Cisco Discovery 1: Networking for Home and Small Businesses
| Date: | June 13-17, 2011 | Location: | Bismarck Career Academy Register by May 30, 2011 |
| Cost: | Free | Contact: | Wade Kadrmas 701-328-3178 |
Description

This course is designed for educators who wish to teach "Networking for Home and Small Businesses" to students. This course will cover all the lab activities associated with the Cisco Academy curriculum. Participants will discuss best practices, setting up the class, and practice with the available tools and equipment associated with the class. Participants will gain a teaching knowledge of all the major concepts covered in the course which include: install and verify PC peripherals; select and install a Windows OS with updates and patches; use hierarchical network management to develop IP and naming schemes; understand how classless IP numbers are developed and used; use PT 5.x to design and test network topologies; design and install a Home and a Small Office wired and wireless network; select the correct ISP for the networks that they design and connect to them; use the Cisco ISR and Linksys GUIs to configure DHCP, DNS, NAT, and other network services; use common PC tools: ping, netstat, ipconfig, tracert, nslookup, telnet, and arp –a to troubleshoot network errors; harden network PCs to network attacks caused by viruses, worms, trojan horses, and spyware; analyze NAT bindings inside the integrated router to troubleshoot networking connections; and use good soft skills to solve customer problems in a helpdesk situation and document the solutions.
Successful completion of this course will provide the following:
- Free access to Cisco's on-line curriculum and resources needed to teach the course
- 3 semester hours of graduate credit will be available
- Meets the training requirements to add MIS03 course code 27266 as an endorsement to the participant's ND teaching license
