Defining WAN Connection Types and Securing Your Network

Overview/Description
To introduce the types of WAN connections and protocols commonly used in remote networks, and to configure a router to access a CiscoSecure ACS Server and use AAA

Target Audience
Network engineers responsible for configuring, implementing, troubleshooting, and managing WAN and remote access solutions; network architects responsible for designing WAN and remote access solutions; CCNP candidates; CCIE candidates

Prerequisites
A knowledge of general networking terms and concepts; experience in general Cisco router operation and configuration, including TCP/IP, routing protocols (RIP, IGRP), routed protocols (IP, IPX), standard and extended access lists, PPP operation and configuration over serial links, Frame Relay operation and configuration on interfaces and subinterfaces, and legacy DDR over ISDN-BRI operation and configuration; a basic knowledge of data networking equivalent to the information in the Cisco Certified Network Associate Basics (CCNAB) v2.0 course and the Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (ICND) v2.0 course; experience working in a network environment is recommended

Expected Duration
160 Minutes

Objectives:

Defining WAN Connection Types and Securing Your Network

  • identify which type of WAN connection to use in a given scenario.
  • identify the characteristics of typical WAN encapsulation protocols and outline the advantages of PPP and Frame Relay encapsulation.
  • determine the appropriate WAN connection to use in a given scenario.
  • identify the correct cables, modules, and interfaces necessary to build an internetwork and recognize the meaning of LED indicators on a Cisco router.
  • determine the type of WAN connection, protocol, and remote access solution appropriate for a given scenario.
  • identify the security features and components of the CiscoSecure ACS Server and administrator client.
  • outline how AAA operates, identify its components, and configure AAA authentication, authorization, and accounting.
  • define and configure AAA on a Cisco router.


    • Course Number: 120796_eng