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| Networking Essentials: WAN Components |
| 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 introduce the components of wide area networks |
Learning Objectives |
| Describe how modems and repeaters are used to create wide area networks. Describe what bridges are and how to use them to extend a network. Describe routers and gateways, and show how they can be used to extend a LAN. |
Topics Covered |
| Modems and repeaters - LAN expansion - Introducing modems - Types of modems - Repeaters Bridges - Introduction to bridges - Routing tables - Bridge topology Routers and gateways - Routers - Distinguishing routers from bridges - Gateways |