CCNA Syllabus
Day 1
Unit 1 – Internetworking Review
 Lesson 1 – Network Reference Models (OSI model review, Data Encapsulation/decapsulation,
The Cisco Three-Layer Model)
 Lesson 2 – LAN and WAN Cabling Specifications (Ethernet media connections 10Base and
100Base media types, Cabling Devices RJ-45, straight-through, cross over and roll-over cables,
serial transmissions, WAN connector types, DCE/DTEs)
 Lesson 3 – Ethernet Review (Ethernet technology and frame types)
 Lesson 4 – Networking Devices and Cisco Products (Router, Switch and Hub device review,
Collision and Broadcast Domains, Selecting Cisco Devices, Routers, Switches, Hubs)
HOMEWORK:
 Read Unit 2, Lessons 1 and 2
 Unit 1, Lesson 1, 2, 3,4 - Activities and Lesson 1 Extended Activities
Extra Credit and/or Research project: do Lessons 3 and/or 4 Extended Activities
LAB: Lesson 2 - Extended Activity: making a straight through, or cross-over cable if materials are
available. (Note: Detailed directions for the cable making lab available on Westnet’s Instructor website.)
Day 2
Review homework answers
Unit 1 Quiz
Unit 2 – Switch Technology
 Lesson 1 – Switch fundamentals (Bridges vs. Switches , Learning, forwarding, filtering, LAN
switch types - Store & forward, Cut through, fragment free)
 Lesson 2 – Spanning Tree Protocol (Network redundancy, Loop avoidance with spanning tree
protocol, STP port states, root bridge, designated bridge, etc.)
 Lesson 3 – (if time) Cisco IOS Basics
HOMEWORK:
 Read Unit 2, Lessons 3 and 4
 Unit 2, Lessons 1 and 2 - Activities and Extended Activities
Day 3
Review homework answers
Unit 2 –Switch Technology
 Lesson 3 – Cisco IOS Basics (Using the Command Line Interface (CLI), Getting help, using show
commands, Accessing different privileged modes)
 Lesson 4 – Catalyst 1900 Switch Configuration Commands (Configuring the switch device for
Hostname, IP address, etc., Hands on lab activities using the CCNA e-trainer program)
HOMEWORK:
 Read Unit 3 all lessons
 Prepare for Unit 2 Quiz
 Unit 2, Lesson 4 - Activities written answers
LAB: Unit 2, Lesson 3 - Activities and Extended Activities, Unit 2, Lesson 4 - Extended Activities
Day 4
Review homework answers
Unit 2 Quiz
Unit 3 – Virtual LANS (VLANs)
 Lesson 1 – Defining VLAN Components (Describe VLAN technology, Static vs. Dynamic
VLANs membership, Frame Tagging and Inter-Switch Link Protocol, Trunking, and VLAN
Trunking Protocol, VTP modes of operation, Routing between VLANs)
 Lesson 2 – Configuring VLANs
 Lesson 3 – Reviewing VLAN configuration
HOMEWORK:
 Unit 2, Lesson 1 - Activities and Extended Activities (questions 1-5), Question 6 Extra Credit
 Unit 2, Lesson 2 and Lesson 3 - Activities
 Prepare for Unit 3 Quiz
 Read Unit 4, Lessons 1 and 2
LABs: Perform Lesson 2 and Lesson 3 - Extended Activities if one or two Catalyst 1900 Switches are
available in the classroom. VLAN labs are not available in the Sybex E-trainer simulation CD-ROM.
Day 5
Review homework answers
Unit 3 Quiz
Unit 4 – Router IOS
 Lesson 1 – Router Components, the Boot Sequence, and Basic Setup (Managing a Cisco
Internetwork, Router boot, and Configuration registry numbers)
 Lesson 2 – Router Commands and Configuration (Config and IOS Management Commands,
Using the Router IOS, setting up a Cisco Router, Accessing the CLI and Privileged modes,
Configuration modes and Interfaces and subinterfaces configuration, Setting passwords, banners,
hostnames)
HOMEWORK:
 Unit 4, Lesson 1 - Activities
 Read Unit 4, Lessons 3 and 4
LAB: Perform Unit 4, Lesson 1 - Extended Activities if a router is available in the classroom.
Unit 4, Lesson 2 - Activities and Extended Activities (CD-ROM)
Day 6
Review homework answers, and finish any labs as necessary
Unit 4 – Router IOS
 Lesson 3 – Configuration and IOS Administration (View router config, backup IOS with TFTP)
 Lesson 4 – Documenting a Network with CDP (Use Cisco Discovery Protocol to locate neighbors)
HOMEWORK:
 Prepare for Midterm exam or Unit 4 quiz
 Read Unit 5, lesson 1 and 2
LAB: Unit 4, Lesson 3 and 4 - Activities and Extended Activities
Day 7
Review homework answers
Unit 4 Quiz or Midterm exam
Unit 5 – IP Protocol Suite
 Lesson 1 - TCP/IP Review (TCP/IP and the DOD models, Port number assignments, UDP, TCP
and IP header information, ICMP, ARP and RARP operations)
 Lesson 2 - IP Addressing (Binary/Decimal Conversions, Address classes)
HOMEWORK:
 Unit 5, Lesson 1 – Activities, Lesson 2 - Activities and Extended Activities
 Read Unit 5 lesson 3 and 4
Extra credit/research: Lesson 1 – Extended Activities
Day 8
Review homework answers and if necessary midterm exam
Unit 5 – IP Protocol Suite
 Lesson 3 – Subnetting (why subnetting, defining networks and hosts, subnetting process)
 Lesson 4 – Configuring IP (IP address, subnet mask and default gateway settings on switch and
router)
HOMEWORK:
 Unit 5, Lesson 3 – Activities and Extended Activities
 Read Unit 6, all lessons
 Prepare for Unit 5 quiz
LAB: Unit 5, Lesson 4 – Activities and Extended Activities (e-trainer CD-ROM)
Note: This lab must be complete before doing any other lab exercises.
Day 9
Review homework answers, finish Unit 5, Lesson 4 lab before continuing
Unit 5 Quiz
Unit 6 – IP Routing
 Lesson 1 – Routing Overview (The routing process, default and static routing, using routing
protocols - distance vector, link-state, hybrid)
 Lesson 2 – RIP (RIP overview, configuring and verifying RIP)
 Lesson 3 – IGRP (IGRP overview, configuring and verifying IGRP)
HOMEWORK:
 Read Unit 7, lesson 1
 Unit 6, Lesson 1 – Activities and Extended Activities
LAB: Lesson 2, 3 – Activities and Extended Activities (e-trainer CD-ROM)
Day 10
Review homework answers, finish any labs as necessary
Unit 6 – IP Routing
 Lesson 4 – Internetwork Connectivity (Build a host table, Telneting to another device, using trace
and ping commands)
Unit 7 – The IPX Protocol
 Lesson 1 – IPX Overview (RIP and SAP, IPX addressing, encapsulation methods)
HOMEWORK:
 Unit 7, Lesson 1 – Activities and Extended Activities
 Read Unit 7, Lesson 2 and 3
 Read Unit 8, Lesson 1
 Prepare for Unit 6 quiz
LAB: Unit 6, Lesson 4 – Activities and Extended Activities (CD-ROM)
Day 11
Review homework answers
Unit 6 Quiz
Unit 7 – The IPX Protocol
 Lesson 2 – Configuring IPX on a Router (addressing, routing, encapsulation types, load balancing)
 Lesson 3 – Verifying IPX Configuration (Showing and verify IPX config, routing tables)
HOMEWORK:
 Prepare for Unit 7 quiz
 Read Unit 8
 Unit 7, Lesson 2 - Activities
LAB: Unit 7, Lesson 2 – Extended Activities, Lesson 3 – Activities and Extended Activities (CD-ROM)
Day 12
Review homework answers, finish any labs as necessary
Unit 7 Quiz
Unit 8 – Access Lists
 Lesson 1 - Access List Overview (standard vs. extended, inbound vs. outbound, syntax,
guidelines)
 Lesson 2 - IP Access Lists (Standard & Extended IP access lists, controlling telnet access)
 Lesson 3 - IPX Access Lists (Standard & Extended IPX access lists)
HOMEWORK:
 Prepare for Unit 8 Quiz
 Unit 8, Lesson 1 – Activities
 Read Unit 9, Lesson 1, 2 and 3
Extra Credit and/or research project: Unit 8 Lesson 1 and 3 - Extended Activities
LAB: Unit 8, Lesson 2 - Activities and Extended Activities and Lesson 3 – Activities
Day 13
Review homework answers
Unit 8 Quiz
Unit 9 - Wide Area Networking Protocols
 Lesson 1 - WAN Overview (WAN connection types, HDLC review)
 Lesson 2 – PPP (PPP review with authentication methods)
 Start Lesson 3 – ISDN (ISDN review and terminal types, BRI vs. PRI)
HOMEWORK:
 Read Unit 9, Lesson 4
 Unit 9, Lesson 1 – Activities and Extended Activities
 Unit 9, Lesson 2 – Activities and Extended Activities (questions 1-5)
 Extra Credit/Research: Unit 9, lesson 2 – Extended Activities (questions 6-10)
Day 14
Review homework answers
Unit 9 – Wide Area Networking Protocols
 Finish Lesson 3 – ISDN (Dial on Demand Routing DDR)
 Lesson 4 - Frame Relay Connections (Frame Relay terminology, encapsulation, DLCIs and LMI,
Creating subinterfaces on the router, mapping Frame Relay interfaces)
HOMEWORK:
 Unit 9, Lesson 3 – Activities and Extended Activities (questions 1and 2)
 Extra Credit/research: Unit 9, lesson 2 Extended Activities (questions 3-5)
 Unit 9, Lesson 4 – Activities
 Prepare for Final Exam
LAB: Unit 9, Lesson 4 – Extended Activities (CD-ROM)
Day 15
Review homework answers
Finish any lecture
Finish any lab activities
Course review Q & A
Final Exam