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Instructor - William Hocker
As a Cisco Academy Instructor and faculty member at St. Louis Community College, William Hocker has extensive experience in delivering Cisco education. His field experiences include providing infrastructure support for the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) in New York; serving as a VoIP technician on the State Farm Insurance VoIP project through World Wide Technology; and acting as a senior conversion engineer for Bank of America's (BoA) VoIP project in Missouri and Charlotte, N.C., corporate headquarters. Hocker holds several degrees in computer networking, including a master’s degree from Fort Hays State University, and has completed certifications including the CompTIA A+, Network+, Cisco CCAI, CCNA R&S, and CCNP VOICE.
Member Price: $399.00
Non-Member Price: $599.00
Course Overview
Large enterprises depend heavily on the smooth operation of their network infrastructures. This final course in the CCNA series describes the architectures and considerations related to designing, securing, operating, and troubleshooting enterprise networks. It covers wide area network (WAN) technologies and quality of service (QoS) mechanisms used for secure remote access along with the introduction of software-defined networking, virtualization, and automation concepts that support the digitalization of networks. Recommended preparation: CCNA: Switching, Routing, and Wireless Essentials or possessing equivalent knowledge. After completing all three CCNA courses, you are ready to take the CCNA Certification.
You'll Learn These Core Skills:
- Work with routers and switches using OSPF in point-to-point and multiaccess networks.
- Mitigate threats and enhance network security using access control lists and security best practices.
- Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills using real equipment and Cisco Packet Tracer.
- Understand virtualization, SDN, and how APIs and configuration management tools enable network automation.
Optional course materials are available here.