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A Comprehensive Introduction to Networking
Course: 450
Type: Course Workshop
Duration: 4 Days
You Will Learn How To
- Apply fundamental network concepts, terminology and solutions
- Implement networks using data links and physical media
- Deploy Local Area Networks (LANs) using Ethernet and Wi-Fi
- Build reliable internetworks and intranets using effective TCP/IP design
- Enhance network security using industry-standard solutions and practices
- Evaluate and select leading-edge enterprise network technologies
Course Benefits Today's professionals must possess a solid foundation in networking concepts and practices to streamline enterprise operations and maintain a competitive edge. This course provides you with a working knowledge of IP addressing, TCP/IP operation, LAN solutions, Quality of Service (QoS) requirements, wireless network options, security elements, enterprise internetworking and modern hardware.Who Should Attend Anyone who needs an introduction to networking technology and data communication systems. The course is particularly beneficial to managers, developers, IT staff and help desk personnel.Course Workshop A series of intensive group workshops include:
- Estimating user and department bandwidth requirements
- Designing campus network cabling
- Analyzing the frame and packet flow for TCP/IP LANs
- Deploying wired and wireless hosts
- Scaling and selecting Ethernet LAN components
- Assigning IPs and designing subnets
Live, instructor-led demonstrations include:
- Dissecting packet structure with Wireshark
- Monitoring and connecting to Ethernet and Wi-Fi LANs
- Configuring TCP/IP on hosts and routers
Course 450 Content
- Specifying communication requirements
- Supporting QoS
- Classifying networks: LAN, WAN
- Packet
- Circuit
- Wired
- Wireless
- Standardizing data communications
- Dividing tasks with layered protocols
- Defining bits, bytes and packets
- Taking advantage of digital encoding
- Carrying packets in frames
- Detecting and correcting errors
- Using ACKs and feedback error correction
- Selecting copper cable types
- Benefiting from fiber optics
- Utilizing radio frequencies and bands
- Managing interference and noise
- Forwarding with MAC addresses
- Contrasting shared and switched LANs
- Dissecting Etherswitch operation
- Adding QoS to Ethernet
- Comparing Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching
- Types of Wi-Fi networks: a, b, g and n
- Capitalizing on instant infrastructure
- Mitigating the challenges of sharing bandwidth
- Verifying accurate transmission
- Boosting speed and range with 802.11n
- Forwarding traffic via the AP
- Utilizing Service Set Identifiers (SSIDs)
- Employing TCP for data and UDP for voice and video
- Distinguishing between hosts and routers
- Maximizing TCP/IP's multiple applications and utilities
- Streamlining data and VoIP traffic
- Increasing efficiency with addressing schemes
- Interpreting net-prefixes and subnet masks
- Relaying traffic with NetID and routing tables
- Discovering paths with routing protocols
- Upgrading routers for QoS
- Authenticating users
- Enabling VPN encrypted tunnels
- Providing information integrity
- Analyzing threats and security requirements
- Encrypting data
- Adopting digital certificates and signatures
- Wi-Fi security: WPA, 802.11i, AES
- Isolating workgroups with VLANs
- Circuit-switching data streams
- E1 and T1 leased lines
- Choosing xDSL options
- LAN Extension Services (LES)
- Integrating teleworkers and branch offices
- Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
- ATM
- Frame Relay
- Enhanced ISP services
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