Cisco CCNA 200-301 V1.1 Complete Course with Real Labs

Cisco CCNA 200-301 version 1.1 introduces minor syllabus updates with the exam code unchanged, adding AI and machine learning in network operation alongside topics like root guard and BPDU guard.

Cisco CCNA 200-301 v1.1 adds labs to the exam, with about 4 to 6 questions; practice all course labs using Packet Tracer, GNS3, or Cisco Modeling Lab.

Explore how routers operate at layer three to connect local area networks, distinguish layer two and layer three switches, and integrate firewalls and access points for secure networks.

Learn Cisco switch basics, including how Ethernet frames are forwarded by Mac addresses, Mac address learning and aging, and the difference between layer 2 and layer 3 switches.

Explore how to locate a device's mac address, understand 48-bit addresses and OUIs, and see how switches dynamically build mac address tables to forward frames, unlike hubs.

Configure telnet and ssh on switches, using switch virtual interface for management and inter-vlan communication, and learn vty access, usernames, passwords, and login methods with practical labs.

Configure two routers in GNS3 with IP addresses 192.168.1.1/24 and 192.168.1.2/24, enable Telnet on vty lines, and capture traffic with Wireshark to show Telnet's insecurity and SSH's importance.

Learn how SSH provides secure remote access with authentication and encryption, unlike Telnet. Explore SSH configuration steps, RSA keys, version 2, and Packet Tracer lab activities.

Demonstrate a two-router ssh lab in gns3, compare ssh and telnet, capture packets with wireshark, and verify with ping, show ip interface brief, and use notepad to draft configs.

Explore router basics through hands-on packet tracer labs, configuring console passwords, enabling secure access, and saving configurations. Learn router modes, interface setup, VLANs, NAT, ACLs, and basic time synchronization.

Master IP address theory by exploring IPv4 and IPv6 basics, address classes, subnet masks, and private versus public ranges, plus IP assignment methods like DHCP and APIPA.

Assign static IP addresses to devices in Packet Tracer using class C and 255.255.255.0, then use a router and default gateway to enable inter-network connectivity tested by ping.

Construct a GNS3 IP address lab by deploying routers, switches, and PCs and assigning 192.168.1.2/24 and 192.168.2.2/24. Test connectivity using ping to validate router interconnection and IP addressing.

Explore the OSI seven-layer model and its practical TCP/IP counterpart, comparing layer functions from application, presentation, and session to transport, internet, and network access, including TCP vs UDP.

Compare tcp and udp headers, noting tcp header size of 20 or 60 bytes and source port and destination port. Explain udp's eight-byte header with length and checksum.

Introduce Vlan concepts, showing how Vlan divides a broadcast domain into multiple domains and creates logical switches. Demonstrate a lab building hr and marketing vlans and exploring inter Vlan communication.

Explore VLAN concepts across two switches, implement trunking to carry multiple VLANs across switches, and compare 802.1Q and Cisco ESL trunk protocols to validate inter-switch connectivity.

Practice vlan configuration and trunking on layer 3 switches in EVE-NG, create vlan ten and vlan twenty, assign access ports, configure 802.1q trunk, and verify with ping.

Configure a multi-floor vlan lab with three vlans (ten sales, twenty accounting, thirty guest) across three switches, assign ports, and enable trunking. Validate inter-vlan communication and basic ip addressing.

Master VLAN fundamentals and trunking, including 802.1Q native VLAN, data and voice VLANs, static and dynamic VLANs, and trunk negotiation with DTP for Cisco networks.

Learn how native VLAN handles untagged frames, why trunk consistency matters, and how changing the native VLAN from 1 prevents VLAN hopping.

Learn to create vlan ten and vlan twenty, assign ports with interface ranges, and recover ports after vlan deletion by reassigning to vlan one, plus data versus voice vlan concept.

Explore how inter vlan routing enables communication between vlans and compare three methods: router with separate interface (legacy), router on a stick, and an svi, with practical lab insights.

Learn how to enable inter-vlan routing on a layer 3 switch using svi interfaces, create vlans ten and twenty, assign gateway IPs, and verify connectivity across subnets.

Learn how CDP and LLDP reveal directly connected devices and interface details; CDP is Cisco proprietary, LLDP is open standard, used for troubleshooting and network layout updates.

Practice a CDP troubleshooting lab in Packet Tracer on a small office network, configuring router and switches, verifying neighbors with show CDP neighbor, and diagnosing connectivity with ping.

Explore rapid pvst plus spanning tree protocol basics, including root bridge and root port, designated and blocked ports, and how BPDU traffic prevents loops in a redundancy-focused switch lab.

Review the spanning tree protocol concepts, including root bridge selection by the lowest bridge ID, and the roles of root, designated, and non-designated ports, with bpdu exchanges that prevent loops.

Explore rapid pvst plus and per-vlan spanning tree concepts, STP states, BPDU exchange, and lab demonstrations of trunking and vlan configurations for fast convergence.

Explore bpdu and spanning tree protocol, showing how switches exchange configuration and topology change bpdu to elect root and designated ports, and how stp timers govern convergence.

Enable portfast on the interface connected to end devices to bypass listening and learning, forwarding immediately and preventing loops in stp for ccna 200-301.

Explore spanning tree protection with root guard, BPDU guard, BPDU filter, and loop guard; configure lab scenarios to block superior BPDU and safeguard networks.

Install Gns3 and Gns3 vm with VMware Workstation, verify virtualization, compare packet tracer usage, download router images, and configure Gns3 to run routers and switches.

Learn to install GNS3 with VM and VMware integration, configure IOS devices, licenses, and basic VLAN commands, plus Docker Toolbox for CCNA 200-301 labs.

Explore etherchannel, a link aggregation technology that increases bandwidth and redundancy by combining multiple links, while avoiding STP loops; learn Pagp, Lacp, and manual configurations.

Explore etherchannel concepts and configure lacp or pagp to combine multiple links into a single logical interface, then verify with spanning-tree, trunk, and proper duplex, speed, and native vlan settings.

Configure etherchannel in static (manual) mode without LCP or PNP. Use interface range commands and channel group one mode on to form a trunk across switches.

Configure layer 3 etherchannel by aggregating multiple ports into a single port channel, remove switchport and ip from individual interfaces, then assign an IP on the port-channel for routing.

Explore routing fundamentals and how routing protocols populate routing tables with network knowledge. Compare ospf, rip, igp, and bgp, and cover static, default, and dynamic routing concepts.

configure static routing manually, specifying the destination network id, subnet mask, and next hop in a lab with routers, verify with show ip route, and note vlsm limitations.

Learn to configure static routing across three interconnected routers, assign IP addresses to each interface, define static routes, and verify connectivity using show ip route and ping.

Define administrative distance; static routes use the lowest administrative distance value, while floating static routes employ a higher value to serve as backup and ensure redundancy.

Learn how to configure default routes and gateways of last resort on a router, including static and floating routes, with a hands-on lab using RIP and ISP scenarios.

Explore host routes in a hands-on lab, learning to route a single host to a specific server using a complete IP and full subnet mask, alongside static and default routes.

Learn how a network route, a static route that grants access to all servers, contrasts with a host route in a lab with two routers and web and payroll servers.

Discover how dynamic routing protocols automatically advertise best paths and update routing tables, covering interior and exterior gateway protocols, OSPF, RIP, BGP, and basic metrics like cost and hop count.

Learn rip version 1 theory with a hands-on lab that configures two routers for dynamic routing using router rip and network commands. Preview rip version 2 and routing table concepts.

Rip version two is a classless routing protocol with subnetting and optional authentication. Learn no auto summary and network commands across interfaces, plus lab verification with ping.

Explains loopback concepts and how to create loopback interfaces on routers. Demonstrates testing with loopback IPs for network connectivity and routing protocol validation.

Learn to calculate wild card masks and apply them in ACLs and OSPF configurations, with wild card masks as the opposite of subnet masks and class a–c examples.

Explore the components of a routing table—route source, destination network, administrative distance, metric, next hop, timestamp, and interface—and how routing protocol codes and the default route guide forward decisions.

Explore how the longest match guides forwarding decisions in IP routing, comparing /8, /16, and /24 subnets and verifying path selection with RIP v2 and traceroute.

Explore open shortest path first (ospf), a standard link-state routing protocol, including backbone area zero, cost metrics, lsa updates, and hello packets with dr/bdr roles.

Configure a basic OSPF lab with two routers, assign IP addresses on interfaces, enable router OSPF area zero, and verify neighbor adjacency and OSPF database with show commands and Wireshark.

Explore OSPF theory, key tables, LSA flooding, and area zero backbone concepts, then master router ID selection via loopback or manual config and ABR, DR/BDR roles.

Explore OSPF concepts like link, state, LSA, lsdb, and DR/BDR ABR ASBR, and review backbone area and basic configuration with wildcard masks.

Learn how to form OSPF neighbors by matching hello and dead timers, ensuring same subnet and area, active interfaces, unique router IDs, and consistent authentication.

Configure and verify OSPF in Cisco Packet Tracer across head office and branch office using two methods, establish adjacency, and test connectivity with ping and route verification.

Configure OSPF using the interface method to connect two offices, assign router IDs, enable OSPF on interfaces f0/0 and f0/1, and verify reachability in Packet Tracer.

Learn how OSPF uses cost, based on interface bandwidth, and how to compute it with the Cisco formula cost = reference bandwidth divided by interface bandwidth, including equal-cost load balancing.

Explore the five OSPF packet types: hello, database description, link state request, link state update, and link state acknowledgment, and how they enable neighbor discovery, lsdb synchronization, and updates.

Explore the seven OSPF states—dawn, init, two-way, exchange, xstart, loading, and full. Learn how routers become neighbors, elect DR and BDR, and exchange the link-state database.

Verify the seven states of OSPF in a two-router GNS3 lab using loopback and interface IPs and area zero, with interface-based configuration and OSPF adjacency debugging.

Explore open shortest path first concepts, including designated router and backup designated router, and their election on multi axis networks. Learn how DR/BDR reduce traffic with priority and router ID.

Explain the OSPF states—from dawn to full—and how they govern neighbor formation. Demonstrate DR/BDR elections, priority and router-id rules, multicast 224.0.0.6 and 224.0.0.5, and verification with show ip ospf neighbor.

Explore a four-router OSPF DR/BDR lab in Packet Tracer: configure IP on FastEthernet0/0, enable OSPF area 0, and observe DR/BDR election driven by priority and router-id.

Explore ospf network types, focusing on broadcast and point-to-point, including dynamic neighbor formation, dr/bdr presence in broadcast, no dr/bdr in point-to-point, hello timers, and multicast 244.0.0.5 usage.

Explore a Cisco ccna ospf broadcast network lab using packet tracer to configure r1–r4 with ospf, verify dr/bdr, hello timers, and neighbor adjacencies on f0/0 interfaces.

Configure ospf point-to-point networks on serial links, using network or interface methods, and verify with show ip ospf interface and show ip ospf neighbor; note no dr or bdr.

Explore first hop redundancy protocols (fhrp) and how HSRP, VRRP, and GLBP create a virtual gateway to prevent single points of failure and enable gateway redundancy across multiple internet links.

Learn how hsrp creates a logical router and virtual gateway using two routers and two internet service provider links, designating active and standby gateways by priority and validating via labs.

Learn the five hsrp states—initial, listening, speaking, standby, and active—and how hello messages and a virtual ip govern active and standby roles, with labs in packet tracer and gns3.

Configure and verify HSRP in packet tracer to create a redundant gateway using two ISPs, active and standby routers, with a shared virtual IP of 192.168.1.3, and test failover.

Perform a hands-on HSRP lab in GNS3 using two routers, a switch, and a NAT cloud to configure HSRP group 1 with MD5 authentication, priority, and track for automatic failover.

configure hsrp on Gns3 routers with MD5 authentication, dhcp assigned addresses, virtual ip 192.168.1.3, and track based failover; verify connectivity via ping and show commands.

Explore the network time protocol (NTP) theory and configure client and server mode to provide accurate time to routers, switches, servers, and firewalls via UDP port 1, 2, 3.

Learn how network time protocol (NTP) synchronizes time across devices in a Packet Tracer lab. Configure an NTP server and HTTP service to ensure accurate time with an IP schema.

Explore the four NTP modes—time server, time client, redundancy through a master pair, and a mixed master–client setup—focusing on stratum levels, time sources, and authentication.

In this ccna ntp lab in gns3, configure dhcp and ntp, connect via net cloud, and verify time with show clock and show ntp status.

Configure OSPF with a default route across R1–R3, enable NTP time synchronization from public servers, and set DHCP, DNS, and domain lookup to ensure network time and names resolve correctly.

Learn how access control lists filter traffic to permit or deny between routers, using top-to-bottom rules, with standard vs extended ACLs and port-based filtering.

Explore the standard access-list lab in gns3, configure an ACL on router R2, and apply it to interface f zero by zero to block payroll server access by a host.

Perform a standard ACL lab in packet tracer, configure IP addresses and RIP, apply a standard ACL near the destination to block a specific PC while preserving connectivity.

An extended ACL lab in Packet Tracer demonstrates blocking HTTP traffic from selected clients to specific servers on two routers, with ping and web-server verification.

Learn to create and apply an extended named ACL in Packet Tracer, using permit and deny rules for telnet and ping to control PC access to R2 via R1.

Explore network address translation, including static NAT, dynamic NAT, and PAT. Understand how private IPs become public for internet access and concepts like inside local and outside global.

Set up a static NAT lab in GNS3 with a router, switch, PCs. Map private addresses to public IPs in a 1-to-1 NAT, configure inside and outside interfaces, verify translations.

Learn dynamic NAT in a GNS3 lab by configuring an ip nat pool and access list to share two public IPs among four internal hosts, with first-come, first-served internet access.

Learn to configure port address translation (PAT) with a single public IP, using NAT overload, access lists, and a NAT pool to allow multiple devices to access the internet.

Explore wireless fundamentals, including the difference between wired and wireless communication, the core concepts of wlan, and an overview of the upcoming wireless topics covered in this course.

Distinguish wired and wireless networks, including Ethernet cables, copper, fiber, straight and crossover types, and access points converting wired to wireless via Wi‑Fi.

Master antenna concepts and types, including omni directional and directional, and see how they enable RF transmission for wireless WAN, WLAN, and PAN.

Learn wireless network fundamentals: access points, infrastructure mode, ad hoc mode, SSID, basic service set, distribution system, extended service set, and VLAN mapping.

Explore radio frequency fundamentals, including transmitter and receiver roles, antennas, and how alternating current creates electromagnetic waves for wireless communication in free space, with 2.4 and 5 GHz unlicensed bands.

Create a basic wireless lab in Packet Tracer using a home router with inbuilt DHCP, configure ssid and WPA2 security, connect PCs/tablets, and verify connectivity with ping.

Explore a practical access point lab in packet tracer, configuring a dhcp server, ssid, and guest network on a switch, and testing wireless device communication across a vlan-enabled network.

Encrypt data by converting plaintext into ciphertext using a key, so attackers cannot read it. Decrypt at the receiver with the same or corresponding key to recover the plaintext.

Explore wireless architectures for enterprise networks, including autonomous access points, cloud-based management with Cisco Meraki, centralized wireless networks with a controller, and split MAC designs.

Learn to configure a Cisco wireless LAN controller in Packet Tracer, including DHCP setup, IP addressing, and central management of two SSIDs—network for you and ABC—via CAPWAP.

unpack virtualization fundamentals, from physical servers and bare metal to virtual machines, and compare type 1 and type 2 hypervisors that host multiple virtual machines.

Learn how VRF and VRF Lite partition the global routing table, assign interfaces to VRF, enable OSPF, and prevent routing conflicts in ISP networks.

This VRF lab demonstrates isolating multiple customers with two VRFs, assigning interfaces per VRF, and advertising networks with OSPF to connect head office and branch office over an ISP link.

Explore two-tier and three-tier architectures with core, distribution, and access layers, including span and leaf data centers and cloud considerations for large and small organizations.

This lecture explains spine and leaf two-tier data center architecture, where leaf switches connect end devices and spine switches interconnect leaves, enabling east-west traffic with improved redundancy and bandwidth.

Define the wide area network (wan) and explain how it connects head offices and branches to data centers using mpls, vpn, and vpls, with isp-driven technologies.

Explore the SOHO network setup for small offices or homes, including a router, ISP connections, switch, and wireless access points.

Explore on premises versus cloud environments, comparing ownership, maintenance, and security responsibilities, and learn how public, private, hybrid, and custom clouds like AWS and Azure differ.

Learn dynamic host configuration protocol (dhcp) automates ip address assignment via a dhcp server. Understand the Dora process—discover, offer, request, acknowledge—and how apipa and ports 67/68 fit in dhcp.

Set up a basic Dhcp lab in packet tracer, configure a Dhcp server with an IP range and gateway, and observe client IP assignment via broadcast.

Configure a router as a DHCP server in Packet Tracer by defining a DHCP pool, setting the default gateway, and excluding addresses, then verify bindings and pool details.

Design a dhcp relay agent lab with head office and branches, configuring ip helper addresses and ospf routing so dhcp requests travel from clients to a centralized server.

Explain how the domain name system translates domain names into IP addresses, and demonstrate DNS server configuration, including primary and secondary DNS and root servers.

Learn quality of service concepts to prioritize voice and video traffic over data using cos and dscp markings, ACL, and edge router queuing.

Learn how quality of service prioritizes traffic using class-based weighted fair queuing, shaping, and policing, via CLI class maps, policy maps, and service policies for bandwidth management.

Explore syslog theory and practical lab steps to configure a dedicated syslog server for routers and switches, including log levels, format, and troubleshooting uses.

Configure a syslog lab in Packet Tracer or GNS3, enabling http and NTP time syncing, assigning the server and router IP addresses, and verifying logs with show log in buffer.

Explore a syslog server lab in eve-ng and gns3, using a free three c daemon and ftp server to collect router logs and simulate real-world networking.

Explore physical interfaces and cable types, including fixed and modular ports, PoE, copper and fiber (single mode and multimode), and shared versus point-to-point media.

Explore power over ethernet (PoE) and how switches supply data and power through a single ethernet cable, enabling IP phones, IP cameras, and wireless access points while reducing cabling.

Identify interface and cable issues by checking interface status, verifying duplex and speed, and ensuring auto settings match across devices to prevent collisions.

Introduce the simple network management protocol (SNMP) as a monitoring and configuration tool for routers, switches, and servers, covering manager and agent roles, MIB, and common messages.

Perform a hands-on snmp lab using GNS3 and Packet Tracer to configure snmp servers and agents, set community strings and traps, and discover and query devices via MIB data.

Demonstrate SNMP lab using Wireshark to capture SNMP messages, study set and get, inspect IP addresses and port 161, version 2, and abc community strings in GNS3 and Packet Tracer.

Explore the theory and lab practice of tftp and ftp for backup, restore, and iOS upgrades on routers and switches, including udp port 69 and connectionless operation.

Explore ftp theory and lab in gns3: configure ftp authentication, tcp ports 20 and 21, compare with tftp on udp 69, and back up or restore router configs via ftp.

Explore network security fundamentals, covering threat, vulnerability, exploit, and mitigation; implement security programs with user awareness, physical access controls, patching, and labs on DHCP snooping, ARP inspection, and port security.

Configure device access control with local passwords on console, auxiliary, and vty lines, using packet tracer to illustrate secure login and show user verification, plus overview of password policy elements.

Explore how VPNs secure inter-office communication by encrypting data over the public internet for site-to-site and remote access connections. Review IPsec, tunnels, and cost savings over leased lines.

learn how dhcp snooping theory secures layer-2 networks by designating trusted and untrusted ports, preventing rogue dhcp servers, with a packet tracer lab.

Explore dynamic ARP inspection as a security feature to prevent ARP poisoning by validating ARP packets against IP and MAC bindings in the switch, with VLANs and trusted interfaces.

Explore port security on Cisco switches, learn layer two protection using mac address binding, static, dynamic, and sticky configurations, and understand violations like shutdown, protect, and restrict with a lab.

Practice port security on a Cisco switch in Packet Tracer by configuring access ports, static and sticky MAC addresses, and violation modes, and verify with show port security.

Explore authentication, authorization, and accounting with centralized AAA using RADIUS and TACACS+ in Cisco networks through a hands-on lab that configures a AAA server and router access.

Explore IPv6 theory with 128-bit hex addresses in eight 16-bit blocks, covering global, link-local, and unique local unicast, anycast, IPsec, and stateless and stateful auto configuration, including EUI-64.

Explore IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration in a Packet Tracer lab by enabling IPv6 globally, configuring interfaces for autoconfig, and verifying with show IPv6 interface brief.

Build ipv6 networking skills by completing a packet tracer lab connecting two networks via a router, assigning ipv6 addresses with /64, and verifying connectivity with ping and a default gateway.

Set up an IPv6 RIP lab in Packet Tracer to connect two router branches with a named RIP process. Enable on interfaces and verify dynamic routing by pinging across networks.

Set up a two-router IPv6 OSPF lab in Packet Tracer, configure interface IPv6 addresses and IPv6 OSPF area zero, and verify via show IPv6 route and ping.

Configure IPv6 static routes on a two-router lab by assigning IPv6 addresses, enabling interfaces, creating a loopback, and defining default and static routes with show ipv6 route checks.

Discover network automation and programmability, compare traditional and controller-based networks, and examine tools like SNMP, NetFlow, NMS, Python, JSON, and Ansible, Puppet, and Chef for scalable configuration and testing.

Learn how automation streamlines network management with a rest-based controller and data models, using Puppet, Chef, and Ansible to configure devices at scale.

Learn how Python automates repetitive tasks for network engineers. The lecture covers installing Python, IPython, and using scripts with examples like show ip interface brief.

Explore software defined networking concepts, including control, data, and management planes, and how northbound and southbound APIs empower a central SDN controller like Cisco DNA Center.

Explore artificial intelligence basics, including machine learning, predictive and generative AI, and how they optimize Cisco CCNA networks through forecasting traffic, automating configurations, and improving performance and security.

Explore a basic python lab for network automation, showing router configuration via telnet using a library, Visual Studio Code, and loopback ip addressing.

Learn to automate VLAN creation on a Cisco switch with Python, assign IP to VLAN 1 for inter-device communication, and verify with show commands while handling usernames and enable mode.

Learn the subnetting fundamentals by dividing large networks into smaller ones using fixed and variable length subnet masks, Sidr notation, network IDs and broadcast addresses, with practical 192.168.1.0/24 examples.

Explore two subnetting methods for IPv4, including calculating host bits, converted network bits, and slash notation, with examples like 192.168.1.0/24 and 255.0.0.0 mask.

Configure ssh for remote access on Cisco devices by creating a username and password, setting a domain, generating rsa keys, and enabling vty lines for ssh.

Install eve ng, set up the VM, client, WinSCP, and VMware Workstation; load router and switch images to build CCNP labs with GNS3 and Packet Tracer.

learn to install the EVE Community Edition ISO on VMware Workstation, create and configure an Ubuntu 64-bit VM, and load router, switch, and Palo Alto images.