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Cisco Router Training: Advanced Configuration Procedures

Description

Once you've completed soundtraining.net's Cisco Router Fundamentals workshop, this advanced Cisco router training workshop is the next logical step. In this Cisco training program, you'll build on the concepts you already know. You'll learn advanced configuration techniques using Cisco's Hierarchical Network Design Model. You'll explore advanced IP addressing management, including a preliminary look at IPv6. You'll see how variable length subnet masking and its use in route summarization allows you to shorten routing tables and increase router efficiency. You'll learn about private addressing and network address translation. You'll learn advanced routing concepts, including default routing and floating static routes. We'll explain the importance of network convergence. Advanced routing protocols including EIGRP and OSPF are covered. You'll learn all about single-area OSPF and multi-area OSPF and how to configure and monitor both. Module Five covers traffic shaping through the implementation of queuing policies. We'll show you four different queuing strategies and help you decide which one is right for you. Module Six is all about route optimization, so you can ensure that your routers are making the right decisions all the time. In Module Seven, you'll learn how to build a problem solving model to ensure fast and effective troubleshooting procedures. In just two days, our experienced Cisco trainers will skillfully guide you through advanced Cisco router training that will help you take control of your internetwork.

Note: This two-day workshop is comprised mainly of "hands-on" labs. Expect to spend most of your class time building, testing, and analyzing router configurations.

Price: $1,295.00

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this 2-day advanced Cisco router training workshop, you'll...

Understand advanced routing protocol concepts including RIPv2, EIGRP, and OSPF
Understand how to configure load balancing across equal links and unequal links
Be able to design and configure NAT (Network Address Translation) using both static NAT with port forwarding and dynamic NAT with overloading
Know how to design, configure, and troubleshoot OSPF in a single-area internetwork
Understand Fundamentals of Traffic Shaping
Know various procedures to enable route optimization
Know how to use an effective troubleshooting model to solve problems

Certifications and Exams

This advanced Cisco training class is designed for working IT professionals who desire a working knowledge of advanced Cisco routing concepts and techniques. It is not designed as a test-taker's "boot camp". Many of the concepts covered in this workshop are appropriate for certification candidates planning on taking the CCNP Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks examination. Certification candidates should, however, carefully review this course description and the examination objectives to determine if this workshop is appropriate.

Who should attend?

This hands-on Cisco router training workshop is perfect for experienced network administrators, engineers, and technicians who are already familiar with Cisco routers and fundamentals of IP configuration, but who desire a more in-depth understanding of routing procedures and concepts and for CCNP candidates looking for hands-on experience.

Course Outline

Module One: Advanced IP Addressing Management

This module includes a brief review of IP addressing basics. Then, we cover CIDR, VLSM, how to shorten routing tables with route summarization, the various flavors of NAT, how to configure DHCP on a Cisco router, and finally how to connect a DHCP client to a DHCP server on a different IP subnet by using an IP helper address.

Classful Addressing
Classless Addressing
IP Addressing Crisis and Solutions
Private IP Addresses
Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)
Variable Length Subnet Masking and Route Summarization
Private Addressing and Network Address Translation
Understanding Types of NAT Addresses
DHCP and IP Helper Addresses
Hands-On Exercise 1.1: Configuring IP Helper Addresses for Use with DHCP

Module Two: Routing Overview

In this module, you'll gain an understanding of static, dynamic, and default routing. You'll learn how to configure a back-up route by using floating static routes. We'll explain the differences in the RIPv1, RIPv2, and EIGRP convergence process, and you'll learn how different protocols perform route calculation to choose the best path for the packets.

Static, Dynamic, and Default Routing
Hands-On Exercise 2.1: Configuring Default Routing
Floating Static Routes
Understanding Network Convergence
RIPv1 and RIPv2 Convergence Process
Flash Updates, Poison Reverse, and Holddowns
The EIGRP Convergence Process
Route Calculation

Module Three: RIP v2 and EIGRP

Module three is all about dynamic routing with RIPv2 and EIGRP. You'll learn how to configure and monitor RIPv2 including how to use VLSM by including subnet information in routing updates. We'll show you how to protect your network against rogue routers by using both plain text and MD5 authentication. You'll learn how to conserve IP addresses by using IP unnumbered on point-to-point links. Your EIGRP section includes thorough covereage of EIGRP configuration concepts, plus monitoring EIGRP, and understanding how DUAL is used by EIGRP to implement fault tolerance and rapid convergence.

RIPv2 Overview
Understanding a RIPv1 and RIPv2 Packets
Configuring and Verifying RIPv2 Operation
Student Exercise 3.1: Configuring RIP Version 2
Configuring IP Unnumbered
Hands-On Exercise 3.2: Configuring IP Unnumbered
RIPv2 Authentication
Hands-On Exercise 3.3: Configuring RIP to Use Authentication
Fundamentals of EIGRP Including Features, Components, and Operation
EIGRP packet types
EIGRP Default Metric
EIGRP Configuration and Monitoring
Viewing EIGRP Information
Hands-On Exercise 3.4: Configuring EIGRP
Hands-On Exercise 3.5: Understanding How EIGRP Implements Fault Tolerance with DUAL

Module Four: Open Shortest Path First Routing Protocol

OSPF is a very widely-used routing protocol in large or growing networks. As a link-state routing protocol, OSPF is much quieter than RIP and much faster to converge the internetwork. In this module, you'll learn how to configure and monitor OSPF in both single and multi-area internetworks. You'll actually see different OSPF packet types as you debug OSPF connections from start to finish. We'll explain the role of the DR (Designated Router) and you'll observe a DR and BDR (Backup Designated Router) election actually taking place in our classroom network. You'll also learn how to avoid common OSPF configuration errors to ensure smooth OSPF operation in your internetwork.

Fundamentals of OSPF
Link-state technology
Benefits of OSPF
OSPF Terminology
Types of OSPF Networks
Single area OSPF Operation
Hands-On Exercise 4.1: Configuring Single Area OSPF
Debugging OSPF
Understanding OSPF Packet Types
DR, BDR, and DROTHER
Hands-On Exercise 4.2: Understanding DR/BDR Elections
OSPF Neighbor States
OSPF Operation Including Configuration and Verification
Hands-On Exercise 4.3: Observing OSPF Neighbor States
Other Configuration Options for a Single Area Internal Router
Multiarea OSPF Operation, Configuration, and Verification
Types of Multiple Area Routers
Types of OSPF Areas
Virtual links
Hands-On Exercise 4.4: Configuring Multiple Area OSPF
OSPF Monitoring Commands

Module Five: Traffic Shaping

Understanding traffic shaping is becoming increasingly more important for today's network engineer as new technologies are implementing including VoIP, messaging, and conferencing. In this module, you'll learn four key strategies for traffic shaping including Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing, Priority Queuing, Custom Queuing, and Generic Traffic Shaping. We'll even show you an actual configuration that you can use to place a higher priority on SIP traffic for VoIP.

First In First Out Queuing
Understanding Class-based Weighted Fair Queuing
Hands-On Exercise 5.1: Configuring Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing 69
Understanding Priority Queuing
Hands-On Exercise 5.2: Configuring Priority Queuing
Understanding Custom Queuing
Hands-On Exercise 5.3: Configuring Custom Queuing
Generic Traffic Shaping
Hands-On Exercise 5.4: Configuring Generic Traffic Shaping

Module Six: Route Optimization

Similar to traffic shaping, route optimization allows you to specify what routes are to be taken when certain criteria is met. In this module, you'll learn how to make high priority traffic follow a higher speed path while lower priority traffic takes a lower speed path.

Controlling Routing Update Traffic
Passive Interfaces
Distribute Lists
Default Routes
Policy Routing
Hands-On Exercise 6.1: Configuring Route Maps
Route Redistribution

Module Seven: Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting

As much as we plan and prepare, our equipment sometimes has other plans for us! In this module, we'll help you build a logical problem solving model that you can use again and again to quickly isolate and resolve network troubles. You'll learn a wide variety of commands to help in the troubleshooting process. We'll even give you a checklist you can take back to your work and copy for your entire team.

Troubleshooting Methodology
A Problem Solving Model
Problem Analysis
Document Your Work
Network Troubleshooting Checklist
Troubleshooting router crashes
Troubleshooting route flapping
Flapping Troubleshooting Checklist
Troubleshooting high CPU utilization

Prerequisites

Attendees for this advanced Cisco router training workshop should have a thorough understanding of IP addressing, subnetting, and variable length subnet masking. Attendees should also be familiar with the fundamentals of static routing, RIP, and basic and extended access lists. Completion of soundtraining.net's Cisco Router Fundamentals or equivalent knowledge is necessary before taking this workshop.


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Schedule and Registration

Registration: 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Morning session: 9:00 a.m. to noon
Lunch (on your own): Noon to 1:00 p.m.
Afternoon session: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.