Network Engineering is a branch of engineering technology that deals
with the study of planning, designing, commissioning and installing the
industrial networks. It deals with the operation of networks,
protocols, operating systems and network technologies.
This course is aimed to help students to understand the basics of
industrial data communications, networking and protocols, thus making
them familiar with the design, maintenance and administration of
computer networks.
WHO SHOULD COMPLETE THIS COURSE
- IT managers
- Systems engineers
- Maintenance engineers
- Quality/testing engineers
- Network Administrator
- Server Administrator
- Network Security Engineer
- Course Outline
COURSE OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION TO ETHERNET
- Comparison of IEEE802.3 and Ethernet Blue Book 2
- Types of Ethernet
- Frames of IEEE 802.3
- Ethernet Addressing
VARIANTS OF ETHERNET
- 10 Mbps Ethernet
- 10Base5, 10Base2 and 10BaseT Segment
- 10BaseFL, 10BaseFP and 100BaseT Segment
- 100Mbps Ethernet Standards, Gigabit Ethernet standards and 10
Gigabit Ethernet
INDUSTRIAL/INTRINSICALLY ETHERNET AND POE/PPOE
- Packaging, coating and hardening of Industrial Ethernet
- Deterministic vs. Stochastic operation
- Switching Technology
- Introduction to Intrinsically safe Ethernet
- Definition of POE and PPOE
IP ADDRESSES
- Introduction to IP
- Details of IP Addresses
- Addressing Structures
SUBNETTING AND SUBNET MASK
- Masking Concept
- Subnet Mask
- Subnetting
- Variable length subnet masking (VLSM)
ARP AND ICMP
- Introduction to ARP
- ARP Header
- ICMP Definition
- ICMP Message structure
INTRODUCTION TO IPv6
- IPV6 Address Notation
- IPV4 vs. IPV6
- IPV6 Addresses
SUMMARY OF ADRESS TYPES
- ICMPv6
- ICMPv6 ND Protocol
- HOST TO HOST LAYER PROTOCOLS
- Ports and Sockets
- Transmission control Protocol (TCP)
- Maximum Segment Size (MSS)
- User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
APPLICATION LAYER IN THE MODEL
- Application layer in OSI model and TCP/IP model
- HTTP, FTP and SFTP definitions
- Explanation on DNS, SNMP, SMTP, APIPA and DHCP
- Bootstrap protocol
- BOOTP vs. DHCP
INTRODUCTION TO SWITCHES
- Switches
- Switching Architecture
- Hubs vs. Switches
- Bridges
- TYPES OF SWITCHES
- Layer 2 (L2) Switch and Layer 3 (L3) Switch
- Managed vs. Unmanaged Switches
- Spanning Tree Protocol
VIRTUAL LAN
- Limitations of VLAN
- Basic operation of a VLAN
- VLAN Connections
- VLAN Tagging
QUALITY OF SERVICE (QoS)
- Details of IP Addresses
- Redundancy
- Ether channel
ROUTING
- Mechanics of routing
- Methods of routing
- Subnetting
- Subnet mask
ROUTING TECHNIQUES
- Variable length subnet masking (VLSM)
- Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)
- Port Forwarding
- Network Address Translation (NAT)
ADVANCED ROUTING
- Autonomous systems (AS)
- Routing metrics
INTERIOR GATEWAY PROTOCOL
EXTERIOR GATEWAY PROTOCOL AND MPLS
- Explanation on EGP
- Definition on MPLS
- Series of LSRs Interconnect
CCTV OVER IP
- IP cameras in CCTV
- Analog vs. IP cameras
- Compression Formats
- Bandwidth requirements
- LAN/WAN
MODBUS
- Introduction
- Modbus Messaging protocol
- Modbus Serial
- Modbus protocol structure
- Modbus Transmission structures
- MODBUS OVER TCP and OPC
- Modbus/TCP communication stack
- Modbus Architecture model
- Modbus/TCP connection establishment
- Modbus/TCP client server interaction
OPC
SECURITY MEASURES
- Security problems
- Access Control Lists
- Filtering
FIREWALLS
- Hardware and software based firewall
- Important types of firewall
- Packet filtering firewall
NAT
- Stateful packet Inspection firewall
- Application layer firewall
VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK
- Point to point tunneling protocol
- Layer2 Forwarding protocol
- Layer2 Tunneling protocol
- IP Security protocol
AUTHENTICATION AND ENCRYPTION
- Authentication definition
- Introduction to encryption
- Encryption process
- SSH Tunnel
WIRELESS
- Wireless Ethernet backhauls
- Ethernet modems for PtP and PtMP applications
- Wireless LANs
- IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.15.4 AND IEEE 802.11i
- IEEE 802.11 Specifications
- Industrial Wireless LAN
- Industrial Mesh networks
- Authentication
