Overview

This is an overview for both technical and non-technical professionals new to the networking environment. It covers the core networking concepts and components and introduces common hardware and software standards.

This course is a highly efficient way of gaining networking awareness and vocabulary. Equally, it provides the technical specialist with the grounding necessary to do further work in the networking field and is commonly used as a starter course before moving on to other further advanced networking courses.

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Prerequisites

Delegates should be familiar with MS Windows desktop and command line operations.

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Delegates will learn how to

  • Learn how to Connect a PC to a Network
  • Learn how to interrogate the PC and Network to identify simple problems
  • Learn about the various equipment used in Networking
  • Gain an understanding of the protocols and communication techniques used by Networks
  • Learn about the Internet Addressing protocols
  • Learn How to connect Local Networks together
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Outline

Module 1 – Local Area Networks

  • Network concepts
  • Local Area Networks - Ethernet
  • Standards bodies - the IEEE
  • Segments, frames and addressing
  • Ethernet MAC addressing
  • Types of data delivery
  • The DIX (Ethernet version II) frame
  • LAN hardware – switches
  • Switch operation
  • Network protocol analysers
  • Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet
  • Ethernet transmission over copper cables
  • Fibre Optic media
  • Wireless Local Area Networking
  • Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)
  • Port-based VLANs
  • Inter-VLAN communication

Module 2 – The Internet Architecture and protocol

  • The Internet Protocol
  • The Internet
  • Standards bodies - the Internet
  • TCP/IP architecture
  • The TCP/IP suite
  • Standards bodies – the ISO
  • The ISO OSI 7-layer model
  • Layers and protocol encapsulation
  • Internet Protocol addressing
  • Internet Protocol routing
  • Original IPv4 address classes
  • Multicast addresses
  • IPv4 reserved addresses
  • IPv4 address assignment
  • IPv4 private network addressing

Module 3 – IP Address Resolution

  • Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
  • The Default GateWay (DGW)
  • Connecting hosts - same network
  • Connecting hosts - different network

Module 4 – IPv4 Address Limitations

  • Limitations of the classful system
  • Subnet extensions
  • Subnet mask application
  • 255.0.0.0 subnet mask application
  • 255.255.0.0 subnet mask application
  • 255.255.255.0 subnet mask application
  • Default subnet masks

Module 5 – IP Address Allocation

  • IP address allocation
  • Dynamic IP address allocation - DHCP
  • Windows DHCP commands

Module 6 – Internet Control Message Protocol

  • Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
  • Ping
  • Traceroute (tracert)

Module 7 – IP Routing

  • Routers and routing
  • Static routing
  • Dynamic routing
  • Dynamic routing protocols

Module 8 – Host to Host Communication

  • TCP concepts
  • TCP/UDP ports and port numbers
  • TCP connection set-up
  • Simple reliability
  • User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

Module 9 – IPv4 Network Address Translation (NAT)

  • Address translation
  • Dynamic NAT with Port Address Translation - full cone NAT
  • Restricted Cone NAT
  • Port restricted cone NAT
  • Symmetric NAT

Module 10 – The Application Layer

  • The Domain Name System
  • The Domain Name space
  • Global DNS structure
  • Windows DNS configuration
  • Testing DNS
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