Cisco Certified Support Technician CCST Networking (100-150) Course

Introduction

Shipping Things

• The Purpose of Packaging
• Addressing
• Packaging Data
• Tunnels
• Lesson Review
• Review All the Key Topics
• Concepts and Actions

Addresses

• Address Scope
• Physical Addresses
• Internet Protocol Version 4
• Why Two Addresses?
• Internet Protocol Version 6
• Aggregation
• Network Prefixes
• Ports and Sockets
• Network Address Translation
• Lesson Review
• Review All the Key Topics
• Concepts and Actions

Routing and Switching

• Assigning IP Addresses to Hosts
• Host-to-Host Communication and Address Resolution on a Single Wire
• Switching Packets
• Routing Packets
• Redirects and Relays
• Lesson Review
• Review All the Key Topics
• Concepts and Actions

Wired Host Networking Configuration

• Windows
• macOS
• Linux
• Verifying Connectivity
• Finding Your Public IP Address
• Lesson Review
• Review All the Key Topics
• Concepts and Actions

What’s in a Network?

• Hosts and Virtual Hosts
• Mobile Devices
• Things
• Middleboxes
• The Global Internet
• Lesson Review
• Review All the Key Topics
• Concepts and Actions

Network Models

• Why Are Models Important?
• The OSI Seven-Layer Model
• The TCP/IP Model
• The Recursive Internet Architecture
• Lesson Review
• Review All the Key Topics
• Concepts and Actions

Wired Networks

• Electrical Transmission and Interference
• The Maximum Transmission Unit
• Ethernet over Copper
• Fiber
• Pluggable Interfaces
• Lesson Review
• Review All the Key Topics
• Concepts and Actions

Wireless Networks

• Free Space Concepts
• Wi-Fi
• Cellular
• Satellite
• Lesson Review
• Review All the Key Topics
• Concepts and Actions

Bandwidth, Delay, and Jitter

• Bandwidth and Throughput
• Bandwidth and Delay
• Jitter
• Measuring Network Performance
• Lesson Review
• Review All the Key Topics
• Concepts and Actions

Basic Network Hardware

• Hardware, Ports, and Lights
• Network Diagrams
• Network Wiring
• Handling the Heat
• Lesson Review
• Review All the Key Topics
• Concepts and Actions

Local Area Networks

• Building and Campus Networks
• The Home Network
• Configuring the Home Network
• Lesson Review
• Review All the Key Topics
• Concepts and Actions

Wide Area Networks

• Common Challenges to Building Wide Area Networks
• Metro and Last-Mile Network Design
• Transit Provider Design
• Ring and Hub-and-Spoke Topologies
• Lesson Review
• Review All the Key Topics
• Concepts and Actions

Data Centers and Fabrics

• Web Applications
• Internet Exchange Points
• Spine-and-Leaf Fabrics
• Lesson Review
• Review All the Key Topics
• Concepts and Actions

Network Transport

• Internet Protocol Version 4
• Internet Protocol Version 6
• User Datagram Protocol
• Transmission Control Protocol
• Quick UDP Internet Connections (QUIC)
• Identifying Flows
• Path MTU Discovery
• Lesson Review
• Review All the Key Topics
• Concepts and Actions

Application Transport

• Marshaling Systems
• Secure Shell
• Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• File Transfer Protocol
• Lesson Review
• Review All the Key Topics
• Concepts and Actions

Names and Time

• The Domain Name Space
• The Life of a DNS Query
• DNS Architecture and Operations
• DNS Security and Privacy
• Diagnosing DNS
• The Network Time Protocol
• Lesson Review
• Review All the Key Topics
• Concepts and Actions

Cloud Computing

• Cloud Computing
• Public versus Private Cloud
• The Impact of Cloud Computing on Network Engineering
• Lesson Review
• Review All the Key Topics
• Concepts and Actions

Security and Privacy Concepts

• A Security Taxonomy
• Privacy Concepts
• Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
• Lesson Review
• Review All the Key Topics
• Concepts and Actions

Attacks and Threats

• Defining Attacks and Threats
• Gaining Access
• Lateral Movement
• Attack Actions
• Denial of Service
• Lesson Review
• Review All the Key Topics
• Concepts and Actions

Security Tools

• Authentication Tools
• Defensive Tools and Design
• Countering Spam and Phishing
• Encryption
• Virtual Private Networks
• Lesson Review
• Review All the Key Topics
• Concepts and Actions

Managing Networks

• Network Documentation
• Network Processes and Lifecycle
• Management Challenges
• Connecting to Manage
• Management Systems
• Lesson Review
• Review All the Key Topics
• Concepts and Actions

Troubleshooting

• Failure Terminology
• Troubleshooting Tools and Techniques
• Packet Captures
• Advice to Troubleshooters
• Lesson Review
• Review All the Key Topics
• Concepts and Actions

Configuring a Network

• Foundation Topics
• Initial Access
• Configuring IPv4
• Configuring Routing
• Configuring Remote Access and Security
• Adding IPv6
• Adding a Switch
• Lesson Review
• Review All the Key Topics
• Concepts and Actions

Final Preparation

• Advice to Future Engineers
• Learning Consolidation Activities

Practice Test

• Questions