205.2 - Advanced Network Configuration and Troubleshooting

Weight: 4

Description: Candidates should be able to configure a network device to implement various network authentication schemes. This objective includes configuring a multi-homed network device and resolving communication problems.

Key Knowledge Areas:

Utilities to manipulate routing tables

Utilities to configure and manipulate ethernet network interfaces

Utilities to analyze the status of the network devices

Utilities to monitor and analyze the TCP/IP traffic

Terms and Utilities:

ip

ifconfig

route

arp

ss

netstat

lsof

ping, ping6

nc

tcpdump

nmap