CST3607 Class Notes 2022-03-17

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Exam #1

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This exam includes, but is not limited, to the following:

Chapters 1 – 5 from the CCNA Certification Study Guide, Volume 2

  • You must be able to correctly answer all of the review questions at the end of each chapter.
  • Know and understand the Exam Essentials & terminology from each chapter.
    • Chapter 1: Networking Fundamentals
    • Chapter 2: TCP/IP
    • Chapter 3: Easy Subnetting
    • Chapter 4: Troubleshooting IP Addressing
    • Chapter 5: IP Routing
  • Collision Domains vs Broadcast Domains
    • Which device is used to separate broadcast domains?
    • How many collision domains does a switch have?
    • How many collision domains does a hub have?
    • How do VLANs change the topology of the LAN and the Broadcast Domain created by the router?
  • Unicast vs Broadcast vs Multicast
  • Ethernet cables: Straight-through vs Cross-over vs console
    • Which type of cable should be used with “like” devices?
    • Which type of cable should be used with “unlike” devices?
  • What is CSMA/CD? How does CSMA/CD work?
  • The number of bits and number of bytes in different types of addresses: IPv4, IPv6, MAC

OSI Reference Model:

  • The names and numbers of all 7 layers of the OSI Reference Model
  • The layer name that devices operate on: e.g. Hub, Switch, Router, NIC
  • The type of addressing used on Layer 2, and Layer 3
  • The layer name that certain protocols operate on: e.g. ARP, IP, TCP, Telnet, FTP
  • Which layer of the OSI model is responsible for creating packets?
  • Which layer of the OSI model is responsible for creating frames?
  • Segmentation and reassembly of data from the upper-layer applications occurs at what layer?

Classfull vs Classless (CIDR) IP addressing

  • Define the “default mask”

Subnetting

  • Determine the # of bits for: Network, Host, Bits Borrowed.
  • Determine the Number of: Subnets, addresses per subnet, Wildcard mask.
  • Determine the dotted-decimal mask from the number of host bits or the prefix.
  • Count the borrowed bits on your fingers to determine the mask.
  • Determine the block size / increment of each subnet, and the correct octet that increments. (The “interesting octet”)
  • When subnetting, are we increasing or decreasing the number of 1’s for the network portion of the IP address?
  • When supernetting, are we increasing or decreasing the number of 1’s for the network portion of the IP address?

Converting a decimal number to its Base-256 dotted-decimal form.

Know the powers of 2 up to 8192.

VLSM / Classless Subnetting

Route Summarization / Route Aggregation / Network Address Aggregation

Protocols

  • Roles/function, and full name.
  • IPv4, DHCP, DNS, ARP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, etc.

Troubleshooting Commands

You should run each of the commands, and be familiar with, and understand the output/results from each.

  • ping <Target IP Address>
  • tracert <Target IP Address>
  • ipconfig /all
  • arp -a
  • netstat

DHCP

  • All four phases of the DHCP handshake, in the correct order, and mode of transmission (unicast, broadcast) for each phase.
  • What is the purpose of the DHCP Scope on the DHCP Server?

Subnetting Tutorial & Reference

Read / Watch / Do

CCNA Certification Study Guide, Volume 2

  • Read Chapter 8 ~ VLANs and Inter-VLAN Routing
  • Do the Written Labs
  • Answer the Review Questions
    • Do not submit your answers for this chapter. The answers are in the Appendix