TCP/IP Networking Training Class

1. History and Standards

• 
  ARPA


• 
  NCP


• 
  TCP, IP, ARPANET


• 
  PARC


• 
  Collaborative Network Requirements


• 
  One Protocol?


• 
  Peer-to-Peer Protocols


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  Documentation and RFCs


• 
  RFC Categories


• 
  Where to Find Documentation

2. Review of Numbering Systems

• 
  Binary


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  Decimal


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  Hexadecimal


• 
  Conversion from Binary or Hex to Decimal


• 
  Conversion from Decimal to Binary or Hex


• 
  Exercises


• 
  Converting from Hex to and from Binary


• 
  Counting


• 
  Which Base, Where

3. Local Signaling

• 
  Local Signaling


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  Ethernet Addressing


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  Unicast


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  Multicast


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  Broadcast


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  The Ethernet Header


• 
  Protocol Type


• 
  Size Limits

4. IP Addressing

• 
  A Logical Address


• 
  IP Address Structure


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  Dotted Decimal Notation


• 
  Classful Addressing


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  Reserved Addresses


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  Private Addressing


• 
  Masking


• 
  Comparing Addresses


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  CIDR


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  Prefix Notation


• 
  Address Assignment

5. IP Subnets

• 
  Why Subnet


• 
  Required Information


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  Multiple Subnets and VLSM


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  Determining the Mask


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  Laying out the Subnets and their Addresses


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  Planning for Growth


• 
  Adding More Subnets

6. Address Resolution Protocol

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  Address Mapping


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  ARP Cache


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  ARP Restrictions


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  ARP Types


• 
  LAN Fill


• 
  Gratuitous ARP


• 
  ARP Commands

7. Internet Protocol

• 
  IP On Everything


• 
  IP Header


• 
  IP Header Layout


• 
  Differentiated Services


• 
  Total IP Length


• 
  Datagram ID Number


• 
  Fragmentation


• 
  TTL


• 
  Protocol Field


• 
  IP Header Checksum


• 
  IP Address


• 
  Source IP Address


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  Target IP Address


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  IP Option Fields


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  IP Sample Data Exchanges

8. IP Routing

• 
  Routing Function


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  The IP Routing Algorithm


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  The Routing Table


• 
  Routing Table Basics


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  Automatic Table Maintenance


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  Exterior or Interior Protocol


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  Routing Information Protocol


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  RIP Routing Information Basics


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  RIP Route Loops


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  OSPF vs. RIP 1 vs. RIP 2 vs. IGRP vs. EIGRP


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  Layer 3 Switching


• 
  BGP

9. Simple Sessions with User Datagram Protocol

• 
  Host-to-Host Layer Categories


• 
  Connectionless Protocol


• 
  Connection-Oriented Protocol


• 
  Low Overhead vs. Reliability


• 
  Port Origins and Basics


• 
  Well-Known Ports


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  Registered Ports


• 
  Dynamic Ports versus Random Ports


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  Ports and Sockets


• 
  UDP Header


• 
  Applications


• 
  UDP Sample Data Exchanges

10. Multicast

• 
  Overview


• 
  Applications


• 
  Advantages


• 
  Disadvantages


• 
  Addressing


• 
  IGMP


• 
  PIM and MOSPF

11. Robust Sessions with TCP

• 
  The TCP Choice


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  Reliable Transport Services


• 
  TCP Functions and Facilities


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  TCP Headers


• 
  TCP Source and Target Ports


• 
  Source Sequence Number


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  Acknowledgment Sequence Number


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  TCP Header Length


• 
  Session Bit Flags


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  Sender Window Size


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  TCP Checksum


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  Urgent Data Size


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  Option Fields


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  Maximum Segment and Window Size


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  TCP Three-Step Handshake


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  Normal Data Flow


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  Recovering Lost Segments


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  TCP Sliding Window Process


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  Four Step Session Shutdown


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  Normal End


• 
  Reset Session


• 
  TCP Sample Session

12. Auto Configuration

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  IP Address Assignment


• 
  IP Auto Configuration


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  DHCP Characteristics


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  DHCP Messages


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  DHCP in a Routed Network


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  Multiple DHCP Servers

13. DNS: Names Instead of Numbers

• 
  What Does DNS Do?


• 
  A Distributed Service


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  The DNS Tree


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  TLDs


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  Country Domains


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  Servers


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  Resource Records


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  The Lookup Process


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  Recursive vs. Non-recursive Queries


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  Local Lookup


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  Looking at the Root


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  Reversing the Process


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  Dynamic DNS


• 
  DHCP Lease Expiration

14. Diagnostics and Error Reports via ICMP

• 
  ICMP Basics


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  ICMP Message Destinations


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  ICMP Messages


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  ICMP Echo Request (Type 8) and Response (Type 0)


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  Destination Unreachable (Type 3)


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  Redirecting Traffic with an ICMP Message (Type 5)


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  ICMP Time Exceeded Message (Type 11)


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  ICMP Parameter Problem Message (Type 12)


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  ICMP Samples

15. TCP Applications

• Telnet
  
  
  
  • Telnet Option Negotiations Sample Session
  
  
  
  


• FTP
  
  
  
  • Multiple Sessions
  
  
  • Stateful and Stateless Sessions
  
  
  • PASV
  
  
  • FTP Sample Session
  
  
  
  


• Email
  
  
  
  • SMTP Sample Session
  
  
  • POP3
  
  
  • POP3 Sample Session
  
  
  • IMAP4
  
  
  
  


• World Wide Web
  
  
  
  • URL
  
  
  • HTTP Requests and Responses
  
  
  
  

16. UDP Applications

• TFTP
  
  
  
  • TFTP Client and Server Ports
  
  
  • TFTP Transfer Process
  
  
  • TFTP Operations
  
  
  • TFTP Sample Session
  
  
  
  


• SNMP Basics
  
  
  
  • An SNMP Model
  
  
  • The Network Management Station
  
  
  • The SNMP Agent
  
  
  • The Structure of Management Information
  
  
  • Management Information Base
  
  
  • Private MIBs
  
  
  • Remote Network Monitoring
  
  
  
  

17. VoIP

• 
  Overview


• 
  Uses


• 
  Voice Packets


• 
  Compression


• 
  Quality of Service


• 
  Traffic Engineering

18. Instant Messaging

• 
  Overview


• 
  Integrated Communications


• 
  Server Location(s)


• 
  Security Issues


• 
  Standards


• 
  SOX

Anyone who is responsible for designing, installing, configuring, and
maintaining TCP/IP network