1) Money back guarantee - If after the first day you are not 100% satisfied with the course we will issue a 100% refund. Simply return all class materials and books at the end of the first class day and let your trainer know you will not be continuing the course. You are also welcome to audit (repeat the class) if you feel the need, contact us for more details.
2) Class size limited to 12 students - Others run classes with 16-24 students. It’s not the number of trainers that’s important, it’s the number of students.
3) No cancellations - If American Interactive cancels your class for any reason we will either refund your FULL payment with an additional $1000 or you may reschedule your class and receive an additional $1000 discount. Starting June 1st 2006 all classes are guaranteed to run! Many others keep re-scheduling until they have full classes. American Interactive will run your class with very low enrollment if necessary as we realize your time is valuable.
4) Unlimited exam vouchers - We stand behind our training and feel the student should not have any additional out of pocket expenses. We cover all training costs. In the event you fail an exam we will pay for you to take the exam again (exams normally cost 150 a piece).
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5) Cisco® Authorized - We are a Cisco® sponsored organization. Rest assured our custom designed courseware meets Cisco's® standard of quality.
6) Equipment - We use real equipment in class! Unlike many providers who choose to only have remote labs each student at American Interactive works on real Cisco® equipment. Each student will have a 2800 series router and a 3550 series switch for the duration of the course.
7) Books and online mentoring - American Interactive will ship Cisco Press® books which are yours to keep (except in the case of refund/cancel). You will also have access to YOUR trainer before, during and after the class via the online mentoring system. Other providers use contract trainers so this is not possible with their services.
8) Experienced trainer - Toby Smith teaches ALL American Interactive Cisco® public offerings. Mr. Smith has been teaching Cisco® boot camps since April of 2001 for American Interactive. Mr. Smith also writes all the custom courseware used in class and updates the courseware before each and every class we offer. Mr. Smith will also be your mentor before, during and after class.
9) Company Experience - American Interactive has been writing and delivering boot camps since late 1997 (first in the industry). We have handled some of the largest accounts in the industry including Boston University, General Dynamics, the US Marines and others.
10) Repeat and referral business - Due to the quality of our courses, the package we offer and price American Interactive has a repeat and referral rate of over 85%.
11) Custom courseware - We don’t rely on outdated third party test preparation material or "brain dumps". We have been writing our own material since the beginning. Your trainer wrote the material used in class and updates it before each delivery.
12) Price - After eight years we have just started offering classes directly to the public so our prices are very low. This introductory offer may end at any time.
Student Comments:
I recently completed my CCNP after taking my MCSE with you guys. I wanted to let you know how satisfied I was with my training. I was referred to American Interactive by a friend who works for the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston. Everything he had told me about you guys was dead on. Since they use you guys for certification training and AI being the only company to offer a money back guarantee after I took the first test I decided to give bootcamps another try.
There are many things I liked but nothing comes close to how impressed I was with your trainers. I can honesty say it makes a huge difference having trainers that are not contractors and who write the material themselves. Jay and Toby are the best trainers I have seen in 22 years of IT training. Its also the first time I have taken a class where the trainers not only work for the company i took the training at but have done so for well over five years. It shows.
Unfortunately I took my CCNA with another provider. No books, no mentoring, no guarantees and despite the promises of 100% passing NO ONE passed the test the first time and 2 re-takes cost me another $250. This might of had something to do with the fact we had 24 students in class! What really bothered me was they had no actual equipment at the training center. While looking for my CCNP I noticed only two companies that actually had equipment and only you guys were authorized by Cisco. I was extremely impressed with the equipment used. With an eight student max I figured I may have a better shot this time around.
After being burned elsewhere I decided to take your MCSE before the CCNP. I figured with the money back guarantee I could leave and get my money back this time around. After the first test I was hooked!
You guys really do have a no risk package that offers far more then any of the other companies I have looked at. I also appreciated a web site that has all the information I needed without signing up for spam. No pressure sales is another thing I would keep up. When calling around it was also nice to speak with trainers and even your CEO.
I now understand why most of my class was repeat customers as I plan to send several people your way. Thanks again and keep up the good work. I only wish you had more class offerings that I need. I would not hesitate a second to give you guys a call.
-Tom Corcoran
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What you will learn:
All CCNP® exam objectives are covered and mastered during class; these include but are not limited to the following:
Building Scalable Cisco® Internetworks (BSCI): BSCI 642-901 exam:
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OSPF
Implement single and multiarea OSPF operations
Explain the functions and operations of OSPF
Configure OSPF routing
- EIGRP
Explain the functions and operations of EIGRP
Configure EIGRP routing
- Integrated IS-IS
Describe the features and benefits of integrated IS-IS
Configure integrated IS-IS
- Cisco® IOS routing features
Route redistribution between IP routing IGPs
Configure or verify route filtering
Configure DHCP services
- BGP for enterprise ISP connectivity
Describe the functions and operations of BGP
Configure BGP operation in a non-transit AS
Configure BGP path selection
- IP Multicast
Implement multicast forwarding
Configure IP multicast routing
PIM Sparse-Dense Mode
- IPv6.
IPv6 addressing operations
IPv6 interoperation with IPv4
OSPF routing with IPv6 addressing (OSPFv3)
Building Cisco® Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN): BCMSN 642-812 exam:
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VLANs
Explain the functions of VLANs in a hierarchical network
Configure VLANs
Configure VLAN trunking (i.e., IEEE 802.1Q and ISL)
Configure VTP
Troubleshoot VLAN configurations.
- Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
Explain the functions and operations of the Spanning Tree protocols
Configure RSTP (PVRST) and MISTP
Describe and configure STP security mechanisms
Configure UDLD and Loop Guard
Troubleshoot Spanning Tree protocol operations
Configure link aggregation using PAgP or LACP
- Inter-VLAN routing
Configure Inter-VLAN routing
CEF
Troubleshoot InterVLAN routing configurations
Layer-3 redundancy
Configure HSRP, VRRP, and GLBP
Verify High Availability configurations
- Wireless
Describe the components of WLAN topologies
Describe the features of Client Devices, Network Unification, and Mobility Platforms
Configure a wireless client
- Security
Describe and configure security features in a switched network
Describe common Layer 2 network attacks (e.g., MAC Flooding, Rogue Devices, VLAN Hopping, DHCP Spoofing, etc.)
Explain and configure Port Security,802.1x, VACLs, Private VLANs, DHCP Snooping, and DAI
Verify Catalyst switch (IOS-based) security configurations (i.e., Port Security, 802.1x, VACLs, Private VLANs, DHCP Snooping, and DAI)
- Voice
Configure support for voice
Describe the characteristics of voice in the campus network
Describe the functions of Voice VLANs and trust boundaries
Configure and verify basic IP Phone support (i.e. Voice VLAN, Trust and CoS options) AutoQoS for voice
Implementing Secure Converged Wide Area Networks (ISCW): ISCW 642-825 exam:
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Teleworker services
Describe Cable (HFC) technologies
Describe xDSL technologies
Configure ADSL (i.e., PPPoE or PPPoA)
- Frame-Mode MPLS
Describe the components and operation of Frame-Mode MPLS (e.g., packet-based MPLS VPNs)
Configure and verify Frame-Mode MPLS
- Site-to-site IPSec VPN
Describe the components and operations of IPSec VPNs and GRE Tunnels
Configure a site-to-site IPSec VPN/GRE Tunnel with SDM (i.e., preshared key)
Verify IPSec/GRE Tunnel configurations (i.e., IOS CLI configurations)
Describe, configure, and verify VPN backup interfaces
Describe and configure Cisco Easy VPN solutions using SDM
- Network security strategies
Describe and mitigate common network attacks (i.e., Reconnaissance, Access, and Denial of Service)
Describe and mitigate Worm, Virus, and Trojan Horse attacks
Describe and mitigate application-layer attacks (e.g., management protocols)
- Cisco® Device Hardening
Describe, Configure, and verify AutoSecure/One-Step Lockdown implementations (i.e., CLI and SDM)
AAA for Cisco Routers
Describe and configure threat and attack mitigation using ACLs
IOS secure management features (e.g., SSH, SNMP, SYSLOG, NTP, Role-Based CLI, etc.)
- Cisco® IOS firewall
Describe the functions and operations of Cisco® IOS Firewall (e.g., Stateful Firewall, CBAC, etc.)
Configure Cisco® IOS Firewall with SDM
Verify Cisco® IOS Firewall configurations (i.e., IOS CLI configurations, SDM Monitor)
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Describe and configure Cisco® IOS IPS
Describe the functions and operations of IDS and IPS systems (e.g., IDS/IPS signatures, IPS Alarms, etc.)
Configure Cisco® IOS IPS using SDM
Optimizing Converged Cisco® Networks (ONT): ONT 642-845 exam:
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Cisco® VoIP implementations
Describe the functions and operations of a VoIP network (e.g., packetization, bandwidth considerations, CAC, etc.)
Describe and identify basic voice components in an enterprise network (e.g. Gatekeepers, Gateways, etc.)
- QoS considerations
Explain the necessity of QoS in converged networks (e.g., bandwidth, delay, loss, etc.)
Describe strategies for QoS implementations (e.g. QoS Policy, QoS Models, etc.)
- DiffServ QoS
Classification and marking (e.g., CoS, ToS, IP Precedence, DSCP, etc.)
NBAR for classification
Explain congestion management and avoidance mechanisms (e.g., FIFO, PQ, WRR, WRED, etc.)
Traffic policing and traffic shaping (i.e., traffic conditioners)
Control Plane Policing
WAN link efficiency mechanisms (e.g., Payload/Header Compression, MLP with interleaving, etc.)
QoS Pre-Classify
- AutoQoS
Explain the functions and operations of AutoQoS
Describe the SDM QoS Wizard
AutoQoS implementations (i.e., MQC)
- WLAN security and management
Describe and Configure wireless security on Cisco® Clients and APs (e.g., SSID, WEP, LEAP, etc.)
Describe basic wireless management (e.g., WLSE and WCS). Configure and verify basic WCS configuration (i.e., login, add/review controller/AP status, security, and import/review maps)
Describe and configure WLAN QoS
Daily Outline:
Day 1 BSCI
8:30 AM Intro to Class
9:00 AM Single area OSPF
11:30 AM Lunch
12:30 PM Multi-area OSPF
2:30 PM ISIS
4:30 PM Class Ends
Day 2 BSCI
8:30 AM EIGRP
11:30 AM Lunch
12:30 PM BGP
4:30 PM Class Ends
Day 3 BSCI
8:30 AM Multicasting
10:30 AM IPv6
11:30 AM Lunch
12:30 PM Routing Protocol Optimization
4:30 PM Class Ends
Day 4 BSCI Test & BCMSN
8:30 AM Review BSCI
9:00 AM Take 642-901 BSCI test
11:30 AM Lunch
12:30 PM Switch Setup
1:00 PM VLANs
4:30 PM Class Ends
Day 5 BCMSN
8:30 AM Spanning Tree Protocol
11:30 AM Lunch
12:30 PM Multilayer Switching
1:00 PM Wireless
2:30 PM Router Redundancy
4:30 PM Class Ends
Day 6 BCMSN
8:30 AM QoS/VoIP
11:30 AM Lunch
12:30 PM Test Review
4:30 PM Class Ends
Day 7 BCMSN Test & ISCW
8:30 AM Review BCMSN
9:00 AM Take 642-812 BCMSN
11:30 AM Lunch
12:30 PM DSL/Cable
3:00 PM VPN
4:30 PM Class Ends
Day 8 ISCW
8:30 AM VPN
11:30 AM Lunch
12:30 PM MPLS
2:00 PM Network Security
3:30 PM IOS Firewall
4:30 PM Class Ends
Day 9 ISCW
8:30 AM IPS
10:30 AM AAA and other router security
11:30 AM Lunch
12:30 PM AAA and other router security
1:30 PM Review
4:30 PM Class Ends
Day 10 ISCW Test & ONT
8:30 AM Review ISCW
9:00 AM Take 642-825 ISCW
11:30 AM Lunch
12:30 PM VoIP
3:00 PM Basic QoS
4:30 PM Class Ends
Day 11 ONT
8:30 AM Basic QoS
9:30 AM QoS
11:30 AM Lunch
12:30 PM QoS
3:30 PM QoS with VPN
4:30 PM Class Ends
Day 12 ONT
8:30 AM AutoQoS and SDM
10:30 AM Wireless
11:30 AM Lunch
12:30 PM Review
4:30 PM Class Ends
Day 13 ONT Test
8:30 AM Review
9:00 AM Take 642-845 ONT
11:30 AM Lunch
12:30 PM Class Ends |
