1. Building a Simple Network
   • Exploring the Functions of Networking
   • Securing the Network
   • Understanding the Host-to-Host Communications Model
   • Understanding the TCP/IP Internet Layer
   • Exploring the Packet Delivery Process Understanding the Ethernet
   • Connecting to an Ethernet LAN

2. Ethernet LANs
   • Understanding the Challenges of Shared LANs
   • Solving Network Challenges With Switched LAN Technology
   • Exploring the Packet Delivery Process
   • Operating Cisco IOS Software
   • Starting a Switch
   • Understanding Switch Security
   • Maximizing the Benefits of Switching
   • Troubleshooting Switch Issues

3. Wireless LANs

• Wireless Networking
• Understanding WLAN Security
• Implementing a WLAN

4. LAN Connections
   • Exploring the Functions of Routing
   • Understanding Binary Basics
   • Constructing a Network Addressing Scheme
   • Starting a Route
   • Configuring a Cisco Router
   • Exploring the Packet Delivery Process
   • Understanding Cisco Router Security
   • Using Cisco SDM
   • Using a Cisco Router as a DHCP Server
   • Accessing Remote Devices

5. WAN Connections Under
   • WAN Technologies Enabling
   • The Internet Connection Enabling
   • Static Routing Configuring Serial
   • Encapsulation Enabling RIP

1. Network Environment Management
   • Discovering Neighbors on the Network
   • Managing Router Startup and Configuration
   • Managing Cisco Devices

2. Small Network Implementation
   • Introducing the Review Lab

3. Medium-Sized Switched Network Construction
   • Medium-Sized Switched Network Construction
   • Implementing VLANs and Trunks
   • Improving Performance With Spanning Tree
   • Routing Between VLANs
   • Securing the Expanded Network
   • Troubleshooting Switched Networks

4. Medium-Sized Routed Network
   • Construction Reviewing Routing Operations
   • Implementing VLSM

1. Singe-Area OSPF Implementation
   • Implementing OSPF Troubleshooting
   • Switched Networks

2. EIGRP Implementation Implementing
   • Implementing EIGRP
   • Troubleshooting EIGRP

3. Access Control Lists
   • Access Control Lists
   • Introducing ACL Operation
   • Configuring and Troubleshooting ACLs

4. Address Space Management
   • Scaling the Network With NAT and PAT
   • Transitioning to IPv6

5. LAN Extension Into a WAN