CCENT study refers to the study of course materials for the CCENT certifying exam.
The CCENT exam is a prestigious exam in the field of information technology. It is taken
by new IT students who want to venture into the field of networking. Generally after passing this exam, the student gets a berth as a support personal for a small network in a branch office of a company. The CCENT exam is conducted by CISCO, a market leader
in networking equipment and services. It is a giant multinational with more than 65000 employees on its role. After getting the CCENT certification the trainee can do installation and trouble shooting in a small enterprise network setup of any companies branch office..
The study for CCENT or CCENT study if you chose to call it that can be exciting but you have to be thorough.. Firstly you have to learn about the operation of a data network. including common networking and web applications.
You also have to learn voice over IP and video over IP protocols. Questions on implementing a small switched network is asked in the examination including questions on network segmentation and basic traffic management concepts. You must know about implementing an IP addressing scheme and IP services to meet the network requirements of a small branch office. You must have an idea about implementing a small routed network and selecting the appropriate administrative tasks required for a LAN .Also checked is your ability to detect security threats to your network and take remedial measures against them. You must also know to implement and verify LAN links.
To learn all the topics in this vast syllabus you have to take the ICDN1 v1.0 online course. The course is administered by the learning partners of CISCO and is available all round the world. There is a link on the CISCO website that allows you to view the locations of these partners in various countries.
The CCENT certification exam is a 90 minute exam containing 40-50 questions and tests the examinees ability to use his knowledge at a small network support personal level. It is administered in various world languages like French, English, Portueguese, Chinese and Spanish.
Besides the online course there are other teaching resources like an online library,
10min videos and IPTV videos. There are also modules explaining topics like Enabling RIP, Exploring Wireless Networking, , Understanding the TCP/IP internet layer,
IPTV videos teach determining IP routes and understanding address resolution protocols and ICMP. Downloadable documents are available for topics such as IP addressing and subnetting for new users., IPV6 at a glance and introduction to wireless LAN
CISCO e-lab stimulations should be availed of. There are simulations like managing the switch operating system file, review of basic configuration and RIP, preparing of boot system commands, operation of Cisco IOS, managing the start up configuration file, managing the mac address tables, configuring an Ethernet interface, trouble shooting RIP address issues and configuring RIP
Now we come to a detailed discussion of the ICDN1 online course. It is divided into 5 day periods of virtual classrooms, web based training and classroom training.
Here one learns network function rules. , functions of major networks and the open system interconnection reference model. You have to know about how to manage dense traffic on Ethernet LAN and switched LAN solutions to the Ethernet. Experience is gained on switching networks by routers and data transmission through networks using TCP\IP. The major devices of WAN’s, configuring PPP encapsulation, static and dynamic routing, PAT and RIP routing. and..RF wireless access method
Besides these courses CCENT study entails that the student browse through books printed by the CISCO press. These books are available on the CISCO marketplace book shop.
So it is apparent that CCENT study is exciting and meaningful and once CCENT certification is taken., future for the student is bright.