PCO 271 - Cisco II: Switching, Routing, and Wireless Essentials

5 Continuing Education Units (CEU). This course is not for Credit(s).

This course is designed to enable the student to learn about architecture, components, and operations of routers and switches in a small network. Topics to be covered include how to configure a router and a switch for basic functionality and security; troubleshoot common issues with switches and routers including Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) and Wireless LANs (WLANs).

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the students should be able to:

1. demonstrate the ability to configure devices using security best practices,
2. determine how a Layer 2 switch will forward traffic,
3. implement VLANs,
4. demonstrate the ability to troubleshoot VLANs and VLAN trucking,
5. implement Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP),
6. explain dynamic address allocation,
7. explain local area network (LAN) vulnerabilities and switch mitigation,
8. implement a WLAN using a wireless router,
9. determine how a router makes forwarding decisions, and demonstrate the ability to
configure; and
10.demonstrate the ability to troubleshoot static and default IP routes.