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Cisco Network Specialist
From beginner to the most in-demand high level Microsoft and Cisco networking Certifications
 
Course Contents:
Stage 1: Exam 70-601 Using Microsoft Office Word 2007
Stage 2: Exam 70-602 Using Microsoft Office Excel 2007
Stage 3: Exam 70-603 Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
Stage 4: Exam 70-604 Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
Stage 5: Exams 70-605 Using Microsoft Office Access 2007
Stage 6: CompTIA A+ Certification Exam 220-601 Essentials
Stage 7: CompTIA A+ Certification Exam 220-602 IT Technician
Stage 8: CompTIA Network+ Certification Exam N10-003
Stage 9: Microsoft Certified Professional MCP Exam 70-290: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment
Stage 10: Microsoft Certified Professional MCP Exam 70-291: Implementing, Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure
Stage 11: Microsoft Certified Professional MCP Exam 70-293: Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure
Stage 12: Microsoft Certified Professional MCP Exam 70-294: Planning, Implementing, and maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure
Stage 13: Microsoft Certified Professional MCP Exam 70-270 Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Stage 14: Microsoft Certified Professional MCP Exam 70-297: Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure
Stage 15: Microsoft Certified Professional MCP Exam 70-284: Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Stage 16: Exam 640-802 Cisco Certified Network Associate CCNA
Course Code:
CNS-5
Course Duration:
12 months
Typical Study Hours:
560 - 580 hours
Course Fees:
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Course Demo:
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Study Prerequisite:
Basic computer user skills, PC hardware and software knowledge, Certifications, or relevant industry experience.
In addition to the stages specified, we also include:
Additional Information for Stage 1:
- Exam 70-601 Using Microsoft Office Word 2007
- Getting Started with Word 2007
- Working with Text and Paragraphs in Word 2007
- Structuring, Editing, Saving, and Opening Documents in Word 2007
- Printing, Help, and Automated Formatting in Word 2007
- Working with Documents in Word 2007
- Advanced Formatting in Word 2007
- Advanced Document Navigation and Document Reviews in Word 2007
- Using Tables, Charts, and Graphics in Word 2007
- Advanced Data Manipulation Features in Word 2007
- Advanced Document Features in Word 2007
- Collaborative Features in Word 2007
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Additional Information for Stage 2:
- Exam 70-602 Using Microsoft Office Excel 2007
- Getting Started with Excel 2007
- Manipulating and Formatting Data and Worksheets
- Reviewing and Printing in Excel 2007
- Excel 2007 Formulas and Functions
- Excel 2007 Charts, Pictures, Themes, and Styles
- Advanced Formatting in Excel 2007
- Advanced Data Management in Excel 2007
- Advanced Customisation in Excel 2007
- Analysing Data in Excel 2007
- Protecting and Sharing Excel 2007 Workbooks
- Exchanging Data with Excel 2007
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Additional Information for Stage 3:
- Exam 70-603 Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
- Getting Started with PowerPoint 2007
- Adding Graphics to Presentations in PowerPoint 2007
- Adding Multimedia and Animations to Presentations
- Creating Custom Slide Shows in PowerPoint 2007
- Distributing Presentations in PowerPoint 2007
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Additional Information for Stage 4:
- Exam 70-604 Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
- Getting Started with Outlook 2007
- Formatting and Managing E-mail in Outlook 2007
- Using the Calendar in Outlook 2007
- Using Contacts, Tasks, Notes, and Customising the Interface in Outlook 2007
- Completing Searches, Printing Items, and Working with RSS Feeds in Outlook 2007
- Customising Outlook 2007 and Using the Journal
- Configuring Rules, Alerts, and Junk E-mail Settings in Outlook 2007
- Working with SharePoint, Calendars, and Forms in Outlook 2007
- Data Security, Archiving, and Working Offline in Outlook 2007
- Instant, Text, and Unified Messaging in Outlook 2007
- Business Contact Manager with Outlook 2007
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Additional Information for Stage 5:
- Exam 70-605 Using Microsoft Office Access 2007
- Getting Started with Access 2007
- Basic Access 2007 Tables
- Basic Access 2007 Forms
- Queries and Reports in Access 2007
- Importing and Exporting Data and Data Presentation in Access 2007
- Advanced Data Management in Access 2007
- Programmability and Administration in Access 2007
- Database Administration in Access 2007
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Additional Information for Stage 6:
- CompTIA A+ Certification Exam 220-601 Essentials
- Installation
Personal Computer Components
- Laptop Components, Peripherals and Networks
- Operating Systems
- Security, Safety and Communication
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Additional Information for Stage 7:
- CompTIA A+ Certification Exam 220-602 IT Technician
- Installing, Configuring, and Troubleshooting PC Components
- Working with Laptops and Portable Devices
- Understanding and Maintaining Networks
- Maintaining Operating Systems
- Installing and Troubleshooting Printers and Scanners
- Managing IT Security
- Recognising Safety Procedures, Effective Communication, and Professional Behaviour
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Additional Information for Stage 8:
- CompTIA Network+ Certification Exam N10-003
- The Fundamentals of Networking
- LAN Technologies
- Networking Protocols
- IP Addressing and Subnetting
- Working with TCP/IP
- WANs and Remote Connectivity
- Network Operating Systems and Clients
- Network Security
- Network Troubleshooting
- Fault Tolerance and Disaster Recovery
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Additional Information for Stage 9:
- Microsoft Certified Professional MCP Exam 70-290: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment:
- Basic Concepts
- Managing Users, Groups and Computers
- Managing Resource Access
- Managing Hardware, Disks and Logical Devices
- Managing the Server Environment
- Managing Disaster Recovery
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Additional Information for Stage 10:
- Microsoft Certified Professional MCP Exam 70-291: Implementing, Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure:
- Implementing, Managing and Maintaining TCP/IP
- Implementing, Managing and Maintaining DHCP
- Implementing, Managing and Maintaining Name Resolution
- Implementing, Managing and Maintaining Network Security and Software
- Implementing, Managing and Maintaining Remote Access
- Implementing, Managing and Maintaining Routing
- Maintaining a Network Infrastructure
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Additional Information for Stage 11:
- Microsoft Certified Professional MCP Exam 70-293: Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure:
- Server Security Configuration
- Plan a TCP/IP network infrastructure strategy
- Plan and Troubleshoot a Routing Strategy
- Optimise and Troubleshoot DHCP
- Plan a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Strategy
- Plan a Domain Name System (DNS) Strategy
- Optimise and troubleshoot DNS
- Plan and optimise Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
- Plan, optimise, and troubleshoot IPSec network access
- Troubleshoot network access
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Additional Information for Stage 12:
- Microsoft Certified Professional MCP Exam 70-294: Planning, Implementing, and maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure:
- Planning and Implementing an Active Directory Infrastructure
- Managing and Maintaining an Active Directory Infrastructure
- Planning and Implementing User, Group and Computer Accounts
- Planning and Implementing Group Policy
- Maintaining and Managing Group Policy
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Additional Information for Stage 13:
- Exam 70-270 Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional:
- Installing Windows XP Professional
- Managing Files, Folders, and Devices in Microsoft Windows XP
- System Reliability and the Desktop in Windows XP Professional
- Networking Protocols and Services in Microsoft Windows XP
- Backup and Security Settings in Microsoft Windows XP
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Additional Information for Stage 14:
- Microsoft Certified Professional MCP Exam 70-297: Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003:
- Designing the Infrastructure
- Creating the Design
- The Network Services Infrastructure Conceptual and Logical Design
- Designing RAS Services for the Network Infrastructure
- Network Infrastructure and Active Directory Physical Design
- Network Infrastructure Physical Design II - Internet Connectivity
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Additional Information for Stage 15:
- Exam 70-284: Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003:
- Installation
- Upgrades and Migration
- Configuration for Exchange and Foreign Messaging Systems
- Recipients, User Objects, Groups and Address Lists
- Core Component Management
- Computer Management
- Security Implementation
- Configuration for Management
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Additional Information for Stage 16:
- Exam 640-802 Cisco Certified Network Associate:
- Cisco ICND1 1.0: Network Fundamentals
- Recognise the Cisco Lifecycle Services approach to networking and the basic components and benefits of computer networks.
- Recognise the impact of common user applications on the network and the characteristics of various network topologies.
- Recognise the need for a comprehensive network security policy, common threats to network security, and how to mitigate against them.
- Recognise the layers and operation of the OSI model in host-to-host network communications.
- Recognise the classes and types of IP addresses, and how IP addressing functions.
- Recognise the function of DHCP and DNS in IP addressing.
- use Windows applications and commands to investigate the IP configuration of your PC and your local network.
- Cisco ICND1 1.0: Network Communications and Connections
- Recognise the basic purpose and functions of the transport layer.
- Recognise the major functions of the TCP and UDP transport protocols.
- Recognise how TCP establishes a connection and transfers data between two peer systems.
- Use a packet sniffer software application to view the TCP initial three-way handshake.
- Recognise how a host-to-host connection is made and maintained.
- Recognise the basic characteristics of LANs and the functionality of Ethernet LANs.
- Recognise how connections are made to an Ethernet LAN.
- Use PC tools to gather network-related information.
- Cisco ICND1 1.0: Switched LANs
- Recognise segment length and collision issues on an Ethernet LAN and how to resolve them.
- Recognise the main causes of network congestion and switched LAN technology solutions.
- Recognise the operation of switched LANs and host-to-host packet delivery.
- Recognise the basic characteristics of Cisco IOS software and the CLI.
- Recognise how the CLI can be used for online help functions, enhanced editing functions, and viewing device command history.
- Recognise how an access layer Catalyst switch is started and how the CLI interacts with Catalyst switch IOS Software.
- Connect to an access layer switch and complete the initial device configuration.
- Cisco ICND1 1.0: Switch Optimisation, Security, and Troubleshooting
- Recognise how to enable physical, access, and port level security on a switch.
- Recognise the ways in which switched Ethernet LANs can be optimized.
- Increase the security of the initial switch configuration.
- Recognise how to identify and resolve common switch network issues.
- Identify and provide a resolution for common switch network issues that arise in a LAN.
- Cisco ICND1 1.0: Wireless LANs
- Recognise the business case for WLAN services, and the differences between WLAN and LAN implementations.
- Recognise the basic operation of radio transmission, regulatory bodies, standards and certification, and unlicensed radio bands.
- Recognise WLAN security issues and the features available to increase WLAN security.
- Recognise the IEEE 802.11 topologies, WLAN services, and factors that affect WLAN design.
- Recognise a basic wireless implementation, common wireless issues, and troubleshooting methods.
- Recognise key areas of the WLAN environment.
- Cisco ICND1 1.0: Routing and Addressing in the LAN
- Recognise the operation of Cisco routers in connecting multiple networks.
- Recognise the process to convert decimal numbers to binary numbers and binary numbers to decimal numbers.
- Recognise how subnets are constructed, and how to calculate subnet masks and addresses.
- Perform subnet and IP addressing activities.
- Recognise how to start a Cisco IOS router, initially configure it, and monitor it.
- Recognise how to implement a basic configuration for a Cisco router for an Internetwork.
- Perform the initial minimal configuration and validate the router configuration.
- Cisco ICND1 1.0: Packet Delivery, Security, and Remote Access on the Router
- Recognise how an IP packet is delivered over a routed network.
- Recognise the threats to network installations and how to implement a basic security configuration for a Cisco router.
- Increase the security of the router following its initial configuration.
- Recognise the features of Cisco SDM and configure a router to support it.
- Recognise what DHCP is and how a Cisco router can function as a DHCP server, and how to enable and monitor it.
- Recognise the methods you can use to access remote devices.
- Cisco ICND1 1.0: Packet Delivery, Security, and Remote Access on the Router
- Recognise how an IP packet is delivered over a routed network.
- Recognise the threats to network installations and how to implement a basic security configuration for a Cisco router.
- Increase the security of the router following its initial configuration.
- Recognise the features of Cisco SDM and configure a router to support it.
- Recognise what DHCP is and how a Cisco router can function as a DHCP server, and how to enable and monitor it.
- Recognise the methods you can use to access remote devices.
- Cisco ICND1 1.0: WAN Encapsulation and Dynamic Routing using RIP
- Recognise the characteristics and functionality of WAN communication links.
- Recognise the characteristics of HDLC and PPP and how to configure them, and the characteristics of Frame Relay and ATM.
- Recognise the basic features and operation of dynamic routing and RIP, and how to enable RIP on an IP network.
- Enable the use of the dynamic routing protocol, RIP and remove an unnecessary static route.
- Cisco ICND1 1.0: Network Environment Management
- Recognise how to gather information about the Cisco devices in a network and create a map of the network environment.
- Use CDP to obtain information about directly attached Cisco devices and disable CDP from running on selected interfaces.
- Recognise the main internal router components, and the router startup and configuration process.
- Recognise the procedures and commands required to manage Cisco IOS images, configuration files, and devices on the network.
- Manage router startup options and Cisco devices.
- ICND2 1.0: Small and Medium Network Implementations
- Recognise the Cisco IOS CLI structure, functions, and commands used to create a basic router and switch configuration.
- provide a switch and router with a basic configuration for IP connectivity.
- Recognise the fundamentals of VLAN design and operation.
- Recognise the function of trunking in a VLAN and the operation of VTP.
- Recognise how to configure VLANs and trunks.
- ICND2 1.0 Improving Switched Network and VLAN Performance
- Recognise how a redundant switched topology is built and the issues involved.
- Recognise how STP provides loop resolution in a switched network.
- Recognise how PVST+ and RSTP operate, how to configure RSTP, and how routing works between VLANs.
- Recognise and resolve issues with STP.
- Recognise switch security issues and how to secure switch devices, protocols, and ports.
- Recognise how to troubleshoot switches, port connectivity, VLANs, and trunking.
- Recognise how to troubleshoot VTP and STP.
- Configure a switch to meet specific VLAN requirements.
- ICND2 1.0: Routing Fundamentals, Subnetting, and VLSMs
- Recognise how dynamic routing operates on an IP network.
- Recognise how distance vector routing protocols operate.
- Recognise how link-state routing protocols operate, and their benefits and limitations.
- Recognise the function of subnetting, and the capabilities and implementation of VLSM.
- Subnet a network with a private network address.
- ICND2 1.0: Single-Area OSPF Implementation
- Recognise how the OSPF protocol operates.
- Recognise how to configure and verify OSPF.
- Configure and verify OSPF.
- Recognise how to troubleshoot OSPF configurations.
- ICND2 1.0: EIGRP Implementation
- Recognise how EIGRP operates and how to configure it.
- Recognise how to configure load balancing and route authentication with EIGRP.
- Configure and verify EIGRP routing on the router.
- Recognise how to troubleshoot EIGRP.
- ICND2 1.0: Transitioning to IPv6
- Recognise the function and address types of IPv6.
- Recognise how to assign IPv6 addresses to network devices.
- Recognise the techniques for transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6 and how to configure IPv6 on a router.
- configure IPv6 addresses on a router.
- ICND2 1.0: Access Control Lists
- Recognise what ACLs are and how they operate on inbound and outbound router interfaces.
- Recognise the types of ACLs, their functionalities, and their benefits.
- Recognise what ACL wildcard masking is and how it works.
- use wildcard masking for IP subnets.
- Recognise how to configure numbered ACLs.
- Recognise how to configure named ACLs.
- Configure an IP extended ACL to block Telnet traffic, apply it to an interface, and verify its operation.
- ICND2 1.0: Address Space Management
- Recognise the basic characteristics and operation of NAT and PAT.
- Recognise how to configure NAT and PAT on a network.
- Configure inside and outside NAT interfaces and an IP ACL to permit hosts to use PAT, and then verify NAT configuration.
- Recognise how to verify and resolve issues related to NAT and PAT operation.
- Identify and resolve NAT translation issues.
- ICND2 1.0: VPN and Point-to-Point WAN Connections
- Recognise the basic function of a VPN, its benefits, and its types.
- Recognise the components of a VPN and how it is secured.
- Recognise how PPP operates as a WAN encapsulation protocol and how to configure it for transporting IP data over point-to-point connections.
- Enable PPP encapsulation with CHAP authentication on an interface.
- ICND2 1.0: Extending the LAN to a WAN
- Recognise what Frame Relay is and how it works.
- Recognise how to configure basic Frame Relay.
- Configure Frame Relay connections.
- Verify the operation of a Frame Relay WAN.
- Verify Frame Relay connections.
- Recognise how to troubleshoot Frame Relay connectivity issues
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