configuring and testing your network

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Configuring and Testing Your Network

Network Fundamentals – Chapter 11

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Objectives Define the role of the Internetwork Operating System

(IOS)

Use Cisco CLI commands to perform basic router and switch configuration and verification

Given a network addressing scheme, select, apply, and verify appropriate addressing parameters to a host

Use common utilities to verify network connectivity between hosts

Use common utilities to establish a relative performance baseline for the network

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Role of Internetwork Operating System (IOS)The Cisco IOS provides devices with the following network services:

Basic routing and switching functions

Reliable and secure access to networked resources

Network scalability

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Define the purpose of startup config

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Identify the relationship between IOS and config

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Mode of Cisco IOS

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Conti…

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IOS commands

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Types of help in IOS

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Show Commands

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Prompts

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Physical Interfaces

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Name Devices

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Role of Passwords To limit access to switches and routers

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Remote Management

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Adding Banner to devices

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Use Cisco CLI Commands to Perform Basic Router & Switch Configuration and Verification Trace the steps used to examine the startup config,

make changes to config, and replace the startup config with the running config

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Backup your configuration

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How to capture routers output Use a text file to backup and restore config settings

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Interface configuration

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Conti…

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Select, Apply, and Verify Appropriate Addressing Parameters to a Host

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Select, Apply, and Verify Appropriate Addressing Parameters to a Host Trace the steps for using ipconfig/ifconfig to verify host parameter

assignments and for using ping to test assignments

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Use Common Utilities to Verify Network Connectivity Between Hosts Use the ping command in the CLI to determine if the IP

protocol is operational on a local host

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Use Common Utilities to Verify Network Connectivity Between Hosts Use the ping command to determine if the IP protocol is

properly bound to an NIC

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Use Common Utilities to Verify Network Connectivity Between Hosts Use the ping command to determine if a host can

actively communicate across the local network

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Use Common Utilities to Verify Network Connectivity Between Hosts Use the ping command to verify that the local host can

communicate across the internetwork to a given remote host.

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Use Common Utilities to Establish a Relative Performance Baseline for the Network

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Use Common Utilities to Establish a Relative Performance Baseline for the Network Trace the steps for verifying the physical addresses of

the hosts

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Summary

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