Cisco Certified Networking Associate - CCNA 3.0

The CCNA program is designed to prepare the professionals to identify, design and recommend the best Cisco® solutions for small to medium-sized businesses. It provides the installation, configuration, and troubleshooting information that technical support people require to install and configure the Cisco® products sold through two tier distribution. CCNA certified professionals can install, configure, and operate LAN, WAN, and dial access services for small networks (100 nodes or fewer), including but not limited to use of these protocols: IP, IGRP, IPX, Serial, AppleTalk, Frame Relay, IP RIP, VLANs, RIP, Ethernet, Access Lists.
Career Options in CCNA
	Network help desk support
	Network Engineer
	First/Second level router technician
	Entry/intermediate level position in an internetworking environment
Initial Requirements
A certification examination, CCNA (640-607), needs to be passed in order to be a CCNA. It costs $125.00 that can be taken at any testing center that offers VUE and PROMETRIC certification examinations. . Registration is available online or or can be done by calling 1-800-829-NETS. The exam includes multiple choice questions, plus experience-based, interactive question types have been incorporated that require cut-and-paste solutions, IP addressing input, and networking simulation comprehension. You must also agree to the Cisco Career Certifications and Confidentiality Agreement for successful completion.
Continuing Requirements
In order to retain the certification, it is required that the candidate be recertified by successfully passing CCNA 640-607 again before the end of three years from the first attempt. Alternatively, if a recertification candidate passes any new exam at the professional or Cisco Qualified Specialist level, the candidate will also be considered recertified at the CCNA level.
Course Outline
Introduction to Internetworking Internetworking Fundamentals The OSI Reference Model LAN Technologies LAN Segmentation Relieving network congestion Spanning-Tree Protocol Full-Duplex Ethernet 100Base T Fast Ethernet TCP/IP and the DOD Reference Model The DOD reference Model IP Address resolution IP Addressing What is IP Addressing? Subnetting a network Getting Started with CISCO Routers The router The user interface Designing our network Routing Basics What is IP Routing Static, Default and Dynamic Routing   Dynamic IP Addressing Routing Vs Routing Protocols Interior routing protocols Exterior routing protocols Configuring RIP Routing Monitoring RIP Configuring IGRP Routing Monitoring IGRP Router Configuration Sources for CISCO IOS software CISCO IOS commands Accessing other Routers Configuring Novell IPX Introduction to Novel IPX Enabling IPX on CISCO Routers Monitoring IPX on CISCO Routers Managing Traffic with Access Lists Access lists Monitoring Extended IP Access Lists Wide Area Networking Plain old telephone service (POTS) Synchronous Data-Link Control (SDLC) High-Level Data-Link Control (HDLC) Dial-on-Demand Routing (DDR) Frame Relay Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)