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CCNA Advanced Training
The entry point for most engineers: IP addressing, routing, switching, and structured troubleshooting on physical Cisco equipment.
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Course overview
CCNA Advanced Training is a foundation-level course from Tungabadra Networks. It covers 14 modules, is delivered classroom, online (live), corporate (on-site), and includes 3 applied projects. It prepares for Cisco CCNA.
CCNA Advanced Training is the foundation course. It covers the addressing, switching, routing and security topics an engineer needs before touching a production network, and it is taught on real Cisco equipment rather than a simulator alone.
Every concept is paired with a lab and then deliberately broken, so the skill you leave with is diagnosis rather than configuration recall. Wireshark packet analysis runs alongside from the first week.
The syllabus follows the topic areas Cisco publishes for the CCNA exam, so the same preparation serves both your first networking role and your first certification attempt.
Who this course is for
- Graduates entering IT with no networking background
- Desktop or help desk staff moving into network roles
- Non-IT professionals transitioning into networking
- Anyone preparing for the Cisco CCNA exam
What you will be able to do
By the end of CCNA Advanced Training, you will be able to:
- Plan and subnet an IPv4 and IPv6 addressing scheme without a calculator
- Configure and verify VLANs, trunking, spanning tree and EtherChannel
- Configure static routing, OSPF and inter-VLAN routing on Cisco devices
- Apply access control lists, port security and device hardening
- Read a packet capture and explain why traffic is not arriving
- Diagnose a fault with a repeatable layer-by-layer method
Skills covered
- IPv4 / IPv6 subnetting
- VLANs & trunking
- Spanning Tree
- OSPF
- Access control lists
- NAT & DHCP
- Wireless fundamentals
- Wireshark
- Cisco IOS CLI
- Structured troubleshooting
Curriculum
14 modules of instruction and lab work.
Networking Foundations & Packet Analysis
7 topics
- OSI and TCP/IP models, PDUs and encapsulation
- LAN and WAN, broadcast and collision domains
- Ethernet, IPv4, TCP and UDP headers
- ARP, ICMP, ping, traceroute, DNS, DHCP
- Network topologies
- Wireshark packet analysis
- Lab setup: CML, EVE-NG, GNS3, Packet Tracer
Cisco Device Access & IOS/IOS XE Administration
6 topics
- Console access and terminal settings
- Banners, exec-timeout and password recovery
- CLI modes, help and output filtering
- Hostname, interfaces, running vs startup config
- IOS vs IOS XE vs IOS XR
- Backup, archive and configure replace
IP Addressing & Core Services
5 topics
- IPv4 subnetting, FLSM and summarization
- DHCP
- DNS
- NAT and PAT
- Labs: DORA capture and PAT
Routing Fundamentals
6 topics
- Routing table and longest-prefix match
- Administrative distance and metrics
- Static routes by next-hop and exit-interface
- Default routing
- Floating static routes
- Routing labs
Advanced OSPF
6 topics
- Cost, router-ID and packet types
- Adjacency formation and OSPF states
- DR/BDR election and network types
- LSA types 1 to 7 and the LSDB
- Stub, totally stubby and NSSA areas
- OSPF labs
EIGRP & Redistribution
2 topics
- Neighbors, DUAL, successor and feasible successor
- OSPF to EIGRP redistribution lab
BGP Essentials
7 topics
- AS numbers and path-vector behaviour
- eBGP and iBGP
- BGP messages and states
- Loop avoidance
- Weight, local preference, AS-path, origin, MED and next-hop
- Path selection and AS-path prepending
- BGP labs
Advanced & Layer 3 Switching
8 topics
- MAC learning, VLANs, trunks and the native VLAN
- VTP
- STP and RSTP
- Inter-VLAN routing
- Layer 2 and Layer 3 EtherChannel
- PAgP and LACP
- CDP and LLDP
- Switching labs
First-Hop Redundancy
5 topics
- Gateway single points of failure
- HSRP versions, virtual IP, priority and preempt
- VRRP
- Aligning the STP root with the active gateway
- Failover labs
Wireless Access Essentials
6 topics
- RF, channels, SSID and BSSID, 802.11
- Autonomous, WLC-CAPWAP and cloud architectures
- AP groups and FlexConnect
- Cisco Meraki dashboard and MR access points
- SSID to VLAN mapping
- PoE budgeting
Cisco Hardware & Platforms
7 topics
- Platform taxonomy
- IOS, IOS XE and IOS XR
- ASR 9010, ASR 920 and ASR 903
- ISR 4331, ASR 1001-X and ASR 1002-X
- Catalyst 2960, 9200 and 9300
- show version and show inventory
- Sessions on real hardware
Network Security
7 topics
- Threat landscape and device hardening
- SSH, local users and privilege levels
- AAA
- Standard, extended and named ACLs
- Port security
- BPDU Guard, Root Guard and storm control
- Security labs
Monitoring & Observability
7 topics
- Polling vs traps, baselining and SLA
- SNMP v2c and v3, OIDs and MIBs
- Syslog and NTP
- Device and interface health
- PRTG
- Zabbix
- Alerts and maintenance windows
IOS / IOS XE Upgrade & Maintenance
7 topics
- PSIRT advisories and lifecycle
- Images, licensing, bundle vs install mode, MD5 and SHA
- Flash management
- Backup over TFTP, FTP, SCP and USB
- Boot variables and the method of procedure
- install add, activate, commit and rollback
- ROMMON recovery
Projects you will complete
Fault injection lab
Diagnose seeded faults on a working topology and write a root-cause note for each.
Documentation pack
Produce the diagrams, address plan and runbook a real team expects at handover.
Prerequisites
- No prior networking experience required
- Comfortable operating a computer
- No coding background needed
Certification
Course completion certificate
Issued on completion. The certificate lists the modules completed and the skills applied. Tungabadra Networks is not an authorized training partner of this vendor and does not administer or issue the exam. Exams are booked and paid for directly with the vendor.
This course also covers the topic areas assessed by the following third-party exams:
- Cisco CCNA
Career opportunities
Roles this course is designed to prepare you for in the US job market:
Network Engineer (L1)
Configuration changes and first-line support on campus networks.
NOC Engineer
Monitoring, triage and escalation in a network operations centre.
Network Support Engineer
Blended endpoint and network edge support.
Field Engineer
On-site installation, commissioning and fault resolution.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a networking background to start?
No. CCNA Advanced Training starts from the OSI model and binary maths, so no prior networking experience is assumed. Comfort operating a computer is enough.
Will I train on real equipment?
Yes. Labs run on physical Cisco routers and switches in the enterprise labs, with 24/7 rack access. Online students get virtual rack access to the same environments.
Does this prepare me for the CCNA exam?
The syllabus follows the topic areas Cisco publishes for CCNA. Tungabadra Networks is not an authorized training partner of this vendor and does not administer or issue the exam. Exams are booked and paid for directly with the vendor.
How long does the course take?
Length is confirmed on the free consultation call, with the current syllabus and batch dates.
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Questions about CCNA Advanced Training?
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