
Begin with a practical, systematic approach to Cisco troubleshooting through hands-on labs, covering routing, switching, BGP, IPv6, MPLS, IP services, and security for CCNP TSHOOT and CCIE lab prep.
Explore a four-router, three-switch Cisco topology with VLANs 10 and 20, a layer-3 default gateway, and tickets showing routers cannot ping each other.
Configure vlan 10 on switch 1 and switch 2, set trunk encapsulation to dot1Q, resolve inconsistent ports, and restore connectivity between router 1 and router 2 via successful ping.
Troubleshoot inter‑VLAN routing by creating VLAN 20 on switch 2, enabling the VLAN interface, assigning Ethernet 0/3 to VLAN 20, and confirming connectivity with show commands and a ping.
Troubleshoot the router-to-router connectivity by correcting trunk configurations, disabling bpdu guard on switch 3’s ethernet 0/1, creating vlan 10, and verifying ping success from router 1 to router 4.
Master switching lab 2 topology and tickets, identical to lab 1, by diagnosing router ping failures and using only show commands on switch two.
Create VLAN 10 on switch 1, assign Ethernet 0/1 to VLAN 10, propagate VLAN 10 to switch 2 with VTP Cisco, and adjust switch 1 priority to resolve root guard.
Troubleshoot router connectivity by turning switch 3 port into trunk, configure trunk allowed VLANs, and synchronize VTP domain to enable VLAN 10; verify with cross-router pings.
Repair the six-router topology with EIGRP and OSPF areas so every loopback can ping every other loopback, using a TCL script to ping each loopback thrice for 100% success.
Correct the EIGRP k-value mismatch between router 1 and router 2 by restoring the default metric weights. Reestablish neighborship and verify connectivity by pinging 2.2.2.2 from Router 1's loopback.
Diagnose and fix OSPF adjacency between router four and router six by correcting the network command and enabling OSPF on the S1/0 interface. Enable frame-relay broadcast and verify loopback route.
Troubleshoot OSPF adjacency and stub area configurations across routers, ensure the DR is correctly elected, and verify full connectivity with a TCL script and ping tests across the frame-relay network.
Practice routing troubleshooting in lab 2 using the same topology, base configuration, and tickets as lab 1, with the new restriction of not using the neighbor command.
Troubleshoot a routing adjacency between router 2 and router 3 by inspecting EIGRP neighbors and an inbound acl that denied eigrp; remove the acl to restore the loopback ping.
Correct router four's OSPF area from 1 to 0 to establish adjacency with router 3, then ping 4.4.4.4 succeeds.
Diagnoses an OSPF adjacency issue between router four and router six, fixes non-broadcast network type by applying broadcast, and corrects a mismatched authentication key to restore adjacency and successful ping.
Diagnose and resolve OSPF adjacency and loopback connectivity issues among routers, fixing mismatched key, duplicate router ID, and discontiguous area problems, then validate full connectivity with a TCL script.
Explore routing lab 3 topology with the same base configuration and tickets as labs 1 and 2, while enforcing the restriction not to change the OSPF network type.
Investigate and fix router 1 to router 2 loopback connectivity by correcting the eigrp autonomous system mismatch to 10, aligning vlans, and adjusting an acl, then verify adjacency and ping.
Troubleshoot eigrp adjacency between router 2 and router 3 by correcting router 3's network address for the loopback and enabling eigrp on the correct ethernet interface, then verify ping succeeds.
Troubleshoot router 3 and router 4 loopback connectivity by redistributing EIGRP into OSPF with the subnets keyword, correcting classful/classless mismatches, and achieving successful ping to 4.4.4.4.
Resolve loopback connectivity between router four and router seven by configuring non-broadcast OSPF neighbors with unicast hellos and simple authentication. Confirm full connectivity with a TCL script and cross-router pings.
Resolve router loopback connectivity by enabling eigrp on Ethernet 0/0, removing the passive interface, and fixing key chain whitespace to restore adjacency and successful ping.
Troubleshoot eigrp neighborship between router 2 and router 3 by correcting md5 authentication key chain name, enabling proper authentication on interfaces, and verify loopback reachability.
Fix OSPF exstart adjacency caused by a MTU mismatch between router 3 and router 4. Change the MTU to 1500 on the affected interface and ping the loopback to verify.
Fix OSPF adjacency between router four and router six by aligning authentication types and areas, removing wrong frame-relay map, and using 100.4; verify with ospf adjacency debug and loopback ping.
We troubleshoot connectivity between routers four and seven by fixing OSPF authentication mismatch, DR issues, and next-hop frame-relay problems, then resolve redistribution and area advertising to achieve full loopback connectivity.
Navigate a four-lab BGP topology with three routers, OSPF and EIGRP interconnections, and a ticket-driven loopback ping repair from loopback 11 to loopback 33 under strict configuration restrictions.
Fix the BGP neighborship by correcting router 1's neighbor IP, clearing updates, enabling next-hop-self, and advertising loopback 11 via OSPF so router 3 learns it and ping succeeds.
Explore an IPv6 labs topology with four routers, a layer 3 switch, and a frame relay switch, using OSPFv3 for IPv6 while router 2 remains IPv4 only, with tunnel 13.
Troubleshoot IPv6 connectivity between router 1 and router 4 by verifying interface statuses, enabling IPv6 and OSPFv3, correcting tunnel source/destination, advertising loopback, and fixing frame-relay maps to establish adjacency.
Troubleshoot ntv synchronization on router 2 by diagnosing dhcp relay, dhcp snooping, and interface configuration to obtain an ip from router 3 and advertise loopback in EIGRP to align clock.
Diagnose a connectivity issue between router one and Proctor by tracing routes and inspecting router two's NAT configuration, then correct the inside/outside interface mapping and confirm connectivity with NAT translations.
Troubleshoot NTP in a Cisco network by resolving unsynchronized clocks between routers, correcting DHCP/IP helper configurations, and aligning authentication keys to achieve synchronized time.
** The only Cisco troubleshooting course that uses full practical labs on Udemy.**
Troubleshooting is an art. Troubleshooting is a challenge. What set expert level engineers apart from average engineers is Troubleshooting methodology and efficiency. Troubleshooting has to be systematic and logical, and not by random trial and error attempts.
In this course, I will demonstrate troubleshooting of Cisco devices in multiple labs.Topics in this course include routing, switching, BGP, IPv6, IP services, MPLS and Security. You can use this course to learn how to troubleshoot Cisco devices in real production and to help you to prepare for the CCNP TSHOOT exam and the Troubleshooting sections of the CCIE lab exams. If you are already have CCNA level knowledge and/or experience, or you are about to complete your CCNA studies, then you can use this course as a start for learning advanced troubleshooting.
This course uses multiple explaining ways in addition to videos. At the beginning of each section there is an article for summarized troubleshooting steps that is available for download as a PDF. And for each lab, initial configuration will be available for download in order for students to practice the labs and challenge themselves if they can solve the tickets before watching the videos or even after. After each section, there will be a practice test for the student to check what he has learned. Some tickets have multiple possible solutions. Therefore, restrictions have been set so that there should be only one valid solution.
Let us start the course together and begin the troubleshooting journey. Happy troubleshooting!
Very Important: How to use this course
Based on students' feedback, you can view this course by going directly to the section you are interested in. However, it is recommended that you at least skim quickly over the other preceding sections.
Examples:
You can go to the routing section directly if you are interested in that topic and feel that you are already good at troubleshooting switching, or skim quickly over the switching section as a review
You can go to the BGP, IPv6, or IP Serives sections directly if you are interested in one of those topics and feel that you are already good at troubleshooting routing, or skim quickly over the routing section as a review