After completing Cisco CCDA: Specific Design Issues, the user should be able to:

	Describe ways to design scalability
	Determine addressing plan
	Determine naming for network hardware
	Determine advantages and disadvantages for Cisco-specific hardware
	Determine advantages and disadvantages for Cisco-specific software
	Show design plans for specific types of networks

Defining Protocols

	Routed and routing protocols
	Non-bridgeable and non-routable protocols
	Operating system protocols

Factors Affecting Transmission

	Delays for Ethernet cabling
	Comparing media
	Effects of packet size
	Packet quantities for routers
	Flow of traffic

Compression and Encryption

	Compression
	Encryption

Network Security

	Threats to network security
	Stages in securing networks
	Roles of the designer

Specific Designs

	Source-route bridging
	DLSw+
	ATM and LANE
	Intranets and extranets
	Wireless networks

This course has the following features:

	Exercises that allow users to explore how a course topic applies to network design
	A file containing the text of the exercises
	Activities that allow users to apply concepts in an interactive questioning environment
	A glossary
	A Skill Assessment

	Cisco CCNA certification or equivalent experience
	Cisco CCDA: Internetworking Review (CCDA01)
	Cisco CCDA: LAN Networking (CCDA02)
	Cisco CCDA: WAN Networking (CCDA03)
	Cisco CCDA: Introduction to Design (CCDA04)
	Cisco CCDA: Examining Existing Networks (CCDA05)
	Cisco CCDA: Designing LANs (CCDA06)
	Cisco CCDA: Designing WANs (CCDA07)

	Cisco CCDA: Optimizing by Design (CCDA09)
	Cisco CCDA: Testing and Managing (CCDA10)

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