Lab Outline

Course Title: Advanced Network

Program: Postgraduate

Topics to be Covered
Lab 1: Introduction
o Revision of OSI and TCP/IP Models
o Introduction to Switches/their functions (and ideas of configurations)
o Introduction to Routers/their functions (and ideas of configurations)

Lab 2: Enhancing Switched Networks

o Creating VLAN and assigning Switchports
o Configure Trunk connection for a Router
o Optimizing STP
Lab 3: Subnetting and Building a Simple Internetwork
 Focusing on IPv4 but with little introduction on IPv6
Lab 4: Static Routing
o Static Routing of a simple Internetwork
o Inter VLAN Routing
 Legacy VLAN Routing
 Router on a stick
 Multi-Layer Switch Inter VLAN Routing
Lab 5: Dynamic Routing - RIP
Lab 6: Dynamic Routing - OSPF
Lab 7: Using ACLs to filter IP based traffic (including filtering of TCP/UDP ports)
Lab 8: Configuring NAT/PAT
Lab 9: Configuring DHCP/DNS/Web Services for an Internetwork
Lab 10: Additional Topics
 Virtual Private Networks
 Wireless Networks
*Method of Delivery: Practical
**Tools to be Used: Cisco Packet Tracer
***Lab Assessment: There will be a group-based Assignment presented at the end of the
session.