A network consists of a larger number of the communication devices like Routers, Repeaters, Hubs and Switches. A router works like a traffic light between the networks. Without routers there would be no Internet.
Today, IP is the main protocol in use on the Internet, as it is a routed protocol. A routing protocol specifies how routers communicate with one another. The routing protocol also specifies how routers in a network share information with each other and report changes. Some of the common routing protocols include IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS and BGP.
This course covers some basic topics in networking like routers, hubs, bridges, repeaters, routing concepts and protocols.
After completion of this course, students will get a clear view on Basics of switches, Hubs and Bridges, routing basic concepts, hierarchical routing and about some advanced routing concepts.
WHO SHOULD COMPLETE THIS COURSE?
- Networking Technicians
- Systems Engineers
- Computer science & Networking Engineers
- Telecommunication Engineers
- IT Engineers
- Process Engineers
- Electronics Engineers
COURSE OUTLINE
REPEATERS, HUBS & BRIDGES
- Allow the Network to Grow
- Repeaters: Physical Layer
- Hubs: Physical Layer
- Bridges: Link layer
- Bridge operation
- Transparent Bridge
- Store & forward bridge
SWITCHES
- Switches: Link layer/ Network layer
- Ethernet switches
- Micro segmentation
- Switches advantages/disadvantages
- Switch table
- Loops
SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL & VLAN
- Spanning tree protocol
- Bridge PDUs & ID
- Spanning tree port states
- Election of root switch/port
- Spanning tree address management
- STP: Simulation (1)
- Virtual LAN (VLAN)
- Tagged VLAN
- IEEE 802.1 p/Q Header
ROUTING BASICS & PRINCIPLES
- Routing fundamentals
- Routing options
- Destination-based routing
- Routing components
- Routing table & algorithm
- Routing protocol
- Routing metrics
CLASSIFICATIONS OF ROUTING ALGORITHM
- Classifications of routing algorithm
- Two methods of operation
- Static routing
- Three methods of dynamic routing
- Convergence
DYNAMIC ROUTING: DISTANCE-VECTOR
- Distance-vector algorithm
- Distance-vector routing
- Distance-vector: Simulation 1
- Distance-vector: Simulation 2
- Distance-vector: Simulation 3
- Distance-vector count to ∞
- Advantages/Disadvantages of distance vector
LINK STATE & HYBRIDIZED ROUTING
- Link-state routing
- Advantages/Disadvantages of Link-state routing
- Hybridized routing
- BGP routing
ROUTING PROTOCOLS: RIP
- Hierarchical routing
- IGP – EGP
- Origin of RIP
- RIP packet format
- RIP timers
- Routing database
- IP RIP 2 packet
- Limitations of RIP
ROUTING PROTOCOLS: IGRP & EIGRP
- Goals of IGRP
- Limitation of IGRP
- Metrics
- RIP and IGRP comparison
- Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
- EIGRP packet types, capabilities & attributes
- Routing techniques
- Routing concepts
ROUTING PROTOCOLS: OSPF
- OSPF characteristics
- OSPF areas
- OSPF features
ROUTING CONCEPTS: MPLS
- Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)
- WAN topologies
- MPLS principle
- MPLS characteristics
- Label switching with ATM
- MPLS label format
COMPONENTS OF MPLS
- MPLS components
- Control plane
- Label switch router
- Edge label switch router
- Label Information Base (LIB)
- Label Forwarding Instance Base (LFIB)
- Label distribution Protocol (LDP)
ADVANCED ROUTING CONCEPTS
- Internet Protocol Security – IPSec
- Access Control Lists (ACLs)
- Hierarchical routing
- Quality of Service
- MPLS QoS
- Multi-layer 2 protocols
- Protocol-Interdependent Multicast
- Redundant paths
