Networks demystified

Description

Networks demystified training course description

A concise overview course covering all aspects of networking with particular emphasis of use of the 7 layer model as a framework for discussing and learning new network terms enabling delegates to recognise the main buzzwords used in the industry.

What will you learn

• Use the 7 layer model to classify networking terms.
• Differentiate between LANS and WANS.
• Recognise bandwidth measurements.
• List LAN and WAN technologies.
• Recognise cabling issues in a network.

Networks demystified training course details

Networks demystified training course contents

• What are networks?

What is a network? Types of network, Local Area Networks (LANs), Wide Area Networks (WANs), connecting networks together with routers.

• The 7 layer model

What is the 7 layer model? The importance of standards, using the 7 layer model to classify networking terms.

• Cables

Copper, Fibre, Air, standards, connectors, LAN cables, WAN cables, distance limitations, hubs and repeaters, other issues. The radio spectrum.

• Bandwidth

Bits and bytes. Bandwidth measurements, common technologies and their bandwidth, the impact of applications on bandwidth. Full and half duplex. Joining cables together to increase bandwidth (Link aggregation).

• LANs and WANs

What is Ethernet? What is WiFi? What are Leased lines? What is MPLS?

• Ethernet switches

Ethernet 'packets', MAC addresses, what is a switch, what is the difference between a hub and a switch.

• TCP/IP

What is TCP/IP? What is a protocol? What is IP? What is TCP? The role of routers in joining LANS and WANS, What is the Internet?

• Applications

Ways to use the network, clients, servers, web browsing and HTTP, Email, instant messaging, multimedia applications.