CCNA Course Updated 2024 -

Explain the role and function of network components
1. Routers
2. Layer 2 and Layer 3 switches
3. Next-generation firewalls and IPS
4. Access points
5. Controllers (Cisco DNA Center and WLC)
6. Endpoints
7. Servers
8. PoE
Describe characteristics of network topology architectures
1. Two-tier
2. Three-tier
3. Spine-leaf
4. WAN
5. Small office/home office (SOHO)
6. On-premise and cloud
Compare physical interface and cabling types
1. Single-mode fiber, multimode fiber, copper
2. Connections (Ethernet shared media and point-to-point)
Identify interface and cable issues
(collisions, errors, mismatch duplex, and/or speed)
Compare TCP to UDP
Configure and verify IPv4 addressing and subnetting
Describe the need for private IPv4 addressing
Configure and verify IPv6 addressing and prefix
Describe IPv6 address types
1. Unicast (global, unique local, and link local)
2. Anycast
3. Multicast
4. Modified EUI 64
Verify IP parameters for Client OS (Windows, Mac OS, Linux)
Describe wireless principles
1. Nonoverlapping Wi-Fi channels
2. SSID
3. RF
4. Encryption
Explain virtualization fundamentals (server virtualization, containers, and VRFs)
Describe switching concepts
MAC learning and aging
Frame switching
Frame flooding
MAC address table

CCNA Course Updated 2024