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Duration: 10h 14m
Difficulty: Professional
Instructor: Keith Bogart
Videos: 24
Quizzes: 18
CPE Credits: 13
Published: Jun 30, 2023
Updated: Jun 30, 2023

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WAN Technology Overview & Design Principles

WAN Technology Overview and Design Principles helps enterprise network designers understand the major technologies used to connect sites across distance. The course gives learners a broad view of WAN options and explains how different transport choices affect enterprise connectivity, performance, reliability, and operational planning. Learners compare optical WAN options, MPLS, Metro Ethernet, mobile wireless WANs, internet-based connectivity, and other transport methods through key design factors such as performance, cost, availability, scalability, security, and operational complexity. The course encourages learners to evaluate the strengths, limitations, and practical use cases of each WAN approach before selecting an architecture. By the end, learners gain a stronger foundation for making informed WAN design decisions across branch, campus, data center, and cloud connectivity scenarios. This course is useful for network design engineers who want to build more resilient, scalable, and business-aligned WAN architectures.

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Instructor

Keith Bogart

Course Instructor

Keith started his networking career as customer service representative at Cisco Systems in 1996. His desire to learn more soon led him to a position as a Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) engineer on the “Dial-Access” team, and within six months he had obtained his Dial-ISP CCIE. He later became a network consulting engineer and obtained his CCNA certification while teaching the technologies to Cisco employees during his lunch breaks. Keith was the first instructor on Cisco’s TAC Training team, where he taught a wide range of internetworking topics and later developed and taught other courses such as routing protocols, LAN switching, MPLS, 802.1x, and CCNA. After almost 17 years with Cisco, Keith joined a small startup and focused on 802.11 Wi-Fi technologies, during which time he obtained his CWNA certification. He is now very happy to be working as an instructor for Routing & Switching. Keith lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife, son, and daughter. When he is not teaching Bootcamps, Keith can be found at home with his family, reading, or working in the yard.

What Is Included

24 videos18 quizzes6 group7h 14m video runtime3h 00m activity runtime5.00 / 5 rating13 CPE credits

Skill Coverage

IP Addressing and SubnettingIP Addressing and Subnetting → IP Address Management and AssignmentIP Addressing and Subnetting → IPv4 Addressing and PlanningNetwork Design and ArchitectureNetwork Design and Architecture → Network Segmentation and VirtualizationNetwork Design and Architecture → Network Topology and DesignNetwork Design and Architecture → Network Topology Fundamentals and StandardsNetwork Device AdministrationNetwork Device Administration → Cisco IOS and Platform AdministrationNetwork Device Administration → First Hop Redundancy and Gateway ProtocolsNetwork Device Administration → Interface and Physical Layer ConfigurationNetwork Monitoring and TroubleshootingNetwork Monitoring and Troubleshooting → Network Diagnostics and TroubleshootingNetwork Monitoring and Troubleshooting → Packet Capture and Traffic AnalysisNetwork SecurityNetwork Security → Cryptography and PKINetworkingQuality of ServiceQuality of Service → Bandwidth and Congestion ManagementQuality of Service → Traffic Engineering and OptimizationRouting Protocols and ConfigurationRouting Protocols and Configuration → Interior Gateway Protocol ConfigurationRouting Protocols and Configuration → Route Manipulation and PolicyRouting Protocols and Configuration → Routing Table and Path ManagementSwitching and Layer 2 TechnologiesSwitching and Layer 2 Technologies → Switch Configuration and ManagementVPN and TunnelingVPN and Tunneling → DMVPN and Multipoint Tunnel ConfigurationVPN and Tunneling → IPsec and IKE VPN ConfigurationVPN and Tunneling → L2VPN Pseudowire and Virtual Private Wire ServicesVPN and Tunneling → MPLS Label Operations and SignalingVPN and Tunneling → Tunnel and Overlay Protocol ConfigurationWireless NetworkingWireless Networking → RF Signal and Spectrum ManagementWireless Networking → Wireless Infrastructure Configuration

Course Curriculum

Introduction

1 video

Video

WAN Overview

2 videos • 2 quizs

VideoQuiz

WAN Transport Technologies

8 videos • 7 quizs

VideoQuiz

VPN Usage in WANs

4 videos • 4 quizs

VideoQuiz

WAN Design

8 videos • 5 quizs

VideoQuiz

Conclusion

1 video

Video