Ccna Complete

The top rated CCNA course online and only one where all questions get a response. Full lab exercises included.

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.8

- Get what you need to pass the up-to-date Cisco CCNA 200-301 exam
- Gain hands-on Cisco CCNA configuration and troubleshooting experience through practice labs
- Explore how routing and switching technologies work in real world environments

What you'll learn

Get what you need to pass the up-to-date Cisco CCNA 200-301 exam

Gain hands-on Cisco CCNA configuration and troubleshooting experience through practice labs

Explore how routing and switching technologies work in real world environments

Develop skills to work on enterprise production networks

* Requirements

* You’ll need basic knowledge of how to operate a computer and browse the Internet; that’s it!
* Absolute beginners to networking are welcome. I start with beginner level networking and explain every single acronym and concept you need to pass the exam.

Description

If you want to jumpstart your career in IT and networking by acing the Cisco Certified Network Associate CCNA exam, then this course is for you! It gives you a full understanding of all the concepts and topics you need to earn the most in-demand networking certification today by passing the Cisco CCNA 200-301 exam.

(The CCNA 200-301 is the current CCNA exam and replacement for the CCNA 200-125 which was retired in February 2020.)

This is the one course you need to get your CCNA.

Full lab exercises are included so you'll get the hands-on practical skills you need to work on real world networks, and it's the only CCNA course online where all questions posted in the Q&A section are answered.

It offers an easy to understand, structured approach to shortcut your path to mastering Cisco networking to the CCNA level and beyond.

In this course, you will:

Develop a deep understanding of Cisco’s features and functions
Walk through complete and easy to understand explanations of each technology area covered in the exam
Follow simple step by step instructions to build your own fully featured lab on your laptop for free
Gain hands on configuration and troubleshooting experience through comprehensive lab exercises
Learn how networking really works through real world examples throughout the course
Build the skills and confidence to crush the CCNA 200-301 exam
Gain demonstrable knowledge and practical experience to supercharge your networking career

Supercharge Your Learning with Hands-on Practice

This course is chock full of activities. You’ll get over 300 pages of hands-on lab exercises with detailed answers to check your understanding every step of the way and build your configuration and troubleshooting skills. Full diagrams and lab setup files are included so you can get started immediately with just your laptop. No equipment or previous experience is required.

All slides in the course are also included in supplemental study notes format with expanded bullet points clearly explaining the technologies. Easily review exam topics to solidify your understanding and get a final refresher when test day is approaching.

Why Learn from Me

In this course, you won’t just gain the book smarts to pass the exam. You’ll also hone your hands-on skills to succeed as a network engineer in the real world. I’m a professional instructor who has been entrusted by Cisco since 2007 to develop and deliver training courses for their own engineers and partners. I’ve also designed multiple training courses for the largest service providers in the Asia Pacific region such as IBM, Verizon, and the Australian National Broadband Network. I’ve spent years distilling my decade’s worth of networking experience from the field into mentoring and supporting other systems engineers, and I’m passionate about passing my knowledge of Cisco networks onto others.

As a student in this course, you’ll get lifetime access to the course materials and answers to every question you ask in the Q&A board. I love interacting with my students: anything you want to know, please ask. The course also comes with an unconditional risk-free 30 day money-back guarantee–that's my personal promise of your success.

Value

If you take a comparable course at a training centre it will cost you thousands of dollars, and when it’s over you can’t experience the tutorials again or ask the instructor any more questions. When you take my course you can learn anytime you want in the comfort of your own home, and I’m always here for you whenever you need any help.

Not sure about the best way to pay for this course? Ask your manager at work if they’ll expense it. They won’t have to pay the large fees of traditional classroom learning or have to cover your absence for a week. They get huge value from this investment in your future.

When you’re done with the course, you’ll have everything you need to crush the Cisco CCNA exam. I’m excited to share all of my knowledge with you.

Join me on this journey to turbocharging your career!

Who this course is for:

Anyone who wants to pass the Cisco CCNA 200-301 exam and start or improve a career in networking.
IT helpdesk engineers who are interested in careers such as network engineers, network administrators, systems administrators, or solution architects. This course can help start your career journey into these fields.
Network engineers who are not Cisco CCNA certified or who have an expired certification. Even if you’re an experienced professional, you’ll fill gaps in your knowledge and master concepts like IPv6, EIGRP, and OSPF in this course.
IT professionals who want a comprehensive resource on Cisco networking theory, configuration and troubleshooting.

Course content

39 sections • 310 lectures

Welcome 6 lectures

Introduction Preview 01:07

How to Make the Most of This Course Preview 05:35

Course Material Download Preview 00:04

The Study Plan Preview 04:32

The Udemy Interface Preview 03:34

Why Passing the CCNA is Going to Turbo Charge Your Career Preview 03:46

How to Set Up the Lab 4 lectures

How to Set Up the Lab Introduction Preview 00:41

Cisco Packet Tracer Installation Preview 06:18

How to Use the Course Lab Exercises Preview 08:59

Packet Tracer Installation Notes and FAQ Preview 02:08

Host to Host Communications 6 lectures

Introduction Preview 00:57

A (Very) Basic Introduction to Networking Preview 05:44

The OSI Reference Model Overview Preview 09:25

The TCP/IP Stack Preview 05:11

The Upper OSI Layers Preview 03:23

The Lower OSI Layers Preview 05:06

The Cisco IOS Operating System 8 lectures

Introduction Preview 01:17

Cisco Operating Systems Preview 05:08

In this lecture, you'll learn about the different operating systems that run on Cisco's different router and switch platforms. You don't actually need to know this for the CCNA exam, but it's beneficial to have an understanding of Cisco's wider portfolio. Cisco's different operating systems are very similar from a management and administrative point-of-view, so it's easy to transfer your skills between platforms.

I'll start off by giving you a bit of history. Many people think of Cisco as being a routing and switching company, but they actually were just a purely routing company when they started out. IOS was the original operating system that they used on their routers. It's the same operating system that's used today, although obviously it's gone through quite a few upgrades in the time since Cisco started back in 1984.

Cisco then bought the company 'Crescendo' in 1993. The Catalyst switch product line came about because of that acquisition. The original operating system on the Catalyst switches was CatOS, but that's been deprecated for a long time now.

Cisco firewalls evolved from another acquisition, that of 'Network Translation' back in 1995. Cisco got their PIX firewall from that acqusition, which used the Finesse operating system. The PIX firewall has since evolved into the ASA Adaptive Security Compliance.

Both the CatOS and Finesse operating systems were ported over to IOS over the following years. Cisco standardised on IOS for all of their network infrastructure devices.

There are also some other operating systems on some of the newer router and switch platforms. IOS runs on the majority of Cisco routers and switches, but some of the newer platforms have new operating systems.

The Cisco Nexus and MDS Data Centre switches run on NX-OS.

The high-end NCS and CRS service provider routers and also the ASR9K and XR12K routers run on IOS-XR.

The ASR1K service provider routers run on IOS-XE.

You may be thinking "all these different operating systems are going to make things more difficult for network engineers." But they don't really, because all of the different Cisco operating systems have incredibly similar Command Line syntax. If you know a command in IOS, it's probably going to be exactly the same command in all of the other operating systems as well.

If you're now wondering why Cisco have different operating systems for their routers and switches then, the main difference is under the hood. IOS has a monolithic kernel, meaning that if one process running on the router crashes it can crash the entire router. The other, newer operating systems have microkernels, with processes running in separate, protected memory address space. If one of the processes crashes, it should restart without affect the rest of the system.

These operating systems other than IOS are mainly on the higher-end routers and switches, with the standard routers and switches still running IOS. Now, don't think that IOS is an inferior or unreliable operating system. It's been purpose-built by Cisco, who are the biggest networking company in the world, to run on enterprise-grade routers and switches. It is very hardened and still very, very reliable.