CCNA Network Projects

A portfolio of 15 hands-on networking labs built in Cisco Packet Tracer, covering the full CCNA 200-301 exam curriculum.

Lab Environment

Component	Details
Simulator	Cisco Packet Tracer 8.x
Routers	Cisco 2911, 2901
Switches	Cisco 2960, 3560 (L3)
Protocols	OSPF, STP/RSTP, LACP, 802.1Q, DHCPv4/v6, NAT/PAT

Lab Index

Foundation (Junior)

Lab	Topic	Key Skills
01	Device Configuration	IOS, SSH, passwords, show
commands
02	VLANs & Trunking	VLAN creation, 802.1Q, DTP
03	Inter-VLAN Routing	Router-on-a-Stick,
subinterfaces
04	Static Routing	Static, default, floating routes

| | 05 | OSPF | Single-area OSPF, cost tuning |

Intermediate

Lab	Topic	Key Skills
06	EtherChannel	LACP, PAgP, load balancing
07	Spanning Tree	STP/RSTP, root bridge, PortFast
08	DHCP & DNS	DHCP server, relay, DNS
09	NAT & PAT	Static, dynamic, overload NAT
10	ACLs	Standard, extended, named ACLs

Advanced

Lab	Topic	Key Skills
11	IPv6	GUA, SLAAC, DHCPv6, OSPFv3
12	Switch Security	Port security, DHCP snooping,
DAI
13	WAN & GRE Tunnels	GRE, OSPF over GRE
14	Wireless	WPA2, SSID config, WLC concepts
15	Capstone	Full enterprise network
CCNA Lab Series	Page 12

Skills Demonstrated

• Cisco IOS CLI configuration and troubleshooting
• VLAN segmentation and 802.1Q trunking
• OSPF dynamic routing (v2 and v3)
• Network address translation (NAT/PAT)
• Access control lists (standard, extended, named)
• Switch security (port security, DHCP snooping, DAI)
• IPv4 and IPv6 dual-stack configuration
• Wireless LAN configuration and security
• Network troubleshooting methodology