Enabling Permanent Connections to the Central Site in a Cisco Network
Overview/Description
To explain the use of dedicated, serial X.25, and Frame Relay connections for WANs
Target Audience
Network administrators who are responsible for implementing and troubleshooting enterprise WAN backbones; network technicians responsible for implementing or troubleshooting customer remote access network implementations; CCNP and CCDP candidates; CCIE Dial ISP and Routing/Switching candidates
Prerequisites
Familiarity with 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, legacy DDR over ISDN-BRI operation and configuration
Expected Duration
360 Minutes
Objectives:
Enabling Permanent Connections to the Central Site in a Cisco Network
describe the features of X.25.
describe the features of X.25 addressing.
explain the commands used to configure X.25.
describe then main features of Frame Relay.
perform basic Frame Relay configuration.
describe what subinterfaces are and the reachability issues relevant to Frame Relay topologies.
configure Frame Relay subinterfaces.
explain traffic flow and traffic shaping.
configure Frame Relay traffic shaping.
configure Frame Relay on a central site router.
explain what dial backup is and how it is implemented.
detail how load sharing and load balancing are implemented.
configure and verify dial backup.
configure load sharing and load balancing.
configure dial backup on router interfaces.
explain the need for establishing a queuing policy and to compare the queuing options available for traffic needs.
explain weighted fair queuing, priority queuing, and custom queuing, and to identify their processes.
configure weighted fair queuing and priority queuing.
configure custom queuing and verify queuing operation commands.
describe the different data compression techniques and where to use them.
configure data compression.
Course Number: 33862_eng