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Cisco CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA 200-301)

22 Courses
59 Hours
Practice exam

These courses cover the foundational networking knowledge that you’ll need to get your career in networking jumpstarted. These courses cover network fundamentals, network access, IP connectivity, IP services, network security fundamentals, and laying the foundation for network automation and programmability. After taking these courses, you’ll have what you need to get started in Networking as well as get introduced to the various specialties within the networking field.

In addition, these courses align with the objectives in the Cisco CCNA (200-301) certification and can help you prepare for the exam.

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Cisco CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate (200-301)

These courses cover the foundational networking knowledge that you’ll need to get your career in networking jumpstarted. These courses cover network fundamentals, network access, IP connectivity, IP services, network security fundamentals, and laying the foundation for network automation and programmability. After taking these courses, you’ll have what you need to get started in Networking as well as get introduced to the various specialties within the networking field.

In addition, these courses align with the objectives in the Cisco CCNA (200-301) certification and can help you prepare for the exam.

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What You'll Learn
  • Network layer addressing and subnetting
  • Configuring a Cisco Router
  • Ethernet operation
  • Switch configuration
  • VLAN operation and configuration
  • STP and Ethernet Channel operation and configuration
  • TCP and UDP Operation
  • Building, Configuring, and Troubleshooting ACLs
  • Network address translation operation and configuration
  • Wide area networking and VPN operation
  • Implementing application layer protocols for Cisco networks
  • Cisco Network basic security concepts
  • Cisco wireless basic operation and configuration
  • Network troubleshooting
  • The basics for network automation and programmability
Prerequisites
  • It is encouraged that viewers have a basic understanding of networking concepts as well as IP addressing.
Related topics
  • Network Infrastructure
  • Cisco
  • Routing and Switching
  • CompTIA Network+
  • IT Infrastructure
  • Network Automation
  • Network Engineering
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