CCNA1 ITN Module 15 - Application Layer

Date Subject Lesson Plan
04/10/26 CCNA1

Video: CBTNugg: Careers in IT (19:10)

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: 8.2.5.1 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

  IC3 Level 2 - Domain 7
04/13/26 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: 8.3.1.1 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

04/14/26 CCNA1

Video: NetworkChuck: CCNA or College?

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+

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

04/15/26 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+

None today

04/16/26 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: 8.5.1.1 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

04/17/26 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+


  Resources

LearnKey: 220-1101 Domain 2, Lesson 4, Pgs. 33

LearnKey: 220-1101 Domain 2, Lesson 4, Pgs. 34

LearnKey: 220-1101 Domain 2, Lesson 5, Pgs. 35-36

LearnKey: 220-1101 Domain 2, Lesson 6, Pgs. 37-39

LearnKey: 220-1101 Domain 2, Lesson 7, Pgs. 40-43

Lab: 5.3.5 Configuring Basic Router Settings with the Cisco IOS CLI (Start)
NOTE: Do optional Step 16. Use static routes (used them in recent lab). Also, encrypt plaintext passwords.

Lab: 5.3.5 Configuring Basic Router Settings with the Cisco IOS CLI (Continue working until 8:45)
Activity: Use static route statements so pings will work. Also use HOST statements so can ping hostnames instead of IP addresses. Show me pings. Print out configs on routers that you configure.

Save the following file to your local drive before beginning.

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.

Save the following file to your local drive before beginning.

PT: 4.10.23 Skills Integration Challenge
.pka is located in CNA drive, CCNA1, Module 14

Link: Color Codes

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