Audience

System engineers and network designers who have a knowledge of internetworking and Cisco products

Prerequisites

The Cisco IOS 11.3: ICRC curriculum; all preceding courses in the Cisco: Designing Cisco Networks curriculum

Course Aim

To enable the student to identify network problems, the devices most commonly used in internetworks, and the LAN and WAN hardware media issues that need to be taken into account when designing networks

Learning Objectives

Evaluate network needs for routing and switching. Identify scalability constraints and network demands when segmenting networks. Classify network problems and provide the solutions to overcome them. List the factors to consider when provisioning hardware and media for networks. Suggest LAN and WAN hardware for a small or medium sized business network. Select a switch that contains certain features. Evaluate the use of different media for various networking needs. Use Cisco?s `Find a Product? tool to find a router that meets a customer's requirements. Identify different types of signal standards. Describe Frame Relay networks and explain traffic shaping over Frame Relay.

Topics Covered

Switches and routers - Switching versus routing - Hands-on: Solving network problems LAN hardware and media - Provisioning hardware - Hands-on: Selecting a switch - Provisioning network media WAN hardware and media - WAN design considerations - Provisioning WAN hardware - Hands-on: Selecting a router - Provisioning WAN networks - Hands-on: Provisioning WAN media

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