<b>
Chapter 1: Living in a Network-Centric World
Communicating in a Network-Centric World
</b>
Concept Questions
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
<b>
Communication: An Essential Part of Our Lives
</b>
Concept Questions
<b>
The Network as a Platform
</b>
Vocabulary Exercise: Define
Vocabulary Exercise: Identify
Vocabulary Exercise: Matching
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
Concept Questions
<b>
The Architecture of the Internet
</b>
Vocabulary Exercise: Define
Concept Questions
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
<b>
Trends in Networking
</b>
Multiple-Choice Questions
<b>
Activity 1-1: Using Google Earth to View the World (1.1.1.4)
</b>
Task 1: Install Google Earth
Task 2: Run Google Earth
Task 3: Navigate the Google Earth Interface
Task 4: Reflection
Task 5: Challenge
Task 6: Clean Up
<b>
Activity 1-2: Identifying Top Security Vulnerabilities (1.4.5.3)
</b>
Task 1: Locate the SANS Resources
Task 2: Review the SANS Resources
Task 3: Collect Data
Task 4: Reflection
Task 5: Challenge
<b>
Lab 1-1: Using Collaboration Tools: IRC and IM (1.6.1.1)
</b>
Task 1: Configure the Chat Client
Task 2: Connect to the Chat Server
Task 3: Consider the Chat Session
Task 4: Reflection
Task 5: Challenge
Task 6: Clean Up
<b>
Lab 1-2: Using Collaboration Tools: Wikis and Web Logs (1.6.2.1)
</b>
Task 1: Define the Terms Wiki and Blog
Task 2: Explore Wiki Features with the TWiki Tutorial
Task 3: Reflection
Task 4: Challenge
Task 5: Clean Up
<b>
Skills Integration Challenge: Introduction to Packet Tracer (1.7.1.3)
</b>
Task 1: Explore the PT Interface
Task 2: Explore PT Operations
Task 3: Review the Standard Lab Setup
Task 4: Reflection
<b>
Chapter 2: Communicating over the Network
The Platform for Communications
</b>
Concept Questions
Vocabulary Exercise: Matching
<b>
LANs, WANs, and Internetworks
</b>
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
Vocabulary Exercise: Matching
<b>
Protocols
</b>
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
Concept Questions
<b>
Using Layered Models
</b>
Vocabulary Exercise: Matching
<b>
Network Addressing
</b>
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
Multiple-Choice Questions
<b>
Activity 2-1: Using NeoTrace to View Internetworks (2.2.5.1)
</b>
Task 1: Trace Route to Remote Server
Task 2: Trace Route Using NeoTrace
Task 3: Reflection
Task 4: Challenge
Task 5: Clean Up
<b>
Lab 2-1: Topology Orientation and Building a Small Network (2.6.1.1)
</b>
Task 1: Create a Peer-to-Peer Network
Task 2: Identify the Cables Used in a Network
Task 3: Cable the Peer-to-Peer Network
Task 4: Connect Your Workstations to the Classroom Lab Switch
Task 5: Reflection
Packet Tracer Companion: Topology Orientation and Building a Small Network (2.6.1.2)
<b>
Lab 2-2: Using Wireshark to View Protocol Data Units (2.6.2.1)
</b>
Task 1: Ping PDU Capture
Task 2: FTP PDU Capture
Task 3: HTTP PDU Capture
Task 4: Reflection
Task 5: Challenge
Task 6: Cleanup
Packet Tracer Companion: Using Packet Tracer to View Protocol Data Units (2.6.2.2)
<b>
Skills Integration Challenge: Examining Packets (2.7.1.3)
</b>
Task 1: Complete the Topology
Task 2: Add Simple PDUs in Real-Time Mode
Task 3: Analyze PDUs in Simulation Mode (Packet Tracing)
Task 4: Experiment with the Model of the Standard Lab Setup
Task 5: Reflection
<b>Chapter 3: Application Layer Functionality and Protocols </b>
<b>Applications: The Interface Between the Networks
</b>
Vocabulary Exercise: Matching
Concept Questions
<b>
Making Provisions for Applications and Services
</b>
Vocabulary Exercise: Matching
Multiple-Choice Questions
<b>
Application Layer Protocols and Services Examples
</b>
Vocabulary Exercise: Matching
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
Multiple-Choice Questions
<b>
Activity 3-1: Data Stream Capture (3.4.1.1)
</b>
Task 1: Create a Sound File
Task 2: Observe the Properties of the Audio File
Task 3: Reflection
Task 4: Clean Up
<b>
Lab 3-1: Managing a Web Server (3.4.2.1)
</b>
Task 1: Download, Install, and Verify the Apache Web Server
Task 2: Verify the Default Web Server Configuration File
Task 3: Capture and Analyze HTTP Traffic with Wireshark
Task 4: Challenge
Task 5: Reflection
Task 6: Clean Up
<b>
Lab 3-2: E-mail Services and Protocols (3.4.3.1)
</b>
Task 1: Configure the Pod Host Computer for E-mail Service
Task 2: Capture and Analyze E-mail Communication Between the Pod Host Computer and an E-mail Server
Task 3: Challenge
Task 4: Reflection
Task 5: Clean Up
<b>
Skills Integration Challenge: Configuring Hosts and Services (3.5.1.3)
</b>
Task 1: ?Repair? and Test the Topology
Task 2: Explore How DNS and HTTP Work Together
Task 3: Reflection
<b>
Chapter 4: OSI Transport Layer
Roles of the Transport Layer
</b>
Vocabulary Exercise: Matching
Concept Questions
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
Port Type Ranges Exercise
<b>
The TCP Protocol: Communicating with Reliability
</b>
Concept Questions
Vocabulary Exercise: Matching
<b>
Managing TCP Sessions
</b>
Internet Research Exercise
Concept Questions
<b>
The UDP Protocol: Communicating with Low Overhead
</b>
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
<b>
Lab 4-1: Observing TCP and UDP Using netstat (4.5.1.1)
</b>
Task 1: Explain Common netstat Command Parameters and Outputs
Task 2: Use netstat to Examine Protocol Information on a Pod Host Computer
Task 3: Reflection
Task 4: Challenge
Task 5: Cleanup
<b>
Lab 4-2: TCP/IP Transport Layer Protocols, TCP and UDP (4.5.2.1)
</b>
Task 1: Identify TCP Header Fields and Operation Using a Wireshark FTP Session Capture
Task 2: Identify UDP Header Fields and Operation Using a Wireshark TFTP Session Capture
Task 3: Reflection
Task 4: Challenge
Task 5: Cleanup
<b>
Lab 4-3: Application and Transport Layer Protocols (4.5.3.1)
</b>
Task 1: Configure the Pod Host Computer to Capture Application Layer Protocols
Task 2: Capture and Analyze HTTP Communication Between the Pod Host Computer and a Web Server
Task 3: Capture and Analyze FTP Communication Between the Pod Host Computer and a Web Server
Task 4: Reflection
Task 5: Challenge
Task 6: Clean Up
Packet Tracer Companion: Application and Transport Layer Protocols Examination (4.5.3.2)
<b>
Skills Integration Challenge: Analyzing the Application and Transport Layers (4.6.1.3)
</b>
Task 1: Repair and Test the Topology
Task 2: Explore How DNS, UDP, HTTP, and TCP Work Together
Task 3: Reflection
<b>
Chapter 5: OSI Network Layer
IPv4
</b>
Concept Questions
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
Vocabulary Exercise: Define
<b>
Networks: Dividing Hosts into Groups
</b>
Internet Research Exercise
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
<b>
Routing: How Our Data Packets Are Handled
</b>
Concept Questions
Vocabulary Exercise: Define
<b>
Routing Processes: How Routes Are Learned
</b>
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
<b>
Lab 5-1: Examining a Device?s Gateway (5.5.1.1)
</b>
Task 1: Understand and Explain the Purpose of a Gateway Address
Task 2: Understand How Network Information Is Configured on a Windows
Task 3: Troubleshoot a Hidden Gateway Address Problem
Task 4: Reflection
Task 5: Challenge
Task 6: Clean Up
Packet Tracer Companion: Examining a Device?s Gateway (5.5.1.2)
<b>
Lab 5-2: Examining a Route (5.5.2.1)
</b>
Task 1: Use the route Command to Modify a Windows Computer Routing Table
Task 2: Use a Windows Telnet Client Command telnet to Connect to a Cisco Router
Task 3: Examine Router Routes Using Basic Cisco IOS Commands
Task 4: Reflection
Task 5: Challenge
Task 6: Clean Up
Packet Tracer Companion: Examining a Route (5.5.2.2)
<b>
Skills Integration Challenge: Routing IP Packets (5.6.1.3)
</b>
Task 1: Configure a Router Interface
Task 2: Examining Routes
Task 3: Configure a Route Using a GUI
Task 4: Examine the Routing of the IP Packet
Task 5: Reflection
<b>
Chapter 6: Addressing the Network: IPv4
IPv4 Addresses
</b>
Concept Questions
Binary-to-Decimal Conversion Exercise
Decimal-to-Binary Conversion Exercise
<b>
Addresses for Different Purposes
</b>
Vocabulary Exercise: Matching
Internet Research Exercise
Vocabulary: Completion
Concept Questions
<b>
Assigning Addresses
</b>
Internet Research Exercises
Concept Questions
<b>
Is It on My Network?
</b>
Binary Matching Exercise
Concept Questions
Internet Research Exercise
<b>
Calculating Addresses
</b>
Concept Questions
Multiple-Choice Questions
<b>
Testing the Network Layer
</b>
Concept Questions
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
<b>
Lab 6-1: Ping and Traceroute (6.7.1.1)
</b>
Task 1: Use the ping Command to Verify Simple TCP/IP Network Connectivity
Task 2: Use the tracert Command to Verify TCP/IP Connectivity
Task 3: Challenge
Task 4: Reflection
Task 5: Clean Up
Packet Tracer Companion: ping and traceroute (6.7.1.2)
<b>
Lab 6-2: Examining ICMP Packets (6.7.2.1)
</b>
Task 1: Understand the Format of ICMP Packets
Task 2: Use Wireshark to Capture and Examine ICMP Messages
Task 3: Challenge
Task 4: Reflection
Task 5: Clean Up
Packet Tracer Companion: Examining ICMP Packets (6.7.2.2)
<b>
Activity 6-1: IPv4 Address Subnetting, Part 1 (6.7.3.1)
</b>
Task 1: For a Given IP Address, Determine Network Information
Task 2: Challenge
Task 3: Clean Up
<b>
Activity 6-2: IPv4 Address Subnetting, Part 2 (6.7.4.1)
</b>
Task 1: For a Given IP Address and Subnet Mask, Determine Subnet
Information
Task 2: Challenge
Task 3: Clean Up
<b>
Lab 6-3: Subnet and Router Configuration (6.7.5.1)
</b>
Task 1: Subnet the Address Space
Task 2: Determine Interface Addresses
Task 3: Configure the Serial and FastEthernet Addresses
Task 4: Verify the Configurations
Task 5: Reflection
Packet Tracer Companion: Subnet and Router Configuration (6.7.5.2)
<b>
Skills Integration Challenge: Planning Subnets and Configuring IP Addresses (6.8.1.3)
</b>
Task 1: IP Subnet Planning
Task 2: Finish Building the Network in Packet Tracer
Task 3: Configure the Network
Task 4: Test the Network
Task 5: Reflection
<b>
Chapter 7: OSI Data Link Layer
Data Link Layer: Accessing the Media
</b>
Vocabulary Exercise: Matching
Concept Questions
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
<b>
Media Access Control Techniques
</b>
Concept Questions
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
<b>
Media Access Control: Addressing and Framing Data
</b>
Vocabulary Exercise: Matching
Concept Questions
<b>
Putting It All Together: Follow Data Through an Internetwork
</b>
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
<b>
Lab 7-1: Frame Examination (7.5.2.1)
</b>
Task 1: Explain the Header Fields in an Ethernet II Frame
Task 2: Use Wireshark to Capture and Analyze Ethernet II Frames
Task 3: Challenge
Task 4: Reflection
Task 5: Clean Up
<b>
Skills Integration Challenge: Data Link Layer Issues (7.6.1.3)
</b>
Task 1: IP Subnet Planning
Task 2: Finish Building the Network in Packet Tracer, Attending to Some Layer 2 Issues
Task 3: Configure the Network
Task 4: Test the Network
Task 5: Reflection
<b>
Chapter 8: OSI Physical Layer
The Physical Layer: Communication Signals
</b>
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
Concept Questions
<b>
Physical Signaling and Encoding: Representing Bits
</b>
Concept Questions
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
Vocabulary Exercise: Matching
<b>
Physical Media: Connecting Communication
</b>
Concept Questions
Vocabulary Exercise: Matching
<b>
Lab 8-1: Media Connectors Lab Activity (Lab 8.4.1.1)
</b>
Task 1: Become Familiar with the Most Common Functions of a Cable Tester
Task 2: Test Different Cables for Type and Wiring Problems
Task 3: Perform Initial Configuration of the Fluke LinkRunner
Task 4: Verify Cable Length
Task 5: Reflection
Task 6: Challenge
Task 7: Clean Up
<b>
Skills Integration Challenge: Connecting Devices and Exploring the Physical View (8.5.1.3)
</b>
Task 1: Connect the Devices in the Standard Lab Setup
Task 2: View the Standard Lab Setup in the Physical Workspace
<b>
Chapter 9: Ethernet
Overview of Ethernet
</b>
Vocabulary Exercise: Matching
Concept Questions
<b>
Ethernet: Communication Through the LAN
</b>
Vocabulary Exercise: Matching
Concept Questions
<b>
The Ethernet Frame
</b>
Vocabulary Exercise: Matching
Multiple-Choice Questions
Concept Questions
<b>
Ethernet Media Access Control
</b>
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
Concept Questions
<b>
Ethernet Physical Layer
</b>
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
<b>
Hubs and Switches
</b>
Vocabulary Exercise: Matching
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
Concept Question
<b>
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
</b>
Multiple-Choice Questions
<b>
Lab 9-1: Address Resolution Protocol (9.8.1.1)
</b>
Task 1: Use the Windows arp Command
Task 2: Use Wireshark to Examine ARP Exchanges
Task 3: Reflection
Task 4: Challenge
Task 5: Clean Up
Packet Tracer Companion: Address Resolution Protocol (9.8.1.2)
<b>
Lab 9-2: Cisco Switch MAC Table Examination (9.8.2.1)
</b>
Task 1: Use the Telnet Protocol to Log in to a Cisco Switch
Task 2: Use the Cisco IOS show mac-address-table Command to Examine MAC Addresses and Port Associations
Task 3: Challenge
Task 4: Reflection
Task 5: Clean Up
Packet Tracer Companion: Cisco Switch MAC Table Examination (9.8.2.2)
<b>
Lab 9-3: Intermediary Device as an End Device (9.8.3.1)
</b>
Task 1: Use Wireshark to Capture and Analyze Frames Originating from Network Nodes
Task 2: Examine the Origination of Frames in a Small Network
Task 3: Reflection
Task 4: Challenge
Task 5: Clean Up
Packet Tracer Companion: An Intermediary Device as an End Device (9.8.3.2)
<b>
Skills Integration Challenge: Switched Ethernet (9.9.1.3)
</b>
Task 1: IP Subnet Planning
Task 2: Repair Problems with the Ethernet Switched LAN
Task 3: Test the Network
Task 4: Reflection
<b>
Chapter 10: Planning and Cabling Networks
LANs: Making the Physical Connection
</b>
Concept Questions
Multiple-Choice Questions
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
<b>
Device Interconnections
</b>
Concept Questions
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
<b>
Developing an Addressing Scheme
</b>
Concept Questions
<ulary Exercise: Completion
Multiple-Choice Questions
<b>
Calculating the Subnets
</b>
Concept Questions
<b>
Device Interconnections
</b>
Concept Question
Multiple-Choice Questions
<b>
Lab 10-1: How Many Networks? (10.3.2.2)
</b>
Task 1: Determine the Number of Subnets in Topology Diagram A
Task 2: Record Subnet Information
Task 3: Determine the Number of Subnets in Topology Diagram B
Task 4: Record Subnet Information
Task 5: Determine the Number of Subnets in Topology Diagram C
Task 6: Record Subnet Information
Task 7: Determine the Number of Subnets in Topology Diagram D
Task 8: Record Subnet Information
Task 9: Reflection
<b>
Lab 10-2: Creating a Small Lab Topology (10.6.1.1)
</b>
Task 1: Design the Logical Network
Task 2: Configure the Physical Lab Topology
Task 3: Configure the Logical Topology
Task 4: Verify Network Connectivity
Task 5: Reflection
Task 6: Challenge
Task 7: Clean Up
Packet Tracer Companion: Creating a Small Topology (10.6.1.2)
<b>
Lab 10-3: Establishing a Console Session with HyperTerminal (10.6.2.1)
</b>
Task 1: Connect a Router and Computer with a Console Cable
Task 2: Configure HyperTerminal to Establish a Console Session with a Cisco IOS Router
Task 3: Configure HyperTerminal to Establish a Console Session with a Cisco IOS Switch
Task 3: Reflection
Task 4: Challenge
Task 5: Clean Up
<b>
Lab 10-3 (Alternative): Establishing a Console Session with TeraTerm
</b>
Task 1: Connect a Router and Computer with a Console Cable
Task 2: Configure TeraTerm Web to Establish a Console Session with the Router
Task 3: Reflection
Task 4: Challenge
Task 5: Clean Up
Packet Tracer Companion: Establishing a Console Session with PT Terminal (10.6.2.2)
<b>
Lab 10-4: Establishing a Console Session with Minicom (10.6.3.1)
</b>
Task 1: Connect a Router and Computer with a Console Cable
Task 2: Configure Minicom to Establish a Console Session with the Router
Task 3: Perform Basic Commands
Task 4: Reflection
Task 5: Clean Up
<b>
Skills and Integration Challenge: Planning and Cabling Networks (10.7.1.3)
</b>
Task 1: Build the Network Topology
Task 2: Create and Assign an Addressing Scheme
Task 3: Interface Configuration
Task 4: Testing Connectivity
<b>
Chapter 11: Configuring and Testing Your Network
Configuring Cisco Devices: IOS Basics
</b>
Concept Questions
Vocabulary Exercise: Matching
Cisco IOS Command Exercises
Test Your Knowledge
<b>
Applying a Basic Configuration Using Cisco IOS
</b>
Concept Questions
Multiple-Choice Questions
Vocabulary Exercise: Completion
<b>
Verifying Connectivity
</b>Test Your Knowledge
Concept Question
<b>
Lab 11-1: Network Latency Documentation with ping (11.4.3.3)
</b>
Task 1: Use the ping Command to Document Network Latency
Task 2: Compute Various Statistics on the Output of a ping Capture
Task 3: Measure Delay Effects from Larger Datagrams
Task 4: Reflection
Task 5: Challenge
<b>
Lab 11-2: Basic Cisco Device Configuration (11.5.1.1)
</b>
Task 1: Configure Cisco Router Global Configuration Settings
Task 2: Configure Cisco Router Password Access
Task 3: Configure Cisco Router Interfaces
Task 4: Save the Router Configuration Files
Task 5: Configure a Cisco Switch
Task 6: Reflection
Task 7: Challenge
Task 8: Clean Up
Packet Tracer Companion: Basic Cisco Device Configuration (11.5.1.2)
<b>
Lab 11-3: Managing Device Configuration (11.5.2.1)
</b>
Task 1: Configure Network Connectivity
Task 2: Use TFTP to Save and Restore a Cisco IOS Configuration
Task 3: Reflection
Task 4: Challenge
Task 5: Clean Up
Packet Tracer Companion: Managing Device Configuration (11.5.2.2)
<b>
Lab 11-4: Configure Host Computers for IP Networking (11.5.3.1)
</b>
Task 1: Design the Logical Lab Topology
Task 2: Configure the Physical Lab Topology
Task 3: Configure the Logical Topology
Task 4: Verify Network Connectivity
Task 5: Reflection
Task 6: Challenge
Task 7: Clean Up
<b>
Lab 11-5: Network Testing (11.5.4.1)
</b>
Task 1: Design the Logical Lab Topology
Task 2: Configure the Physical Lab Topology
Task 3: Configure the Logical Topology
Task 4: Verify Network Connectivity
Task 5: Reflection
Task 6: Challenge
Task 7: Clean Up
<b>
Lab 11-6: Network Documentation with Utility Commands (11.5.5.1)
</b>
Task 1: Design the Logical Lab Topology
Task 2: Configure the Physical Lab Topology
Task 3: Configure the Logical Topology
Task 4: Verify Network Connectivity
Task 5: Document the Network
Task 6: Reflection
Task 7: Challenge
Task 8: Clean Up
<b>
Lab 11-7: Case Study: Datagram Analysis with Wireshark (11.5.6.1)
</b>
Task 1: Prepare the Lab
Task 2: Review the Process of Data Flowing Through the Network
Task 3: Analyze Captured Packets
Task 4: Complete the Final Analysis
Task 5: Conclusion
Task 6: Summary
<b>
Skills Integration Challenge: Configuring and Analyzing Networks (11.6.1.3)
</b>
Task 1: Plan
Task 2: Build and Configure the Network
Task 3: Test and Analyze
Task 4: Reflection
