CCNA1 ITN Module 15 - Application Layer

Date Subject Lesson Plan
04/23/25 CCNA1

Remember! The CompTIA A+ 220-1201 will be your A+ final exam score. Don't sleep on this!! Take final exam by May 23rd. Take final test at home or at a test center.

Video: Online Exam Tips (7:49)

WebXam.org: Networking:

Link: Module 15 Reading Organizer

Read: 15.0.1 Why should I take this module?

Read: 15.0.2 What will I learn to do in this module?

Start Module 15, Section 1 - Application, Presentation, and Session

Read: 15.1.1 Application Layer

Read: 15.1.2 Presentation and Session Layer

Read: 15.1.3 TCP/IP Application Layer Protocols

Activity: 15.1.4 Check Your Understanding - Application, Session, Presentation

Assignment: Module 15 Study Guide 1-8

Activity: KaHoot! Port Numbers

  A+

Read: 8.1.2.1 Printer Connnection Types
Link: USB Plug Types

Activity: 8.1.2.2 Check Your Understanding - Printer Connections

Read : 8.2.1.1 Inkjet Printer Characteristics
Video: Professor Messer: Understanding InkJet Printers (5:03)

Read: 8.2.1.2 Inkjet Printer Parts

Activity: 8.2.1.3 Check Your Understanding - Inkjet Printers

04/24/25 CCNA1

Video: Keith Barker: Protocols

Start Module 15, Section 2 - Peer-to-Peer

Read: 15.2.1 Client-Server Model

Read: 15.2.2 Peer-to-Peer Networks

Read: 15.2.3 Peer-to-Peer Applications

Read: 15.2.4 Common P2P Applications
Video: Client Server and Peer-to-Peer Networks (3:42)

Lab: Researching Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (30 minutes)

Activity: 15.2.5 Check Your Understanding - Peer-to-Peer

Assignment: Module 15 Study Guide 9-14

Additional: Video: Montana State University: Unstructured P2P Systems (27:45)

  A+

Read: 8.2.2.1 Laser Printer Characteristics

Video: Laser Printers - CompTIA A+ 220-1001 (10:05)

Read: 8.2.2.2 Laser Printer Parts

Activity: 8.2.2.3 Check Your Understanding - Laser Printers

Read: 8.2.3.1 How Laser Printing Works
Video: Professor Messer: Understanding Laser Printers (9:00)

Activity: 8.2.3.2 Check Your Understanding - The Laser Printing Process

Video: How a Color Laser Printer Works (2:18)

Read: 8.2.4.1 Thermal Printer Characteristics
Video: Professor Messer: Understanding Thermal Printers (2:22)

Read: 8.2.4.2 Impact Printer Characteristics
Video: Professor Messer: Understanding Impact Printer (2:22)
Video: Impact Printer in Operation (1:48)

Activity: 8.2.4.3 Check Your Understanding - Thermal Printers and Impact Printers

Read: 8.2.5.1 Virtual Printer Characteristics
Video: Professor Messer: Understanding Virtual Printers (4:24)

Read: 8.2.6.1 3D Printer Charateristics
Video: How Does 3D Printing Work? (7:36)

Activity: 8.2.6.2 3D Printer Parts

Activity: 8.2.6.3 Check Your Understanding - 3D Printers

Read: 8.2.5.2 Cloud Printing

Activity: 8.2.5.3 Check Your Understanding - Virtual Printers

04/25/25 CCNA1

WebXam.org: Computer Hardware

Start Module 15, Section 3 - Web and Email Protocols

Video: YouTube: "What is a Web Browser" (4:06)

Link: List of Web Server software
Link: List of Web Browser software

Read: 15.3.1 Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Video: Practical Networking: HTTP vs HTML (7:19)

Read: 15.3.2 HTTP and HTTPS
Video: What's the Difference Between HTTP and HTTPS? (6:31)

Read: 15.3.3 Email Protocols
Assignment: Video: YouTube: "How Email Works" (7:12)

Read: 15.3.4 SMTP, POP, and IMAP1

EMail Servers: Microsoft Exchange, Thunderbird, List of Email Server Software
Email Clients: Outlook, Alpine, GroupWise, List of Email Client Software
Email Communication Protocols: Send: SMTP, Receive: POP3 and/or IMAP

Discussion: The difference between local server and cloud email service

Activity: 15.3.5 Check Your Understanding - Web and Email Protocols

Assignment: Module 15 Study Guide 15-20

  A+

LearnKey: 220-1101 Domain 3, Lesson 1, Pgs. 74-78

Read: 8.3.1.1 Installing a Printer
Video: Changing Print Settings in Windows 10 (1:33)

Read: 8.3.1.2 Test Printer Functions

Lab: 8.3.1.3 Install a Printer (Don't Do - Just Read
Video: Installing and Configuring Printers (8:30)

Read: 8.3.2.1 Common Configuration Settings

Activity: 8.3.2.2 Check Your Understanding - Configuration Options

Read: 8.3.3.1 Software Optimization

Read: 8.3.3.2 Hardware Optimization

Activity: 8.3.3.3 Check Your Understanding - Printer Optimization

LearnKey: 220-1101 Domain 3, Lesson 3, Pgs. 74-78

04/28/25 CCNA1

Video: YouTube: "DNS Explained" (6:03)

Start Module 15, Section 4 - IP Addressing Services
Video: Professor Messer: An Overview of DNS (6:30)

Read: 15.4.1 DNS Message Format

Read: 15.4.2 DNS Message Format
Video: Professor Messer DNS Record Types (7:42)

Read: 15.4.3 DNS Hierarchy

Read: 15.4.4 The nslookup Command
Video: Professor Messer: DNS Management with Nslookup and Dig (4:44)

Syntax Checker: 15.4.5 The nslookup Command
Video: DNS root servers (23:27)

Video: CBTNugg: Net+ #8: Digging into Details of DNS (32:05)

Read: 15.4.6 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Read: 15.4.7 DHCP Operation
Video: YouTube "D-O-R-A the Explorer and DHCP" (4:40)

Lab: 15.4.8 Observe DNS Resolution (20 minutes)

Activity: 15.4.9 Check Your Understanding - IP Addressing Services

Assignment: Module 15 Study Guide 21-33

  A+

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04/29/25 CCNA1

Review Lab:

PT: DHCP and DNS Servers
PT: packet tracer file.pkt

Start Module 15, Section 5 - File Sharing Services

Read: 15.5.1 File Transfer Protocol
Video: FTP (7:54)

Read: 15.5.2 Server Message Block
Video: Intro to File Sharing using SMB (4:52)

PT: 10.2.3.3 FTP Servers
PT: Packet Tracer File: 10.2.3.3 .pka File (30 min)

Activity: 15.5.3 Check Your Understanding - File Sharing Services

Start Module 15, Section 6 - Module Practice and Quiz

Read: 15.6.1 What did I learn in this module?

Read: 15.6.2 Module Quiz - Application Layer

Assignment: Module 15 Study Guide 34-39 (end)

Test tomorrow! Study! CCNA Module 15

  A+

Read: 8.4.1.1 Configuring Printer Sharing
Video: How To Share A Printer On Network (1:59)

Read: 8.4.1.2 Wireless Printer Connections

Lab: 8.4.1.3 Share a Printer in Windows (Don't do, just read)
Video: How to Share a Printer in Windows 10 on Local Network (11:14)

Read: 8.4.2.1 Purposes of Print Servers
Video: What is a print server? (2:02)

Read: 8.4.2.2 Software Print Servers

Read: 8.4.2.3 Hardware Print Servers

Read: 8.4.2.4 Dedicated Print Servers

Activity: 8.4.2.5 Check Your Understanding - Print Servers

 

04/30/25 CCNA1

Video: Network Engineer: Day In The Life (7:11)

Review Video: Jason Johnson: CCNAv7 ITN Module 15 (16:42)

Module 15 Module Test

Start Module 16

  A+

Read: 8.5.1.1 Vendor Guidelines

Activity: 8.5.1.2 What Do You Already Know? Printer Operating Environment

Video Demonstration: 8.5.2.1 Inkjet Printer Preventive Maintenance (5:28)

Lab: 8.5.2.2 Perform Preventive Maintenance on an Inkjet Printer
Use this printer: Epson EcoTank ET-2720 Wireless All-In-One Color Supertank Printer
Video: Epson EcoTank ET-2720 Setup & Review (10:10)
Link: User Manual - Epson ET-2720

  Resources

Link: Color Codes

PT: 4.5.6 Skills Integration Challenge - Be sure to fill out addressing table accurately
.pka is located in CNA drive, CCNA1, Module 14. Please download file before starting.

Review: Video: How DNS Works Visually (10:45) - Detailed explaination