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IPexpert R&S Workbook Clients,

As promised, the new Volume 1 WB is now available (if you’re an existing client, check your member’s area). Our website will be updated Monday to reflect the new description and product.  If this updated content should be in your member’s area – and isn’t – please contact support@ipexpert.com w/ the request to investigate.  The Table of Contents is as follows:

Lab 1 – General Setup

Lab 2 – Switching: Per VLAN Spanning Tree +

• Etherchannel
• VLAN Trunking
• VTP
• 802.1x
• Spanning-Tree
• Port-security
• RSPAN
• Private VLANs
• VLAN Maps

Lab 3 – Switching: Multiple Spanning Tree

• Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (802.1s)
• 802.1x
• RSPAN
• Port-security
• MAC Access-lists
• HSRP
• VLAN Maps
• LLDP

Lab 4 – Switching: Rapid Per VLAN Spanning Tree+

• Rapid-PVST+
• Influencing Spanning-tree Path Selection
• Etherchannel
• PAgP
• VLAN Maps
• Voice VLANs
• Private VLANs
• HSRP

Lab 5 – Layer 2 Tunneling

• Dot1Q Tunnels
• Layer 2 Protocol Tunnels
• Etherchannel

Lab 6 – Frame Relay

• Frame Relay Interface Types
• Static IP/DLCI Mapping
• Inverse ARP
• Frame Relay Encapsulation Types
• Frame Relay LMI
• PPP over Frame Relay
• Back-to-Back Frame Relay
• Multilink Frame Relay (FRF.16)
• End-to-End Keepalives
• Discard Eligible

Lab 7 – Bridging and Frame Relay

• Bridging over Frame Relay
• Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB)
• Bridged Virtual Interfaces (BVI)
• Bridging over GRE Tunnels
• Fallback Bridging

Lab 8 – RIP: Enterprise Routing

• RIP Version 2
• RIP Unicast Updates
• Route Summarization
• RIPv2 and RIPv1 Interoperability
• RIP Authentication
• Offset-lists
• RIP Timers
• Route Filtering

Lab 9 – EIGRP: Enterprise Routing

• EIGRP Metric Calculation and Manipulation
• Redistribution
• Unequal Cost Load Balancing
• EIGRP Authentication
• Route Summarization
• Route Leaking
• EIGRP Stub Routing
• EIGRP Bandwidth Percentage
• Timers (Hello, Hold, SIA)

Lab 10 – OSPF: Enterprise Routing

• OSPF Network Types
• OSPF over Frame Relay
• Stub Areas
• Virtual-Links
• Stub Router Advertisement
• Timers
• Authentication
• Controlling Flood and LSA Propagation
• Route Summarization
• Default Route Origination

Lab 11 – OSPF: Core Routing

• Basic OSPF Configuration
• OSPF Over Multiple Media Types
• Multiple OSPF Areas
• OSPF Authentication
• DR/BDR Election
• OSPF Timers
• OSPF Metric Manipulation
• Stub Areas (NSSA, Stub, Totally Stubby)
• Timers (LSA, hello, dead)
• Summarization
• Virtual Links

Lab 12 – GRE and Routing Protocols

• RIP over GRE Tunnels
• Using GRE Tunnels to Connect OSPF Areas

Lab 13 – Border Gateway Protocol

• Internal vs. External BGP Operations
• Multi-Hop EBGP
• Confederations
• AS Path Manipulation
• Route Summarization
• Next Hop Manipulation
• Communities
• Conditional Route Injection
• Local-AS

Lab 14 – Multiprotocol BGP

• MBGP Syntax
• Address Families
• Neighbor Activation
• MBGP Route Reflectors
• MBGP Route Maps
• Graded Flap Dampening
• Route Authentication
• Prefix Lists

Lab 15 – Routing Protocol Redistribution

• Route Filtering
• Route Maps
• Passive Interfaces
• Administrative Distance
• Default Metrics
• Metric Types
• Manipulating Cost/Metrics
• Route Tagging

Lab 16 – ACLs and Filters for IPv4

• Standard ACLs
• Extended ACLs
• Named ACLs
• Time-Based ACLs
• Lock-and-Key Configuration
• Reflexive ACLs
• Using ACLs to Secure SNMP
• Using ACLs with Route Maps

Lab 17 – Router Security: Enterprise

• TCP Intercept
• NAT
• Securing VTY Access
• IPSec Tunnels
• AAA
• Privilege Levels
• MQC with Unconditional Packet Discard
• RPF Checks
• IP Source-Track
• SSH

Lab 18 – Router Security: Core

• ACL Based Security Techniques
• Prefix-list Based Security Techniques
• Securing BGP
• Securing OSPFv2
• Securing EIGRP
• Anti-Spoofing Techniques
• Logging & System Management Security
• Controlling Interactive Access
• Flood Management & DoS Attack Prevention
• Disabling Unnecessary Services & Features

Lab 19 – Router Redundancy and Network Services

• HSRP v1
• HSRP v2
• VRRP
• GLBP
• IP SLA
• IOS DHCP Server

Lab 20 – Advanced Router Management

• Basic SNMP
• Advanced SNMP Configuration
• RMON
• WCCP
• NTP
• Logging
• Miscellaneous IOS Services
• HTTP/HTTPS Server
• DHCP Server & Relay-Agent
• Menu Creation & Manipulation

Lab 21 – Quality of Service: Enterprise

• Frame-Relay Traffic-Shaping
• General Traffic-Shaping
• Legacy Queuing Methods
• Congestion Avoidance
• Policing & Shaping
• Catalyst QoS
• RSVP
• NBAR
• MQC
• CBWFQ

Lab 22 – Legacy QoS to Modular QoS CLI Conversion

• Advanced Catalyst QoS
• Priority-Queuing to MQC Conversions
• Custom-Queuing to MQC Conversions
• NBAR URL Matching & Filtering
• Frame-Relay Traffic-Shaping

Lab 23 – Quality of Service: Core

• Weighted Fair Queuing
• Class Based Weighted Fair Queuing
• Random Early Detection
• Generic Traffic Shaping
• Frame Relay Traffic Shaping
• Traffic Classification
• IP Precedence
• Policing
• Committed Access Rate
• Modular QOS CLI
• DSCP

Lab 24 – Multicast: Enterprise

• PIM Auto Rendezvous Point (Auto-RP)
• Catalyst IGMP Filtering
• Multicast Scoping
• Bootstrap Router (BSR)
• Multicast Rate Limiting
• MSDP

Lab 25 – Multicast: Core

• IP PIM Dense Mode
• IP PIM Sparse Mode
• IP PIM Sparse-dense Mode
• PIM Version 1 & 2
• IGMP Version 1 & 2
• Manual Rendezvous Point
• Automatic Rendezvous Point
• MSDP
• IGMP Join-group

Lab 26 – Multi-Protocol Label Switching

• Tag Switching Interface Configuration
• Tag Switching IP / MPLS IP
• Label Distribution Protocol Configuration
• Frame Mode MPLS
• Tag Switching Neighbors
• Tag Ranges
• Virtual Routing and Forwarding
• Route Distinguishers
• EBGP for MPLS
• RIP Version 2 for MPLS
• OSPF for MPLS

Lab 27 – Multiprotocol BGP: Core

• Multiprotocol BGP
• Multiprotocol BGP for IPv4 Multicast
• Multiprotocol BGP for VPNv4

Lab 28 – MPLS VPN

• OSPF
• MPLS (LDP)
• MP-BGP for MPLS-VPN
• VRF Configuration
• eBGP connectivity under VRFs
• ASN Override

Lab 29 – Inter-AS MPLS VPN

• OSPF
• IS-IS
• MPLS (LDP)
• MP-iBGP
• MP-eBGP
• VRF Configuration
• VRF IGPs (RIP, EIGRP)
• Exchange IPv4 Routes and MPLS Labels

Lab 30 – Multicast VPN

• PIM Sparse Mode
• PIM Sparse-Dense Mode
• PIM SSM
• MDT
• RP for VPN
• IGMP Join Group

Lab 31 – Layer 2 VPN

• FRoL2TPv3
• EoL2TPv3
• Q-in-Q
• Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling
• PPPoE

Lab 32 – RIPng and EIGRPv6

• IPv6 Addressing
• EIGRP v6
• RIPng
• IPv6 Redistribution

Lab 33 – OSPFv3 and MBGP

• IPv6 Addressing
• OSPFv3
• Multiprotocol BGP

Lab 34 – Cisco IOS Firewalls

• Dynamic Access Lists
• Reflexive Access Lists
• Time-Based Access Lists
• Network Address Translation / Stateful NAT
• TCP Intercept
• Context Based Access Control (CBAC)
• Stateful IOS Firewall
• Layer 2 and Layer 3 Zone-Based Firewall
• IOS Firewall Performance Tuning
• Auth Proxy
• PAM
• Advanced IOS Firewall Features
• RFC Filtering and Spoofing Filtering