Master the fundamentals of voice and data networks and meet the technical challenges that will emerge as you converge your network applications.

Understanding the complex function of data networking and voice transmission technologies is a daunting task, and in the vast majority of cases handled as completely separate subjects. With the emergence of network convergence, you must have the skills and knowledge to work in a network infrastructure environment which handles both voice and data applications.

With Converging Voice & Data Networks you get the new-generation networking fundamentals course necessary to manage today's complex networking challenges. Your company is going to deploy voice data convergence whether for PBX services, call center applications, or collaboration systems. These solutions save money, provide enhanced services, and allow for scalable growth. You are going to be charged with ensuring your networking infrastructure can support these services. In order to handle that charge, you must learn networking fundamentals from a converged network standpoint.

To plan a converged network, you need to first understand how traditional voice and data networks work, their differences and similarities. Converging Voice and Data Networks will provide you that foundational information then build on that foundation to give you the skills you need to understand how to fit convergence into your current switching, routing, security, and wireless infra-structure. Utilizing these skills you can ensure a guaranteed quality of service for all traffic types moving across your network. As you explore the benefits, risks, and challenges of converged network applications, you will examine the most current vendor-specific solutions available, detailing the benefits, costs, and pitfalls associated with each. Converging Voice and Data Networks is the course you must take before initiating a convergence strategy within your organization and before you buy any vendor product. You just can't place a converged network solution on top of an existing infrastructure. It will not work unless you know what you’re doing! Learn how to make it work and which vendor solutions will work best in your current infrastructure. This course will save you valuable time and money and ensure that your deployment will be successful and your service delivery on the mark.

In-Class Demonstrations

This two-day interactive class will use demonstrations to reinforce key concepts learned throughout the seminar. To enhance your learning experience, this course is filled with exercises, case studies and live demonstrations including:

• Setting up and activating a clientserver connection over a LAN
  
• Monitoring LAN switch data flow and address tables
  
• Basic Cisco router setup with examples of routing tables in Windows and the Cisco router OS
  
• Setup routing in a layer 3 switch, configure VLANs in the switch, and demonstrate VLAN operation and port isolation
  
• Set up access security on shared files in a networked domain and demonstrate file protection
  
• Setup firewall features in a router and demonstrate how to block unwanted access
  
• Setup the class network to guarantee quality of service and transmit voice over the network to demonstrate voice quality and VOIP features
  
• Setup a wireless LAN for secure access