Während den Workshops werden folgende Themenbereiche abgedeckt:

General Networking Theory

• General Routing Concepts (Split horizon, Link state, difference between switching and routing, Summarization, Link state vs. Distance vector, loops, Tunneling)
• Standards (802.x, cable specs, protocol limitations)
• Protocol Mechanics (Windowing/ACK, fragmentation, MTU, handshaking, termination)

Bridging and Switching

• Frame relay
• Catalyst configuration:
  - VLANs
  - VTP
  - STP
  - trunks
  - management
  - features
  - advanced configuration
  - Layer 3

IP and IOS Features

• IP Addressing (CIDR, subnetting, ARP)
• Features (DNS, DHCP, ICMP, HSRP, NAT, NTP)
• System Management (SNMP, RMON, Accounting)

IGP Routing

• OSPF
• EIGRP
• RIPv2
• IPv6
• GRE
• ODR
• Filtering, redistribution, summarization and other advanced features

Security

• AAA
• Security Server Protocols (Radius, TACACS, 802.1x)
• Traffic filtering and firewalls
• Access Control Lists
• Routing protocols security, catalyst security
• Other security features

Quality of Service

• Quality of service solutions
• Classification
• Congestion management, congestion avoidance
• Policing and shaping
• Signaling
• Link efficiency mechanisms
• Modular QoS command line

IP Multicast

• IGMP/CGMP (IGMPv1, IGMPv2, Designated Querier)
• Addressing (Group addresses, Admin Group, Link-local L3-to-L2 Mapping)
• Distribution Trees (Shared Trees, Source Trees)
• PIM-SM Mechanics (Joining, Pruning PIM State, Mroute table)
• Rendezvous Points (Auto-RP, BSR)

• 3 oder 4 Cisco 2811 Routers
• 1 oder 2 Cisco 3640 Router(s)
• 1 Cisco 2821 Router
• 2 Catalyst 3560 Multilayer Switches
• 2 Catalyst 3550 Multilayer Switches
• 3 Backbone Routers
• 1 Frame Relay Switch
• 1 Terminal Server