CIS 174 - Cisco Networking IV

5.0 Credits
Final course mapping to the CCNA exam. Topics include hierarchical network design, PPP and frame-relay, WAN technologies, broadband solutions, IPSec and VPNs, network monitoring, enterprise network troubleshooting, borderless networking, virtualization, and collaboration in network architectures.
Prerequisite CIS 173 with a minimum grade of 2.5 or equivalent experience.
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Describe current network security threats and explain how to implement a comprehensive security policy to mitigate common threats to network devices, hosts, and applications.
Describe the importance, benefits, role, impact, and components of VPN technology.
Describe ACLs, and verify, monitor and troubleshoot ACLs in a network environment.
Explain the basic operation of Network Address Translation (NAT) and Port Address Translation (PAT), and identify, and resolve common NAT and PAT issues.
Configure and verify a basic WAN serial connection, a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) connection between Cisco routers, and Frame Relay on Cisco routers.
Explain the operation and benefits of the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and the Domain Name System (DNS), and configure, verify, and troubleshoot DHCP and DNS operations on a router.