Part 1 · Week 3

Switching, VLANs, Trunks, and STP

What you must be able to do by the end of this week is listed below. Complete lessons, labs, interactive tools, and the assessment checkpoint.

Week objectives

  • Understand switching and MAC learning
  • Configure VLANs conceptually
  • Understand access/trunk ports and 802.1Q
  • Understand Rapid PVST+ basics

Lessons

Training videos

Jeremy's IT Lab lectures (also embedded in lessons) plus supplemental videos from the Free CCNA 200-301 course playlist. Watch in order or jump to the topic you are studying.

Jeremy's IT Lab

VLANs Part 1 (Day 16)

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Watch on YouTube
Jeremy's IT Lab

VLANs Part 2 — Trunks & 802.1Q (Day 17)

Watch on YouTube

Watch on YouTube
Jeremy's IT Lab

Spanning Tree Protocol Part 1 (Day 20)

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Watch on YouTube
Jeremy's IT Lab

Rapid STP / Rapid PVST+ (Day 22)

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Watch on YouTube
Jeremy's IT Lab

Ethernet LAN Switching (Day 5)

Watch on YouTube

Watch on YouTube

Lesson pages embed Jeremy's IT Lab videos inline. Supplemental David Bombal videos from the linked playlist appear here and in matching lessons — all credited to their respective channels.

Labs & review

Labs

1 lab(s) assigned this week

Assessment

week3-switching-quiz — original concept-based questions only.