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| practice exams, network security strategies, CISCO device and firewalls, frame-mode MPLS, basic teleworker services |
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| What You will Learn |
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| The Implementing Secure Converged Wide Area Networks exam is one of the required tests for the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification. This study guide will prepare you to manage and secure remote access to networks. Practice exams are also included, which will allow you to answer questions in the same format that the test will use on exam day, and will provide in-depth instructional feedback on each question to thoroughly cover every subject you'll need to master. |
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| Certification: |
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| The test that this series prepares students to take is a part of earning the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification. |
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| Topic Details |
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- Complete the practice exam questions
- Describe HFC network planning and design
- Describe xDSL technologies
- Describe ADSL technology, features, uses, and configurations /li>
- Verify and configure high-speed Internet connections to the home
- Describe MPLS networks
- Describe how routers populate the LFIB database, how IP packets cross an MPLS network, and how PHP enhances MPLS performance
- Describe the components and operations of IPSec VPNs and GRE Tunnels
- Configure Site-to-Site IPSec GRE Tunnels and VPN operations
- Configure GRE Tunnel interfaces
- Describe the functions and operation of Cisco Easy VPN Server and Easy VPN Remote
- Describe and mitigate common network attacks
- Configure network security to mitigate malicious code attacks
- Configure and verify TACACS+ / RADIUS server accounting information
- Configure One-Step Lockdown features
- Describe, configure, and verify AAA for Cisco routers
- Configure infrastructure protection Access Control Lists (ACLs)
- Verify and configure SSH, SNMP, SYSLOG, and NTP
- Explain the functions, operations, and primary components of the IOS Firewall
- Configure SDM IOS Firewall interfaces used in VPN connections
- Configure the IOS role-based CLI secure management feature
- Describe the functions and operations of IDS and IPS systems
- Implement IDS and IPS
- Tune, analyze, and configure Cisco IDS/IPS sensors to mitigate network security threats
- Implement basic AAA using Cisco routers
- Mitigate threats to Cisco routers and networks using ACLs
- Mitigate common Layer 2 attacks
- Implement the Cisco IOS IPS feature set using SDM
- Implement IPsec VPN on Cisco routers using SDM
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| Hardware and the OSI Reference Model |
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- Describe Ethernet operation
- Identify the strengths and weaknesses of a star topology versus a bus topology
- Describe the operational differences and functions of Layer 1, 2, and 3 devices
- Identify hardware typical of Layers 1 through 3 of the OSI model
- Explain the functions of and differences of bridges and Layer 2 switches
- Explain store and forward bridging
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| Wide Area Network Protocols |
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- Explain switched services
- Describe point to point and point to multipoint connections
- Describe peer to peer connections
- Explain authentication
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| TCP/IP Technologies |
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- Explain subnetting
- Identify the various layers of the TCP/IP model
- Identify the different classes of IPs
- Perform a conversion from binary to dotted decimal notation
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| Understanding Layer 2 Switching Technologies |
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- Explain filtering and forwarding frames
- Explain how a switch discovers MAC addresses
- Explain frame tagging
- Define an interswitch link
- Describe how to prevent loops
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| Understanding Layer 3 Routing Technologies |
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- Explain path determination
- Determine the strengths of link state and distance vector protocols in differing configurations
- Describe methods of increasing stability of link state and distance vector protocols
- Describe the goals of routing protocols
- List routing protocols and path determination
- Describe convergence as impacted by different protocols
- Explain the similarities and differences between several types of routing protocols
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| Configuring a Cisco Switch |
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- Connect to a router
- Describe the VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)
- Enable VTP
- Explain the startup sequence
- Describe the update process
- Describe the configuration change process
- Configure a Cisco switch
- Create and configure VLANs
- Assign a VLAN to switched ports
- Describe the goals of routing protocols
- Establish a trunk connection between switches
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| Configuring a Cisco Router |
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- Identify the main Cisco IOS router startup components and modes
- Configure a router during initial setup
- Configure and backup the main Cisco IOS
- Establish and set router passwords
- Set the hostname of a router
- Identify and display the main Cisco IOS router configuration files
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| Creating and Applying Additional Router Configurations |
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- Configure a router to use PPP, ISDN, and Frame Relay
- Backup, update, and reload Cisco IOS software
- Add the RIP and IGRP protocols to a router configuration
- Configure standard and extended access lists for IP
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