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Networking Essentials: Networking Models and Drivers

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

Audience

Trainee network administrators

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the Microsoft Windows environment, a basic understanding of PC concepts and operating system fundamentals, and completion of all preceding content in this curriculum or its equivalent

Course Aim

To define network models and the role of drivers

Learning Objectives

Describe how the OSI reference model works. Describe Project 802 enhancements of the OSI model. Define device drivers. Discuss the characteristics of network card drivers.

Topics Covered

The OSI model - Introduction - The OSI layers - Inter-layer communication The Project 802 model - IEEE 802 introduced - Logical link control - Media access control - Primitives - MAP, TOP, and FDDI Network drivers - The role of drivers - NDIS and ODI - Microsoft NDIS