Instruction Manual

B.2 Lab-Centric Instruction

B.2.1 CCNA labs

The CCNA curriculum teaches students how to plan, design, install, operate, and troubleshoot

TCP/IP, Ethernet, routed, and switched networks with some remote connectivity.

The CCNA curriculum consists of four courses:

• Networking Basics

• Routers and Routing Basics

• Switching Basics and Intermediate Routing

• WAN Technologies

The curriculum is lab intensive. Approximately 50 percent of all class time is spent on lab

exercises.

The required lab equipment for CCNA 1 includes workstations, hubs, switches, a variety of

cable making and cable testing tools, and cable installation materials. CCNA 1 students

acquire lab skills that enable them to perform the following tasks:

• Configure networking properties on workstations

• Make and test patch cables

• Install and test cable runs, jacks, and patch panels

The required lab equipment for CCNA 2 includes workstations, hubs, switches, and routers.

CCNA 2 students acquire lab skills that enable them to perform the following tasks:

• Interconnect networking devices

• Use the Cisco Internet Operating System (IOS) to configure and test routers

• Build and troubleshoot a five-router network

The required lab equipment for CCNA 3 includes workstations, hubs, switches, and routers.

CCNA 3 students acquire lab skills that enable them to perform the following tasks:

• Switch configuration

• VLAN configuration

• Intermediate routing protocol implementation

• Use of access control lists to provide traffic control and security on a simple

network