Cisco CCNA 200-301 Full Training + Labs

Learn how internetwork communication links LANs and WANs with Cisco routers and switches, using IP addressing, network segmentation, and routing concepts to reduce congestion.

Explore the TCP/IP networking model and its four DOD layers—process application, host to host, internet, and network access—alongside OSI comparisons, ports, and data encapsulation from application to physical layer.

Explore the OSI reference model with seven layers, split into top three for application communication and bottom four for end-to-end transfer. Compare OSI with TCP/IP.

Explore how SOHO and corporate networks use copper and fiber ethernet standards from 10 Mbps to 10 Gbps, including 1000 Base T and 1000 Base SX, with cabling distances.

Explore ethernet cabling fundamentals, including straight, crossover, and rollover cables, auto mdix, copper cat5e–cat8, and fiber types—from multi-mode om1–om5 to single-mode os1/os2—coverage of distances and speeds.

Encapsulate network-layer packets into ethernet frames at the data link layer, add a header with MAC addresses and FCS, then switches learn addresses to forward frames efficiently.

Learn the basics of wide area networks and why ISPs connect remote offices to the head office, including lease lines and HDLC at layer 1.

Explore how DNS, ARP, and ICMP support the network layer by translating domain names to IPs, learning MAC addresses, and diagnosing connectivity with ping and traceroute.

Learn to use Cisco Packet Tracer, a network simulation program, to build labs with routers, switches, servers, and PCs, download from Netacad, and explore simulation and CLI access.

Explore how to access Cisco devices via the CLI using console, Telnet, or SSH, navigate IOS modes, configure terminals, manage passwords, and save running configurations.

Explore how switches learn mac addresses, forward frames, and prevent loops with spanning tree, across access, distribution, and core switches, and validate with show commands and the mac address table.

Secure switch access by configuring cli security, enabling password encryption, and using local usernames with login local; implement console and vty access, enable secret, and aaa options for remote authentication.

Configure a Cisco 2960 switch for SSH by setting enable secret, creating yavuz user, enabling SSH v2, generating RSA keys, and securing line vty and console access with VLAN 1.

Configure switch interfaces using the CLI to set speed and duplex (half, full, auto), view status with show run and show interface status, and apply bulk changes with interface range.

Explore vlan concepts, trunking and 802.1q tagging to divide networks into separate broadcast domains, and configure data and voice vlans with router or layer 3 switch for inter-vlan data forwarding.

Explore VLAN configuration and verification in a hands-on lab topology, creating VLAN 10 (accounting) and VLAN 20 (R&D), assigning ports, and validating connectivity with ping and show commands.

Configure vlan trunking between two switches to carry vlan 10 and vlan 20, then verify inter-switch connectivity with ping tests. Inter-subnet routing is required to reach the 20.0 subnet.

Configure data vlan 10 and voice vlan 20 on a switch port to separate data and ip telephony traffic, using two vlans on one port.

Understand how spanning tree prevents loops by blocking ports and selecting a root bridge, with rapid spanning tree, port roles, PortFast, BPDU Guard, and EtherChannel.

Connect two switches in Packet Tracer to demonstrate spanning-tree convergence, root and blocked ports, and BPDU exchange, then explore PVST and rapid-pvst to set the root.

Explain how MSTP enables multiple VLAN spanning trees with distinct root switches and blocked ports, and trace its evolution from STP and RSTP to PVST+ and RPVST+, noting CCNA/CCNP relevance.

Configure ether channel across three switches using port-channel groups with port aggregation protocol and link aggregation control protocol, then enable trunking for VLAN traffic and verify spanning-tree operation.

Explore IPv4 subnetting fundamentals, including why we divide networks into subnets, subnet masks, classful ranges, and the role of private and public IPs with NAT and DHCP.

Learn the fundamentals of IPv4 addressing by exploring classful A, B, and C networks, their default masks, network and broadcast addresses, and practical exercises to identify network IDs and hosts.

Learn subnet masks and prefix concepts, convert between binary and decimal, explore classful and classless networks, and practice CIDR calculations for practical IP addressing.

Analyze existing subnets and determine subnet IDs and broadcast addresses using 255.255.192.0 and other masks. Learn to calculate block sizes and assign subnet ranges with practical examples.

Learn to operate Cisco routers, understand IOS loading from Flash to RAM via power-on self-test, configure interfaces, assign IP addresses, and explore the auxiliary port and licenses for ISR devices.

Explore how IPv4 static routes drive the IP routing process, using routing tables and interfaces to forward packets over ethernet and serial links, with static, floating, and OSPF backup configurations.

Configure IPv4 static routes across three routers in a lab, setting up interfaces and subnets, adding default routes, and validating reachability with ping and tracert.

Explore IPv4 routing in a local area network by configuring VLAN routing with an 802.1Q trunk, router on a stick, SVI, and Layer 3 switch routing.

Configure router on a stick by creating VLANs 10 and 20 on switch, with a trunk to the router, and using subinterfaces 0/0.10 and 0/0.20 with dot1Q for inter-VLAN routing.

Configure vlan routing with svi on a layer 3 switch to enable inter-vlan communication across vlans 10, 20, and 30, and implement ip routing with static and default routes.

Configure VLAN routing on a layer 3 switch using a route port to enable inter-VLAN routing between VLAN 10 and VLAN 20, and set a default route for internet access.

configure layer 3 etherchannel between two switches using port-channel 12 with port aggregation protocol, interswitch subnet 10.1.12.0, and ip addresses 10.1.12.1 and 10.1.12.2 to route 10.1.2.0 and 10.1.3.0.

Learn practical IPv4 routing troubleshooting using ping, extended ping, traceroute, and extended traceroute, then verify connectivity with telnet and SSH, ARP, and TCP/IP stack checks.

Explore OSPF fundamentals, including interior and exterior routing, administrative distance, neighbor formation, LSA packets, and area designs with DR/BDR and ABR roles, guided by the Dijkstra algorithm.

Master OSPF lab applications by configuring single-area OSPF, wild card masks, router ID configuration, and multi-area setups; verify commands and explore interface costs, metrics, load balancing, and default routes.

Explore OSPF network types, including broadcast and point-to-point, how DR and BDR are designated, neighbor formation with hello messages, router IDs, and essential verification commands.

Configure a single area ospf network across three routers in area zero, share subnets with the network wildcard mask, establish neighbors, and observe route updates in the ospf routing table.

Configure OSPF under interfaces using ip ospf, applying it to loopback and gigabit interfaces in area zero to share subnet information with neighbors.

Learn to configure IPv4 floating static routes as backup paths for OSPF failure, using administrative distance to prefer OSPF, and verify with ping and traceroute in a data center.

Practice multi-area ospf configuration across backbone area 0 and areas 23 and 4, assigning router IDs, enabling ospf on interfaces including loopback and gigabit, and verifying neighbors and routes.

Change interface priorities to determine the OSPF designated router and backup designated router, using ip ospf priority to make router one the DR in a hands-on lab.

Discover the basics of IPv6, including 128-bit addresses, eight 16-bit blocks separated by colons, and hex notation. Learn about prefixes, subnet IDs, and routing concepts.

Explore IPv6 addressing and subnetting, including global unicast addresses, public vs private, global routing prefixes, and unique local addresses.

Explore IPv6 address applications, including static 128-bit unicast configuration, 64-bit prefix with MAC-derived interface ID, link-local and private addresses, neighbor discovery, and DHCP on interfaces.

Explore IPv6 routing applications, including static routes, default routes, and floating routes, with neighbor discovery protocol and OSPFv3 in hands-on labs.

Examine the network topology and configure ipv6 addresses on two PCs and routers using a global prefix and subnet IDs, set a 64 prefix, then verify connectivity with pings.

Enable ipv6 unicast routing and configure static routes between two routers using next-hop addresses. Set an ipv6 default route for internet access and verify with ping and tracert.

Master wireless networks fundamentals, including WLAN basics, Cisco architecture, and security. Learn to design and manage networks with wireless LAN controller, covering radio frequencies, channels, SSIDs, VLANs, and 802.11 standards.

Secure wireless networks by implementing authentication, privacy, and integrity, comparing WPA, WPA2, and WPA3 with open, web, and 802.1X methods, plus EAP options.

configure wireless lan using a wireless lan controller and access points; set up networks, vlan s, radius, interfaces, and wireless security with 802.1x, psk, and qos considerations.

Examine the TCP/IP transport layer, compare TCP and UDP, and study DNS, URIs, HTTP, and system, registered, and dynamic port usage.

Explore basic access control lists, their locations and directions, and the differences between standard and extended ACLs, including wildcard calculations and how to apply them for quality of service.

Apply a standard ACL on router two, inbound on the serial interface, to allow host A access to server one while blocking 10.110 subnet and permitting 10.0.0.0/8, with a lab simulation.

Apply standard ACLs on router interfaces to let server one reach hosts A and B while blocking other subnets, and to restrict server two to its specified subnets.

Learn to configure extended and named access control lists, filter packets by source and destination addresses and layer four ports, and practice script-based labs.

Block Layla from accessing the web server and Bilal from FTP using extended ACL 101, while allowing all other traffic, and test web and FTP access across the lab topology.

Configure and apply an extended access control list on the Ankara router to block Murat’s access to the Bilal/Mehmet subnet and Ankara to Izmir traffic, then test the ACL effectiveness.

Learn to implement named access control lists to block specific subnets, edit rules easily without deleting the entire ACL, and verify access on a router interface in a hands-on lab.

Configure a standard access-list on the layer 3 switch to block VLAN 10 and VLAN 20 from reaching VLAN 30, and apply it on VLAN 30 to restrict inter-VLAN traffic.