The Complete Cisco CCNA 200-301 & CCNP Course 2025

Complete labs guide for Cisco CCNA CCNP Networking students to setup LAN,EIGRP,OSPF,BGP,F5 LTM,Multicast,Python and ASA.

Created by: Ashish Rana - CCIE#68585
18 years experience with top MNCs like AT&T, CSC & Infosys.

What Will I Learn?

• Configure Vlan & Trunk Port on Switches
• Learn to Add/Remove Vlans in Trunking
• Configuration of DTP ( Dynamic Trunking Protocol )
• Configure Routing on Stick
• VTP Configuration on Switches
• Understand STP, Root Bridge Election, Root Port and Cost
• Understand EtherChannel and It's Modes
• Configure Port Security on Switchports
• Learn to Setup IP Addresses on Routers and Switches.
• Learn to Secure Router Access
• Understand Static, Default & Floating Route
• Configure RIP - Routing Information Protocol
• Configure EIGRP - Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
• Understand Feasible Condition Lab in EIGRP
• Understand EIGRP Timers and Passive Interface
• OSPF Configuration on Cisco Routers
• Understand OSPF vs EIGRP Vs Static Route Comparison
• Understand OSPF DR/BDR Election
• Configure Layer 2 Dynamic Switchports
• Understand 802.1q Dynamic Trunking & 802.1q Native VLAN
• Understand DTP Negotiation
• Learn to configure VTP Domain, VTP Transparent, VTP Pruning
• Configure VTP Prune Eligible List, Version 3 in VTP
• Understand Layer 2 EtherChannel Configuration
• Set up Layer 2 EtherChannel using PAgP and LACP
• Configure Layer 3 EtherChannel
• Understand Root Bridge Election & Root Port Election
• Learn to do STP Root Port Selection using Port Priority
• Lab of STP Designate Port Selection & Timers in Spanning-Tree
• Configure PortFast and Global PortFast in Spanning-Tree
• Configure UplinkFast & BackBoneFast in Spanning-Tree
• Configure BpduGuard in Spanning-Tree
• Learn to Enable BpduGuard Globally in Spanning-Tree
• Configure BPDU Filter in Spanning-Tree
• Configure Root Guard & Loop Guard in Spanning-Tree
• Understand MST Root Bridge Selection
• Lean to do MST Path Selection using Cost and Port Priority
• Configure UDLD & Protected Ports in LAN Switching
• Configure Traffic Storm Control, SPAN and RSPAN
• Learn the Quick way to run EIGRP
• Configure Static Neighbors, Hello Hold Timers in EIGRP
• Understand Metric Calculation and configure Auto/Unequal Load Sharing in EIGRP
• Configure Authentication in EIGRP
• Understand Auto Summary, Manual Summarization in EIGRP
• Learn to configure Maximum Path in EIGRP
• Configure Redistribution Between Different AS, EIGRP/OSPF Redistribution
• Configure Passive Interfaces, Distribute List, Offset List in EIGRP
• Learn to do Basic OSPF Configuration, OSPF Inter Area
• Configure Inter Area, Dead Timer Lab in OSPF
• Understand Router-ID election in OSPF
• Configure Plain and MD5 Authentication in OSPF
• Understand Authentication Area vs Interface Level
• Understand DR BDR Election, Multicast IPs in OSPF
• Understand Metric Calculation, AutoCost Reference Bandwidth in OSPF
• Configure Passive Interfaces, Virtual Links in OSPF
• Understand External Metric Types E1 and E2 & comparison
• Understand OSPF Inter Area Summarization and Summarization of External Subnets in OSPF
• Configure Stub Area, Totally Stub Area, NSSA in OSPF
• Configure NSSA Stub , NSSA Totally Stubby Area in OSPF
• Understand Default Information Originate in OSPF
• Understand and Configure IBGP/ EBGP on Cisco Routers
• Configure BGP neighborship using Non-Directly-Connected IPs + EBGP Multihop
• Learn to Read BGP Table, Advertise Networks in BGP
• Configure Next Hop Self, Auto Summary in BGP
• Understand BGP Neighbor Adjacency States
• Understand BGP Messages using Wireshark
• Learn to Troubleshoot BGP Neighorship, Network Advertisement
• Understand and Weight, Local Preference, AS-Prepend Attribute in BGP
• Understand and configure BGP Origin Code, MED , Communities Attributes
• Learn to Configure No-Advertise, No-Export Community in BGP
• Configure BGP Prevent Transit AS using Filter List, No-Export Community, Prefix List & Distribution List
• Understand and Configure Peer Group, Route Reflector, Confederation in BGP
• Understand DHCP, It's Overview and Packet Flow with Wireshark
• Learn to configure DHCP Server and Client on Cisco Router
• Learn to Exclude IP or IP Range in DHCP server which is configured on Cisco Router
• Learn to Modify Client ID on DHCP Client Router, Reserve DHCP IP on Cisco Router
• DHCP Relay Agent Configuration, Troubleshooting DHCP on Cisco Router
• Understand and Configure Static NAT, Dynamic NAT, PAT (Port Address Translation)
• Configure PAT with Multiple Outside Interfaces, NAT Port Forwarding, NAT Troubleshooting
• Configure HSRP with Tracking Interfaces and Troubleshoot HSRP
• Configure VRRP with Tracking Interfaces
• Learn to Configure GLBP (Gateway Load Balancing Protocol)
• IPv6 Understanding and Configuring on Cisco Router
• Shortening of IPv6 Address, Link-Local Address in IPv6
• Learn to change Link-Local Address in IPv6
• Understand IPv6 Multicast Groups, Neighbor Discovery in IPv6
• Understand Router Advertisement Packets, IPv6 Address AutoConfiguration
• Configure Static Routing with IPv6, RIPng ( RIP using IPv6)
• Configure OSPFv3, EIGRP with IPv6
• Understand Unicast, Broadcast, Multicast and Multicast Components

Requirements

• Those taking this course should have a basic knowledge of Networking e.g Static Routing, IP Addressing, Average Knowledge of Dynamic Routing.
• All of the Labs have been performed in GNS3 except LAN Switching Labs. So, students should have this Free Tool.
• The simulators used are not provided as part of the course
• It is the students' responsibility to acquire their own simulator and or live equipment to replicate the topologies shown in this course

Target audience

• CCNA , CCNP and Networking Aspirants should apply for this course
• Students who want to learn Practical aspects of Routing Protocols should apply for this.
• If you need to be knowledgeable in Networking, than this is the course for you!