Cisco Aspire Learning Objectives

Last Updated 3 January 2014

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Students who play the Cisco Aspire game will be challenged to apply and practice the business and financial skills
introduced in the case studies within a fun, simulated networking environment. Students will gain skills enabling
them to complete the following tasks:

Challenges Learning Objectives

● Select a business strategy
based on personal
objectives
● Choose products and
services to offer to
customers such as
maintenance contracts and
reconditioned equipment
● Define target market and
choose different types of
advertising media
● Identify application layer protocols that enable specific user applications
(DNS, HTTP, SMTP, FTP)
● Cable an Ethernet network consisting of a Linksys device, PCs, hubs, and
printers
● Assign IP addresses in a classed network environment with no subnets
● Add wireless capabilities to a Linksys network
● Secure a wireless network using a Linksys device and Windows clients
● Troubleshoot wireless client configuration errors and basic wireless security
● Troubleshoot default gateway settings

● Select an Internet service ● Troubleshoot classed network subnet mask settings

provider based on
● Identify collision and broadcast domains
requirements
● Troubleshoot network client configurations
● Make budgeting decisions
based on social criteria ● Select correct switch or router based on requirements
(charitable contributions,
● Add options to a switch or router (interface cards)
offering free services, etc.)
● Connect Cisco switches and routers in a single router, multiple network
● Take advantage of
configuration
opportunities and bonus
contracts ● Configure RIPv2 between subnets

● Start a business ● Troubleshoot Ethernet, wireless, and serial connectivity in a single router LAN

● Adjust to changing business ● Troubleshoot subnet mask errors in fixed-length subnets

conditions and react to
● Subnet a network using fixed-length subnets to meet addressing
customer demands
requirements
● Manage business resources
● Troubleshoot Layer 2 problems in a point-to-point serial leased line
such as inventory and cash
connection
flow

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