CCNA Training 101by Rohan Kalavakuru

This exam tests a candidate's knowledge and skills related to network fundamentals, LAN switching

technologies, IPv4 and IPv6 routing technologies, WAN technologies, infrastructure services,

infrastructure security, and infrastructure management.

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The following course is the recommended training for this exam.

• Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices: Accelerated v3.0 (CCNAX)

• CCNA Routing and Switching Training Videos

• A variety of Cisco Press titles may be available for this exam. These titles can be purchased

through Cisco Press.

Duration :90 Minutes (50-60 questions)

Fees (USD) Per Attempt: 325

CCNA R&S (200-125 CCNA)

Topics: CCNA topics ❏ What is ccna?

❏ OSI and TCP Models.

❏ Command Line Interface, Sub-netting,

❏ LAN, WAN, Access Control List.

❏ Static Routing, WAN Protocols, Telnet, SSH and NTP.

❏ Network Address Translation and Dynamic Host

❏ configuration Protocol.

❏ Frame Relay, Switching, Inter VLAN Routing, VPN.

❏ IPv4, IPv6.

Types of CCNA Certifications• CCNA Data Center• CCNA Industrial• CCNA Routing and Switching• CCNA Security• CCNA Service Provider• CCNA Video • CCNA Voice • CCNA Wireless• CCNA Collaboration

STRUCTURE OF NETWORKING EXAMS:

Required Exam(s) Recommended Training

200-125 CCNA Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices: Accelerated (CCNAX)

OR

100-105 ICND1 Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (ICND1)

AND

200-105 ICND2 Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 2 (ICND2)

Exams & Recommended Training

Self Study Materials

The following resources are suggested study materials:

Cisco Learning Labs for ICND1

Cisco Learning Labs for ICND2

Cisco E-Learning for ICND1

Cisco E-Learning for ICND2

Certification Practice Exams

A comprehensive list of study materials is also available.

Cisco Learning Network Resources

CCNA Study Material

CCNA R&S Study Sessions

CCNA Routing and Switching Blogs

• The CCENT certification requires a single step: pass the ICND1 exam. Simple enough.

• The CCNA Routing and Switching certification gives you two options, as show in Figure I-1: Pass

both the ICND1 and ICND2

• exams, or just pass the CCNA exam. (Note that there is no separate certification for passing the

ICND2 exam.)

Types of Questions on the Exams :(EXAM PATTERN)

The ICND1, ICND2, and CCNA exams all follow the same general format. At the testing center, you will sit

in a quiet room with

a PC. Before the exam timer begins, you will have a chance to do a few other tasks on the PC—for

example, you can take a

sample quiz just to get accustomed to the PC and the testing engine. Anyone who has user-level skills in

getting around a PC

should have no problems with the testing environment.

After the exam starts, the screen shows you question after question. The questions typically fall into one of

the following

categories:

• Multiple-choice (MC) single answer

• Multiple-choice (MC) multiple answer

• Testlet

• Drag-and-drop (DND)

• Simulated lab (Sim)

• Simlet

The first three items in the list are all actually multiple-choice questions.

Jobs That Require CCNA

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why should join CCNA?

You can expect a hike in your designation and salary in your current company.

You can easily switch a job demanding a hike in the salary.

CCNA is recognized all over the world, thus you can easily get a job abroad.

Feeling of Self-recognition as CCIE is the toughest IT examination

Network

A network is a system that transmits any

combination of voice, video and/or data between

users.

Networking Devices

RJ-45 Connectors and Ports

Network Topology

Local-area Networks (LANs)

Wide-area Networks (WANs)

Metropolitan-Area Network (MANs)

Small Enterprise Network with One Leased Line

Conceptual View of the Leased Line Service

Importance of Bandwidth

Bandwidth Highway Analogy

10BASE-T and 100BASE-T Straight-Through Cable Pinout

Crossover Ethernet Cable

10BASE-T (with a Hub)

Bridge Creates Two Collision Domains and Two

Shared Ethernets

Networking Devices

Switch Creates Four Collision Domains and Four

Ethernet Segments

Figure 1-1. End-User Perspective on High-Speed Internet Connections

Figure 1-2. Example Representation of an Enterprise Network

Table 2-2. Examples of Types of Ethernet

LAN MAC Address Terminology and Features

Three Examples of Internet Access Links

Using Layers to Describe Data Communication

OSI Model

Programmers

Do

Not

Throw

Sausage

Pizza

Away

OSI Layers

OSI Layers

•Provides connectivity and path selection between

two host

•Provides Logical address

•No error correction, best effort delivery.

OSI Layers

OSI Layers

OSI Layers

OSI Layers

OSI Layers

Peer-to-Peer Communication

Encapsulation

Data

Segments

Packet

Frame

Bits

Data

Data

TCP/IP Model

IP defines datagram structures that encapsulate the data to be delivered. It

also defines addressing methods that are used to label the datagram

source and destination.

Internet Protocol

IP Addressing

Routing is the process of selecting paths in a network along which to send

network traffic. Routing is performed for many kinds of networks, including

the telephone network (circuit switching), electronic data networks (such as

the Internet), and transportation networks

Routing Process

Routing

Summary

Figure 1-4. Two TCP/IP Networking Models

Popular Applications and Their Well-Known Port

Numbers

1. Which of the following protocols are examples of TCP/IP transport layer protocols? (Choose

two answers.)

a. Ethernet

b. HTTP

c. IP

d. UDP

e. SMTP

f. TCP

2. Which of the following protocols are examples of TCP/IP data link layer protocols? (Choose two

answers.)

a. Ethernet

b. HTTP

c. IP

d. UDP

e. SMTP

f. TCP

g. PPP

3. The process of TCP on one computer marking a TCP segment as segment 1, and the

receiving computer then acknowledging the receipt of TCP segment 1 is an example of what?

a. Data encapsulation

b. Same-layer interaction

c. Adjacent-layer interaction

d. OSI model

e. All of these answers are correct.

4. The process of a web server adding a TCP header to the contents of a web page, followed by

adding an IP header and then adding a data link header and trailer is an example of what?

a. Data encapsulation

b. Same-layer interaction

c. OSI model

d. All of these answers are correct.

5. Which of the following terms is used specifically to identify the entity created when

encapsulating data inside data link layer headers and trailers?

a. Data

b. Chunk

c. Segment

d. Frame

e. Packet

6. Which OSI layer defines the functions of logical network-wide addressing and routing?

a. Layer 1

b. Layer 2

c. Layer 3

d. Layer 4

e. Layer 5, 6, or 7

7. Which OSI layer defines the standards for cabling and connectors?

a. Layer 1

b. Layer 2

c. Layer 3

d. Layer 4

e. Layer 5, 6, or 7

8. Which of the following terms are not valid terms for the names of the seven OSI layers?

(Choose two answers.)

a. Application

b. Data link

c. Transmission

d. Presentation

e. Internet

f. Session.

Answers :1 - D and F

2 - A

3 - B

4 - A

5 - D

6 - C

7 - A

8 - C and E

References

www.9tut.com

Shelly, Gary, et al. "Discovering Computers" 2003 Edition

Odom, Wendall, "CCNA Certification Guide"

Cisco Systems, Inc., (2003, March 14). CCNA: network media types. Retrieved from ciscopress.com

CCNA R&S- Lammle, Todd

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