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CST2703

Cisco IV

WAN Technologies

(CCNA Exploration Track Semester Four)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The course introduces WAN converged applications and quality of service (QoS). It focuses on WAN technologies including PPP, Frame Relay, and broadband links. WAN security concepts are discussed in detail, including types of threats, how to analyze network vulnerabilities, general methods for mitigating common security threats and types of security appliances and applications. The course then explains the principles of traffic control and access control lists (ACLs) and describes how to implement IP addressing services for an Enterprise network, including how to configure NAT and DHCP. IPv6 addressing concepts are also discussed. During the course, you will learn how to use Cisco Router and Security Device Manager (SDM) to secure a router and implement IP addressing services. Finally, students learn how to detect, troubleshoot and correct common Enterprise network implementation issues.

Prerequisites: CST1700, CST1701 or ELEC1700, ELEC1701, CST2702 or ELEC 1702

(2 credits) (1 C/lecture, 1 C/lab)

TEXT AND REFERENCES

Optional (curriculum is on line):

Accessing the WAN, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide
ISBN: 1587132052 / ISBN 13: 9781587132056

COURSE EVALUATION

Unit Weekly On Line Exams (8 exams @ 20 points each)160 points

Weekly Class Attendance (16 weeks at 5 points each) 90 points

Class Participation and attitude100 points

Curriculum labs in the lab book (19 labs at 15 points each)285 points

Online Final Exam 100 points

Final Lab100 points

Total points835points

Semester Labs to be turned in:All curriculum labs. Comprehensive and Challenge labs are not required but should be done to increase understanding. Turn in the manual when done for grading.

Letter grades will be assigned as follows: A: 90-100% B: 80-90% C: 70-80% F: Below 70%

A / B / C / Fail
752-835 / 668-751 / 585-667 / 584 or less

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Class and lab attendance is mandatory. Absences totaling two class weeks is considered excessive and is grounds for being dropped. (Three late attendances are considered an absence.) If you need to miss a class you need to email the instructor before class so it is an excused absence.

An average student will spend 150 hours performing course tasks: About 68 hours in class room instruction and working on assigned tasks in the lab, and about 82 hours out-of-class studying and performing assigned lab projects. The student is expected to contact the instructor if difficulty is encountered or if help is needed.

CST2703

Cisco IV

WAN Technologies

(CCNA Exploration Track Semester Four)

II Course Objectives

By the end of the course the student will be able to:

  1. Describe the fundamental concepts of point-to-point serial communication.
  2. Describe key PPP concepts.
  3. Configure PPP encapsulation.
  4. Explain and configure PAP and CHAP authentication.
  5. Describe the fundamental concepts of Frame Relay technology in terms of enterprise WAN services, including operation, implementation requirements, maps, and Local Management Interface (LMI) operation.
  6. Configure a basic Frame Relay permanent virtual circuit (PVC), including configuring and troubleshooting Frame Relay on a router serial interface and configuring a static Frame Relay map.
  7. Describe advanced concepts of Frame Relay technology in terms of enterprise WAN services, including subinterfaces, bandwidth, and flow control.
  8. Configure an advanced Frame Relay PVC, including solving reachability issues, configuring subinterfaces, and verifying and troubleshooting a Frame Relay configuration.
  9. Identify security threats to enterprise networks
  10. Describe methods to mitigate security threats to enterprise networks
  11. Configure basic router security
  12. Disable unused router services and interfaces
  13. Use the Cisco SDM one-step lockdown feature
  14. Manage files and software images with the Cisco IOS Integrated File System (IFS)
  15. Explain how ACLs are used to secure a medium-size enterprise branch office network, including the concept of packet filtering, the purpose of ACLs, how ACLs are used to control access, and the types of Cisco ACLs.
  16. Configure standard ACLs in a medium-size enterprise branch office network, including defining filtering criteria, configuring standard ACLs to filter traffic, and applying standard ACLs to router interfaces.
  17. Configure extended ACLs in a medium-size enterprise branch office network, including configuring extended ACLs and named ACLs, configuring filters, verifying and monitoring ACLs, and troubleshooting extended ACL issues.
  18. Describe complex ACLs in a medium-size enterprise branch office network, including configuring dynamic, reflexive, and timed ACLs, verifying and troubleshooting complex ACLs, and explaining relevant caveats.
  19. Describe the enterprise requirements for providing teleworker services, including the differences between private and public network infrastructures.
  20. Describe the teleworker requirements and recommended architecture for providing teleworking services.
  21. Explain how broadband services extend enterprise networks using DSL, cable, and wireless technology.
  22. Describe the importance of VPN technology, including its role and benefits for enterprises and teleworkers.
  23. Describe how VPN technology can be used to provide secure teleworker services to an enterprise network.
  24. Configure DHCP in an Enterprise branch network. This includes being able to explain DHCP features and benefits, the differences between BOOTP and DHCP, DHCP operation: and configuring, verifying, and troubleshooting DHCP.
  25. Configure NAT on a Cisco router. This includes explaining key features and operation of NAT and NAT Overload, explaining advantages and disadvantages of NAT, configuring NAT and NAT Overload to conserve IP address space in a network, configuring port forwarding, and verifying and troubleshooting NAT configurations.
  26. Configure new generation RIP (RIPng) to use IPv6. This includes explaining how IPv6 solves any problem of IP address deletion, explaining how to assign IPv6 addresses, describing transition strategies for implementing IPv6 and configuring, verifying and troubleshooting RIPng for IPv6.
  27. Establish and document a network baseline.
  28. Describe the various troubleshooting methodologies and troubleshooting tools.
  29. Describe the common issues that occur during WAN implementation.
  30. Identify and troubleshoot common enterprise network implementation issues using a layered model approach.

Course Schedule

Week 1Take pre-test, go over syllabus, Read Ch1.

Week 2Lecture Ch1, take Ch1 test, Chapter 1 labs, read chapter 2.

Week 3Lecture Ch2, Take Ch2 test, Chapter 2 labs, read chapter 3.

Week 4Lecture Ch3, take Ch3 test, Chapter 3 labs, read chapter 4.

Week 5Lecture Ch4, take Ch4 test, Chapter 4 labs, read chapter 5.

Week 6Lecture Ch5, take Ch5 test, Chapter 5 labs, read chapter 6.

Week 7Lecture Ch6, take Ch6 test, Chapter 6 labs, read chapter 7.

Week 8Lecture Ch7, take Ch7 test, Chapter 7 labs, read chapter 8.

Week 9Lecture Ch8, take Ch8 test, Chapter 8 labs.

Week 10Work on study guide, prepare for final test.

Week 11Take final test.

Week 12Finish work, final lab.

Week 13Finish work, final lab.

Week 14 Finish work, final lab.

Week 15 Finish work, final lab.

Week 16 Finish work, final lab.

This syllabus is available in alternative formats upon request. If you have a disability and wish to request accommodations, call Tammy Becker, Director of Disability Services at the Willmar Campus V/TTY (320) 231-5176, or Hutchinson Campus V (320)234-0239 for TTY access please call Minnesota Relay 411. Please allow adequate time for the college to respond to your request.

Initial Draft: April 16, 2002

Revised: 4/28/2009