Learn the essential skills needed to set
up, configure, support, and troubleshoot your TCP/IP-based
network.
Price: £495 (ex.
VAT)
TCP/IP is the globally accepted group of protocols at the core
of the Internet and organizational intranets. A solid understanding
of each of these protocols and how they work will give you the
ability to deploy the most effective network for your
organization.
Our TCP/IP Networking Self-Paced e-Learning course provides you
with the basics of the TCP/IP protocol, addressing, subnetting,
routing, and TCP/IP applications. This course prepares you for more
specialized courses in network security, wireless integration, and
Voice over IP, as well as for product-specific training such as
Cisco, Nortel, and Microsoft.
What You'll Learn
- Essential elements of the TCP/IP protocol suite
- Roles of various devices in a TCP/IP network
- IP addressing and subnetting, including Variable Length Subnet
Masking (VLSM)
- Functions and relationships of ARP, IP, ICMP, TCP, and UDP
- Automate address assignment and name resolution using DHCP and
DDNS
- IP routing and the protocols that support it, such as RIP and
OSPF
- How applications like FTP, HTTP, Telnet, and others work in a
TCP/IP network
- Functions of IPv6 and its related protocols
- Functions and capabilities of multicasting, Voice over IP,
instant messaging, and e-mail
Course Outline
1. History and Standards
- Origin of TCP/IP
- ARPANET Requirement Documents
- Collaborative Network Requirements
- One Protocol?
- Documentation and RFCs
- RFC Categories
2. TCP/IP Numbering Systems
- Data Representation
- Converting Binary or Hexadecimal to Decimal
- Practice: Convert Binary to Decimal
- Converting Decimal to Binary or Hexadecimal
- Practice: Convert Decimal to Binary or Hexadecimal
- Converting Hexadecimal to Binary and Binary to Hexadecimal
- Counting
- Guidelines for Determining Base
3. Local Signaling
- Ethernet Addressing
- The Ethernet Header
- CSMA/CD
- Lab Demonstration: The ipconfig /all Command
4. IP Addressing
- A Logical Address
- IP Address Structure
- Private Addressing
- Network Address Translation
- Address Assignment
5. IP Subnets
- A Logical Address
- Multiple Subnets
- Planning for Growth
- WAN Interconnect Formula
- Subnetting Subnets
6. Address Resolution
Protocol
- Address Mapping
- ARP Cache
- ARP Restrictions
- ARP Message Fields
- How Else Can ARP Help?
- Lab Demonstration: The arp Command
7. Mulitcasting
- What Is Multicasting?
- Multicast Groups and IGMP
- Mapping a Class D IP Address to an Ethernet Multicast
Address
- Lab Demonstration: Mapping a Class D IP Address to an Ethernet
Multicast Address
- How Does It All Work Together?
8. Internet Protocol
- TCP/IP Protocols
- Self-Healing Networking
- IP Header
- Practice: Fragment Bytes Layout
- Practice: Protocol Field
- IP Sample Data Exchanges
- Lab Demonstration: The tracert and pathping Commands
9. IP Routing
- TCP/IP Protocol
- Routing Function
- The IP Routing Algorithm
- The Routing Table
- Exterior or Interior Protocol
- Routing Information Protocol
- Practice: OSPF vs. RIPv1 vs. RIPv2
- Layer 3 Switching
10. Simple Sessions with User Datagram
Protocol
- TCP/IP Protocols
- Host-to-Host Layer Categories
- UDP Header
- Port Basics
- UDP Ports and Sockets
- Applications
- UDP Sample Data Exchanges
11. Robust Sessions with TCP
- TCP/IP Protocols
- TCP Headers
- Practice: Flagging a Session
- TCP Three-Step Handshake
- Congestion and TCP
- Four-Step Session Shutdown
- TCP Sample Session
- Lab Demonstration: The netstat Command
12. Autoconfiguration
- BootP and DHCP
- Manual vs. Automatic Address Assignment
- DHCP New Lease Acquisition Process
- Practice: DHCP New Lease Acquisition Process
- DHCP Scopes and Options
- DHCP in a Routed Network
13. DNS: Names Instead of
Numbers
- DNS Overview
- A Distributed Service
- The DNS Tree
- Top-Level Domains
- Practice: Top-Level Domains
- Name Serve
- DNS Database
- Resource Records
- The Name Resolution Process
- Reversing the Process
- Name and Number Organizations
- Dynamic DNS
- Troubleshooting
- Lab Demonstration: The nslookup Command
14. Dagnostics and Error Reports via
ICMP
- ICMP Overview
- ICMP Basics
- ICMP Message Destinations
- ICMP Messages
- Practice: ICMP Message Contents
- ICMP Sample Data Exchanges
15. Common TCP Applications
- TCP/IP Protocols
- Practice: TCP/IP Protocols
- The Uses of Telnet
- File Transfer Protocol
- E-Mail
- World Wide Web
- Uniform Resource Locator
16. Common UDP Applications
- TCP/IP Protocols
- Practice: UDP Port Number Values
- Trivial File Transfer Protocol
- TFTP Sample Sessions
- Simple Network Management Protocol
- The Structure of Management Information
- Remote Network Monitoring
17. VoIP
- Voice over IP
- User
- Talk to Operator
- Communication Characteristics
- Protocol Standards
- Why VoIP Instead of TDM Voice?
- How VoIP Works
- LANs and WANs
18. Instant Messaging
- Instant Messenger Overview
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- Standards
19. Security
- Protocol Limitations
- Disaster Threats
- Solutions
- User Authentication
- Security-Related Protocols and IPSec
- Virtual Private Networks
20. IPv6
- Overview
- Addressing
- Header
- ICMPv6 Types
- IPv6 DNS Operation
- Routing Services and Protocols
- Internet2