| 1.1 |  | WANs |
| 1.1.5 |  | Academy approach to hands-on labs |

| In the academy lab, all the networks will be connected with serial or Ethernet cables and the students can see and physically touch all the equipment. Unlike the academy lab setup, the serial cables in the real world are not connected back to back. In a real world situation, one router could be in New York, while another router could be in Sydney, Australia. An administrator located in Sydney would have to connect to the router in New York through the WAN cloud in order to troubleshoot the New York router. In the academy lab, devices that make up the WAN cloud are simulated by the connection between the back-to-back DTE-DCE cables. The connection from one router interface s0/0 to another router interface s0/1 simulates the whole circuit cloud.
| Interactive Media Activity Drag and Drop: Academy Lab Equipment Setup When the student completes this activity, the student should know the correct order in which to connect all devices and cables to create the CCNA lab equipment setup.
| Web Links Introduction to WAN Technologies http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/ cisintwk/ito_doc/ introwan.htm