ETHERNET LANS TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION
THIS COURSE HAS BEEN REPLACED AS PART OF OUR CONTINUOUS CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT.
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* Definitive Ethernet switching course
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN
* Describe what Ethernet is and how it works.
* Install Ethernet networks
* Troubleshoot Ethernet networks
* Analyse Ethernet packets
* Design Ethernet networks
* Recognise the uses of Hubs, Bridges, switches and routers.
ETHERNET LANS TRAINING COURSE DETAILS
* Who will benefit:
Those wishing to find out more about how their LAN works.
* Prerequisites:
Intro to Data comms & networking.
* Duration
3 days
ETHERNET LANS TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS
* What is Ethernet?
LANS, What is Ethernet?, history, standards, the OSI reference model, how
Ethernet works, CSMA/CD. Ethernet Cabling UTP, cat 3,4,5, Cat 5e, Cat 6, Cat
7, fibre optic cable, MMF, SMF.
Hands on Making a cable.
* 802.3 physical specifications
Distance limitations, hubs and repeaters, 5-4-3-2-1 rule, 10BaseT, 10BaseF,
100BaseTX, 100BaseFX, 1000BaseSX, 1000BaseT, 10gbe.
Hands on Working with hubs.
* Ethernet layer 2
Overview, NICS, device drivers, MAC addresses, broadcasts, multicasts, frame
formats, Ether II, 802.3, 802.2, SNAP, compatibility, Ethernet type numbers,
Ethernet multicast addresses, Ethernet vendor codes.
Hands on Installing Ethernet components, analysing MAC headers.
* IP and Ethernet ARP
Hands on Analysing ARP packets.
* Ethernet extensions
Full/half duplex, auto negotiation, flow control methods, 802.3ad, 802.3af,
802.3ah.
Hands on Configuration of full/half duplex.
* Ethernet speed enhancements
Encoding, Carrier extension, packet bursting, jumbo frames.
* Prioritisation
802.1P, 802.1Q, TOS, WRR, QOS, VLANs.
Hands on 802.1p testing
* Interconnecting LANS
Broadcast domains, Collision domains, What are bridges, transparent bridging,
What are switches? STP, VLANS, What are routers? Layer 3 switches, Connecting
Ethernet to the WAN.
Hands on STP, Analysing Ethernet frames in a routed architecture.
* Troubleshooting and maintaining Ethernet
Utilisation, performance, TDR and other testers, bottlenecks, statistics,
RMON.
Hands on Monitoring performance, troubleshooting tools.