INTRODUCTION TO NETWORKING
• Perspectives on Networking
• Network Maths
THE TCP/IP AND OSI NETWORKING MODELS
• The TCP/IP Protocol Architecture
• TCP/IP Application Layer
• TCP/IP Transport Layer
• TCP/IP Internetwork Layer
• TCP/IP Network Interface Layer
• Data Encapsulation
• OSI Reference Model
• OSI Layers
• Layering Concepts and Benefits
• OSI Terminology
FUNDAMENTALS OF ETHERNET
• OSI Perspectives
• Early Ethernet Standards
• Repeaters
• 10BASE-T Ethernet
• 10BASE-T Hubs
• Performance Issues: Collisions and Duplex Settings
• Eliminating Collisions
• Ethernet Addressing
• Ethernet Framing
• Recent Ethernet Standards
FUNDAMENTALS OF IP
• Typical Features of OSI Layer 3
• Routing (Path Selection)
• Network Layer Interaction with the Data Link Layer
• Network Layer Addressing
• Routing Protocols
• IP Addressing Fundamentals
• Classes of Networks
• Reserved Numbers
• Subnetting
• Network Layer Utilities
• Address Resolution Protocol and the Domain Name System
• ICMP Echo and the ping Command
IP ADDRESSING SUBNETTING PRINCIPLES
• IP Subnetting
• The Boolean AND Operation
• Prefix Notation
• Scaling the IP Address Space for the Internet
• CIDR
• Private Addressing
• Network Address Translation
• IP Version 6
FUNDAMENTALS OF TCP AND UDP
• The Transmission Control Protocol
• Multiplexing Using Port Numbers
• Error Recovery (Reliability)
• Flow Control Using Windowing
• Data Segmentation and Ordered Data Transfer
• The User Datagram Protocol
OPERATING CISCO ROUTERS
• Cisco IOS CLI
• Access to the CLI
• CLI Help Features
• The debug and show Commands
• Configuring Cisco IOS
• Managing Configuration Files
• Upgrading Cisco IOS
• The Cisco IOS Boot Sequence
HANDS-ON LABS
• Configuring Basic Cisco Router
• Configuring Basic Cisco Switch
• Cisco Boson Simulator
