[Lcdp-ccna] (Rev. 1) Minutes for CCNA 2 - week2 - 2003/05/05

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

(Rev. 1) Minutes for Cisco CCNA Study Group 2: Week 2: May 5th, 2003

The Small Question?
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The class had 14 this week - getting better...

Information
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This is the second week of CCNA 2 - the first 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 (again). 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.

Well actually they are NOT over - there is not enough time in class to play
with the routers AND do the online chapter exams so...

Geoffrey will be putting them up again for 24 hour periods (Wednesday,
Friday, Sunday?)

Class Topics
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1) We did the CCNA 1 review test online.
2) The 'pre-test' was abandoned - it covered all of CCNA 2 - probably useful
only to those who are doing this as a refresher course.
3) Geoffrey went over the procedure to connect a terminal (PC emulation) to
a router and set up the basic installation.
4) Then the class had a go at doing this for real...

Unfortunately there was no time to discuss more advanced router software
simulators.

Handouts *****
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2 handouts
1) Lab 2.2 Routers - Overview/ Lab 2.2.3.1 Routers - Overview/Lab 2.2.3.2
Routers - Overview
The first lab was worked on during the class. The last two require a muliple
connected router configuration.
2) Lab 4.2.4 Router show commands
This lab was worked on during the class.

For next week
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1) Do the online Chapter 1 (if you didn't get a chance before).
2) Do the online combined Chapter 2-3 (16-17) test.
3) Study Chapters 4 (18) and 5 (19).

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.