Course Outline

1. Network Overview, Functions, and Standards

• Networks Who, What, Why, Where, and How
  
• Network Industry Standards
  
• OSI and TCP/IP Models
  
• Interconnection Media
  
  • Copper
    
  • Fiber
    
  • Wireless

2. Ethernet

• CSMA/CD
  
• Collision and Broadcast Domains
  
• Addressing
  
• Local and Metropolitan Implementations
   
  

3. LAN Switching

• Switches compared to Hubs and Bridges
  
• Switch operation
  
  • Learning
    
  • Forwarding
    
  • Filtering
    
  • Flooding
    
• Spanning Tree
  
• Configuration
  
• Security
  
• Virtual LAN (VLAN)
  
• Quality of Service
   
  

4. Routing

• Why Routing?
• Routing Methods and Protocols
   
  

5. IP Addressing

• Classes
  
• Dotted Decimal Notation
  
• Binary Numbering
  
• Masking
  
• Private vs Public Addressing
  
• Classful vs Classless Addressing
  
• IPv6 Introduction
   
  

6. Subnetting

• Fixed Length
  
• Variable Length
   
  

7. Routing IP Traffic

• Routing Protocols
  • RIPv1 and RIPv2
  • OSPF
  • BGP
• Configuration
   
  

8. Supporting Processes

• ARP
  
• ICMP
  
• DHCP
  
• DNS
   
  

9. TCP/IP Applications

• Telnet
  
• FTP
  
• SMTP
  
• HTTP
  
• TFTP
  
• SNMP
   
  

10. Wide Area Networks

• Telco Infrastructure
  
  • Copper
    
  • Fiber
    
  • Wireless
    
• Technologies
  
  • Leased Line
    
  • Frame Relay
    
  • ATM
    
  • SONET
    
  • Metro Ethernet
      
    

11. Security

• Telecommunication Fraud
  
  • Unauthorized Use
    
• Threats
  
  • Hackers
    
  • Theft Types
    
  • Malware Outbreaks
    
  • Denial of Service
    
• In Depth Defense Approach
  
  • Firewalls
    
  • Intrusion Detection and Prevention
    
  • Managed E-Authentication
    
  • Vulnerability Scanning
    
  • Anti-Virus Management
    
  • Secure E-Mail Management
     
    

12. Wireless

• IEEE 802.11 Overview
  
  • 802.11a/b/g/n
    
• 802.11n
  
  • Standard
    
  • Value
    
  • Data Rate Reality
    
  • Access Point Cabling
    
  • Security
    
  • IPSec/SSL VPNs
    
  • WEP
    
  • WPA
    
• Voice-over-IP-over-Wi-Fi (Vo-FI)
   
  

13. Virtualization

• Who, What, Where, Why, and How?
  
• Key Challenges of Virtualizing A Data Center
  
• Security and Virtualization
  

14. Effects of VoIP on Networking

15. Instant Messaging 

10 HANDS-ON LABS
You must bring your laptop to participate in the labs.

 
1. Network Equipment

• • Identify Classroom Network Components
  
  • Cable types
    
  • Network Configuration Information
     
    

2. Build an Ethernet LAN
 
3. Capture Network Traffic with a Protocol Analyzer
 
4. Implement a Switched LAN Network

• Connect Ethernet Switches to Network
  
  • Switch Configuration
    
  • Interface Statistics
    
  • Spanning Tree
     
    

5. IP Logical Addressing
 

6. Address Resolution Protocol

• View ARP Process
  
  • ARP Messages
    
  • ARP Cache
    
  • ARP Cache Management
     
    

7. IP Subnets

• Identify Requirements
  
  • Fixed Length Subnets
    
  • Variable Length Subnets
     
    

8. Routing

• Implement RIPv1 Routing Protocol
  
• Implement RIPv2 Routing Protocol
   
  

9. ICMP PING Operation

• Using the PING Command
  
  • PING Devices
    
  • View Unreachable Messages
    
  • View Time Exceeded Message
    
  • View Fragmentation Failure Message
     
    

10. Wireless Access

• Implement Wireless Access Router
  
  • Configure Without and With Encryption
    
  • Configure With and Without SSID Broadcast