Instructor: Dr. Ted Mims, email: mims.ted@uis.edu

Catalog Description: This course emphasizes a hands-on approach to the advanced configuration of routers in a secure WAN environment. Topics include Advanced IP Addressing Management such as VSLM and Route Summarization, EIGRP, MultiArea OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, and Route Optimization including Redundancy, Symmetry, Load Balancing and Redistribution.

Purpose of and Rationale for the Course: The curriculum offers students an opportunity to pursue principles of advanced router configuration through hands-on labs and instructor support. Students who successfully complete the advanced curriculum are eligible to earn Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP™) certification.

Educational Objectives: Students learn to use VLSMs, private addrssing and NAT to enable more efficient use of IP addresses. This course gives students hands-on experience in implementing and optimizing routing protocols such as RIP v2, EIGRP, MultiArea OSPF, IS-IS and BGP. In addtion, the course details and allows students to implement the important techniques used for route filtering and route redistribution.

Outline of Topics to be Covered:

• Key Characteristics of Scalable Internetworks
• IPv4 Addressing
• Advanced IP Addressing Management
• IP Addressing Crisis and Solutions
• VLSM
• Route Summarization
• Private Addressing and NAT
• IP Unnumbered
• DHCP and Easy IP
• Helper Addresses
• IPv6
• Default Routing
• Floating Static Routes
• Convergence
• Route Calculation
• Configuring and Verifying RIP v2
• EIGRP Components, Operation and Configuration
• Convergence using EIGRP
• Monitoring EIGRP
• OSPF Operation, Configuration and Verification
• Configuring OSPF Over NBMA
• Multiarea OSPF Operation, Configuration and Verification
• Stub, Totally Stubby, and Not-So-Stubby Areas
• Virtual Links
• ISO Addressing
• IS-IS Operation
• IP Routing with Integrated IS-IS
• Configuration of Integrated IS-IS
• Integrated IS-IS Operation in a WAN Environment
• Controlling Routing Update Traffic
• Policy Routing
• Route Redistribution
• Route Optimization Configuration
• Single and Multihomed Transit and Nontransit Autonomous Systems
• BGP Operation, Configuration and Monitoring
• BGP Attributes
• BGP Route Filtering and Policy Routing
• Redundancy, Symmetry, and Load Balancing
• BGP Redistribution

Brief Description of the type of instruction and learning experiences: Students will review the web based curriculum materials and take on-line quizzes and tests, participate in group discussions. They will also, design, implement, test and optimize a set of routers and switches using advanced configurations. Simulators and equipment provided by Cisco will be used in the class.

Number and types of assignments: The curriculum includes laboratory exercises and the students complete approximately one per week. The students will be required to design, implement, test and optimize an advanced network.

Criteria for grading: Grades will be assigned on a percentage basis for the following areas:

• On-line tests for each unit
• Hands-on configuration of routers and switches.