Watch ICND1 Session 8, Parts 1 and 2

Homework:

• Using a lab router, practice the following:
• Clock Rate command on serial WAN interfaces
• Clock rate vs Bandwidth statement
• Default route and Static routes
• Configure both HDLC and PPP between two routers
• Create a RIP routing domain
• Boot a router into ROMMON mode, then boot it back up into IOS

Understand the file management system in a Cisco router

Watch ICND1 Session 7, Parts 1 and 2

Homework:

1.     Watch ICND1 Session 6, Parts 1 and 2
(Optional) Log into your home wireless router and observe your current security settings

• Remove SSID broadcast, observe change in behavior
• Configure WPA2-PSK if not already selected

Understand the following terms:

• BSS vs ESS vs IBSS (ad hoc)
• WEP vs WPA-Personal vs WPA-Enterprise

Homework:

Practice binary math using the Windows Programmer calculator (as demonstrated in Part 2)

• Understand the difference between ‘enable password’ and ‘enable secret’
• Homework:
• Practice the following in lab:

• Watch ICND1 Session 4, Parts 1 and 2
• Understand crossover and straight-through cables
• Know which cable to use for any two networking devices
• Understand the difference between collision domains and broadcast domains
• Understand the MAC address table
• Homework:
• Gain access to your vLabs or Boson NetSim
• Practice the CLI
• Do Boson Labs 10 and 11
• Memorize the CLI shortcuts mentioned in Part 2
• Supplemental Reading:
• Stormwind blog entries for Switching:
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