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

Catalog Description: This course is the second in a four sequence advanced professional track. The course focuses on the selection and implementation of the appropriate IOS services required to build intranet remote access links. Students will develop skills with specific WAN technologies: Analog Dialup, ISDN BRI, ISDN PRI, Frame Relay, Broadband and VPN.

Purpose of and Rationale for the Course: Today corporate networks are accessible virtually anytime from anywhere. This means that users expect some degree of access to the business network while at home or traveling. This curriculum offers students an opportunity to pursue principles of remote access 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 analyze WAN environments, select the appropriate remote access solution and implement the best technology, including modem connections, synchronous dialup connections, PPP, ISDN, DDR, dialer profiles, and frame relay. In addition, students will learn to manage frame relay traffic, implement a WAN backup, manage network performance with queuing and compression, scale IP addresses with NAT, use AAA scale access control, configure virtual private networks.

Outline of Topics to be Covered:

• Dedicated Connection Types
• Circuit-switched and Packet-switched Connections
• Considerations in Selecting Appropriate WAN Technologies
• Selecting Remote Access Solutions
• Selecting Site Specific WAN Components
• Configuring, Activating and Verifying Dial Backup
• Modem Functions
• Configuring Asynchronous Interfaces and Terminal Lines
• Modem Configuration and Verification
• Configuring an Asynchronous Dialup Connection
• Routing with the Load-Backup Feature
• Configuring Floating Static Routes
• Configuring Dialer Watch
• PPP Authentication
• PPP Callback
• PPP Compression
• PPP Multilink
• Configuring and Verifying PPP
• ISDN Architecture
• ISDN Protocol Layers
• Configuring ISDN BRI
• Configuring Dial-on-Demand Routing
• Static and Default Routing
• Optional ISDN Configurations
• Monitoring the ISDN Interface
• Configuring ISDN PRI
• Legacy DDR
• Dialer Profiles
• Frame Relay Topologies
• Configuring Frame Relay
• Frame Relay Traffic Shaping
• On Demand Routing
• Configuring and Verifying Dial Backup
• Backup Interface Operations
• Routing with the Load-Backup Feature
• Floating Static Routes
• Dialer Watch
• Queuing
• Configuring Weighted Fair Queuing
• Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing
• Configuring Low Latency Queuing (LLQ)
• Verifying Queuing Operation
• Optimizing Traffic Flow with Data Compression
• Configuring Data Compression
• Managing Network Performance
• NAT Considerations
• Configuring and Verifying NAT
• Configuring AAA
• AAA Authorization
• Cable Technology
• DSL Technology
• Configuring the CPE as the PPPoE Client
• Configuring DSL with PPPoA
• Troubleshooting DSL
• Types, Tunnels and VPN Terms
• IOS Cryptosystem
• IPSec Technologies
• Configure IKE
• Configure IPSec
• Test and Verify IPSec
• Site-to-Site IPSec VPN

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 in a remote environment using equipment to simulate a telephone system. 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