| General Networking Theory |
| | A. OSI Models |
| B. General Routing Concepts |
| C. Standards |
| D. Protocol Mechanics |
| E. Commands |
| | II. Bridging and LAN Switching |
| | A. Transparent |
| | B. LAN Switching |
| | C. MLS |
| | D. Data Link Layer |
 | E. Ethernet |
| | F. Catalyst IOS Configuration Commands |
| | III. IP |
 | A. Addressing |
 | B. Services |
 | C. Applications |
 | D. Transport |
| | E. IPv6 |
| | F. Network Management |
| | IV. IP Routing |
 | A. OSPF |
 | B. BGP |
 | C. EIGRP |
| | D. IS-IS (To be removed from the exam as of January 1, 2006.) |
| | E. Route filtering and Policy Routing |
| | F. DDR |
| | G. RIPv2 |
| | H. The use of ‘show’ and ‘debug’ commands |
| | V. QoS |
| | A. Traffic classification |
| | B. Congestion management |
| | C. Congestion avoidance |
| | VI. WAN |
| | A. ISDN (To be removed from the exam as of January 1, 2006.) |
| | B. Frame Relay |
| | C. ATM (To be removed from the exam as of January 1, 2006.) |
| | D. Physical Layer |
| | E. Leased Line Protocols |
| | VII. IP Multicast |
| | A. IGMP/CGMP |
| | B. Addressing |
| | C. Distribution Trees |
| | D. PIM-SM Mechanics |
| | E. Rendezvous Points |
| | F. RPF |
| | VII. Security |
| | A. Access Lists |
| | B. LAN security |
| | C. Device Security/Access |
| | D. Spoofing |
| | VIII. Enterprise Wireless Mobility |
| | A. Standards |
| | B. Hardware |
| | C. SWAN |
| | D. RF Troubleshooting |
| | E. VoWLAN |
| | F. Products |