Computer Networking and CCNA 200-301 Prep

No. This is an exam preparation course. The EDWartens certificate shows you completed it; the CCNA is awarded only by Cisco, to people who pass Cisco's 200-301 exam, which you book through Cisco. EDWartens is not affiliated with Cisco, and Cisco, CCNA and Packet Tracer are Cisco trademarks.

The v1.1 exam topics, which is the version on sale now. Cisco has announced that v1.1 can be taken until 2 February 2027 and that v2.0 goes live on 3 February 2027 under the same code. The notes list what v2.0 adds, and most of the course carries straight into it. Check Cisco's site for the current exam before you book.

IT and OT technicians, students and anyone new to networking, including people who look after plant networks and want to understand the IP networking under industrial protocols. No experience is needed.

No. Every lab runs in Cisco Packet Tracer, which is free with a Cisco Networking Academy account. The notes show where to download it.

Most are from Jeremy's IT Lab's free CCNA course, with short lessons from freeCodeCamp.org, David Bombal and PowerCert Animated Videos, credited on every module. EDWartens wrote the notes, the worked subnetting problems, the practice tasks, the 169 practice questions, the project and the final assessment.

Yes. Every module, the notes, the project and the final assessment. The only paid item is the EDWartens certificate, if you want it. Cisco's exam is separate and is paid to Cisco.

About 17 hours of video plus notes and practice, plus about 12 hours if you do the project. Most people need extra lab and revision time on top before sitting Cisco's exam.

You design and build the network for a juice bottling plant in Rancagua, Chile, in Packet Tracer: a VLSM address plan, VLANs and trunks, spanning tree, OSPF, PAT, DHCP and an ACL that keeps the office out of the control network, then test it and write the handover documents. A complete sample pack shows each one.

No. The lab is optional practice. You can skip it whenever you like, and it never blocks your progress, the final assessment or your certificate.

Yes. Every lab level for this course opens in your browser, free, with nothing to install.

Yes. Learning costs ₹0 in India: every module, the written notes, the practice tasks and the final assessment, with no card and no trial period. The only paid item is the optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion, ₹499 including GST for this beginner course, paid in rupees through Razorpay, and only if you want it after passing the final assessment.

The Computer Networking and CCNA 200-301 Prep course has 15 modules. It opens with "Networks, devices and how the CCNA exam works", goes through "Cables, interfaces and the OSI and TCP/IP models", "Routing fundamentals and static routes", "OSPF single-area routing" and "Wireless, network automation and APIs" and ends with "Final Assessment". The full list with minutes is under "What you learn" on this page.

After the Computer Networking and CCNA 200-301 Prep course: Explain the OSI and TCP/IP models and encapsulation, and choose copper or fibre for a link; Configure Cisco routers and switches from the command line in Packet Tracer, and secure and save them; Predict how a switch learns MAC addresses and how ARP finds a host. These are the practical outcomes the course is written around, and the final assessment of 15 questions checks them.

For the Computer Networking and CCNA 200-301 Prep course, software: Cisco Packet Tracer, free with a Cisco Networking Academy account (see the system requirements on the download page). A web browser for everything else. Hardware: A computer that can run Packet Tracer. No routers or switches are needed. The course itself is free.

Computer Networking and CCNA 200-301 Prep is rated beginner. Beginner to intermediate. For IT and OT technicians, students and anyone new to networking. You need to use a computer confidently; no networking experience is assumed, and the binary arithmetic is taught from the start. It is written for IT and OT technicians, students and network beginners preparing for Cisco's CCNA 200-301 exam, and has 17h 13m of video lessons at your own pace.

Skills from the Computer Networking and CCNA 200-301 Prep course (for example: explain the OSI and TCP/IP models and encapsulation, and choose copper or fibre for a link) are used in network administrator work. The course gives you practical evidence of the skill; it does not promise a job, and employers decide on experience and interview.