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Networking Essentials: Network Linkage

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 fundamentals of network linkage

Learning Objectives

Discuss the main principles of signal transmission. Detail and compare the three different types of cable media. Describe the principal methods used for creating wireless LANs. Outline the main ways of building an extended LAN.

Topics Covered

Introducing network linkage - Signal transmission - Transmission media - Choosing a medium Network cabling - Introducing cable media - Coaxial cable - Twisted-pair cable - Fiber optic cable - IBM cabling Wireless LANs - Introducing wireless LANs - Single-frequency radio - Spread-spectrum radio - Infrared Extended LANs - Wireless bridges - Mobile computing - Remote access