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  • 1.1 Explain the role and function of network components

    • 1.1.a Routers

    • 1.1.b Layer 2 and Layer 3 switches

    • 1.1.c Next-generation firewalls and IPS

    • 1.1.d Access points

    • 1.1.e Controllers (Cisco DNA Center and WLC)

    • 1.1.f Endpoints

    • 1.1.g Servers

    • 1.1.h PoE

  • 1.2 Describe characteristics of network topology architectures

    • 1.2.a Two-tier

    • 1.2.b Three-tier

    • 1.2.c Spine-leaf

    • 1.2.d WAN

    • 1.2.e Small office/home office (SOHO)

    • 1.2.f On-premise and cloud

  • 1.3 Compare physical interface and cabling types

    • 1.3.a Single-mode fiber, multimode fiber, copper

    • 1.3.b Connections (Ethernet shared media and point-to-point)

  • 1.4 Identify interface and cable issues (collisions, errors, mismatch duplex, and/or speed)

  • 1.5 Compare TCP to UDP

  • 1.6 Configure and verify IPv4 addressing and subnetting

  • 1.7 Describe the need for private IPv4 addressing

  • 1.8 Configure and verify IPv6 addressing and prefix

  • 1.9 Describe IPv6 address types

    • 1.9.a Unicast (global, unique local, and link local)

    • 1.9.b Anycast

    • 1.9.c Multicast

    • 1.9.d Modified EUI 64

  • 1.10 Verify IP parameters for Client OS (Windows, Mac OS, Linux)

  • 1.11 Describe wireless principles

    • 1.11.a Nonoverlapping Wi-Fi channels

    • 1.11.b SSID

    • 1.11.c RF

    • 1.11.d Encryption

  • 1.12 Explain virtualization fundamentals (server virtualization, containers, and VRFs)

  • 1.13 Describe switching concepts

    • 1.14 MAC learning and aging

    • 1.15 Frame switching

    • 1.16 Frame flooding

    • 1.17 MAC address table

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