Skills required for Cisco test 640-816 ICND2

Cisco has specified more than thirty objectives for the 640-816 ICND2 test. These objectives are grouped under one topic. Following are some important areas in which an individual should possess good knowledge before taking the 640-816 ICND2 test.

1. Configuring, verifying, and troubleshooting VLANs and trunking on Cisco switches.

2. Configuring, verifying, and troubleshooting VTP, interVLAN routing, and RSTP operation.

3. Interpreting the output of various show and debug commands for verifying the operational status of a Cisco switched network.

4. Implementing basic switch security including port security, unassigned ports, trunk access, etc.

5. Calculating and applying a VLSM IP addressing design to a network 642-072.

6. Determining the appropriate classless addressing scheme using VLSM and summarization to satisfy addressing requirements in a LAN/WAN environment 70-541.

7. Describing the IPv6 addressing and technological requirements for running IPv6.

8. Identifying and correcting common problems associated with IP addressing and host configurations 642-972 642-661.

9. Comparing and contrasting methods of routing and routing protocols.

10. Configure, verify and troubleshoot OSPF and EIGRP.

11. Verifying configuration and connectivity using ping, traceroute, and telnet or SSH.

12. Troubleshooting routing implementation issues and implementing basic router security.

13. Verifying router hardware and software operation using SHOW and DEBUG commands.

14. Describing, configuring, and applying access control lists.

15. Troubleshooting ACL implementation issues and verifying and monitoring ACL's in a network environment.

16. Explaining, troubleshooting, and configuring NAT for given network requirements using Command-line interface (CLI).

17. Configuring and verifying Frame Relay on Cisco routers.

18. Troubleshooting WAN implementation issues.

19. Describing VPN technology including importance, benefits, role, impact, and components.

20. Configuring and verifying PPP connection between Cisco routers 646-588.