CCNA Routing & Switching 2017 for the new 200-125 composite exam that is replacing the 200-120

IP Data Networks

• Understand the operation of data networks.
• Know the purpose and functions of network devices such as routers, switches, bridges and hubs.
• Be able to select components to meet a specific network requirement.
• Understand how certain applications can impact network performance.
• Know the protocols, purpose and operation of both the OSI and TCP/IP models.
• Describe the data flow between two hosts on a network
• Be able to choose the most appropriate cables, media, ports and connectors to connect network devices and hosts to a LAN.

LAN Switching

• Understand the media access control method for Ethernet.
• Describe the basic switching concepts and the operation of switches
• Configure and verify switch configuration including remote access
• Verify a network and switch operation using basic utilities such as ping, telnet and SSH.
• Describe VLANs and the need for routing between VLANs.
• Understand network segmentation and traffic management.
• Be able to configure and verify VLANs.
• Configure and verify trunking on Cisco switches.
• VTP server and client modes
• Ether Channel

IP Addressing (IPv4 and IPv6)

• Describe the need for public and private addresses for IPv4.
• Understand IPv6 addresses.
• Describe the appropriate IPv4 addressing scheme for a LAN/WAN environment, including VLSM and summarization.
• Describe the technologies required to run IPv6 and IPv4 concurrently

IP Routing

• Understand the basic routing concepts.
• Understand the boot process of a Cisco router.
• Configure and verify a basic router configuration using the command line interface.
• Configure and verify both serial and Ethernet interfaces.
• Be able to verify the network connectivity and configuration of a router.
• Configure a static or default route given specific requirements, then verify.
• Understand and distinguish different methods of routing and routing protocols.
• Configure and verify EIGRP in a single autonomous system.
• Configure and verify OSPF (v2 and v3) in a single area.
• Configure and verify inter-VLAN routing using router-on-a-stick.

IP Services

• Configure and verify DHCP on a Cisco router.
• Understand the features and applications of each type of ACL.
• Be able to configure and verify ACLs.
• Understand the basic operation of NAT.
• Configure and verify NAT based on a set of network requirements.
• Recognize high availability FHRP.

Troubleshooting

• Troubleshoot and correct common issues concerning IP addressing and host configurations.
• Manage Cisco IOS Configuration files backup and restore
• Troubleshoot and fix spanning tree operation.
• Troubleshoot and resolve routing issues, including OSPF, and EIGRP.
• Troubleshoot and correct VLAN problems.
• Troubleshoot and resolve switch trunking issues.
• Troubleshoot and fix ACL problems.
• Troubleshoot and correct WAN issues.
• Troubleshoot EtherChannel issues.
• Understand, configure and verify Syslog and utilize Syslog output.

WAN Technologies

• VPN Tunnel configuration
• Configure and verify a serial WAN connection
• Be able to configure and verify a PPP (PAP)connection between two Cisco routers.
• Be able to configure and verify a PPP (CHAP))connection between two Cisco routers.
• Configure and troubleshoot PPPoE