[Lcdp-ccna] Minutes for CCNA 2 - week 1 - 2003/04/28

[Henry C. <he...@zi...>]

Minutes for Cisco CCNA Study Group 2: Week 1: April 28th, 2003

The Big Question?
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SO WHERE WAS EVERYBODY TONIGHT???

Information
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This is the first week of CCNA 2 - the previous nine weeks of TAFE were CCNA
1.
So when accessing the online Cisco site pick "CCNA 2" instead of "CCNA 1".

Now for the confusing bit. The online chapters numbering is different from
the "First-Year Companion Guide" book chapter numbering:

online-book
1-CCNA 1 review
2-16
3-17
etc.

Therefore in notes the online chapters will shown simply as a number - ie. 2
while book chapters will be in parenthesis - ie. (16).

The TAFE computer network is now fast enough to do all the Cisco online
exams (Chapters and Final) in the classroom. The days of doing exams from
home are over.

Class Topics
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1) Geoffrey went over the schedule for the coming nine weeks.
2) The class split into three groups:
  a) finishing off CCNA 1 business (ie. tests, survey).
  b) looking at the new chapters online at the Cisco site.
  c) attempting to remember how to talk to a Cisco router using the PC as a
terminal.
3) Geoffrey covered a bit of the Command Language Interface (CLI) using a
Cisco 1603 router and mentioned the e-Sim (a simple router simulator flash
program from the Cisco site).
Next week more advanced software simulators will be discussed.

Handouts
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1) Schedule for the next 9 weeks - General Information - Grading - Week by
Week - Benchmark Questions and Skills - Engineering Journal - Lesson Plans.
2) Five router network drawing - by the end of CCNA 2 we have been assured
we will be able to draw and set up the involved routers in our sleep!

For next week
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1 No homework to hand in.
2) Go over the Cisco online Chapter 1 (a revision of CCNA 1). We will take
an online exam in this first thing next week.
3) This will be followed a online 'pretest'. Geoffrey was extremely vague
about its scope - does it cover CCNA 1 or CCNA 2?
3) Go over Chapter 2 and 3 online (Chapters 16 and 17 in the book). Towards
the end of the class period a combined online exam will be given.

Geoffrey is determined that the class will keep up if not get ahead of the
Cisco schedule.

Course Notes
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The required course material (both CCNA 1 and 2) are on the Cisco web site:
http://cisco.netacad.net or try
http://cisco.netacad.net/public.

Henry  (the 'other' minutes man)

Interested in the applications of technology - past, present and future -
especially unusual.