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The Introduction to Networks Lab Manual provides students enrolled in a Cisco Networking Academy Introduction to Networks course with a convenient, complete collection of all the course lab exercises that provide hands-on practice and challenges.
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Chapter 1 – Exploring the Network ............................ 1
1.0.1.2 Class Activity – Draw Your Concept of the Internet ............................................................ 1
1.1.1.8 Lab – Researching Network Collaboration Tools ................................................................ 2
1.2.3.3 Lab – Researching Converged Network Services .............................................................. 17
1.3.1.3 Lab – Mapping the Internet ................................................................................................ 20
1.4.4.3 Lab – Researching IT and Networking Job Opportunities ................................................ 31
1.5.1.1 Class Activity – Draw Your Concept of the Internet Now ................................................. 36
Chapter 2 – Configuring a Network Operating System .................. 37
2.0.1.2 Class Activity – It Is Just an Operating System! ................................................................ 37
2.1.4.9 Lab – Establishing a Console Session with Tera Term ...................................................... 38
2.3.3.4 Lab – Building a Simple Network ..................................................................................... 49
2.3.3.5 Lab – Configuring a Switch Management Address ........................................................... 64
2.4.1.1 Class Activity – Tutor me! ................................................................................................. 72
Chapter 3 – Network Protocols and Communications .................... 74
3.0.1.2 Class Activity – Let’s just talk about this… ....................................................................... 74
3.2.3.6 Lab – Researching Networking Standards ......................................................................... 75
3.2.4.7 Lab – Researching RFCs ................................................................................................... 79
3.3.3.4 Lab – Using Wireshark to View Network Traffic .............................................................. 84
3.4.1.1 Class Activity – Guaranteed to work! .............................................................................. 104
Chapter 4 – Network Access .................................................... 106
4.0.1.2 Class Activity – Let me tell you what I heard at a conference… ..................................... 106
4.1.2.4 Lab A – Identifying Network Devices and Cabling ......................................................... 109