Section 1: Local Area Networks

Section Objectives

Module 1: The OSI Model

1. Guide for Standards
   
2. The Layers
   
3. Application Layer
   
4. Presentation Layer
   
5. Session Layer
   
6. Transport Layer
   
7. Segmentation
   
8. Network Layer -------------------------------- (Video)
   
9. Network Layer-Routers
   
10. Data Link Layer-------------------------------- (Video)
    
11. Sublayers
    
12. Data Link-Switches
    
13. Physical Layer
    
    

Module 2: Networking Format

1. Half-Duplex
   
2. Half-Duplex Over Twisted Pair
   
3. Full Duplex
   
4. Introduction to LANs-------------------------- (Video)
   
5. Token Ring LANs
   
6. Introduction to WANs
   
7. WAN Environments
   
8. Workstations
   
9. Servers---------------------------------------- (Video)
   
10. Server-based Networking
    
11. Peer-to-Peer Networking
    
12. Cabling
    
13. Network Interface Cards
    
14. Gateways
    

Module 3: Hardware

1. Hubs and Repeaters
   
2. Single Collision Domain
   
3. MAUs
   
4. TICs
   
5. NICs
   
6. Transceivers

Module 4: Assessments

1. Assessment 1
   
2. Assessment 2
   
3. Assessment 3
   
4. Assessment 4
   
5. Assessment 5
   
6. Assessment 6
   

Section 2: Bridges and Switches

Section Objectives

Module 1: MAC Addresses

1. What is a MAC Address?
   
2. Binary vs. Hexadecimal
   
3. Parts of a MAC Address
   
4. Unique Identity
   
5. Duplicate MAC Addresses--------------------- (Video)
   

Module 2: LAN Frames

1. Data Vehicles
   
2. Commonality in LAN Frames
   
3. The Ethernet Frame -------------------------- (Video)
   
4. The Token Ring Frame
   
5. Frames are Disposable
   
6. Long Distance Data
   
7. Different Types of LAN Segments
   

Module 3: Bridges

1. What is a Bridge?
   
2. Default Behavior of a Bridge
   
3. How a Bridge Learns
   
4. Learning Limitations
   
5. Full MAC Table
   
6. Aging the Entries in the Table
   
7. Moving Network Devices
   
8. Collision Domains
   
9. Multiple Simultaneous Conversations
   
10. Broadcast Domain
    
11. Broadcast Radiation
    
12. Bridging Loops
    
13. Hub and Spoke Networks
    
14. IEEE 802.1d Spanning Tree------------------ (Video)
    
15. Spanning Tree Root
    
16. Bridge Protocol Data Units
    
17. Path Cost
    

Module 4: Switches

1. What is a Switch? -----------------------------(Video)
   
2. Switches are Faster
   
3. VLANs
   
4. VLANs per Port
   
5. VLAN = Broadcast Domain
   
6. Internal VLAN Tagging
   
7. VLAN Tagging and Broadcasts
   
8. VLANs Between Switches
   
9. Multiple VLANs Between Switches
   
10. Trunks
    
11. Normal Frames
    
12. Trunks' Tags
    
13. Frame Flow Through Trunks
    

Module 5: 3D Hands-On Lab Overview--------------- (3D)

Module 6: Assessments

1. Assessment 1
   
2. Assessment 2
   
3. Assessment 3
   
4. Assessment 4
   
5. Assessment 5
   
6. Assessment 6
   
7. Assessment 7
   
8. Assessment 8
   
9. Assessment 9
   
10. Assessment 10
    
    

Section 3: Router Short Term Storage Concepts

Section Objectives

Module 1: Internal Packet Flow in a Router

1. Received Frame to Buffer
   
2. Verifying the Frame Being Received
   
3. Buffer to Input Queue
   
4. Checking Fast switch Cache
   
5. Moving to Interface Buffers------------------- (Video)
   
6. Process Switching------------------------------ (Video)
   
7. ACL and PKT Size------------------------------ (Video)
   
8. ARP Cache check and header written
   
9. ARP Cache check and header written (cont.)
   
10. Queuing Policy Check-------------------------- (Video)
    
11. Outbound Queue
    

Module 2: 3D Hands-On Lab Overview--------------- (3D)

Module 3: Assessments

1. Assessment 1
   
2. Assessment 2
   
3. Assessment 3
   
4. Assessment 4
   

Section 4: Routing Between Locations

Section: Objectives

Module 1: Scalability

1. Routing at the Network Layer
   
2. Routers Provide Scalability
   
3. Routers are Destinations for Frames
   
4. Routers are Default Gateways
   
5. How a Device Finds Its Default Gateway
   
6. Each Router Port is a Unique Network
   
7. Networks are Shared Between Routers
   
8. Static Routing
   
9. Shortcomings of Static Routing-------------- (Video)
   
10. Dynamic Routing
    
11. Dynamic Routing Reacts to Changes
    
12. IP Routing
    
13. Routing vs. Switching
    
14. Non-routable Protocols
    
15. Did the Frames Reach the Other End?
    

Module 2: Function of the Transport Layer

1. Transport Layer------------------------------- (Video)
   
2. Connection-oriented
   
3. Commonality in LAN Frames
   
4. Connectionless
   
5. Data Reliability
   
6. Voice Reliability
   
7. History of Retransmission-------------------- (Video)
   
8. Reliable Data Link Layer
   
9. IP Reliability
   
10. Transmission Control Protocol
    
11. TCP Reliability
    
12. TCP Handshake
    
13. TCP Sliding Window
    
14. TCP Successful Transfer
    
15. TCP Error Recovery
    
16. User Datagram Protocol
    

Module 3: L3 Switching

1. InterVLAN Routing
   
2. L3 Switching
   
3. L3 Switching is Not Routing------------------ (Video)
   
4. L3 Switching Devices
   
5. The L3 Switch Meets the Router
   
6. L3 Frame Flow: 1st InterVLAN Frame
   
7. L3 Frame Flow: The 1st Frame From the Router
   
8. L3 Frame Flow: The 2nd Frame Arrives
   
9. L3 Frame Flow: The Switch Finds a Match
   
10. L3 Frame Flow: Rebuild the MAC Header
    
11. L3 Frame Flow: The New Frame is Sent Out
    
12. InterVLAN Routing Frame Flow
    
13. L3 Switching Frame Flow
    

Module 4: 3D Hands-On Lab Overview-------------- (3D)

Module 5: Assessments

1. Assessment 1
   
2. Assessment 2
   
3. Assessment 3
   
4. Assessment 4
   
   

Section 5: Wide Area Concepts

Section: Objectives

Module 1: WAN Access and Components

1. Overview of WAN
   
2. Before WANs
   
3. WANs are Leased
   

Module 2: Communication Concepts

1. Analog vs. Digital
   
2. Nearby Communications
   
3. Distant Communication----------------------- (Video)
   
4. Electronic Communication
   
5. Data Over the Voice Network
   
6. Modems
   
7. Modem Limitations
   
8. DTMF------------------------------------------- (Video)
   

Module 3: Access Types

1. Inside the Telco
   
2. ISDN
   
3. BRI
   
4. DSL
   
5. Cable Modems-------------------------------- (Video)
   
6. Wireless
   
7. Wireless Access
   

Module 4: Assessments

1. Assessment 1
   
2. Assessment 2
   
3. Assessment 3
   
4. Assessment 4
   
5. Assessment 5
   

Section 6: Internet Applications and Servers

Section: Objectives

Module 1: Internet Applications and Servers

1. DHCP
   
2. Talking to the DHCP Server------------------ (Video)
   
3. The World Wide Web
   
4. Browsers
   
5. Getting Connected
   
6. WWW Domains
   
7. DNS
   
8. DNS Server----------------------------------- (Video)
   
9. DNS Over the Internet
   
10. SMTP------------------------------------------ (Video)
    
11. How SMTP Works
    
12. Firewalls
    
13. Firewall Screening
    
14. Static vs. Dynamic Filtering
    
15. Various Types of Firewalls
    

Module 2: 3D Hands-On Lab Overview

Module 3: Assessments

1. Assessment 1
   
2. Assessment 2
   
3. Assessment 3
   
4. Assessment 4
   

Section 7: Wide Area Networking

Section: Objectives

1. Module 1: Business Connection Types
   
2. Business WANs------------------------ (Video)
   
3. Point-to-Point Dedicated Link
   
4. Pros and Cons
   
   

Module 2: T-1 Communication

1. DS-0/DS-1
   
2. Trunking
   
3. Multiplexing
   
4. CSU
   
5. DSU
   

Module 3: Greater T-1 Access Rates

1. Larger than DS-1
   
2. Optical Carriers
   
   

Module 4: WAN Frame Types

1. PPP
   
2. PPP Authentication
   
3. Compression
   
4. Predictor
   
5. Stacker
   
6. Stacker Example
   
7. Frame Relay----------------------------------- (Video)
   
8. Multi-point WAN
   
9. Transmitting Multiple Copies
   
10. Cost of Connections
    
11. NBMA 29
    
12. Virtual Circuits
    
13. DLCI
    
14. LMI
    
15. Network Address Mapping
    
16. Address Mapping Example
    
17. One Virtual Circuit per Destination
    
18. Cost Savings Compared to PPP
    
19. Shortcomings
    
20. Over Subscriptions
    

Module 5: Assessments

1. Assessment 1
   
2. Assessment 2
   
3. Assessment 3
   
4. Assessment 4
   
5. Assessment 5
   
6. Assessment 6
   
7. Assessment 7
   

Discovery Lab ------------------------------------------------(3D)