Cisco Aspire Learning Objectives

Last updated February 28, 2011

Students who play the Cisco Aspire game will be challenged to apply and practice the business and financial
skills introduced in the case studies within a fun, simulated networking environment. Students will gain skills
enabling them to complete the following tasks:

Challenges Learning Objectives

● Select a business strategy based on
personal objectives
● Choose products and services to offer to
customers such as maintenance
contracts and reconditioned equipment
● Define target market and choose
different types of advertising media
● Select an Internet service provider based
on requirements
● Make budgeting decisions based on
social criteria (charitable contributions,
offering free services, etc.)
● Take advantage of opportunities and
bonus contracts
● Start a business
● Adjust to changing business conditions
and react to customer demands
● Manage business resources such as
inventory and cash flow
● Identify application layer protocols that enable
specific user applications (DNS, HTTP, SMTP, FTP)
● Cable an Ethernet network consisting of a Linksys
device, PCs, hubs, and printers
● Assign IP addresses in a classed network
environment with no subnets
● Add wireless capabilities to a Linksys network
● Secure a wireless network using a Linksys device
and Windows clients
● Troubleshoot wireless client configuration errors and
basic wireless security
● Troubleshoot default gateway settings
● Troubleshoot classed network subnet mask settings
● Identify collision and broadcast domains
● Troubleshoot network client configurations
● Select correct switch or router based on
requirements
● Add options to a switch or router (interface cards)
● Connect Cisco switches and routers in a single
router, multiple network configuration
● Configure RIPv2 between subnets
● Troubleshoot Ethernet, wireless, and serial
connectivity in a single router LAN
● Troubleshoot subnet mask errors in fixed-length
subnets
● Subnet a network using fixed-length subnets to meet
addressing requirements
● Troubleshoot Layer 2 problems in a point-to-point
serial leased line connection

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