The Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA) v1.0 course gives you a broad range of fundamental knowledge for all IT careers. The course covers configuring network components such as switches, routers, and wireless LAN controllers; managing network devices; and identifying basic security threats. The course also gives you a foundation in network programmability, automation, and software-defined networking.

Objectives

• Describe Ethernet as the network access layer of TCP/IP and describe the operation of switches
• Describe the TCP/IP Internet layer, IPv4, its addressing scheme, and subnetting 
• Describe the application and configuration of inter-VLAN routing 
• Explain the basics of dynamic routing protocols and describe components and terms of Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) 
• Explain how Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) and Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) work 

Prerequisite

Before taking this course, you should have:

• Basic computer literacy 
• Basic PC operating system navigation skills 
• Basic Internet usage skills 
• Basic IP address knowledge.