I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Routing and Switching Essentials (CCNA-II)
2. Course Prefix & Number:
COMP 1124
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This course is the second of four courses designed to prepare students for Cisco CCNA certification, and the second of two courses required for Cisco CCENT Certification. This course describes the architecture, components, and operations of routers and switches in a small network. Students learn how to configure a router and a switch for basic functionality. By the end of this course, students will be able to configure and troubleshoot routers and switches and resolve common issues with RIPv1, RIPng, single-area and multi-area OSPF, virtual LANs, and inter-VLAN routing in both IPv4 and IPv6 networks. Career Preparation: The studies in this course will help students prepare for careers in Networking such as CCNA, CCNP, Network Administrator, Network Engineer, Systems Analyst, LAN Administrator, WAN Administrator, and Systems Engineer. Certification Preparation: Optional. Cisco CCENT
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
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6. Prerequisite Courses:
COMP 1124 - Routing and Switching Essentials (CCNA-II)
All Course(s) from the following...
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| COMP 1123 | Introduction to Networks (CCNA-I) | 3 cr. |
8. Prerequisite (Entry) Skills:
Students are expected to know how to use a current Windows operating system including navigation, saving files, file management/hierarchy structure, compression, extraction, installation of programs, setting up user accounts, and administrative operating system tasks. Students without this experience should take COMP 1109 Introduction to Operating Systems either before they take this course or concurrently.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
COMP 1124 - Routing and Switching Essentials (CCNA-II)
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
Inver Hills Community College, ITC2520 Networking Basics, 3 Credits
Alexandria Technical and Community College, CVNP1612 Cisco, 1-4 Credits
3. Prior Learning - the following prior learning methods are acceptable for this course:
- Military Experience
- Written
- Demonstration
- Portfolio
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Computer Network Administration - Cisco, A.A.S. Degree
Computer Network Administration - CyberSecurity, A.A.S. Degree
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Follow lab instructions to perform the necessary tasks to complete a network setup. |
| Utilize appropriate technology |
Use computers, current OSs and networking utilities and hardware to configure, diagnose, troubleshoot, and install network components using current microcomputer hardware and OSs. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Understand and describe basic switching concepts and the operation of Cisco switches;
- Understand and describe the purpose, nature, and operations of a router, routing tables, and the route lookup process;
- Understand and describe how VLANs create logically separate networks and how routing occurs between them;
- Understand and describe dynamic routing protocols, distance vector routing protocols, and link-state routing protocols;
- Configure and troubleshoot static routing and default routing (RIP and RIPng);
- Configure and troubleshoot an Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) network;
- Understand, configure, and troubleshoot access control lists (ACLs) for IPv4 and IPv6 networks;
- Understand, configure, and troubleshoot Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) for IPv4 and IPv6 networks; and
- Understand, configure, and troubleshoot Network Address Translation (NAT) operations.
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Introduction to Switched Networks
- LAN Design
- The Switched Environment
- Basic Switching Concepts and Configuration
- Basic Switch Configuration
- Configuring Switch Ports
- Switch Security: Management and Implementation
- VLANs
- VLAN Segmentation
- VLANs in a Multiswitched Environment
- VLAN Implementations
- VLAN Trunks
- Dynamic Trunking Protocol
- Troubleshooting VLANs and Trunks
- VLAN Security and Design
- Design Best Practices for VLANs
- Routing Concepts
- Functions of a Router
- Connecting Devices
- Basic Router Setup
- Verifying Connectivity of Directly Connected Networks
- Switching Packets Between Networks
- Path Determination
- Analyzing the Routing Table
- Directly Connected Routes
- Statically Learned Routes
- Dynamic Routing Protocols
- Inter-VLAN Routing
- Inter-VLAN Routing Configuration
- Configure Legacy Inter-VLAN Routing
- Configure Router-on-a-Stick Inter-VLAN Routing
- Troubleshooting Inter-VLAN Routing
- Layer 3 Switching
- Troubleshooting Layer 3 Switching
- Static Routing
- Types of Static Routes
- Configuring IPv4 Static Routes
- Configuring IPv6 Static Routes
- Configuring IPv6 Default Routes
- CIDR
- VLSM
- Configuring IPv6 Summary Routes
- Configuring Floating Static Routes
- Troubleshooting Static and Default Route issues
- Routing Dynamically
- Dynamic Routing Protocol Operation
- Dynamic Versus Static Routing
- Routing Protocol Operating Fundamentals
- Types of Routing Protocols
- Distance Vector Routing Protocol Operation
- Types of Distance Vector Routing Protocols
- RIP and RIPng Routing
- Configuring RIPng
- Link-State Dynamic Routing
- Parts of an IPv4 Route Entry
- Dynamically Learned IPv4 Routes
- The IPv4 Route Lookup Process
- Analyzing IPv6 Routing Tables
- Single-Area OSPF
- OSPF Operation
- Configuring Single-Area OSPFv2
- OSPF Cost
- Configuring OSPFv3
- Access Control Lists
- IP ACL Operation
- Standard Versus Extended IPv4 ACLs
- Wildcard Masks in ACLs
- Guidelines for ACL Creation and Placement
- Modifying IPv4 ACLs
- Securing VTY Ports with a Standard IPv4 ACL
- Structure of an Extended IPv4 ACL
- Troubleshooting ACLs
- IPv6 ACLs
- DHCP
- DHCPv4
- Configuring a Basic DHCPv4 Server
- Configuring a DHCP Client
- Troubleshooting DHCPv4
- DHCPv6
- Stateless DHCPv6
- Stateful DHCPv6 Server
- Troubleshooting DHCPv6
- Network Address Translation for IPv4
- NAT Operation
- Types of NAT
- Configuring NAT
- Configuring Dynamic NAT
- Configuring Port Address Translation (PAT)
- Port Forwarding
- Configuring NAT and IPv6
- Troubleshooting NAT