Switches and Routers Comprehensive Introduction

Course details

Switches and routers are the critical building blocks of a successful internetwork infrastructure. In this course, you gain the essential knowledge required to deploy and use switches and routers in IP networks. Through a combination of written and hands-on exercises, you acquire the skills to effectively select and deploy appropriate internetworking technologies.

Course Objectives:

• Build and design scalable networks
• Compare the operational benefits of Ethernet and WLAN
• Deploy switches using Spanning Tree and VLANs
• Employ a variety of LAN interconnection techniques
• Determine the optimum routing protocol for various internetworking environments
• Integrate network management and security

Course Outlines:

Hands-on exercises provide you with experience deploying routers and switches. Exercises include:

• Setting up a new switch and router from initial factory configuration
• Building and optimizing a switched LAN
• Network testing using ping and traceroute
• Implementing an IP address design
• Exposing switch and router security weaknesses
• Deploying and optimizing VLANs and Spanning Tree
• Comparing RIPv1 and RIPv2 with a protocol analyzer