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Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician Remote Labs
This set of lab exercises (lab bundle) contains all the exercises that support the Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician (CCENT) certification requirements. The exercises are associated with the Interconnecting Cisco Network Device Part 1 (ICND1) v1.1 course that teaches the knowledge and skills needed for CCENT. The exercises cover PC's Ethernet adapter configuration, as well as both the LAN switch (Catalyst) and router configuration for basic functionalities. The lab exercises are based on the fact that you are familiar with the basic technology aspects and they allow you to primarily focus on the basic configuration.
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This set of lab exercises contains the following exercises:
- Using Windows Applications as Network Tools
- Observing the TCP Three-Way Handshake
- Performing Switch Startup and Initial Configuration
- Enhancing the Security of Initial Switch Configuration
- Performing Initial Router Startup and Configuration
- Enhancing the Security of Initial Router Configuration
- Using Cisco SDM to Configure DHCP Server Function
- Managing Remote Access Sessions
- Connecting to the Internet
- Connecting to the Main Office
- Enable Dynamic Routing to the Main Office
- Using Cisco Discovery Protocol
- Managing Router Startup Options
- Managing Cisco Devices
- Confirming the Reconfiguration of the Branch Network
Objectives
Upon finishing this set of exercises, you will be able to:
- Use the Windows command ipconfig to be able to determine PCs’ current IP addressing information.
- Use the Windows command ping to be able to determine test connectivity to the default-gateway router.
- Use the Windows command arp –a to be able to view the local PCs’ ARP table and determine the association between the IP address and the MAC address of the default-gateway router.
- Use the Windows command ipconfig /all to be able to determine the IP addresses of DNS servers available to your PC.
- Use the IP address of one of the DNS servers to test connectivity by using the Windows ping command.
- Start the packet sniffer software application, to monitor the appropriate Ethernet interface for recording the packet flow
- Generate a TCP connection using a web browser
- Observe the initial packets of the TCP flow, especially the SYN packet, SYN ACK packet, and finally the ACK packet
- Restart the switch and verify the initial configuration messages
- Complete the initial configuration of the Cisco Catalyst switch
- Add password protection to the console and vty lines
- Use the Cisco IOS configuration command to encrypt all passwords
- Add a banner message to the login process
- Increase the security of remote management of the switch by adding the SSH protocol to the vty lines
- Increase the security of the physical interfaces by configuring various methods of MAC address security
- Disable unused interfaces
- Remove any existing residual router configuration
- Restart the router and observe the output
- Decline the initial configuration dialog request when the restart process completes
- Add password protection to the console line
- Use the Cisco IOS configuration command to encrypt all passwords
- Add a banner message to the login process
- Increase the remote management security of the router by adding the SSH protocol to the vty lines
- You will use Cisco SDM to configure a DHCP pool of addresses
- You will use Cisco SDM to verify at least one DHCP client has received an address from the pool just created
- You will use Cisco IOS commands to locate the switch port through which the DHCP client is attaching to your workgroup switch
- initiate, suspend, resume and close a Telnet session from a Cisco router or switch
- initiate, suspend, resume and close a SSH session from a Cisco router or switch
- Using Cisco SDM to configure the WAN Ethernet interface with an IP address
- Using Cisco SDM to configure the router to support PAT of the inside Ethernet interface to through the WAN Ethernet interface
- Using Cisco SDM to verify that the configuration matches the requirements of the lab
- Using the CLI to test and observe that PAT is taking place through the WAN Ethernet interface
- Configure your serial interface to use PPP
- Configure a static route to a given IP network which can be reached via the serial interface
- Configure RIP on your workgroup router
- Verify that RIP is operating
- Remove the now unnecessary static route to an adjacent network
- Verify that Cisco Discovery Protocol is running on the router and switch
- Display information about neighboring Cisco devices
- Limit which interfaces run Cisco Discovery Protocol as a security measure
- Display the configuration register, modify it to a specified value, and return it to its original value
- Validate by inspection of output whether a displayed configuration is from the running configuration or the startup configuration in the startup-config file.
- Modify the sequence of Cisco IOS file loaded at startup, using a sequenced list of boot system commands
- Observe a reload and verify which of the boot statements was processed to obtain the running Cisco IOS binary file
- Save running configuration on a remote TFTP server
- Upload and download configuration files
- Copy and delete files to local flash memory
- Ensure that the router is lightly loaded before using debugging commands
- Turn debugging on and off
- Return switch and router to their default configurations
- Configure switch and router with their proper identities and IP addressing
- Provide basic security with passwords and port security
Importance
This lab bundle is highly recommended to all students relatively new to the internetworking who are seeking the CCENT certification.
Target Audience
The labs are targeted at CCENT candidates and all pre- and post-sales technical support engineers who have to design, implement and troubleshoot their networks for basic operation.
Prerequisite Knowledge
To successfully complete this set of exercise, you need basic networking knowledge, skills in configuring and troubleshooting on Cisco IOS. This knowledge is best gained by attending Interconnecting Cisco Network Device Part 1 (ICND1) course.