PC Hardware and Software Maintenance

•    Describe the purpose ,nature and operations of a router and routing tables
•    Describe, configure and certify router interfaces
•    Explain the purpose and procedure for configuring static routes
•    Identify the characteristics of distance vector routing protocols
•    Describe the network discovery process of distance vector routing protocols using Routing information Protocol (RIP)
•    Describe the functions, characteristics and operations of the RIPv1 protocol
•    Compare and contrast classful and classless IP addressing
•    Describe classful and classless routing behaviours in routed networks
•    Design and implement a classless IP addressing scheme for a given network
•    Demonstrate comprehensive RIPv1 configuration skills
•    Describe the main features and operations of the Enhanced interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
•    Describe the basic features and concepts of link-state routing protocols
•    Describe the purpose ,nature and operations of the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol