Take a step to becoming a Cisco certified network associate with Alison’s free online CCNA courses. This industry-standard training equips IT engineers to work on Cisco network devices and gives a thorough grounding in the required protocols and standards. Alison’s courses include two intensive diploma courses covering parts one and two of the Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices certification. The Diploma in Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (ICND1) v3 CCNA covers the basics of building a simple network and establishing internet connectivity to managing network device security, and understanding motherboards and processors. The subsequent course, Diploma in Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 2 (ICND2) v3 CCNA progresses to implementing scalable medium-sized networks, troubleshooting basic connectivity, implementing an EIGRP-based solution or an OSPF-based solution, wide area networks and device management.