© 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco ConfidentialPresentation_ID 1 CCNA 5.0 Planning Guide Chapter 2: Connecting to the WAN

Presentation_ID 2 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential Chapter 2: Objectives  Describe the purpose of a WAN.  Describe WAN operations.  Describe WAN services available.  Compare various private WAN technologies.  Compare various public WAN technologies.  Select the appropriate WAN protocol and service for a specific network requirement.

Presentation_ID 3 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential Chapter 2: Overview This chapter:  Introduces WAN standards, technologies, and purposes.  Describes selecting the appropriate WAN technologies, services, and devices to meet the changing business requirements of an evolving enterprise.

Presentation_ID 4 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential Chapter 2: Activities What activities are associated with this chapter?  Class Activity – Branching Out  Activity – Identifying WAN Topologies  Activity – Identifying WAN Terminology  Activity – Classify WAN Access Options  Activity – Identify Private WAN Infrastructure Terminology  Activity – Identify Public WAN Infrastructure Terminology  Lab – Researching WAN Technologies  Class Activity – WAN Device Modules

Presentation_ID 5 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential Chapter 2: Packet Tracer Activity Password  The password for all the Packet Tracer activities in this chapter is: PT_ccna5

Presentation_ID 6 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential Chapter 2: Assessment  Students should complete Chapter 2 Exam after completing Chapter 2.  Worksheets, labs and quizzes can be used to informally assess student progress.

Presentation_ID 7 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential Chapter 2: New Terms What terms are introduced in this chapter? DSL Distributed Network Site-to-Site Virtual Private Networks (Vpns) Remote Access Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) Telecommunication Industry Association and the Electronic Industries Alliance (TIA/EIA) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Frame Relay ATM High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) DCE DTE Demarcation Point

Presentation_ID 8 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential Chapter 2: New Terms (cont.) What terms are introduced in this chapter? (cont.) Local Loop Central Office (CO) Toll Network Dialup Modem Access Server Broadband Modem Csu/Dsu WAN Switch Core Router Circuit Switching Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Packet Switching Connectionless Systems Connection-oriented Systems Virtual Circuit (VC) Data-link Connection Identifiers (DLCI) Latency Jitter

Presentation_ID 9 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential Chapter 2: New Terms (cont.) What terms are introduced in this chapter? Private WAN Infrastructure Public WAN Infrastructure System Optical Networking (SONET) Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) T1/E1 T3/E Time-division Mutiplexed (TDM) Terminal Adapter (TA) ISDN Basic Rate Interface (BRI) Bearer Channel (B) Delta Channel (D) ISDN Primary Rate Interface (PRI) Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) ATM Cell Metropolitan Ethernet (Metroe) Ethernet Over MPLS (Eompls) Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)

Presentation_ID 10 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential Chapter 2: New Terms (cont.) What terms are introduced in this chapter? Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) DSL Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) Municipal Wi-Fi Microwave Access (WiMAX) Satellite Internet G/4G Wireless Long-Term Evolution Metropolitan Ethernet (MetroE) Ethernet over MPLS (EoMPLS) Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)

Presentation_ID 11 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential The instructor should:  Make this chapter as hands on as possible.  Encourage students to do the chapter activities and labs.  Invite speakers to the classroom from local service providers.  Schedule a field trip to a business that supports remote networked offices.  Explore prices for leased lines on the Internet.  Use the SPAN Engineering model and assign a group project for students to create their company which needs to be networked; for example, Auto Parts Store, Clothing Designer, and so on.  Assign students to interview employees that work at service providers to discuss daily duties.  Assign students reports covering one of the different WAN Infrastructures and give an oral presentation to the class. Chapter 2: Best Practices

Presentation_ID 12 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential Chapter 2: Additional Help  For additional help with teaching strategies, including lesson plans, analogies for difficult concepts, and discussion topics, visit the CCNA Community at  If you have lesson plans or resources that you would like to share, upload them to the CCNA Community to help other instructors.

Presentation_ID 13 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential Chapter 2: Topics Not in ICND  This section lists topics covered by this chapter that are NOT listed in the ICND Blueprint. Those topics are posted at  Instructors could skip these sections; however, they should provide additional information and fundamental concepts to assist the student with the topic.  ALL TOPICS IN CHAPTER 2 ARE OBJECTIVES OF THE ICND2.

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