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CCNA Networking Worksheet
🌐 Build a Small Network
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Small network designDevice selectionVerification toolkitTroubleshooting methodology📚 Quick Recap
🎯 What you'll learn: Device and topology selection for small networks, common applications and protocols at play, scaling considerations, verifying connectivity with ping and traceroute, host and IOS troubleshooting commands, a systematic troubleshooting methodology, and a full capstone scenario tying every CCNA module together.
🧠 Section A · Concept Check ● BEGINNER 4 × 1 = 4
1First troubleshooting step:
2Verify the local stack with:
3Redundancy in small networks adds:
4Growing needs should drive:
🧮 Section B · Problem Solving ● INTERMEDIATE 2 + 3×3 = 11
5ipconfig shows a host's IP, mask and .
6Bottom-up troubleshooting starts at the layer.
7User cannot reach the web - your first 3 checks?
8ping IP works, browsing fails - diagnosis?
9Name the 6 troubleshooting steps.
🚀 Section C · Challenge ● CHALLENGE 5
10What to consider when picking a small-biz router?
💭 Reflection — the most useful thing I learned:
A ___/4 B ___/11 C ___/5 Total ___/20
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1-A 2-A 3-A 4-A | 5 gateway 6 physical 7 = Local IP/gateway (ipconfig), ping gateway, ping 8.8.8.8 then DNS name 8 = DNS problem 9 = Identify, theorize, test, plan+implement, verify, document | 10 = Throughput, ports, security features, growth headroom