Internetworking Overview

Course Status:	Released
Course Language:	English
Course Duration:	4 Hours
Deployment Options:	Online, Interactive CDs, Network, Downloads, Intranet

Audience

Technical support staff

Prerequisites

Some technical background is assumed but no previous courses are required

Course Aim

To give the student a brief overview of internetworking principles and technologies, and some common implementations of them

Learning Objectives

Understand the general principles of internetworking. Be aware of the purposes of the layers of the OSI model. Understand how some common network technologies implement internetworking.

Topics Covered

Introducing internetworking - Evolution of internetworks - Global internetworking - Devices for LANs and WANs The OSI model - The layered OSI model - Physical layer and data-link sublayers - The network layer - OSI upper layers Common technologies - topologies - Ethernet and Token Ring - FDDI and ATM Common technologies - protocols - Serial data, X.25, and Frame Relay - TCP/IP protocols - Novell IPX/SPX - AppleTalk, Banyan VINES, DECnet Routing basics - Routing components - Addressing - Classful and classless addressing - Design goals - Routed v. routing protocols Routing algorithms - Static and dynamic routing - Integrated routing protocols