Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices Part 1 (ICND1)

Network technicians who configure and support internetworks and/or management and salespeople who need a working knowledge of modern networking.

This course is part of the following Certifications:

• CCIE Routing & Switching (CCIERS Routing & Switching)
• CCIE Service Provider (CCIESP Service Provider)
• CCIE Security (CCIES Security)
• CCIE Voice (CCIEV Voice)
• Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician (CCENT)
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
• Cisco Certified Network Associate Service Provider Operations (CCNA)

To fully benefit from the ICND 1 course students should have basic computer literacy, Windows navigation skills, Internet usage skills, and email usage skills

Upon completing this course, the student will be able to meet these objectives:

• Describe how networks function, identifying major components, function of network components and the Open System Interconnection (OSI) reference model
• Using the host-to-host packet delivery process, describe issues related to increasing traffic on an Ethernet LAN and identify switched LAN technology solutions to Ethernet networking issues
• Describes the reasons for extending the reach of a LAN and the methods that can be used with a focus on RF wireless access
• Describes the reasons for connecting networks with routers and how routed networks transmit data through networks using TCP/IP
• Describe the function of Wide Area Networks (WANs), the major devices of WANs, and configure PPP encapsulation, static and dynamic routing, PAT and RIP routing
• Use the command-line interface to discover neighbors on the network and managing the router's start-up and configuration

ICND 1 is the first part in the two-part updated Cisco ICND curriculum. This course will help students gain an understanding of the operation of TCP/IP networks built with Cisco hardware. They will also learn the commands and techniques used to troubleshoot host connections, interact with Cisco switches and routers, backup and restore configuration files, and manage network equipment.

For the Online Program version of ICND-1 !.