Chapter 1 - Exploring the Network ........................ 1
1.0.1.2 Class Activity - Draw Your Concept of the Internet ............................................................ 1
1.1.1.8 Lab - Researching Network Collaboration Tools ................................................................ 3
1.2.1.3 Lab - Researching Converged Network Services .............................................................. 18
1.3.3.3 Lab - Mapping the Internet ................................................................................................ 22
1.4.3.6 Lab - Researching IT and Networking Job Opportunities ................................................ 34
1.5.1.1 Class Activity - Draw Your Concept of the Internet Now ................................................. 39
Chapter 2 - Configuring a Network Operating System .................. 41
2.0.1.2 Class Activity - It Is Just an Operating System! ................................................................ 41
2.1.4.9 Lab - Establishing a Console Session with Tera Term ...................................................... 42
2.3.3.4 Lab - Building a Simple Network ..................................................................................... 53
2.3.3.5 Lab - Configuring a Switch Management Address ........................................................... 67
2.4.1.1 Class Activity - Tutor me! ................................................................................................. 75
Chapter 3 - Network Protocols and Communications .................. 77
3.0.1.2 Class Activity - Let's just talk about this... ....................................................................... 77
3.1.3.6 Lab - Researching Networking Standards .......................................................................... 78
3.2.2.3 Lab - Researching RFCs ................................................................................................... 82
3.3.3.4 Lab - Using Wireshark to View Network Traffic .............................................................. 87
3.4.1.1 Class Activity - Guaranteed to work! .............................................................................. 107
Chapter 4 - Application Layer .......................................... 109
4.0.1.2 Class Activity - What would happen if... ........................................................................ 109
4.1.2.4 Lab - Researching Peer-to-Peer File Sharing .................................................................. 111
4.2.2.9 Lab - Observing DNS Resolution ................................................................................... 115
4.2.3.3 Lab - Exploring FTP ....................................................................................................... 121
4.3.1.1 Class Activity - Make it happen! ..................................................................................... 131
Chapter 5 - Transport Layer ........................................... 133
5.0.1.2 Class Activity - We Need to Talk .................................................................................... 133
5.2.1.8 Lab - Using Wireshark to Observe the TCP 3-Way Handshake ...................................... 134
5.2.3.5 Lab - Using Wireshark to Examine a UDP DNS Capture ............................................... 140
5.2.4.3 Lab - Using Wireshark to Examine FTP and TFTP Captures ......................................... 146
5.3.1.1 Class Activity - We Need to Talk, Again ......................................................................... 160
Chapter 6 - Network Layer ......................................... 161
6.0.1.2 Class Activity - The road less traveled...or is it? ............................................................ 161
6.2.2.8 Lab - Viewing Host Routing Tables ............................................................................... 163
6.3.1.9 Lab - Exploring Router Physical Characteristics ............................................................ 169
6.4.3.5 Lab - Building a Switch and Router Network ................................................................. 179
6.5.1.1 Class Activity - Can you read this map? ......................................................................... 192
Chapter 7 - IP Addressing ........................................................... 194
7.0.1.2 Class Activity - The Internet of Everything (IoE) ........................................................... 194
7.1.2.7 Lab - Using the Windows Calculator with Network Addresses ...................................... 195
7.1.2.8 Lab - Converting IPv4 Addresses to Binary .................................................................... 202
7.1.4.8 Lab - Identifying IPv4 Addresses .................................................................................... 206
7.2.5.4 Lab - Identifying IPv6 Addresses .................................................................................... 209
7.2.5.5 Lab - Configuring IPv6 Addresses on Network Devices ................................................ 219
7.3.2.7 Lab - Testing Network Connectivity with Ping and Traceroute ...................................... 230
7.4.1.1 Class Activity - The Internet of Everything...Naturally! ................................................ 246
Chapter 8 - Subnetting IP Networks ...................................... 247
8.0.1.2 Class Activity - Call me! ................................................................................................. 247
8.1.3.8 Lab - Calculating IPv4 Subnets ....................................................................................... 248
8.1.3.9 Lab - Subnetting Network Topologies ............................................................................ 254
8.1.3.10 Lab - Researching Subnet Calculators .......................................................................... 262
8.2.1.3 Lab - Designing and Implementing a Subnetted IPv4 Addressing Scheme .................... 267
8.2.1.4 Lab - Designing and Implementing a VLSM Addressing Scheme ................................. 276
8.4.1.1 Class Activity - Can you call me now? ........................................................................... 283
Chapter 9 - Network Access ................................................ 285
9.0.1.2 Class Activity - Let Me Tell You What I Heard at a Conference... ................................ 285
9.3.1.4 Lab A - Identifying Network Devices and Cabling .......................................................... 287
9.4.2.8 Lab - Building an Ethernet Crossover Cable ................................................................... 289
9.4.4.6 Lab - Viewing Wireless and Wired NIC Information ...................................................... 295
9.5.1.1 Class Activity - Linked In! .............................................................................................. 306
Chapter 10 - Ethernet ............................................................ 308
10.0.1.2 Class Activity - Join my social circle! ............................................................................ 308
10.1.3.6 Lab - Viewing Network Device MAC Addresses .......................................................... 310
10.1.4.3 Lab - Using Wireshark to Examine Ethernet Frames .................................................... 319
10.2.1.8 Lab - Observing ARP with the Windows CLI, IOS CLI, and Wireshark ...................... 326
10.3.1.10 Lab - Using IOS CLI with Switch MAC Address Tables ............................................ 338
10.4.1.1 Class Activity - MAC and Choose... ............................................................................ 343
Chapter 11 - It's a Network ........................................ 345
11.0.1.2 Class Activity - Did you notice...? ................................................................................ 345
11.2.2.6 Lab - Researching Network Security Threats ............................................................... 347
11.2.4.5 Lab - Accessing Network Devices with SSH ................................................................ 351
11.2.4.6 Lab - Securing Network Devices .................................................................................. 363
11.3.2.3 Lab - Testing Network Latency with Ping and Traceroute ............................................ 372
11.3.4.6 Lab - Using the CLI to Gather Network Device Information ........................................ 377
11.4.2.6 Lab - Managing Router Configuration Files with Terminal Emulation Software ......... 390
11.4.2.7 Lab - Managing Device Configuration Files Using TFTP, Flash, and USB ................. 397
11.4.2.8 Lab - Researching Password Recovery Procedures ...................................................... 412
11.5.1.1 Class Activity - Design and Build a Small Business Network (Capstone Project) ....... 416
Appendix A - Supplemental Labs .................................. 418
0.0.0.1 Lab - Initializing and Reloading a Router and Switch .................................................... 418
0.0.0.2 Lab - Installing the IPv6 Protocol and Assigning Host Addresseswith Windows XP .............. 422
