Chapter 1-12 and Appendix A-B Outlines

Outline:

Chapter 1: Selecting, Assembling, and Cabling WAN Components
Chapter Review 
Chapter Overview 
1.1 Remote Access
1.1.1 WAN connection types
1.1.2 Dedicated connections
1.1.3 Circuit - switched connections
1.1.4 Packet - switched connections
1.1.5 WAN encapsulation protocols
1.1.6 PPP encapsulation
1.1.7 X.25 and frame encapsulations
1.2 Determining The WAN Type To Use
1.2.1 Selecting WAN configuration types
1.2.2 WAN connections - speed comparison
1.2.3 WAN connections summary
1.3 Identifying Site Requirements and Solutions
1.3.1 WAN considerations
1.3.2 Central-site considerations
1.3.3 Branch-office considerations
1.3.4 Telecommuter-site considerations
1.4 Selecting Cisco Remote Access Solutions
1.4.1 Routers
1.4.2 Determining the appropriate interfaces - fixed interfaces
1.4.3 Determining the appropriate interfaces - modular interfaces
1.4.4 Selecting products with Cisco product-selection tools
1.4.5 Product selection tool example
1.5 Assembling and Cabling WAN Components
1.5.1 Network overview
1.5.2 Central site router equipment
1.5.3 Branch office router equipment
1.5.4 Making the Network Adaptable
1.5.5 Cable connections
1.5.6 Verifying central-site installation
1.5.7 Verifying branch-office installation
1.5.8 Verifying telecommuter-site installation
Chapter Summary
Chapter Quiz 
Chapter 2: Configuring Asynchronous Connections with Modems
Chapter Review 
Chapter Overview 
2.1 Modem Functions
2.1.1 Digital to analog conversion
2.1.2 Modem signaling and cabling
2.1.3 Communication Termination
2.1.4 Modem operation
2.1.5 Communication wiring and cabling
2.1.6 Difference between Console and Auxiliary Ports
2.1.7 Connections specific to Cisco products
2.1.8 Modem modulation standards
2.1.9 Error control and data compression
2.2 Configuration for Asynchronous Connections
2.2.1 Connecting to the Modem
2.2.2 Asynchronous Interfaces—Line Numbering
2.2.3 EXEC Connection Commands
2.2.4 Line Types and Numbering
2.2.5 Interface Async and Line Configuration
2.2.6 Basic Async Configuration—Router Preparation
2.3 Modem Configuration
2.3.1 Basic Async Configuration—Modem Preparation
2.3.2 Manual Configuration of Modems with Standard Commands
2.3.3 Manual Configuration of Modems with Nonstandard Modem Commands
2.3.4  Modem Initialization Strings
2.3.5 Automatic Configuration of Modems
2.3.6 Modem Capability Database
2.3.7 Modem Autodiscovery
2.3.8 Modem Autoconfiguration
2.3.9 Fine-Tuning Modem Autoconfiguration
2.3.10 Chat-Scripts for Async Lines
2.4 Maintaining Modem Auto-config
2.4.1 Verifying and Debugging Modem Autoconfiguration
2.4.2 Troubleshooting Modem Autoconfiguration
2.4.3 Configuring Asynchronous Connections between Remote Routers
Chapter Summary
Chapter Quiz 
Chapter 3: Configuring Point-To-Point Protocol And Controlling Network Access
Chapter Review 
Chapter Overview 
3.1 PPP Architecture
3.1.1 Point-to-point links
3.1.2 PPP functional components
3.1.3 Configuring Cisco access servers
3.1.4 Enabling PPP
3.1.5 Configuring Dedicated or Interactive PPP (and SLIP) Sessions
3.1.6 Configuring the Interface Addressing Method for Local Devices
3.1.7 Configuring the Interface-Addressing Method for Remote Devices
3.2 PPP Link Control Protocol Options
3.2.1 Configuration features
3.2.2 PAP and CHAP authentication
3.2.3 Configuring PAP authentication
3.2.4 Configuring CHAP authentication
3.2.5 Configuring CHAP example
3.3 PPP Callback
3.3.1 Callback implementation
3.3.2 Callback: how does it work?
3.3.3 Configuring Async callback
3.3.4 Configuring the callback server
3.3.5 Configuring the callback client
3.4 PPP Compression
3.4.1 Data compression
3.4.2 Configuring compression
3.4.3 PPP multilink
3.4.4 Multilink operation and configuration
3.4.5 Verifying and troubleshooting PPP
3.4.6 PPP Configuration Example
Chapter Summary
Chapter Quiz 
Chapter 4: Accessing the Central Site with Windows 9X
Chapter Review
Chapter Overview 
4.1 Windows 95 Dial-up Networking
4.1.1 Basics and issues
4.1.2 LAN connection protocols
4.2 Configuring a Windows 95 Dial-up Connection
4.2.1 Dial-up connection
4.2.2 Configuring a Windows 95 dial-up client
4.2.3 Verifying a Windows 95 dial-up connection
Chapter Summary
Chapter 5: Using ISDN and DDR Technologies to Enhance Remote Connectivity
Chapter Review
Chapter Overview 
5.1 ISDN Architecture
5.1.1 ISDN versus asynchronous
5.1.2 ISDN services and channelized E1 and T1
5.1.3 BRI call processing
5.1.4 BRI functional groups and reference points
5.1.5 PRI reference points
5.2 ISDN Protocol Layers
5.2.1 ISDN layer 1
5.2.2 ISDN layer 2
5.2.3 ISDN layer 3 - channel Q.931
5.2.4 ISDN call setup
5.2.5 ISDN call teardown
5.3 ISDN BRI and DDR
5.3.1 Interesting or uninteresting traffic
5.3.2 Configuring an ISDN BRI
5.3.3 Step 1 - selecting the ISDN switch type
5.3.4 Step 2 - configuring the interface
5.3.5 Step 3 - Setting the service profile identifiers (SPID), if necessary
5.3.6 Step 4 - Setting the encapsulation protocol
5.4 Configuring Dial-on-Demand Routing (DDR)
5.4.1 Initiating Connections
5.4.2 Step 1 - defining what constitutes interesting traffic
5.4.3 Step 2 - Assigning the dialer-list to an interface
5.4.4 Step 3 - Defining destination parameters
5.4.5 Step 4 - Defining optional call parameters
5.5 Static and Default Routing
5.5.1 Use of static and default routes
5.5.2 Configuring static routes
5.5.3 Configuring default routes
5.5.4 Setting route redistribution
5.5.5 Deactivating routing updates
5.5.6 Configuring a route for initiating an ISDN call
5.5.7 Using an extended access list to define a dialer list
5.5.8 Snapshot routing
5.5.9 Snapshot routing model
5.5.10 Enabling snapshot routing
5.6 Optional Configurations
5.6.1 B-channel aggregation 
5.6.2 Cisco proprietary BOD
5.6.3 Multilink PPP
5.6.4 ISDN caller identification
5.6.5 Called-party number answering
5.6.6 ISDN rate adaptation
5.7 Monitoring the ISDN Interface
5.7.1 The show interface bri command
5.7.2 The show isdn status command
5.7.3 Verifying PPP multilink 
5.7.4 Troubleshooting MLP 
5.7.5 ISDN debug command
5.8 ISDN Primary Rate Interface
5.8.1 PRI configuration tasks
5.8.2 Selecting the PRI switch
5.8.3 Selecting the ISDN PRI controller for configuration
5.8.4 Configuring the Framing, Linecoding, and Clocking of the Controller
5.8.5 Additional ISDN PRI configuration parameters
5.8.6 PRI configuration example
5.8.7 ISDN BRI to PRI connection example using DDR
Chapter Summary
Chapter Quiz
Chapter 6: Optimizing the Use of DDR Interface - Dialer Profiles and Rotary Groups
Chapter Review
Chapter Overview 
6.1 Dialer Rotary
6.1.1 Creating and configuring a rotary group
6.1.2 Configuring the interface dialer
6.1.3 Dealing with dialer timers
6.2 Dialer Profile
6.2.1 Logical and physical configurations
6.2.2 Components of dialer profile
6.2.3 Dialer interface
6.2.4 Dialer map class
6.2.5 Dialer pool and physical interfaces
6.2.6 Example of dialer profile configuration
6.2.7 Verifying a dialer profile configuration
6.2.8 Configuration example: Using dialer profiles to enhance DDR 
6.3 Time-Based Access Lists
6.3.1 Features
6.3.2 Application: time based ISDN
6.3.3 Sample applications and configurations
6.3.4 Case study: time based ISDN
6.4 Scaling Dial-on-Demand Routing
6.4.1 Case study: scaling dial-on-demand routing
6.4.2 Network design considerations
6.4.3 The hardware solution
6.4.4 Authentication
6.4.5 Network layer addressing
6.4.6 Routing strategy
6.4.7 Configuring central site access router interfaces
6.4.8 Configuring routing at the central site
6.4.9 Configuring the remote site routers
6.4.10 The complete configurations
Chapter Summary
Chapter Quiz

 

Chapter 7: Using X.25 for Remote Access
Chapter Review 
Chapter Overview 
7.1 X.25
7.1.1 X.25 standard
7.1.2 X.25 protocol stack
7.1.3 X.25 DTE and DCE
7.1.4 The Packet Assembler/Deassembler (PAD)
7.1.5 X.121-The X.25 Addressing Standard
7.1.6 X.25 encapsulation
7.1.7 X.25 virtual circuits
7.2 Configuring X.25
7.2.1 Interface tasks
7.2.2 Configuring the X.121 address
7.2.3 Configuring X.25 SVCs
7.2.4 Configuring X.25 PVCs
7.2.5 Configuring X.25 VC Ranges
7.2.6 Configuring X.25 Packet Sizes
7.2.7 Configuring Window Parameters
7.2.8 Additional X.25 Configuration Options Example
7.2.9 Verifying X.25 Configuration
Chapter Summary
Chapter Quiz 
Chapter 8: Frame Relay Connection and Traffic Flow Control
Chapter Review 
Chapter Overview 
8.1 Frame Relay
8.1.1 What is Frame Relay?
8.1.2 Frame Relay operation
8.1.3 Frame Relay signaling 
8.2 Configuring Frame Relay
8.2.1 Steps to enable Frame Relay
8.2.2 Frame Relay encapsulation and mapping
8.2.3 show interface serial command
8.2.4 show frame-relay pvc command
8.2.5 show frame-relay map command
8.2.6 show frame-relay lmi command
8.3 Frame Relay Topologies
8.3.1 Connecting remote sites
8.3.2 Reachability issues with routing updates
8.3.3 Solution for split horizon issues - subinterfaces
8.3.4  Configuring Frame Relay subinterfaces
8.4 Frame Relay Traffic Shaping
8.4.1 Overview
8.4.2 Traffic shaping and flow terminology
8.4.3 Using traffic shaping over Frame Relay
8.4.4 Configuring Frame Relay traffic shaping
8.4.5 How to define a map class
8.4.6 Traffic shaping examples
8.4.7 Rate enforcement example
8.4.8 Dynamic enforcement example
8.4.9 Queuing example
8.4.10 Verifying Frame Relay traffic shaping
8.5 On Demand Routing
8.5.1 What is on demand routing?
8.5.2 Configuring ODR
Chapter Summary
Chapter Quiz 
Chapter 9: Enabling Backup to a Permanent Connection
Chapter Review 
Chapter Overview 
9.1 Dial Backup
9.1.1 Configuring dial backup
9.1.2 Example of dial backup for link failure
9.1.3 Activating a dial backup to support primary line traffic
9.1.4 Example of dial backup for excessive traffic load
9.2 Backup Interface Operations
9.2.1 Standby mode
9.2.2 Dialer profiles as backup interfaces
9.2.3 Configuring dial backup with dialer profiles
9.3 Routing with the Load-Backup Feature
9.3.1 Load backup with OSPF
9.3.2 Load backup with IGRP and EIGRP
9.4 Verifying Dial Backup Configuration
9.4.1 show interface type number command
Chapter Summary
Chapter Quiz 
Chapter 10: Managing Network Performance with Queuing and Compression
Chapter Review 
Chapter Overview 
10.1 Queuing
10.1.1 Queuing types
10.1.2 The need for traffic prioritization
10.1.3 Establishing a queuing policy
10.1.4 Choosing a Cisco IOS queuing option
10.2 Queuing Options
10.2.1 First in, first out queuing overview
10.2.2 Weighted fair queuing overview
10.2.3 Configuring weighted fair queuing
10.2.4 Priority queuing overview
10.2.5 Configuring priority queuing
10.2.6 Custom queuing overview
10.2.7 Custom queuing operation
10.2.8 Configuring custom queuing
10.2.9 Custom queuing example
10.2.10 Verifying queuing operation
10.3 Optimizing Traffic Flow with Data Compression
10.3.1 Compression overview
10.3.2 Link compression over a point-to-point connection
10.3.3 Payload compression
10.3.4  TCP/IP header compression
10.3.5 Microsoft point-to-point compression
10.3.6 Compression consideration
10.3.7 Configuring data compression
Chapter Summary
Chapter Quiz 
Chapter 11: Scaling IP Addresses with Network Address Translation
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Chapter Overview 
11.1 NAT
11.1.1 NAT terminology
11.2 NAT operation
11.2.1 NAT functions
11.2.2 Traffic types supported in Cisco IOS NAT
11.2.3 Translating inside local addresses
11.2.4 Overloading inside global addresses
11.2.5 TCP load distribution
11.2.6 Handling overlapping networks
11.3 Configuring NAT
11.3.1 Static NAT configuration
11.3.2 Dynamic NAT configuration
11.3.3 Inside global address overloading configuration
11.3.4  TCP load distribution configuration
11.3.5 NAT to translate overlapping addresses configuration
11.3.6 Verifying NAT
11.3.7 Troubleshooting NAT
11.3.8 Clearing NAT translation entries
11.4 Configuring and Troubleshooting PAT on the Cisco 700 Router
11.4.1 Address-translation feature
11.4.2 PAT porthandler operation
11.4.3 Configuring PAT
11.4.4 Monitoring PAT
Chapter Summary
Chapter Quiz 
Chapter 12: Using AAA to Scale Access Control in an Expanding Network
Chapter Review 
Chapter Overview 
12.1 Cisco Access-Control Solutions
12.1.1 Security solutions
12.1.2 Cisco secure
12.1.3 Understanding AAA
12.1.4 Router access modes
12.2 Configuring AAA
12.2.1 Enabling AAA and identifying the server
12.2.2 AAA authentication commands
12.2.3 AAA authorization commands
12.2.4 AAA accounting commands
12.2.5 AAA and virtual profiles
Chapter Summary
Chapter Quiz 
Appendix A: Emerging Remote-Access Technologies
Chapter Overview 
A.1 Cable Modems
A.1.1 Two-way, high-speed data transmissions
A.1.2 How cable modems work
A.1.3 Cable data network architecture
A.1.4 Cable and the OSI model
A.1.5 Cable summary
A.2 Wireless Access Networks
A.2.1 Overview
A.2.2 Direct broadcast satellite 
A.2.3 DBS architecture
A.2.4 Data service
A.3 Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Services 
A.3.1 Overview
A.3.2 MMDS history
A.3.3 MMDS architecture
A.4 Local Multipoint Distribution Services 
A.4.1 Overview
A.4.2 LMDS architecture
A.4.3 Wireless broadband summary
A.5 Wireless Local-Area Networks
A.5.1 What is wireless local-area networking
A.5.2 In building WLANs
A.5.3 Building-to-building WLANs
A.5.4 The wireless LAN standard
A.5.5 The future of wireless local-area networking
A.5.6 Mobility services
A.5.7 Conclusion
A.6 Digital Subscriber Line
A.6.1 DSL background
A.6.2 Asymmetric digital subscriber line 
A.6.3 ADSL services architecture
A.6.4 ADSL capabilities
A.6.5 ADSL technology
A.6.6 ADSL standards and associations
A.7 Very-High-Data-Rate Digital Subscriber Line 
A.7.1 Overview
A.7.2 VDSL projected capabilities
A.7.3 VDSL technology
A.7.4 VDSL issues
A.7.5 Standards status
A.7.6 Relationship of VDSL to ADSL
Chapter Summary
Appendix B: Configuring a Cisco 700 Series Router
Chapter Review 
Chapter Overview 
B.1 Cisco 700 Series
B.1.1 Flexibility for remote access
B.1.2 Cisco 700 series features
B.1.3 Networking features
B.1.4 Routing and WAN features
B.1.5 ISDN and Telephony features
B.1.6 IOS-700 Release 4.x-Summary of Features
B.1.7 Profile overview
B.1.8 Cisco 700 user interface
B.2 Configuring the Cisco 700 Series
B.2.1 Parameters to prepare
B.2.2 System level configuration
B.2.3 LAN profile configuration
B.2.4 User profile configuration
B.2.5 Cisco 700 - configuration example
B.2.6 Caller ID
B.2.7 PPP callback - no authorization
B.2.8 receive number authorization
B.3 Cisco 700 and Cisco IOS Configuration Examples
B.3.1 IP Traffic with CHAP Authentication between a Cisco 700 and a Cisco IOS Software-Based Router
B.3.2 IP Traffic with PAP Authentication between Two 700 series routers
B.3.3 IPX Traffic with CHAP Authentication between a 700 series router and an IOS-based Router
B.3.4  Authentication Quick Reference Guide
B.3.5  Monitoring IP Routing
B.3.6 Cisco 700 Series and DHCP
B.3.7 700 Series-DHCP Functionality
B.3.8 DHCP Server Configuration
B.3.9 DHCP Relay Agent Configuration
B.3.10 Monitoring DHCP
Chapter Summary
Chapter Quiz