This training will help you:

* Design and create networks for today’s needs, including the convergence of voice, video, and data services onto a single network.
* Provide secure off-site network access through site-to-site and remote access Virtual Private Networking (VPN).
* Understand WAN technologies including Cable, DSL, and PPPoE.
* Understand how MPLS packet labeling overlays existing WAN technology, and how it allows all brands of routers to forward traffic quicker than ever before – plus how MPLS VPNs allow service providers to easily distinguish your traffic for speedy delivery.
* Configure Frame Mode MPLS on your Cisco routers.
* Learn IPSec VPNs inside and out – where IPSec fits in, what it’s about, what the building blocks are, what modes can you run it in, and how you authenticate your connection to be sure that the other side is who they say they are.
* Establish VPN connections using the Command Line Interface and the Security Device Manager.
* Implement encryption and tunneling to secure VPN traffic as it travels through public networks.
* Use Cisco’s Easy VPN to make it simple to configure VPN from the client side.
* Learn attacks that can be carried out on your WAN-connected network, and defense mechanisms you can use against these attacks.
* Reduce the vulnerability of your network using Cisco’s Auto-Secure and the SDM Security Audit.
* Lockdown management access to your routers using stronger password requirements, better encryption methods, and new IOS features that allow for stronger access control.
* Secure your IOS and router configuration files.
* Learn which access list type works best for your network, plus guidelines for optimal access list configuration and how to apply access lists to telnet ports and interfaces.
* Configure SSH, Syslog, SNMP, and NTP, plus understand what in-band and out-of-band management are, and how all of this relates to securing network management traffic.
* Implement Cisco AAA to lock down your router – using either the Radius or Tacacs+ protocol.
* Defend your network using Cisco’s IOS firewall and intrusion prevention systems.

Exam-Prep for Cisco ISCW exam as part of CCNP Certification

In Cisco CCNP – Exam-Pack: 642-825 ISCW, instructor Jeremy Cioara walks you through everything you need to know to create secure, robust remote access solutions. In addition, the training maps to exam objectives for Cisco CCNP Exam 642-825 ISCW, to help you prepare for CCNP Certification.

Prerequisites

A thorough understanding of Cisco networking such as a CCNA certification or equivalent knowledge is recommended before viewing these videos.

Cisco CCNP – Exam-Pack: 642-825 ISCW Contains:

- Cisco ISCW Series Intro (free video!)
- Model Madness: Network Design and Connectivity for the Modern World
- Understanding New WAN Technologies: Cable Technology
- Understanding New WAN Technologies: DSL Technology
- Understanding New WAN Technologies: Configuring PPPoE DSL Connections
- Multiprotocol Label Switching: The Concepts
- Multiprotocol Label Switching: Frame Mode Configuration
- Multiprotocol Label Switching: Understanding MPLS VPNs
- IPSec VPNs: VPN Concepts, Part 1
- IPSec VPNs: VPN Concepts, Part 2
- IPSec VPNs: VPN Site-to-Site CLI Configuration
- IPSec VPNs: VPN Site-to-Site SDM Configuration
- IPSec VPNs: IPSec Encrypted GRE Tunnels
- IPSec VPNs: Remote Access Connections with Cisco Easy VPN
- Network Lockdown: Attacks and Defense
- Network Lockdown: Cisco Auto-Secure and SDM Security Audit
- Network Lockdown: Securing Management Access
- Network Lockdown: Securing Management Access, Part 2
- Network Lockdown: Using Access Lists
- Network Lockdown: Securing Network Management
- Network Lockdown: Implementing Cisco AAA
- Defending the Network: Cisco IOS Firewall (free video!)
- Defending the Network: Cisco IOS IPS

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In the Optimizing Converged Cisco Networks (ONT) series, instructor Jeremy Cioara teaches you how to successfully combine voice and data onto a single network (wired or wireless) — giving voice the throughput it needs for your conversations to be clear, plus delivering data without long delays.

Even if you don’t have voice traffic on your network, you’ll learn how to improve network speed and performance using the Cisco networking equipment you already have deployed. Plus you’ll learn some cool tips and tricks along the way as Jeremy walks you through everything.

Here is what you’ll learn in each video in the series:

Video 1 – Voice over IP (VoIP) — What’s the point? This video walks through a step-by-step explanation of the reasons a business should move to VoIP. Plus it gives you an overview of the network design and components that make it all happen.

Video 2 – “Sure… I’ll be there at 10:00… See you then!” you say as you hang up the phone. It seemed like a simple conversation, but behind the scenes, a Cisco router busily chopped your voice into thousands of little packets and sent them whizzing across the network. Want to know how it all works? This video demystifies the process of converting your voice into a packet.

Video 3 – VoIP does allow you to send voice across a network using less bandwidth than traditional phone equipment, but that does not mean that you can squeeze by without upgrading your WAN links. This video walks through the impact of CODEC selection, sample size, and Voice Activity Detection (VAD) on your WAN bandwidth considerations.

Video 4 – Just like any major network application, VoIP requires planning and design. This video walks through the three possible designs of a voice network as well as call admission control (CAC), a mechanism that lets you protect voice traffic from itself!

Video 5 – This is where the rubber meets the road! Join Jeremy as he walks through the configuration of POTS and VoIP dial-peer configuration to set up end-to-end calling across a Cisco network.

Video 6 – Quality of Service (QoS) used to be a cool trick Cisco network administrators could use to make web surfing for their PC faster than anyone else in the company. Those days are over. QoS has now become essential to nearly every network, regardless of whether or not you are using VoIP. Just as the title describes, this video walks through “Fighting the Bandwidth Monsters” of the network using a variety of QoS tools.

Video 7 – QoS is not a simple mechanism you can just “turn on” for your organization. Before the first line of syntax is typed, you must put plenty of thought into QoS design. This video walks through three models of QoS design that have emerged over the years: Best Effort, Integrated Services (IntServ), and Differentiated Services (DiffServ). Plus you’ll explore implementation methods supported on Cisco devices.

Video 8 – It’s time to understand the acronym of acronyms: Cisco’s Modular QoS CLI (MQC). The MQC represents Cisco’s newest (and best) method of implementing QoS on their devices. From end-to-end, this video stays in the live configuration interface as Jeremy walks through the components of the MQC.

Video 9 – It’s always the first step of implementing QoS: classification and marking. This video explains the difference between these two terms. In addition, this video focuses on understanding the data-link layer (layer 2) markings you’ll need to move data smoothly through your switched environment.

Video 10 – You don’t have to be in QoS very long to find out that the concept of Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) markings is one of the most feared topics among IT personnel. After watching this video, you’ll be able to amaze your friends, impress your relatives, and stun your co-workers as you carve through DSCP markings and configurations with ease.

Video 11 – This video covers Cisco’s Network Based Application Recognition (NBAR). This classification tool allows you to perform deep packet inspection, looking beyond simple IP address and port number information into the application data itself. Using this utility, you are able to discover dynamic port applications (such as peer-to-peer file sharing traffic) and apply restrictions.

Video 12 – Learn the fundamentals and concepts of queuing. This congestion management tool gives you the capability to deliver bandwidth and delay guarantees to specific applications on your network. The queuing methods discussed include Custom, Weighted Fair, Priority, Class-based Weighted Fair (CBWFQ), and Low Latency Queuing (LLQ).

Video 13 – This video explains how to configure your Cisco router for modern queuing methods. Using a practical scenario, the video walks you through a complete configuration of Weighted Fair Queuing (WFQ), Class Based Weighted Fair Queuing (CBWFQ), and Low Latency Queuing (LLQ).

Video 14 – Get a walk-through of the concepts and configuration behind the default tail drop and Cisco’s Weighted Random Early Detection (WRED) dropping mechanisms. In addition to discussing the benefits of WRED, Jeremy shows a sample configuration using typical classes of traffic found in business network environments.

Video 15 – Add two additional tools to your QoS tool belt: Policing and Shaping. The successful configuration of these two QoS components is heavily dependent on an understanding of the terminology used. The video first walks through the definitions of the terms used in policing and shaping and then applies these terms to a practical configuration example.

Video 16 – This video focuses on the two Cisco link efficiency mechanisms: compression and link fragmentation and interleaving. RTP header compression offers a huge bandwidth savings when used in combination with compressed audio codecs, such as G.729. Link fragmentation allows you to use methods such as multilink PPP (MLPPP) to “chip-chop” your way to a network geared for VoIP. With that in mind, use these methods at your own peril! Watch the video to find out why.

Video 17 – Is QoS even possible over a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection? Service providers are changing old paradigms one link at a time. This video describes how VPN-based QoS could become a reality.

Video 18 – Experience the closest Cisco has ever come to command-line implementation of a wizard with Cisco AutoQoS. This is the most popular style of QoS implemented in the world; however, it’s not a QoS method at all. Check out this video to get all the details.

Video 19 – Cisco has implemented wireless with more flexibility and functionality than typical wireless vendors. Wireless access points can be deployed in autonomous or lightweight mode, giving you completely different management systems that support them. This video covers the methods used when deploying Cisco wireless as well as the two management systems used to support them: CiscoWorks WLSE and Cisco WCS.

Video 20 – Have you ever wondered what the differences are between WEP, WPA, and WPA2? You’ve implemented them many times on typical wireless access points, but how secure are they? This video walks you through the evolution of wireless security and authentication, as well as the weak points of those methods typically considered “adequate” in most environments.

Video 21 – You’ve pulled the Cisco wireless access point out of the box… now what? This video walks through the basic (express) configuration of a Cisco wireless access point and security standards.

Video 22 – With the plethora of new wireless devices entering the market, the need has arisen for a wireless QoS standard. The final standard of 802.11e is currently implemented as a smaller subset: Wi-fi MultiMedia (WMM). This video explains the foundations of this standard.

Exam-Prep for Cisco ONT exam as part of CCNP Certification

In Cisco CCNP – Exam-Pack: 642-845 ONT, you’ll learn what you need to know to optimize Cisco networks for high-bandwidth applications. In addition, the training maps to exam objectives for Cisco CCNP Exam 642-845 ONT, to help you prepare for CCNP Certification.

Prerequisites

A thorough understanding of Cisco networking such as a CCNA certification or equivalent knowledge is recommended before viewing these videos.

Cisco CCNP – Exam-Pack: 642-845 ONT Contains:

- VoIP Networks: Understanding the Foundations (free video!)
- VoIP Networks: How Your Voice Becomes a Packet
- VoIP Networks: Allocating Enough Bandwidth
- VoIP Networks: Implementation Considerations, Part 1
- VoIP Networks: Implementation Considerations, Part 2
- Quality of Service: Fighting the Bandwidth Monsters
- Quality of Service: Implementation Models and Methods, Part 1
- Quality of Service: Implementation Models and Methods, Part 2
- Quality of Service: Classification and Marking: Layer 2
- Quality of Service: Classification and Marking: Layer 3
- Quality of Service: Using NBAR
- Quality of Service: Queuing Fundamentals
- Quality of Service: Queuing Configuration
- Quality of Service: Congestion Avoidance
- Quality of Service: Policing and Shaping
- Quality of Service: Link Efficiency Mechanisms
- Quality of Service: Through VPNs and Service Providers
- Quality of Service: The Magic Wand of AutoQoS
- Wireless Networks: Wireless in the Cisco World
- Wireless Networks: Security and 802.1x
- Wireless Networks: Cisco Wireless Configuration
- Wireless Networks: Wireless QoS

If you work on Cisco networks and want to really stand out as a networking professional, then the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification is for you.

Today’s CCNP certification proves to employers that you can deploy and manage Cisco networks that support the convergence of data, voice, and other rich media traffic on both wired and wireless networks — all while maintaining the high levels of security businesses need. And with all this, you’re able to keep the network up and running around the clock — minimizing the risk of service interruption.

It sounds like a big task but with the right training, you’ll be up to it. In the Cisco CCNP Certification Package, expert instructor Jeremy Cioara takes you through and teaches you both on-the-job skills and the knowledge you need to get certified. He’s fun to learn from, very informative, and best of all he gives you skills you can use to boost your career.

The Cisco CCNP Certification Package contains these exam-packs:

Exam-Pack: 642-901 BSCI (Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks)

The BSCI series, at its core, is all about routing. You’ll immerse yourself in the features and functionalities of Cisco routers. This includes deploying, managing, and optimizing the performance of Cisco routers. Major topics in this series include EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, Advanced Routing, BGP, Multicast, and IPv6.

Exam-Pack: 642-812 BCMSN (Building Converged Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks)

BCMSN is all about deploying, managing, and optimizing Cisco switches. You’ll learn the role of switches in your Cisco network, including smart network design for today’s networking needs. Major topics in this series include VLANs, STP, Ether Channel, Layer 3 Switching, Redundancy, Wireless LANs, Campus VoIP, and Campus Security.

Exam-Pack: 642-825 ISCW (Implementing Secure Converged Wide Area Networks)

In the ISCW series you’ll learn how to create and manage secure, robust remote access solutions. In today’s world of frequent telecommuting and distant offices throughout the globe, this topic is getting bigger than ever. Major topics you’ll learn include understanding WAN technologies, Multiprotocol Label Switching, configuring IPSec VPNs, and securing your network.

Exam-Pack: 642-845 ONT (Optimizing Converged Cisco Networks)

The ONT series covers how to configure your network to support rich media traffic including Voice over IP and video conferencing. The throughput and quality of service required for these technologies is higher than normal data traffic, and requires these advanced skills. Major topics in this series include understanding and implementing VoIP technologies, managing Quality of Service, and the special considerations for supporting convergence technologies on wireless networks.

On the job skills for Cisco networking plus exam-prep

In the Cisco CCNP Certification Package, you’ll gain the professional-level skills you need to work on today’s converged Cisco networks. In addition, each exam-pack maps to exam objectives so you can watch the videos to help you prepare for Cisco CCNP Certification.

Prerequisites

A thorough understanding of Cisco networking such as a CCNA certification or equivalent knowledge is recommended before viewing these videos.

The Cisco CCNP Certification Package contains these videos:

cbt Exam-Pack: 642-901 BSCI contains:

- Today’s Routed World (free video!)
- EIGRP: The Concepts
- EIGRP: Implementation and Verification
- EIGRP: Summarization, Authentication, and Other Advanced Options
- EIGRP: Best Practices and Design Options
- OSPF: The Concepts (Part 1)
- OSPF: The Concepts (Part 2)
- OSPF: Implementation and Verification
- OSPF: Understanding Network Types
- OSPF: Router LSAs and Summarization Options
- OSPF: Special Area Types and Options
- OSPF: Authentication and Other Miscellaneous Options
- IS-IS: The Concepts (Part 1)
- IS-IS: The Concepts (Part 2)
- IS-IS: Basic Implementation and Verification
- Advanced Routing: Route Redistribution
- Advanced Routing: Manipulating Route Updates
- BGP: Foundation Concepts
- BGP: Implementation and Tuning (Part 1)
- BGP: Implementation and Tuning (Part 2)
- BGP: Implementation and Tuning (Part 3)
- BGP: Tuning Attributes (Part 1)
- BGP: Tuning Attributes (Part 2)
- Multicast: Concepts and Configuration
- IPv6: Understanding Basic Concepts and Addressing
- IPv6:Configuring, Routing, and Interoperating
- Advanced Routing: Implementing Router-Based DHCP Services

cbt Exam-Pack: 642-812 BCMSN contains:

- The Switches Domain: Core Concepts and Design
- VLANs: Configuration and Verification (free video!)
- VLANs: In-Depth Trunking
- VLANs: VLAN Trunking Protocol
- STP: Foundation Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Concepts, Part 1
- STP: Foundation Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Concepts, Part 2
- STP: Rapid Spanning Tree Concepts and Configuration
- EtherChannel: Aggregating Redundant Links
- L3 Switching: InterVLAN Routing Extraordinaire
- L3 Switching: Understanding CEF Optimization
- Redundancy in the Campus: HSRP, VRRP, and GLBP, Part 1
- Redundancy in the Campus: HSRP, VRRP, and GLBP, Part 2
- Wireless LAN: Foundation Concepts and Design, Part 1
- Wireless LAN: Foundation Concepts and Design, Part 2
- Wireless LAN: Frequencies and 802.11 Standards
- Wireless LAN: Understanding the Hardware
- Wireless LAN: Configuration and Verification
- Campus VoIP: Overview, Considerations, and AutoQoS
- Campus Security: Basic Port Security and 802.1x
- Campus Security: VLAN and Spoofing Attacks
- Campus Security: STP Attacks and Other Security Considerations

cbt Exam-Pack: 642-825 ISCW contains:

- Cisco ISCW Series Intro (free video!)
- Model Madness: Network Design and Connectivity for the Modern World
- Understanding New WAN Technologies: Cable Technology
- Understanding New WAN Technologies: DSL Technology
- Understanding New WAN Technologies: Configuring PPPoE DSL Connections
- Multiprotocol Label Switching: The Concepts
- Multiprotocol Label Switching: Frame Mode Configuration
- Multiprotocol Label Switching: Understanding MPLS VPNs
- IPSec VPNs: VPN Concepts, Part 1
- IPSec VPNs: VPN Concepts, Part 2
- IPSec VPNs: VPN Site-to-Site CLI Configuration
- IPSec VPNs: VPN Site-to-Site SDM Configuration
- IPSec VPNs: IPSec Encrypted GRE Tunnels
- IPSec VPNs: Remote Access Connections with Cisco Easy VPN
- Network Lockdown: Attacks and Defense
- Network Lockdown: Cisco Auto-Secure and SDM Security Audit
- Network Lockdown: Securing Management Access
- Network Lockdown: Securing Management Access, Part 2
- Network Lockdown: Using Access Lists
- Network Lockdown: Securing Network Management
- Network Lockdown: Implementing Cisco AAA
- Defending the Network: Cisco IOS Firewall (free video!)
- Defending the Network: Cisco IOS IPS

cbt Exam-Pack: 642-845 ONT contains:

- VoIP Networks: Understanding the Foundations (free video!)
- VoIP Networks: How Your Voice Becomes a Packet
- VoIP Networks: Allocating Enough Bandwidth
- VoIP Networks: Implementation Considerations, Part 1
- VoIP Networks: Implementation Considerations, Part 2
- Quality of Service: Fighting the Bandwidth Monsters
- Quality of Service: Implementation Models and Methods, Part 1
- Quality of Service: Implementation Models and Methods, Part 2
- Quality of Service: Classification and Marking: Layer 2
- Quality of Service: Classification and Marking: Layer 3
- Quality of Service: Using NBAR
- Quality of Service: Queuing Fundamentals
- Quality of Service: Queuing Configuration
- Quality of Service: Congestion Avoidance
- Quality of Service: Policing and Shaping
- Quality of Service: Link Efficiency Mechanisms
- Quality of Service: Through VPNs and Service Providers
- Quality of Service: The Magic Wand of AutoQoS
- Wireless Networks: Wireless in the Cisco World
- Wireless Networks: Security and 802.1x
- Wireless Networks: Cisco Wireless Configuration
- Wireless Networks: Wireless QoS

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The Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI) series, at its core, is all about routing. You’ll immerse yourself in the routing knowledge you need to work on enterprise-class networks. Plus you’ll learn what it takes to pass the CCNP-BSCI exam.

Here’s what you’ll learn in each video in the BSCI series:

Video 1 – Welcome to the BSCI video series! This opening video discusses the course objectives and their relation to the Cisco CCNP certification exam. You’ll also see recent changes to the Cisco certification process that make real world training (which is the goal of CBT Nuggets) the best possible way to prepare.

Video 2 – Cisco designed EIGRP to be one of the most feature-packed and yet easy to configure routing protocols on the planet. However, terminology is the name of the game in this protocol. For example, did you know that a route considered a “successor” would actually be a primary route? Did you know that Active routes are bad? This video logically walk though the concepts and terms of EIGRP before any syntax is entered.

Video 3 – Action! With the foundation concepts in place, Jeremy journeys with you through a complete configuration of EIGRP, including the base configuration and default route advertisement. Throughout the video, Jeremy discusses the core verification commands you can use to troubleshoot EIGRP in a production network.

Video 4 – Cisco designed EIGRP implementations to be easy. However, even the “simple protocol” has advanced features which take a little more configuration. This video walks through the implementation of manual and automatic route summarization, unequal-cost load balancing, and authentication using key chains.

Video 5 – EIGRP’s simplicity is one of its best features as well as one of its biggest drawbacks. Many administrators see EIGRP as a blanket routing protocol – just throw it at any situation with minimal configuration and it will work. While this may be true, it won’t work well. Query messages can eat your network alive causing slow convergence at best and complete outages at worst. This video walks through the design options and best practices when setting up an EIGRP-based network.

Video 6 – Welcome to OSPF, the most popular routing protocol in the world, but also one of the most complex interior gateway protocols one can deploy. Before a single line of syntax is typed, many concepts must be discussed. This video covers the benefits of link-state routing protocols, OSPF area terminology and concepts, and the forming of OSPF neighbor relationships.

Video 7 – We’d pack all the OSPF concepts in a single video if we could! There’s just too much to talk about. This video picks up where the last one leaves off and discusses the OSPF cost (metric), the concepts behind the Designated Router (DR) and Backup Designated Router (BDR), and the flurry of OSPF packet types you will encounter on your network.

Video 8 – Enough with the concepts, it’s time to move into the hands-on configuration. This video walks through the base configuration of OSPF in a single area and covers many of the basic implementation and verification commands.

Video 9 – OSPF can run across nearly any type of network: point-to-point, broadcast-based, and even the dreaded non-broadcast, multi-access (NBMA) clouds. The focus of this video is primarily on these cloud architectures. Cisco has equipped OSPF with five different modes it can use to operate in NBMA environments. Jeremy walks through each one of these with a thorough explanation and configuration.

Video 10 – It’s now time to expand OSPF to multi-area environments. This video walks through the configuration of the OSPF Area Border Router (ABR) and Autonomous System Boundary Router (ASBR), as well as the implementation of OSPF summarization options. The video wraps up by discussing the different Link State Advertisements (LSAs) supported by OSPF.

Video 11 – Understanding the OSPF area types is definitely one of Jeremy’s favorite OSPF topics! Just the names of the area types alone speak volumes: stub areas, totally stubby areas, not-so-stubby areas? It’s not often you get to deal with technical terms that sound like this. Each one of these area types offer their own, unique features. Find out all about them (along with your standard dose of configuration) in this video!

Video 12 – It’s finally time to wrap up the OSPF protocol. This video covers all the “miscellaneous features and options” that didn’t quite fit anywhere else. These options include default route advertisements, limiting LSA messages, external route types, and authentication.

Video 13 – If there’s one thing you can guarantee from the IS-IS routing protocol, it’s that you’ve never seen anything like this! Since IS-IS was originally designed for the OSI protocol rather than TCP/IP, many concepts are very strange. This video explains many of the advantages and disadvantages of IS-IS and works through a detailed comparison of IS-IS and OSPF.

Video 14 – IS-IS may seem like the best routing protocol for your network…until you realize that you need to learn OSI addressing to make it work! This video walks through the concepts of assigning an OSI address to your router to build the foundation network IS-IS uses for communication. You’ll also see the packets exchanged by IS-IS routers to converge the network routing tables.

Video 15 – IS-IS may be tough conceptually, but you’ll really enjoy the configuration. It doesn’t take long to find out that next to EIGRP, this is the easiest link-state protocols to set up. The sole focus of this video is IS-IS configuration.

Video 16 – Some network environments decide to run multiple routing protocols. Why would they do this? There’s a variety of reasons, discussed in this video. Regardless of the reason, it will usually result in some form of route redistribution, which Jeremy calls the “necessary evil of routing politics.” This video walks through the concepts and configuration of route redistribution.

Video 17 – Route redistribution always has the potential for routing loops. At this point, you will need to step into the advanced world of route filtering. Join Jeremy as he configures a variety of route filter methods on live Cisco equipment. Get your brain ready for this one – it’s not for the faint of heart!

Video 18 – Take a step into the largest routing protocol in the world: the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). This video walks through the foundation concepts of BGP: what it is, where you would use it, and facts to consider before deploying it.

Video 19 – Let the BGP configuration begin! Because BGP is so complex, we had to divide this configuration topic into three separate videos. This initial video walks through the difference between IBGP and EBGP, the setup of BGP neighbor relationships, and implementing minor tuning of BGP through the use of the “update-source” and “ebgp-multihop” commands.

Video 20 – The BGP configuration fun continues as Jeremy walks through the process of advertising networks into BGP and disabling BGP auto-summary (you REALLY don’t want this feature). In addition, special time is given to the BGP next-hop behavior and BGP synchronization, which can traditionally be very confusing topics.

Video 21 – This final BGP implementation video takes a step back and looks into the architecture of the BGP neighbor process. Using show and debug commands, Jeremy explores the packets used to form BGP neighbors along with BGP neighbor relationship troubleshooting. In addition, you’ll learn how to make your BGP configuration more efficient through the use of BGP peer-groups.

Video 22 – Now that the foundation BGP configuration has been deployed, you’ll need to begin your custom modifications to help BGP find the best path through the Internet. Without proper modification of BGP attributes, the protocol behaves like an advanced version of RIP (which you DON’T want!). Join Jeremy as he discusses the concepts around these BGP attributes and how you can modify them effectively.

Video 23 – More BGP attribute fun! Because the BGP metric is so complex, we needed to split the attribute discussion into two videos. In this video, Jeremy continues through the live demonstration of BGP attribute modification.

Video 24 – IP multicast is one of “those” topics: you hear about it plenty, but it’s always in passing. It doesn’t seem like anyone is really supporting IP multicasting…or are they? Regardless, if you deploy multicast on a Cisco network that has not been specifically configured to support it, it just plain won’t work. This video discusses the proper planning and understanding of multicast protocols and concepts, along with a brief configuration to get your network ready to support it.

Video 25 – Everything you thought you knew about TCP/IP is changing! Welcome to the world of IPv6 (also known as IPng – next generation). This video gives you the reasons to use IPv6 and a in-depth discussion of the new IPv6 addressing. We can guarantee after you watch this video, you will think, “That is one of the best introductions to TCP/IPv6 I’ve ever heard!”

Video 26 – It’s just as easy to assign an IPv6 address to your router as it is an IPv4 address…it just takes a little more typing! In this video, you’ll learn how to configure IPv6 addressing on a router along with the new version of OSPF (version 3), which is geared specifically for the new version of IP!

Video 27 – It’s the bonus video! Learn to use Cisco devices, one of the most stable platforms in the industry, for key DHCP services on your network. This video walks through the configuration of DHCP services on an IOS-based device, but also gets into the setup of a Cisco router as a DHCP client. Finally, you’ll discuss the ever-so-popular “ip helper-address” command, which is used to centralize all DHCP services in your organization.

Exam prep for Cisco BSCI exam as part of CCNP certification

In Cisco CCNP – Exam-Pack: 642-901 BSCI, you’ll learn real world skills for deploying, managing, and optimizing Cisco routers. Plus the series maps to exam objectives for Cisco exam 642-901 BSCI. This is one of four exams toward CCNP certification.

Prerequisites

A thorough understanding of Cisco networking such as a CCNA certification or equivalent knowledge is recommended before viewing these videos.

The Cisco CCNP – Exam-Pack: 642-901 BSCI contains:

- Today’s Routed World (free video!)
- EIGRP: The Concepts
- EIGRP: Implementation and Verification
- EIGRP: Summarization, Authentication, and Other Advanced Options
- EIGRP: Best Practices and Design Options
- OSPF: The Concepts (Part 1)
- OSPF: The Concepts (Part 2)
- OSPF: Implementation and Verification
- OSPF: Understanding Network Types
- OSPF: Router LSAs and Summarization Options
- OSPF: Special Area Types and Options
- OSPF: Authentication and Other Miscellaneous Options
- IS-IS: The Concepts (Part 1)
- IS-IS: The Concepts (Part 2)
- IS-IS: Basic Implementation and Verification
- Advanced Routing: Route Redistribution
- Advanced Routing: Manipulating Route Updates
- BGP: Foundation Concepts
- BGP: Implementation and Tuning (Part 1)
- BGP: Implementation and Tuning (Part 2)
- BGP: Implementation and Tuning (Part 3)
- BGP: Tuning Attributes (Part 1)
- BGP: Tuning Attributes (Part 2)
- Multicast: Concepts and Configuration
- IPv6: Understanding Basic Concepts and Addressing
- IPv6:Configuring, Routing, and Interoperating
- Advanced Routing: Implementing Router-Based DHCP Services

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Networks have changed radically in recent years. The old network traffic is still there, but now your network has to support Wireless, Quality of Service, and Voice over IP — plus new and unprecedented technologies that are filling the pipes with high bandwidth traffic.

These new requirements bring with them new network design and modeling principles, as well as new switching technologies that you must understand.

Learn to build converged Cisco multilayer switched networks

In Cisco CCNP – Exam-Pack: 942-812 BCMSN, expert instructor Jeremy Cioara walks you through and makes sense of this new world of networking. You’ll learn all about how to build and manage converged Cisco mulitlayer switched networks, covering concepts and technologies like VLANs, Inter-VLAN routing, Spanning Tree concepts, High Availability, Wireless Client Access, Access Layer Voice concepts, and minimizing service Loss and Data Theft in a Campus Network.

Here’s what you’ll learn in each of the 642-812 BCMSN videos:

Video 1 – “The Switches Domain: Core Concepts and Design” – Welcome to the BCMSN video series! This introductory video lays the foundation design of campus LAN environments and discusses the operating systems available for the Catalyst switch platform.

Video 2 – “VLANs: Configuration and Verification” – Virtual LANs (VLANs) are a concept that took the network world by storm. It’s virtually impossible to find any business network not employing VLANs somewhere in their network architecture. This video explains the concept of VLANs along with the base configuration.

Video 3 – “VLANs: In-Depth Trunking” – The VLAN fun continues as Jeremy walks through the concepts and configuration of ISL and 802.1Q trunking methods. This video also discusses the purpose behind the 802.1Q native VLAN, which is key in understanding modern Cisco VoIP devices.

Video 4 – “VLANs: VLAN Trunking Protocol” – The final of the VLAN videos focuses on the VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP). This protocol can save you a ton of time or destroy your network in less than a second! Be sure to check out this video before using VTP in your network.

Videos 5 & 6 – “STP: Foundation Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Concepts, Parts 1 & 2″ – The concept behind Spanning-Tree Protocol (STP) is simple: stop loops in a redundant switched network. However, networks have become increasingly complex, which makes STP more difficult to understand. These videos walk through the essentials of the 802.1d implementation of STP.

Video 7 – “STP: Rapid Spanning Tree Concepts and Configuration” – STP is a functional and widely deployed protocol in switch environments, but has proven far too slow for networks demanding constant uptime. Cisco originally deployed proprietary plug-ins (such as Uplinkfast and Backbonefast) to try and speed things along, but finally the industry has caught up. This video welcomes the new Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) into Cisco network equipment and puts the new standard to the test with a timed network failover.

Video 8 – “EtherChannel: Aggregating Redundant Links” – STP may do a great job at blocking the redundant links, but isn’t there a better way? You bet there is! Say hello to EtherChannel, the protocol allowing you to use the extra bandwidth provided by the redundant links without causing loops in your network.

Video 9 – “L3 Switching: InterVLAN Routing Extraordinaire” – Whenever VLANs are introduced to help segment a network, routers must also step onto the scene to move data between those VLANs. This video walks through multiple methods (including Layer 3 switching) to move data between VLANs in a campus environment.

Video 10 – “L3 Switching: Understanding CEF Optimization” – If you look at the documentation for any modern Cisco switch, you will see the tag line, “This switch supports Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF).” What is CEF? How does it make my switch faster? Can I configure CEF? What is the meaning of life? Find all these answers (except perhaps the last question) in this video.

Videos 11 & 12 – “Redundancy in the Campus: HSRP, VRRP, and GLBP, Parts 1 & 2″ – It won’t take you long to realize that Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP), and Gateway Load Balancing Protocol (GLBP) are some of Jeremy’s favorite topics to talk about. These protocols bring redundant connections to the campus network. Watch as Jeremy explains and configures the protocols in a life network environment.

Video 13 – “Wireless LAN: Foundation Concepts and Design, Part 1″ – 802.11 wireless is one of the newest topics to make its way on to the Cisco BCMSN exam. It’s no surprise to see the addition when you take into consideration the speed at which 802.11 wireless equipment is being installed in corporate networks. This video introduces key pieces of wireless networks and talks through the proper way to design a wireless network for your organization.

Video 14 – “Wireless LAN: Foundation Concepts and Design, Part 2″ – The wireless concepts get deeper as Jeremy discusses the purpose behind 802.11 wireless roaming and using VLANs in wireless networks.

Video 15 – “Wireless LAN: Frequencies and 802.11 Standards” – Wireless networking without security is like walking around with all your personal identification and credit cards taped to the outside of your clothing for all to see. This video discusses the wireless security standards along with 802.11 channels and frequencies.

Video 16 – “Wireless LAN: Understanding the Hardware” – It is absolutely necessary that you understand what router to purchase to fill a customer’s requirements. Likewise, purchasing the right Cisco wireless hardware can make or break the network environment. This video discusses the different wireless hardware you can use in your network.

Video 17 – “Wireless LAN: Configuration and Verification” – Last, but not least is the configuration of a Cisco wireless access point. While this concept is not on the BCMSN exam, Jeremy goes above and beyond to show you the basics of getting a wireless access point set up in your network.

Video 18 – “Campus VoIP: Overview, Considerations, and AutoQoS” – Voice over IP (VoIP) has gained sizable momentum in the industry, converting one enterprise network after another. The sad thing is that most organizations don’t even realize WHY they are moving to VoIP. This video discusses the benefits of using VoIP, the migration phases to move a network to VoIP, and the technical network requirements to support VoIP.

Video 19 – “Campus Security: Basic Port Security and 802.1x” – It’s time to move into the final campus LAN topic: security. Quite often, Layer 2 security gets overlooked for the “more important” matters such as an Internet firewall. However, if the layer 2 fabric of your network is compromised, Internet firewalls won’t make a bit of difference. Check out this video to find out why.

Video 20 – “Campus Security: VLAN and Spoofing Attacks” – The campus security continues on as Jeremy discusses methods to prevent VLAN hopping attacks, rogue DHCP servers, and spoofing.

Video 21 – “Campus Security: STP Attacks and Other Security Considerations” – Jeremy wraps up the security portion and the entire series by discussing attacks for the Spanning Tree Protocol. This is followed up with a discussion of the Cisco recommended best practices for security on a network switch.

Exam-Prep for Cisco BCMSN exam as part of CCNP Certification

Cisco CCNP – Exam-Pack: 642-812 BCMSN will help you develop usable on the job skills for building converged Cisco multilayer switched networks.. In addition, the training maps to exam objectives for Cisco CCNP Exam 642-812 BCMSN, to help you prepare for CCNP Certification.

Prerequisites

A thorough understanding of Cisco networking such as a CCNA certification or equivalent knowledge is recommended before viewing these videos.

Cisco CCNP – Exam-Pack: 642-812 BCMSN Contains:

- The Switches Domain: Core Concepts and Design
- VLANs: Configuration and Verification (free video!)
- VLANs: In-Depth Trunking
- VLANs: VLAN Trunking Protocol
- STP: Foundation Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Concepts, Part 1
- STP: Foundation Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Concepts, Part 2
- STP: Rapid Spanning Tree Concepts and Configuration
- EtherChannel: Aggregating Redundant Links
- L3 Switching: InterVLAN Routing Extraordinaire
- L3 Switching: Understanding CEF Optimization
- Redundancy in the Campus: HSRP, VRRP, and GLBP, Part 1
- Redundancy in the Campus: HSRP, VRRP, and GLBP, Part 2
- Wireless LAN: Foundation Concepts and Design, Part 1
- Wireless LAN: Foundation Concepts and Design, Part 2
- Wireless LAN: Frequencies and 802.11 Standards
- Wireless LAN: Understanding the Hardware
- Wireless LAN: Configuration and Verification
- Campus VoIP: Overview, Considerations, and AutoQoS
- Campus Security: Basic Port Security and 802.1x
- Campus Security: VLAN and Spoofing Attacks
- Campus Security: STP Attacks and Other Security Considerations

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