| TCP/IP training
course contents
What is TCP/IP?
Protocols, services. The Internet, RFCs, Comparison with
OSI 7 layer model.
Hosts
Host configuration of IP addresses, subnet masks and default
gateways, ipconfig, ping, hostnames, hosts file. Hands
on: Configuring TCP/IP, ping.
Using TCP/IP
Clients and daemons, services, ftp, telnet, tftp, ssh, sftp,
scp. Hands on: Using ftp… configuring services.
IP addressing
Format of addresses, registering, Address classes, dotted
decimal notation, choosing addresses, DHCP. Hands on: impact
of addressing errors.
IP
IP datagram format, ICMP datagram format. Hands on: Analysing
IP and ICMP packets.
IP and the lower layers
ARP, RARP, Ethernet, PPP, other media. Hands on: arp, configuration
and analysis.
Routing
What is a router? Reason for routing, network addressing,
default gateways, how routing works, routing and addresses,
routing tables, traceroute. Hands on: Using a routed network.
Routing protocols
IGPs, EGPs, RIP & OSPF. Hands on: Configuring routers
for RIP and OSPF.
Subnetting
When to subnet, subnet masks, working with subnetting, CIDR
notation. Hands on: Changing the routed network to use
subnetting.
The transport layer
UDP, Ports, TCP, acknowledgements, sliding windows. Hands
on: DrTCP, analysing packets.
The Internet
The early Internet, Autonomous systems, ISP types, peering
arrangements.
Internet services
DNS, WWW, NNTP, SMTP, POP3, NTP. Hands on: Configuring a
web server.
Network management
Issues, SNMP, MIB's, configuring SNMP. Hands on: Using a
NMS.
Diagnostics and troubleshooting
A methodology, Important files, Standard tools, Performance
tuning. Hands on: Fault fixing.
TCP/IP security considerations
Firewalls, architectures, packet filtering, proxy servers,
VPNs, IPSec, anonymous ftp. Hands on: Configuring a firewall
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