Networking

Module 00: Datacommunications Essentials Online Training - Course Introduction

Module 01: Communications Fundamentals
• Information format
• Datacom systems
• Applications and Qos issues

Module 02: Data Encoding and Error Control
• Encoding and timing
• Error Control

Module 03: Protocol Overview
• Protocol Implementations
• Physical layer characteristics

Module 04: The Physical Layer
• Data formats and encodings
• Timing issues
• Asynchronous and synchronous transmissions
• Transmission media

Module 05: Data Link Functions
• Data link overview
• Parallel ports
• Serial ports

Module 06: Serial Operation
• Serial Ports
• USB
• HDLC

Module 07: Networks Part 1
• Network form and function
• Network types
• Package switching
• Network Protocols OSI
• Protocol Operation
• Introduction to TCP-IP

Module 08: Networks Part 2
• Network form and function
• Network types
• Package switching
• Network Protocols OSI
• Protocol Operation
• Introduction to TCP-IP

Module 09: Serial Networks Part 1
• Hosts and Routers
• Wired and Wireless Phys
• IP addressing
• Routing mechanisms
• TCP and UDP
• Routers and Routing

Module 10: Serial Networks Part 2
• Hosts and Routers
• Wired and Wireless Phys
• IP addressing
• Routing mechanisms
• TCP and UDP
• Routers and Routing

Module 11: Local Area Networks Part 1
• IEEE 802 overview
• LAN addressing
• LAN frames

Module 12: Local Area Networks Part 2
• IEEE 802.3
• LAN topologies
• Shared vs. switched Ethernet
• IEEE 802.11
• Wireless LAN basic elements

Module 13: The Evolution of LANs
• Switching, Bridging, Routing
• Ethernet Deployment

Module 14: LAN Switching Part 1
• Motivation for switched LANs
• Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching
• Switched Ethernet
• Redundancy issues

Module 15: LAN Switching Part 2
• Motivation for VLANs
• VLAN deployments

Module 16: Wireless LANs: Wi-Fi Part 1
• Architecture, Challenges and Benefits of WLANs
• Spread Spectrum methods
• Wi-Fi operation; framing issues
• Power saving techniques

Module 17: Wireless LANs: Wi-Fi Part 2
• MAC functions; CSMA/CA
• CTS/RTS; Hidden nodes

Module 18: Packed Switched WANs Part 1
• X.25
• Frame Relay
• ATM

Module 19: Packet Switched WANs Part 2
• ATM details
• QoS support
• SVCs, PVCs
• ATM layers

Module 20: Circuit Switched WANs Part 1
• Telecom Overview
• Modems
• ISDN

Module 21: Circuit Switched WANs Part 2
• Always-on technologies
• DSL
• Private circuits
• SONET/SDH

Module 22: Datacommunications Essentials Online Training - Course Summary

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Module 00: Telecommunications Essentials Online Training - Course Introduction

Module 01: Communications Fundamentals

• Information format
• ASCII
• Hexadecimal

Module 02: Datacom Systems

• Datacom systems
• Applications and QoS issues

Module 03: Data Encoding and Error Control

• Encoding and timing
• Error control

Module 04: Communications Networks

• Network form and function
• OSI Protocol model

Module 05: Introduction to TCP/IP

• Hosts
• Routers
• Addressing issues

Module 06: Transport Layer

• TCP
• Flow control issues
• UDP
• IPv6 overview
• Routing examples

Module 07: Wired Transmission

• Metallic cables
• Performance cost issues
• Fiber overview
• Multi-mode fiber versus single-mode fiber
• Optical transmitters and receivers

Module 08: Fiber Cabling

• Fiber cabling
• Splicers and connectors
• Cost performance issues
• Fiber security

Module 09: Introduction to Wireless

• Wireless primer
• Antennas
• Challenges of radio communication
• Achieving higher data rates
• Wireless security and cost issues

Module 10: Circuit Switch WANs Part 1

• Telecom overview
• Modems

Module 11: Circuit Switch WANs Part 2

• DSL
• Private Circuits
• SONET

Module 12: Packet Switch WANs

• Virtual circuits
• X.25
• Frame relay
• Performance issues

Module 13: ATM

• Virtual circuit types
• ATM protocol layers
• Defining quality of service
• Performance comparisons

Module 14: Cellular Radio

• Cellular planning
• Cellular infrastructure
• Call processing
• CDMA versus TDMA
• System capacities

Module 15: Cellular Advances

• Upgrades
• GPRS and EDGE
• 3G Cellular

Module 16: Regional Wireless

• SMR
• Trunked radio
• Wireless local loops
• Mobile radio components

Module 17: Migration to Higher Speeds

• Migration to higher speeds
• WiMAX, mobile WiMAX
• Mobile broadband wireless access
• HiperMAN

Module 18: HSPA and EVDO

• HSPA
• EVDO, EV-DV

Module 19: Satellite Systems: GEO

• Satellite systems
• GEO implementations

Module 20: Satellite Systems: MEO, HEO and LEO

• MEO and HEO implementations
• LEO implementations

Module 21: WAN Challenges

• Qos and convergence
• Jumbo framing
• Troubleshooting

Module 22: Telecommunications Essentials Online Training - Course Summary

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Module 00: Fiber Optic Communications Online Training - Course Introduction

Module 01: Reasons to Use Fiber
• Communication networks
• Fiber in communications networks
• Analog and digital transport
• Band width
• Communications quality: SNR, BER
• Fiber system
• Fiber construction

Module 02: Using Fiber: The Big Picture
• Effects on data transmission
• Fiber types
• Fiber performance comparisons
• Optical transmitters and receivers
• Performance comparisons
• Fiber cables
• Joining fibers
• Fiber solutions

Module 02 A: Using Fiber: The Big Picture Part 2

Module 03: Light Wave Characteristics
• Light wave characteristics
• Reflection and refraction
• Fiber types

Module 04: Types of Optical Fiber
• Index profiles
• Numerical aperture
• Manufacturing fibers

Module 05: Wave Length Options
• Power and loss considerations
• Attenuation characteristics
• Windows of operation

Module 06: Optical System Losses
• External effects on loss
• Aging effects
• Specialized fibers
• Loss specifications
• Measuring fiber loss
• Couplers and splitters

Module 07: Optical Sources
• Data in light wave form
• Types of sources
• Source spectra
• LED characteristics
• Laser diode characteristics
• Complexity of laser based systems
• Comparison of LEDs and lasers

Module 07 A: Optical Sources Part 2

Module 08: Optical Receivers
• Fiber receivers
• PiNFET receivers
• APD receivers
• Receiver sensitivities
• Choosing a proper receiver
• Practical examples
• Advances in fiber communications

Module 09: Splicing Fiber
• Connector and splice loss
• Reasons for insertion loss
• Summarizing connector splice losses
• Fiber mismatches
• Splicing fibers
• Using splices

Module 10: Using Connectors
• Connector components
• Commonly used connectors
• Connector specifications
• Installing connectors
• Patch panels and patch cords
• Connector Insertion loss and return loss

Module 11: Loss Budgets
• Power budget overview
• Receiver specifications
• Power Budget: Fiber loss
• Fiber Budget: Splice and connector loss
• Overall link loss
• Managing the power budget

Module 12: Using an OTDR
• OTDR
• Interpreting OTDR displays
• When to use an OTDR
• Optical troubleshooting
• Light wave amplification
• Specialized cables

Module 13: Dispersion and Bandwidth
• Dispersion and bandwidth
• Sources of dispersion
• Cause of dispersion
• Chromatic dispersion
• SMF optical bandwidth
• Multi-mode dispersion
• Multi-mode fiber optical bandwidth

Module 14: Measuring Bandwidth
• Determining optical bandwidth
• Optical bandwidth examples
• Mathematical determination of bandwidth
• System bandwidth
• System bandwidth factors
• Predicting system bandwidth
• Managing system bandwidth
• Troubleshooting system bandwidth
• Latest advances

Module 15: Fiber Optic Communications Online Training - Course summary

None

Module 00: TCP/IP Essentials Online Training - Course Introduction

Module 01: TCP/IP History and Standards

• Early Computer Networks
• What is TCP/IP and Origination
• TCP/IP and Internet United
• TCP/IP Standards Development

Module 02: Data Communications

• Data Communications Networks
• Network Classifications
• Network Protocols
• Protocol Models
• Chapter Quiz

Module 03: DoD Model and Lower Layer Concepts

• Origins of the DoD Model
• Hosts and Routers
• Lower Layer Functions

Module 04: TCP/IP, LAN and WAN

• Ethernet Framing
• DSL Concepts
• DSL Operation
• TCP/IP Over DSL

Module 05: TCP/IP and the WAN- SONET

• Leased Lines
• Fractional Services
• Sonet SDH

Module 06: TCP/IP and the WAN- Frame Relay

• Frame Relay
• LAP-F
• Committed Information Rate (CIR)

Module 07: Asynchronous Transfer Mode

• Virtual Circuits
• ATM and QoS
• TCP/IP Over ATM
• Quiz

Module 08: Reading a Packet Header

• IP Header Fields
• Segmentation
• Fragmentation Issues
• IP Addressing

Module 09: Packet Forwarding

• Routing Quiz
• Simple Routing Example
• Enterprise Routing

Module 10: Functionality of IP

• Address Resolution
• ICMP
• IP Addressing

Module 11: Subnetting

• Subnet Masks
• Addressing Rules Quiz
• Subnetting

Module 12: IPv6 Overview

• Features of IPv6
• Addressing Overview
• Auto-configuration issues
• Neighbor Discovery

Module 13: IPv6 Header Fields

• Main Header Fields
• Flow Labels
• Traffic Classes
• Differentiated Services
• Hop Limit

Module 14: Extension Headers

• Next Header Fields
• Extension Headers
• Extension Header Order
• IPv6 MTU
• Fragmentation
• Quiz

Module 15: Address Types and Scopes

• Unicast Addresses
• Multicast Addresses
• Anycast Addresses
• Address Notation

Module 16: Unicast Address Details

• Prefix Notations
• Global Unicast Addresses
• Interface Identifiers
• Local Unicast Addresses

Module 17: Multicast and Anycast Addresses

• Multicast Address Format
• Multicast Group Management
• Listener Discovery Messages
• Anycast Address Space
• Quiz

You need to have equivalent experience or have taken the following GogoTraining courses:

• Datacommunications Essentials
• Telecommunications Essentials

Module 00: TCP/IP in Action Online Training - Course Introduction

Module 01: Autoconfiguration and ICMPv6

• Header Format
• Error Checking
• Destination Unreachable
• Exceeding MTU
• Error Message Codes

Module 02: Neighbor Discovery Part 1

• Message Types
• Neighbor Discovery Methods
• Re-Direct Messages

Module 03: Neighbor Discovery Part 2

• Neighbor Cache
• Auto Configuration Issues
• Duplicate Address Detection
• Quiz

Module 04: Migration Strategies

• Mixing IPv4 and IPv6
• Migration Planning
• Dual Stacks

Module 05: Tunneling

• Configuring Tunnels
• Automatic Tunnels
• 6 to 4 Tunnels

Module 06: Additional Issues with Tunneling and Migration

• Security Issues
• NAT
• Migration Strategies
• Quiz

Module 07: IP Routing

• Using Routing Tables
• Pinging a Host on the LAN
• Pinging a Host on a Remote Network

Module 08: Dynamic Routing Protocols

• Types of Routing Protocols
• RIP
• OSPF
• BGP

Module 09: Transport Layer

• TCP and UDP
• Segmentation Issues
• Ports
• Sockets

Module 10: Streaming Data Issues

• Streaming Data
• Flow Control
• Examining TCP Sessions
• Chapter Quiz

Module 11: TCP Applications

• Application Layer Functions
• Telnet
• FTP
• NFS
• Remote Procedure Calls

Module 12: DNS and TCP/IP Utilities

• Host Name Resolution
• DNS Server Functions
• Trace Route
• Neotrace and Pathping

Module 13: Web Applications and Email

• Web Access
• Web Security
• Cookies
• Email Basics
• Security Issues in Email

Module 14: Configuring TCP/IP

• DHCP in Action
• Configuration Methods
• Network Address Translation
• Private IP Addresses
• Quiz

Module 15: VPNs

• VPN Challenges
• Extending the Intranet
• Defining a VPN

Module 16: VPN Options

• Motivations for VPNs
• Service Options
• Service Providers
• VPN Implementation

Module 17: VPN Issues

• Maintaining Security
• Authentication Methods
• Data Integrity

Module 18: IPSec Operation

• Authentication Headers
• Hash Functions
• ESP
• Tunneling Protocols
• Common VPN Implementations
• Quiz

Module 19: QoS and Performance Issues

• Streaming Traffic
• Supporting QoS
• VoIP
• Jumbo Framing
• Performance Assessment
• Quiz

You need to have equivalent experience and knowledge of  IPv6 or have taken the following GogoTraining courses:

• TCP/IP Essentials
• Datacommunication Essentials
• Telecommunications Essentials

Module 00: Next Generation Telephony, VoIP Online Training - Course Introduction

Module 01: The Business Case for VoIP

• Convergence issues
• o Transmission level
  o Network level
  o Application level
• Exploiting network bandwidth
• Reducing Telephony Costs

Module 02: Communications Networks

• Network Classifications
• Circuit-switched vs. Packet-switched
• Network Protocols
• Protocol Models

Module 03: Introduction to TCP/IP

• Hosts
• Routers
• Addressing issues

Module 04: Local Area Networks Part 1

• IEEE 802 overview
• LAN addressing
• LAN frames

Module 05: Local Area Networks Part 2

• IEEE 802.3
• LAN topologies
• Shared vs. Switched Ethernet
• IEEE 802.11
• Wireless LAN basic elements

Module 06: The Evolution of LANs

• Ethernet Deployment
• Switching, Bridging, Routing
• Spanning Tree Algorithm

Module 07: LAN Switching Part 1

• Motivation for switched LANs
• Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching
• Switched Ethernet
• Redundancy issues

Module 08: LAN Switching Part 2

• Motivation for VLANs
• VLAN deployments

Module 09: Circuit Switched WANs Part 1

• Telecom overview
• Modems
• ISDN

Module 10: Circuit Switched WANs Part 2

• DSL
• Private Circuits
• SONET

Module 11: Traffic Analysis and Modems

• Traffic Analysis
• Traffic Load
• Blocking
• Modems
• Modem Connections

Module 12: Streaming Over IP

• Protocols
• Differentiated Services
• MPLS
• QoS

Module 13: ATM

• QoS
• VC
• ATM Layers

Module 14: VoIP Options and Requirements

• Common Configurations
• IP Phones
• Regulatory Issues

Module 15: VoIP Signaling

• Types of Protocols
• VoIP Performance
• Deployment Considerations
• Reliability Panning

Module 16: Migration Strategies

• The Migration Process: Sample Migration
• Network Administration
• Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

You need to have equivalent experience or have taken the following GogoTraining courses:

• Telecommunications Essentials
• Datacommunications Essentials