CCNA 200-301 Version 1.1 With Generative Ai and ML

Download and install Cisco Packet Tracer from NetAcad after registering, log in, build a basic LAN with a switch, two PCs, and a server, configure IP addresses, test connectivity.

Explore memory architectures on Cisco routers and switches, including rom, eeprom, nvram, and dram, and how startup and running configurations are stored and managed.

Explain how tcp delivers reliable data via a three-way handshake and sliding window, while ip provides addressing and routing for end-to-end communication with udp as an optional, connectionless alternative.

Explore IPv4 addressing and subnetting, including class A, B, C ranges and default masks. Learn to extract network and host portions and calculate first and last usable hosts and broadcasts.

Explore routing basics, including path selection, source and destination concepts, and static, default, and dynamic routing, with notes on how routers forward packets and the protocols like RIP and OSPF.

Configure static routing between two routers using ip route commands, assign distinct lan and wan ip addresses with appropriate masks, verify with show ip route and ping tests.

Configure default routing in a two-router lab, using a single gateway for unknown destinations, and verify inter-router connectivity with end-to-end pings.

Explore how dynamic routing uses protocol algorithms to find the shortest path across multiple routers, contrasting static routes with distance vector, link-state, and hybrid protocols like OSPF.

Configure OSPF in a single area using area zero, advertise local networks with wildcard masks, verify adjacency and routing with show commands, and ping across two routers.

Configure multi-area OSPF with area zero and area 51, using an area border router to connect them. Advertise networks across areas and verify neighbors and the OSPF database.

Explore interior and exterior gateway protocols (IGP and EGP), autonomous systems, and routing metrics, including administrative distance and practical lab examples with OSPF, RIP, and BGP.

Explore switching basics, including LAN concepts, MAC address learning, MAC tables, and forwarding and filtering decisions, with unicast, multicast, and broadcast frames, plus loop avoidance via spanning tree.

Master access and management of Cisco Catalyst switches via console, telnet, and ssh, configure vlan 1 as management, and set port speed and duplex for reliable links.

Explore collision domains and broadcast domains, and learn how VLANs create separate broadcast domains on switches to improve performance, security, and design flexibility.

Explore inter-vlan routing on a layer 2 switch using trunking and 802.1q with a router on a stick, enabling vlan ten, vlan twenty, and multiple subnets.