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Networking Essentials: Advanced WAN Technologies

Course Status:	Released	Courseware Features
Course Language:	English
Course Duration:	5 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 six key advanced WAN transmission technologies

Learning Objectives

Describe the main features of ISDN networks. Explain how Frame Relay networks function. Describe the main characteristics of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM). Outline the functions of SONET, SDH, and SMDS network standards.

Topics Covered

ISDN - Introducing ISDN - Implementing ISDN - Advantages of ISDN Frame Relay - Introducing Frame Relay - Frame Relay control functions - Implementing Frame Relay ATM - ATM principles - Implementing ATM - Advantages of ATM SONET, SDH, and SMDS - SONET - SDH - Extracting SONET and SDH - SMDS operation - SMDS protocols