Cisco CCENT (ICND1)

Your accelerated 4 day CCENT (Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician) certification course will develop the skills required for entry-level network support positions, the starting point for many successful careers in networking. You'll learn to install, operate and troubleshoot a small enterprise branch network, including basic network security. CCENT certification is the first step toward achieving your CCNA, which covers medium size enterprise branch networks with more complex connections.

This course is 20% faster than traditional courses. In just 4 days, you will live, learn, and take the exam at one of our state-of-the-art education centres. Covered by your Certification Guarantee. You will be fully immersed in topics including:

• Networking fundamentals
• WAN technologies
• Basic security and wireless concepts
• Routing and switching fundamentals
• Configuring simple networks

This blended-learning program employs outcome-based (Lecture | Lab | Review) delivery - that focuses on preparing you with the real-world skills required to pass the simulator-based CCENT exam and to hit the ground running in your career.

• Helps students grasp complex technical concepts more easily by identifying and catering to individual student learning styles through a mixed visual, auditory and kinaesthetic-tactual delivery system
• Enhances retention by employing accelerated learning techniques focused on committing information to long-term memory

Why is Cisco training at Firebrand different?

Firebrand’s accelerated CCNA training course offers you access to more equipment.

Typically, CCNA training providers and the equipment made available can vary greatly. Often, you'll only be given access to remote labs and never see the actual equipment, only doing exercises based on a connection to a rack of equipment “somewhere”…

At Firebrand we do things differently. We believe that in your first exposure to Cisco you should see, feel, and touch the kit. You need to get hands on practitcal experience to know about interfaces and ports, but not by seeing a PowerPoint slide or a diagram, rather by actually connecting cables to the router or switch.

You’ll work in pairs and share a “pod” of equipment located in a rack. You have your own 2811 router and 2960 switch, access to additional equipment such as a Frame-Relay switch, along with additional routers and switches should you wish to tinker.

The equipment we supply, alongside 24 hour lab access, gives you the tools to prepare you both for the CCNA exams, and more importantly, the real world.

Gold certification from the IPv6 Forum's Education Certification Program

CCNA, CCNP, and CCIE Routing and Switching certifications have received Gold certification from the IPv6 Forum's Education Certification Program. This means that students who gain these certifications can display the IPv6 logo, demonstrating that they have attained IPv6 knowledge and skills. The IPv6 Forum is a worldwide consortium of leading Internet vendors, Industry Subject Matter Experts, Research & Education Networks, with the mission to advocate the adoption of IPv6 technology.

During this official Cisco CCNA training course, you'll learn the following material:

Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices, Part 1 (ICND1) 3.0

Building a Simple Network

• Exploring the Functions of Networking
• Understanding the Host-to-Host Communications Model
• Introducing LANs
• Operating Cisco IOS Software
• Starting a Switch
• Understanding Ethernet and Switch Operation
• Troublshooting Common Switch Media Issues

Establishing Internet Connectivity

• Understanding the TCP/IP Internet Layer
• Understanding IP Addressing and Subnets
• Understanding the TCP/IP Transport Layer
• Exploring the Functions of Routing
• Configuring a Cisco Router
• Exploring the Packet Delivery Process
• Enabling Static Routing
• Learning the basics of ACL
• Enabling Internet Connectivity

Building a Medium-Sized Network

• Implementing VLANs and Trunks
• Routing between VLANs
• Using a Cisco Network Device as a DHCP Server
• Implementing RIPv2
• Introducing WAN Technologies
• Introducing Dynamic Routing Protocols
• Implementing OSPF

Network Device Management and Security

• Securing Administrative Access
• Implementing Device Hardening
• Configuring System Message Logging
• Managing Cisco Devices
• Licensing

Introducing IPv6

• Introducing Basic IPv6
• Understanding IPv6 Operation
• Configuring IPv6 Static Routes

Labs:

• Discovery 1: Get Started with Cisco CLI
• Discovery 2: Perform Basic Switch Configuration
• Challenge 1: Implementing the Initial Switch Configuration
• Discovery 3: Observe How a Switch Operates
• Discovery 4: Troubleshoot Switch Media and Port Issues
• Discovery 5: Inspect TCP/IP Applications
• Discovery 6: Start with Cisco Router Configuration
• Discovery 7: Configure Cisco Discovery Protocol
• Challenge 2: Implementing the Initial Router Configuration
• Discovery 8: Configure Default Gateway
• Discovery 9: Exploration of Packet Forwarding
• Discovery 10: Configure and Verify Static Routes
• Challenge 3: Implementing Static Routing
• Discovery 11: Configure and Verify ACLs
• Challenge 4: Implementing Basic Numbered and Named ACLs
• Discovery 12: Configure a Provider-Assigned IP Address
• Discovery 13: Configure Static NAT
• Discovery 14: Configure Dynamic NAT and PAT
• Discovery 15: Troubleshoot
• Challenge 5: Implementing PAT
• Challenge 6: Summary Challenge Lab: 1
• Challenge 7: Summary Challenge Lab: 2
• Discovery 16: Configure VLAN and Trunk
• Challenge 8: Troubleshooting VLANs and Trunk
• Discovery 17: Configure a Router on a Stick
• Challenge 9: Implement Multiple VLANs and Basic Routing Between the VLANs
• Discovery 18: Configure a Cisco Router as a DHCP Server
• Discovery 19: Troubleshoot DHCP Issues
• Challenge 10: Implementing a DHCP Server in on a Cisco IOS Device
• Discovery 20: Configure and Verify RIPv2
• Discovery 21: Troubleshoot RIPv2
• Challenge 11: Implementing RIPv2
• Discovery 22: Enhance Security of Initial Configuration
• Discovery 23: Limit Remote Access Connectivity
• Challenge 12: Securing Device Administrative Access
• Discovery 24: Configure and Verify Port Security
• Discovery 25: Configure and Verify NTP
• Challenge 13: Implementing Device Hardening
• Discovery 26: Configure Syslog
• Challenge 14: Configuring System Message Logging
• Challenge 15: Summary Challenge Lab: 3
• Challenge 16: Summary Challenge Lab: 4
• Discovery 27: Configure Basic IPv6 Connectivity
• Discovery 28: Configure IPv6 Static Routes
• Challenge 17: Implement IPv6 Static Routing

You'll sit the following exams on site as part of the course. Covered by your Certification Guarantee:

Exam 100-105 - Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 v3.0 (ICND1)

• Duration: 90 Minutes
• Questions: 45-55 questions

Included:

• Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 student kit

It's advised that you have experience of desktop operating systems and basic knowledge of networking fundamentals.