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Module 1 - 11 Outline

Module 1: Introduction to Networking
Module Overview
1.1 Connecting to the Internet
1.1.1 Requirements for Internet connection
1.1.2 PC basics
1.1.3 Network interface card
1.1.4 NIC and modem installation
1.1.5 Overview of high-speed and dial-up connectivity
1.1.6 TCP/IP description and configuration
1.1.7 Testing connectivity with ping
1.1.8 Web browser and plug-ins
1.1.9 Troubleshooting Internet connection problems
1.2 Network Math
1.2.1 Binary presentation of data
1.2.2 Bits and bytes
1.2.3 Base 10 number system
1.2.4 Base 2 number system
1.2.5 Converting decimal numbers to 8-bit binary numbers
1.2.6 Converting 8-bit binary numbers to decimal numbers
1.2.7 Four-octet dotted decimal representation of 32-bit binary numbers
1.2.8 Hexadecimal
1.2.9 Boolean or binary logic
1.2.10 IP addresses and network masks
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Module 2: Networking Fundamentals
Module Overview
2.1 Networking Terminology
2.1.1 Data networks
2.1.2 Network history
2.1.3 Networking devices
2.1.4 Network topology
2.1.5 Network protocols
2.1.6 Local-area networks (LANs)
2.1.7 Wide-area networks (WANs)
2.1.8 Metropolitan-area networks (MANs)
2.1.9 Storage-area networks (SANs)
2.1.10 Virtual private network (VPN)
2.1.11 Benefits of VPNs
2.1.12 Intranets and extranets
2.2 Bandwidth
2.2.1 Importance of bandwidth
2.2.2 Analogies
2.2.3 Measurement
2.2.4 Limitations
2.2.5 Throughput
2.2.6 Data transfer calculation
2.2.7 Digital versus analog
2.3 Networking Models
2.3.1 Using layers to analyze problems in a flow of materials
2.3.2 Using layers to describe data communication
2.3.3 OSI model
2.3.4 OSI layers
2.3.5 Peer-to-peer communications
2.3.6 TCP/IP model
2.3.7 Detailed encapsulation process
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Module 3: Networking Media
Module Overview
3.1 Copper Media
3.1.1 Atoms and electrons
3.1.2 Voltage
3.1.3 Resistance and impedance
3.1.4 Current
3.1.5 Circuits
3.1.6 Cable specifications
3.1.7 Coaxial cable
3.1.8 STP cable
3.1.9 UTP cable
3.2 Optical Media
3.2.1 The electromagnetic spectrum
3.2.2 Ray model of light
3.2.3 Reflection
3.2.4 Refraction
3.2.5 Total internal reflection
3.2.6 Multimode fiber
3.2.7 Single-mode fiber
3.2.8 Other optical components
3.2.9 Signals and noise in optical fibers
3.2.10 Installation, care, and testing of optical fiber
3.3 Wireless Media
 
3.3.1 Wireless LAN organizations and standards
3.3.2 Wireless devices and topologies
3.3.3 How wireless LANs communicate
3.3.4 Authentication and association
3.3.5 The radio wave and microwave spectrums
3.3.6 Signals and noise on a WLAN
3.3.7 Wireless security
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Module 4: Cabling Testing
Module Overview
4.1 Background for Studying Frequency-Based Cable Testing
4.1.1 Waves
4.1.2 Sine waves and square waves
4.1.3 Exponents and logarithms
4.1.4 Decibels
4.1.5 Viewing signals in time and frequency
4.1.6 Analog and digital signals in time and frequency
4.1.7 Noise in time and frequency
4.1.8 Bandwidth
4.2 Signals and Noise
4.2.1 Signaling over copper and fiber optic cabling
4.2.2 Attenuation and insertion loss on copper media
4.2.3 Sources of noise on copper media
4.2.4 Types of crosstalk
4.2.5 Cable testing standards
4.2.6 Other test parameters
4.2.7 Time-based parameters
4.2.8 Testing optical fiber
4.2.9 A new standard
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Module 5: Cabling LANs and WANs
Module Overview  
5.1 Cabling the LAN
5.1.1 LAN physical layer
5.1.2 Ethernet in the campus
5.1.3 Ethernet media and connector requirements
5.1.4 Connection media
5.1.5 UTP implementation
5.1.6 Repeaters
5.1.7 Hubs
5.1.8 Wireless
5.1.9 Bridges
5.1.10 Switches
5.1.11 Host connectivity
5.1.12 Peer-to-peer
5.1.13 Client/server
5.2 Cabling the WAN
 
5.2.1 WAN physical layer
5.2.2 WAN serial connections
5.2.3 Routers and serial connections
5.2.4 Routers and ISDN BRI connections
5.2.5 Routers and DSL connections
5.2.6 Routers and cable connections
5.2.7 Setting up console connections
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Module 6: Ethernet Fundamentals
Module Overview  
6.1 Ethernet Fundamentals
6.1.1 Introduction to Ethernet
6.1.2 IEEE Ethernet naming rules
6.1.3 Ethernet and the OSI model
6.1.4 Naming
6.1.5 Layer 2 framing
6.1.6 Ethernet frame structure
6.1.7 Ethernet frame fields
6.2 Ethernet Operation
6.2.1 Media Access Control (MAC)
6.2.2 MAC rules and collision detection/backoff
6.2.3 Ethernet timing
6.2.4 Interframe spacing and backoff
6.2.5 Error handling
6.2.6 Types of collisions
6.2.7 Ethernet errors
6.2.8 FCS and beyond
6.2.9 Ethernet auto-negotiation
6.2.10 Link establishment and full and half duplex
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Module 7: Ethernet Technologies
Module Overview
7.1 10-Mbps and 100-Mbps Ethernet
7.1.1 10-Mbps Ethernet
7.1.2 10BASE5
7.1.3 10BASE2
7.1.4 10BASE-T
7.1.5 10BASE-T wiring and architecture
7.1.6 100-Mbps Ethernet
7.1.7 100BASE-TX
7.1.8 100BASE-FX
7.1.9 Fast Ethernet architecture
7.2 Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet
7.2.1 1000-Mbps Ethernet
7.2.2 1000BASE-T
7.2.3 1000BASE-SX and LX
7.2.4 Gigabit Ethernet architecture
7.2.5 10-Gigabit Ethernet
7.2.6 10-Gigabit Ethernet architectures
7.2.7 Future of Ethernet
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Module 8: Ethernet Switching
Module Overview
8.1 Ethernet Switching
8.1.1 Layer 2 bridging
8.1.2 Layer 2 switching
8.1.3 Switch operation
8.1.4 Latency
8.1.5 Switch modes
8.1.6 Spanning-Tree Protocol
8.2 Collision Domains and Broadcast Domains
8.2.1 Shared media environments
8.2.2 Collision domains
8.2.3 Segmentation
8.2.4 Layer 2 broadcasts
8.2.5 Broadcast domains
8.2.6 Introduction to data flow
8.2.7 What is a network segment?
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Module 9: TCP/IP Protocol Suite and IP Addressing
Module Overview
9.1 Introduction to TCP/IP
9.1.1 History and future of TCP/IP
9.1.2 Application layer
9.1.3 Transport layer
9.1.4 Internet layer
9.1.5 Network access layer
9.1.6 Comparing the OSI model and the TCP/IP model
9.1.7 Internet architecture
9.2 Internet Addresses
9.2.1 IP addressing
9.2.2 Decimal and binary conversion
9.2.3 IPv4 addressing
9.2.4 Class A, B, C, D, and E IP addresses

9.2.5

 Reserved IP addresses
9.2.6 Public and private IP addresses
9.2.7 Introduction to subnetting
9.2.8 IPv4 versus IPv6
9.3 Obtaining an IP Address
9.3.1 Obtaining an Internet address
9.3.2 Static assignment of an IP address
9.3.3 RARP IP address assignment
9.3.4 BOOTP IP address assignment
9.3.5 DHCP IP address management
9.3.6 Problems in address resolution
9.3.7 Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
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Module 10: Routing Fundamentals and Subnets
Module Overview
10.1 Routed Protocol
10.1.1 Routable and routed protocols
10.1.2 IP as a routed protocol
10.1.3 Packet propagation and switching within a router
10.1.4 Internet Protocol (IP)
10.1.5 Anatomy of an IP packet
10.2 IP Routing Protocols
10.2.1 Routing overview
10.2.2 Routing versus switching
10.2.3 Routed versus routing
10.2.4 Path determination

10.2.5

 Routing tables
10.2.6 Routing algorithms and metrics
10.2.7 IGP and EGP
10.2.8 Link state and distance vector
10.2.9 Routing protocols
10.3 The Mechanics of Subnetting
10.3.1 Classes of network IP addresses
10.3.2 Introduction to and reason for subnetting
10.3.3 Establishing the subnet mask address
10.3.4 Applying the subnet mask
10.3.5 Subnetting Class A and B networks
10.3.6 Calculating the resident subnetwork through ANDing
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Module 11: TCP/IP Transport and Application Layer
Module Overview
11.1 TCP/IP Transport Layer
11.1.1 Introduction to transport layer
11.1.2 Flow control
11.1.3 Session establishment, maintenance, and termination overview
11.1.4 Three-way handshake
11.1.5 Windowing
11.1.6 Acknowledgment
11.1.7 Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
11.1.8 User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
11.1.9 TCP and UDP port numbers
11.2 The Application Layer
11.2.1 Introduction to the TCP/IP application layer
11.2.2 DNS
11.2.3 FTP
11.2.4 HTTP

11.2.5

 SMTP
11.2.6 SNMP
11.2.7 Telnet
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Case Study: Structured Cabling  
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