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Building Cisco Remote Access Networks (BCRAN)

Course Code: TRN-BCRAN

Offering Duration: Instructor-led 5 days

The Building Cisco Remote Access Networks course teaches students how to build a remote access network to interconnect central sites to branch offices and home office/telecommuters. Once the network is built, the course further teaches students how to control access to the central site, as well as maximize bandwidth utilization over the remote links.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to perform the following overall tasks:

Identify the Cisco products that best meet the WAN connection requirements when given a WAN connection and technology requirements that include permanent or dialup access connections between the central site and telecommuters or branch offices.

Assemble and configure Cisco equipment to establish appropriate WAN network connections when given a WAN topology and specifications.

Enable protocols and technologies that allow traffic flow between each site, while minimizing the amount of overhead traffic on each connection, when given a WAN topology and specifications.

Implement quality of service capabilities to assure that mission critical applications receive the required bandwidth when given a working WAN topology.

Implement applicable access control measures to allow only desired access into the enterprise network when given a working WAN topology.

Ensure proper connectivity using the device tools to troubleshoot protocols, technologies, and devices when given a working WAN topology.

Who Should Attend

The target audiences for this course are as follows:

Network administrators who are responsible for implementing and troubleshooting enterprise WAN backbones

Network technicians who work for channel resellers responsible for implementing and or troubleshooting enterprise customer network implementations

CCNP candidates

CCIE dial ISP and routing/switching candidates

Prerequisites

The BCRAN course focuses on intoducing techniques and technology for enabling WAN solutions. To fully benefit from BCRAN, the student must be familiar with general networking terms and concepts and have experience completing the following tasks on Cisco routers:

General Cisco router operation and configuration
TCP/IP and TCP/IP operation and configuration
Routing Protocols (RIP, IGRP, etc.)
Routed Protocols (IP, IPX, etc.)
Sandard and extended access lists
PPP operation and PPP configuration over serial links
Frame Relay operation and configuration on interfaces and subinterfaces
Legacy DDR over ISDN-BRI operation and configuration

Note: Itemization of Cisco course prerequisites will be provided in the upcoming training alerts.

Course Outline

Building Remote Access Networks Introduction

Identifying Cisco Solutions to Remote Access Needs
This module highlights various physical WAN connections for remote to central site connections.

Selecting Cisco Products for Remote Connections
Assembling and Cabling the WAN Components

Enabling On Demand Connections to the Central Site
This module instructs the students how to establish remote connections via asynchronous links to a centralized router using basic telephone service.

Configuring Asynchronous Connections with Modems
Accessing the Central Site with Windows 95
Configuring PPP and Controlling Network Access with PAP or CHAP

Enhancing on Demand Connectivity
This module teachs the students how to enhance remote connections using ISDN and DDR.

Using ISDN and DDR to Enhance Remote Connectivity
Optimizing Use of DDR Interfaces
Configuring a Cisco 700 Series Router

Enabling Permanent Connections to the Central Site
This module provides instruction on dedicated WAN connectivity options.

Establishing an X.25 Connection
Establishing a Dedicated Frame Relay Connection and Controlling Traffic Flow with Traffic Shaping
Enabling a Backup to the Permanent Connection (This chapter was added)
Optimizing Traffic on Dedicated WAN Connections

Scaling and Troubleshooting Remote Access Networks
This module instructs students about controlling corporate network access with AAA, managing network costs with AAA, and managing depleting ip addresses with NAT or PAT. It also provides troubleshooting recommendations.

Scaling IP Addresses with PAT and NAT

Using AAA to Scale Access Control in an Expanding Network

Troubleshooting the Remote Access Network

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