COURSE # NTO-821
COMPREHENSIVE INTRODUCTION TO NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES
Extensive introduction to modern networking technologies, covering a wide range of topics including local and wide area networks and voice & data networks. Special emphasis is placed on the TCP/IP suite of protocols, the Internet, Wireless Networks and Network Security.
The rapid and unprecedented growth of the Internet has ushered in a new era of computing. Geographically distributed computational processes, instruments and machinery can potentially interact, communicate and collaborate to achieve a common goal. The course surveys the diverse technologies that comprise modern communication systems and networks. Class lectures are supplemented by case studies and problem sets.
Applications and benefits:
You will benefit by enhancing your understanding of the :
- Communication protocols.
- Optical networks.
- Wireless Networks.
- Internet.
- Network Security.
- Network management.
Who should attend:
This course offers a comprehensive introduction to communication systems and networks. It is designed specifically for management and IT professionals, programmers and network engineers who either design or manage networks. This course does not have prerequisites; however, familiarity with computers, programming and networks will be helpful.
Course Outline:
- Introduction and Historical Overview
- Modern Applications
- Modern Computer Architectures
- Modern Information Architectures and Programming Languages
- Modern Communication Networks
- The OSI Reference Model
- Application Layer
- Presentation Layer
- Session Layer
- Transport Layer
- Network Layer
- Data Link Layer
- Physical Layer
- Voice Networks
- POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service)
- Access and Transport Networks
- Multiplexing
- Switching Concepts
- Circuit Switching
- Common Channel Signaling
- Synchronous Optical Networks (SONET)
- Overview
- Signal Format
- Synchronization
- SONET Network Deployment Architectures
- Local Area Networks
- Network Topology
- Access Methods
- IEEE 802 LAN Standards
- LAN Performance
- High Speed Ethernet (Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet)
- Virtual LANs
- Cabling Standards for LANs
- Wireless Local Area Network
- Overview
- IEEE 802.11b and 802.11a Specification
- Design and Deployment of Wireless Local Area Networks
- Security Issues in Wireless Networks
- Data Networks
- Overview
- Packet Switching
- Statistical Multiplexiing
- Networking with Frame Relay
- Overview
- Protocol Structure
- Congestion Control and Traffic Management
- Broadband Networks - Aysnchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
- Overview
- Physical layer
- ATM layer
- ATM Adaptation Layer
- ATM Networks
- Internetworking LANs
- Overview
- Repeaters
- Bridges (Switches)
- Routers
- Gateways
- Routing in Networks
- Overview
- Flooding and Broadcasting
- Shortest Path Routing
- Optimal Routing
- Hot Potato Routing
- Spanning Tree Routing
- Source Routing
- RIP and OSPF routing protocols
- Traffic Management and Flow Control
- Objectives of Flow Control
- Approaches to Flow Control
- TCP/IP Networks
- Introduction to TCP/IP Protocol Suite
- Internet and Intranets
- Building a TCP/IP Network
- Connecting to a TCP/IP Network: SLIP and PPP
- Addressing & Naming
- Domain Name Server
- Dynamic Host Control Protocol
- Dynamic Domain Name Server
- Address Resolution Protocols (ARP, RARP & BootP)
- IP Subnets and Routing (RIP, OSPF)
- Trouble Shooting TCP/IP Networks (SNMP, Ping, ICMP)
- Building Intranets
- Web Servers (Http, HTML, Java)
- Messaging Servers (SMTP, POP3, IMAP)
- Directory Servers (X.500, LDAP)
- Security and Firewalls (SSL, RSA)
- Virtual Private Networks
- Network Operating Systems
- Novell NetWare
- Unix
- Linux
- Windows NT
- Network Management
- Overview
- Fault Management
- Accounting Management
- Configuration Management
- Performance Management
- Security Management
- Managing LANs & TCP/IP Networks (SNMP, RMON)
- Modeling, Analysis and Design of Networks
- Analytical Modeling: Overview of Queuing Models
- Simulation Modeling
- Empirical Modeling
- Network Design
- Network Architecture (Facilities, Devices and Interconnections)
- Switching, Routing, Flow Control and Traffic Monitoring
- Survivability and Reliability
- Node Placement and Sizing
- Link Topology and Sizing
About the Instructor
Dr. Indur B. Mandhyan is the Director of Information Technology at OEI. Currently he is Head of Advanced Networking and Distributed Computing at Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton, NJ. Previously, Dr. Mandhyan was a senior member of the research staff at NYNEX Technology Center in White Plains, NY, where he was responsible for the design and deployment of optimal algorithms and the information infrastructure necessary for the planning and provisioning of voice and data networks, such as SDH/SONET and Frame Relay and ATM. Prior to that, he was a senior researcher at Philips Research Laboratories, where he was engaged in the design and development of optimal algorithms for automation and communications. Dr. Mandhyan holds a BS and MS in computer science and a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts. He has published over a dozen technical publications and has authored several patents.
Details:
Course: NOO-821 Duration: 3 Days FEE: $1,399 CEUs: 2.16
Please direct any additional inquiries regarding this course to Anita Hellstrom, Program Coordinator, by e-mail, FAX: (636) 273-4955 or TELEPHONE: (636) 273-9608.
Call toll free 1-800-683-7267 from anywhere in the Continental U.S. or CANADA.
Last modified June 23, 2004.
