Use a subset of Cisco IOS commands to analyse and report network problems

Use embedded layer 3 through layer 7 protocols to establish, test, suspend, or disconnect connectivity to remote devices from the router console

Determine IP addresses

Establish communication between a terminal device and the router IOS, and use IOS for system analysis

Manipulate system image and device configuration files

Perform an initial configuration on a router and save the resultant configuration file

Use commands incorporated within IOS to analyze and report network problems

Assign IP addresses

Describe and install the hardware and software required to be able to communicate via a network

Use embedded data link layer functionality to perform network neighbor discovery and analysis from the router

Use embedded layer 3 through layer 7 protocols to establish, test, suspend or disconnect connectivity to remote devices from the router console

Demonstrate the mathematical skills required to work seamlessly with integer decimal, binary and hexadecimal numbers and simple binary logic

Define and describe the structure and technologies of computer networks

Describe the hardware and software required to be able to communicate via a network

Describe the physical, electrical and mechanical properties and standards associated with optical, wireless, and copper media used in networks

Describe the topologies and physical issues associated with cabling common LANs

Identify the key characteristics of common wide area networking (WAN) configurations and technologies, and differentiate between these and common LAN technologies

Describe the purpose and fundamental operation of the internetwork operating system (IOS)

Describe the role of a router in a WAN

Identify the major internal and external components of a router, and describe the associated functionality

Identify and describe the stages of the router boot-up sequence

Describe how the configuration register and boot system commands modify the router boot-up sequence

Describe the concepts associated with routing, and the different methods and protocols used to achieve it

Describe how an IP address is associated with a device interface, and the association between physical and employ IP addressing techniques

Employ IP addressing techniques

Compare and contrast collision and broadcast domains, and describe the process of network segmentation

Describe the principles and practice of switching in an Ethernet network

Explain how collisions are detected and handled in an Ethernet system

Explain the fundamental concepts associated with the Ethernet media access technique

Describe how the protocols associated with TCP/IP allow host communication to occur

Describe the operation of the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) and identify the reasons, types and format of associated error and control messages

Describe the principles and practice of packet switching utilizing the Internet Protocol (IP)