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Defining WAN Connection Types and Securing Your Network

Course Status:	Released	Courseware Features
Course Language:	English
Course Duration:	2 Hours
Deployment Options:	Online, Interactive CDs,

Audience

Network engineers responsible for configuring, implementing, troubleshooting, and managing WAN and remote access solutions; network architects responsible for designing WAN and remote access solutions; CCNP candidates; CCIE candidates

Prerequisites

A knowledge of general networking terms and concepts; experience in general Cisco router operation and configuration, including TCP/IP, routing protocols (RIP, IGRP), routed protocols (IP, IPX), standard and extended access lists, PPP operation and configuration over serial links, Frame Relay operation and configuration on interfaces and subinterfaces, and legacy DDR over ISDN-BRI operation and configuration; a basic knowledge of data networking equivalent to the information in the Cisco Certified Network Associate Basics (CCNAB) v2.0 course and the Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (ICND) v2.0 course; experience working in a network environment is recommended

Course Aim

This learning series introduces and expands upon techniques and technologies for enabling WAN and remote access solutions. It is an online, self-guided series designed to correlate to Cisco's own instructor led course BCRAN 2.0. BCRAN is part of the recommended training path for those students seeking the Cisco CCNP®, and CCIE® certifications.

Learning Objectives

To introduce the types of WAN connections and protocols commonly used in remote networks, and to configure a router to access a CiscoSecure ACS Server and use AAA

Topics Covered

Defining WAN connection types Defining WAN connection types Defining WAN encapsulation protocols Determining the WAN types to use Selecting Cisco remote access solutions Selecting a WAN type Using AAA to scale access control Cisco access control solutions Understanding and configuring AAA Configuring AAA on a Cisco router