Teaching CCNA R&S :

Best Practices
Marc Khayat
Technical Manager
October 2013
 Use of curriculum and PPT
Packet Tracer and physical labs
3rd party tools

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 Curriculum PPT

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 Curriculum PPT

Pros: Pros:
Covers everything Customizable
Integrated activities and tools Sharing additional knowledge
Links to external content
Cons:
No additional content Cons:
Not easily shareable Might miss out important content
Not customizable Students may not correlate what
they learn in class with what they
study at home

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 Packet Tracer Real Lab

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 PT Physical Lab

Pros: Pros:
One student -> many devices Real equipments
Integrated in CCNA Complete command set
Practice labs at home
Free Cons:
Many students -> single device
Cons: $$$
Excellent simulator, but simulator
Limited command set

Conclusion: a combination of PT and the physical lab insures the best outcome.

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 Wireshark
Open source
Provides extensive details on PDU fields

http://www.wireshark.org

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 Details of the header of every PDUI
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 Nmap
Open source
Scans a network and analyzes systems

http://www.nmap.org

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 Many options

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 Solarwinds Subnet Calculator
Freeware
Provides a quick way for subnetting

http://www.solarwinds.com

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 Address Details
Classful Subnet Calculator
CIDR Calculator
Subnet Addresses

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 PuTTY
Open source
Reliable console, telnet and SSH client

http://www.putty.org

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 Multi tabs
Connection database of connections
https://code.google.com/p/superputty/

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 TFTPD32
Open source
Provides TFTP service in addition to DHCP, Syslog and TFTP
client
http://tftpd32.jounin.net

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 TFTP Server
TFTP Client
DHCP Server
Syslog Server

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 Abyss Web Server
Freeware
Very easy and simple Web server

http://www.aprelium.com

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 S-Tools -> Steganography
WinArpAttacker -> what more to say J
TMAC -> MAC address spoofer

Metasploit -> exploit services

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 Cain & Abel
Freeware
Pulls stored passwords and decrypts Cisco Type-7
passwords
http://www.oxid.it

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Thank you.