WANS TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION
A concise overview course covering Wide Area Networks with particular emphasis
on the WAN options available including the use of the Internet.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN
* Choose and evaluate WAN technologies.
* Recognise the role of service providers.
* Describe the benefits of VPNs.
* Describe how the Internet can be used as a WAN.
* Describe the equipment needed to connect LANS to WANS.
* List the speeds of various WAN technologies.
WANS TRAINING COURSE DETAILS
* Who will benefit:
Anyone, although the course is particularly aimed at non-technical personnel
needing some knowledge of WANS.
* Prerequisites:
Network fundamentals
* Duration
1 day
WANS TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS
* WANS
WAN architecture, Common WAN terms, Core vs access, service providers,
relationship with 7 layer model, WAN equipment, how to choose a WAN.
* Layer 1
Copper, phone lines, fibre, coaxial, satellite, wireless. Cabling to the
building, CPE cabling, interfaces.
* Layer 2
Dial up vs. Dedicated vs. packet switched networks and when to use them.
Packet switching vs. circuit switching. Point to point and point to
multipoint.
* Dialup access technologies
Modems, ISDN, BRI, PRI.
* Access with dedicated lines
XDSL, leased lines.
* WAN services
X.25, SMDS, Frame Relay, CIR, ATM, Internet, MANS, dark fibre and other
services.
* Case study: Selecting WAN technologies.
* Service provider technologies
MPLS, SDH, WDM, DWDM.
* Routers
Network addressing, default gateways, routing tables, routing protocols.
* Internet architecture
Service providers, ISPs, private peering, public peering, core WANs in the
Internet.
* VPNs
Private networks, public networks, What are VPNs?, benefits of VPNs,
tunnelling, encryption, IPSec.
* Case study: Specifying WAN connectivity.