FUNDAMENTALS

OSI Model Review

• Layered Architecture: The OSI Model
• Layers of the OSI Model
• Upper Layers
• Lower Layers
• OSI Model Flow Chart

Network Concepts

• What is a Network?

Internetworking Basics

• Basic Components for the LAN
• Network Topologies

LAN TECHNOLOGIES

Introduction to Local Area Network (LAN)

• What is a Local Area Network (LAN)
• LAN Features

The 802 Standards

• IEEE 802 Committee
• LAN Evolution

Ethernet Overview

• What is Ethernet?
• CSMA/CD
• Ethernet Cabling
• Ethernet Developments
• Ethernet vs. IEEE 802.3

Token Ring

• Token Ring
• LAN Technology

BRIDGING AND SWITCHING

Internetworking Hardware: Bridging

• Bridging Concepts
• Bridging and the OSI Model
• Bridge Functions
• Filtering
• Bridge Operation
• Spanning Tree
• Bridge Basics

Internetworking Hardware: Switching

• Layer2 Switching
• Layer2 Switches

Multilink Trunking

• Downside to Switching
• Multilink Trunking

Virtual LANs

• Virtual LANs
• VLAN & VLAN Tagging
• VLAN Evolution
• VLAN Types

802.1p Overview

• 802.1p Overview

Routing

• Routing: The 80/20 Rule
• The Layer 3 Switch

WAN TECHNOLOGIES

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

• ATM Switching
• Backbone WANs
• Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Transfer

Mode

• ATM Forum Interfaces
• ATM Cell

ATM Virtual Circuit and Path

• What are ATM Virtual Circuits?
• Connection Table Establishment
• Synchronous Optical Network

Frame Relay

• Problem of the Early 90s
• Solution of the 90s
• Frame Relay Networking
• SVC & PVC
• Virtual Circuit Mapping
• How Frame Relay is Mapped onto ATM
• Addressing
• Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)

VPNs

• Intranets
• Extranets
• What is an Internet VPN?
• Why Use an Internet VPN
• Branch Office VPNs