IP Networks – Comprehensive

Courses: IP, Mobile IP
  • Course:IP Networks – Comprehensive
  • Course ID:IP5D Duration:5 days Where: Your Office (7+ Persons)
  • Available as a private, customized course for your group at your offices or ours and in some cases as a WebLive(TM) class.

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Course Outline

  • Section 1 / Introduction

    • Everything Over IP (EoIP)
    • Circuit vs. Non-Circuit
    • Multiplexing and Cost Savings
    • Section Summary
  • Section 2 / Network Communications

    • Premise, Access, Backbone
    • Layered Models (OSI and IETF)
    • Protocol Concepts
    • Multiplexing, Protocols and the OSI and IETF Models
    • Addressing by the Layers with End-to-End Protocol Examples
    • Section Summary
  • Section 3 / Layer 1: Physical Layer

    • Signals, Bits, Bytes and Octets
    • Cabling, Wireless and Physical LAN/Premise Infrastructure
    • Lab: Physical Infrastructure Construction and Troubleshooting
    • Section Summary
  • Section 4 / Layer 2: Data Link Layer

    • Media Access Control
    • Addressing and Framing
    • Ethernet Frame
    • Ethernet Media Access Control
    • Ethernet Physical Layer
    • Hubs and Switches
    • Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
    • Lab: Wireshark Tour and Familiarization
    • Lab: Ethernet Connectivity, Wired and Wireless
    • Section Summary
  • Section 5 / Layer 3: Network Layer

    • IPv4
    • Addressing, Subnetting, Subnetwork Address Masks
    • Routing Concepts
    • Router Anatomy
    • Routing Protocols Overview
    • Lab: IPv4, Routing Protocols, Internal and Connect to Internet
    • IPv6
    • IPv4 Header “Renovation”
    • IPv6 Address Structure
    • IPv6 / IPv4 Co-Existence
    • IPv6 Migration
    • IPv6 Routing and DNS
    • IPv4 and IPv6 Security Issues
    • Section Summary
  • Section 6 / Layer 4: Transport Layer

    • Ports and Sockets
    • TCP
    • UDP
    • Lab: TCP and UDP
    • Section Summary
  • Section 7 / Higher Layer Protocols

    • Data
    • Voice
    • Video
    • Multimedia
    • Section Summary
  • Section 8 / LAN End-to-End

    • End-to-End Connectivity Exercise
    • Section Summary
  • Section 9 / Virtual LANS

    • Client Operation
    • Server Operation
    • Encryption and Security
    • Lab: VPN Protocols and Operation
    • Section Summary
  • Section 10 / Network Security

    • IP Security and IPsec
    • IP Security and the OSI Model
    • Layer 2 Security Methods
    • Tunneling
    • Encryption
    • Layer 3 Security Methods
    • IPSec
    • Authentication
    • Encryption
    • Authentication and Encryption
    • Key Management
    • Lab: AH, ESP and IKE Protocols
    • Section Summary
  • Section 11 / Quality of Service / Performance

    • Quality of Experience vs. Quality of Service
    • Quality of Service: TOS Bits
    • QoE Metrics
    • Service Level Agreements
    • Performance and Backbone Design
    • Section Summary
  • Section 12 / Network Reliability

    • Redundancy
    • Hardware
    • Route
    • Rerouting in an IP Network
    • Load Balancing
    • Physically Disparate Servers
    • Cloud Model for Reliability
    • Section Summary
  • Section 13 / LAN/WAN Connectivity

    • WAN Connectivity and Backbone Protocols
    • Optical / SONET / DWDM
    • ATM
    • Frame Relay
    • MPLS/GPLS
    • LAN Interconnection
    • Connection to LANs
    • Section Summary
  • Section 14 / Troubleshooting

    • End-to-End Connectivity
    • Troubleshooting Methodologies
    • Vocabulary / Clear Communications
    • Reference Points
    • Section Summary
  • Wrap-up

    • Course Recap and Q/A
    • Evaluations