2. Configure appropriate WAN hardware for identified WAN connections. (I)
3. Explain and configure asynchronous dialup connections using modems to allow traffic flow or console management between multiple sites. (II)
4. Enable integrated services digital network (ISDN) technologies to provide redundancy between remote sites. (II)
5. Configure multiple site connectivity using Frame Relay technologies. (II)
6. Shape traffic flow between multiple sites, while minimizing the amount of overhead traffic on each connection. (II)
7. Identify traffic management options. (III)
8. Demonstrate the different methods of configuring packet queuing. (III)
9. Implement applicable access control measures within an internetwork based on the Cisco implementation of Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting. (IV)
10. Explain and configure the methods of Address Translation using Cisco IOS commands. (IV)
11. Identify and explain technologies relating to broadband connections. (V)
12. Securely extend a private network through a public network utilizing Cisco IOS software and router products. (VI)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
CNT210   20046-20076 Cisco Networking Remote-Access Networks
    I. Hardware Solutions to Remote Access Needs
        A. Site requirements and considerations
          1. WAN
          2. Central-site
          3. Branch-site
          4. Telecommuter-site
        B. Selection of Cisco products
          1. Routers
          2. Interface requirements
          3. Product selection tool
        C. WAN cabling connections
          1. Equipment
          2. Installation
          3. Verification
      II. WAN Protocols and Connections
          A. Modems
            1. Functions
            2. Connections
            3. Configuration
            4. Maintaining
          B. Point to point protocol (PPP)
            1. Architecture
            2. Link control protocol (LCP)
            3. Callback
            4. Compression
            5. Password authentication protocol (PAP)
            6. Challenge handshake authentication protocol (CHAP)
          C. Integrated services digital network (ISDN)
            1. Architecture
            2. Protocol layers
            3. Basic rate interface (BRI)
            4. Dial on demand routing (DDR)
            5. Static and default routing
            6. Configurations
            7. Monitoring
            8. Primary rate interface (PRI)
            9. Dialer rotary
            10. Dialer profile
            11. Time-based access lists
          D. X25
          E. Frame relay
            1. Architecture
            2. Configuration
            3. Topologies
            4. Traffic shaping
            5. On demand routing (ODR)
        III. Packet Queuing
            A. Types
              1. Prioritization
              2. Policies
              3. Cisco IOS options
            B. Queuing options
              1. First in first out
              2. Weighted fair
              3. Class-based weighted fair
              4. Low latency
              5. Verifying
            C. Compression
              1. Link
              2. Payload
              3. TCP IP
              4. Microsoft point-to-point
              5. Configuring
          IV. Access Control Measures
              A. Network address translation (NAT)
                1. Functions
                2. Configuring
                3. Traffic types
                4. Local addresses
                5. Global addresses
                6. Overloading
                7. Load distribution
                8. Overlapping networks
                9. Monitoring
              B. Port address translation (PAT)
                1. Features
                2. Porthandler operation
                3. Configuring
                4. Monitoring
              C. Authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA)
                1. Enabling
                2. Commands
                3. Virtual profiles
            V. Broadband Connections
                A. Broadband options
                  1. Cable
                  2. DSL
                  3. Satellite
                  4. Wireless
                B. Cabling technology
                  1. Standards and organizations
                  2. Terms
                  3. Cabling architecture
                  4. Signaling
                C. DSL technology
                  1. Types of DSL
                  2. Configuration tasks
                  3. Troubleshooting
              VI. Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
                  A. VPN basics
                    1. Types
                    2. Tunnels
                    3. Terms
                  B. Cisco IOS cryptosystem
                    1. Encryption
                    2. Key exchange
                    3. Hashing
                  C. IPSec technologies
                    1. IPSec
                    2. Internet key exchange (IKE)
                    3. Configuring
                    4. Debugging
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