An intensive hands on IP foundation leading to LINX
Accredited Internet Technician stage 1. The course
focuses on all parts of TCP/IP including layers 4 to 7 on
end stations as well as layer 3 on routers. The TCP/IP
protocols are also studied to enable delegates to be
able to troubleshoot TCP/IP using Wireshark. Hands on
sessions are used to reinforce the theory rather than
teach specific manufacturer equipment.
A multiple choice exam, leading to the LAIT I
certification, is included at the end of the course.
The exam consists of 40 questions and lasts 1.5
hours.
Network engineers.
None.
5 days
TCP and IP are protocols, 7 layer model, hardware/ software layers, network layers, internetworking, protocols, What is IP? What is TCP? The internet, The IAB, RFCs.
Host configuration, IP addresses, subnet masks, default
gateways, ping.
Hands on Base configuration. Testing
with ping. Analysing packets with Wireshark.
Switches and Wireshark
Switches versus hubs, layer 2 forwarding table, flooding,
broadcasts.
Hands on Building a switched based
network.
Configuration options, console port, putty, telnet.
Hands on Configuring switches, telnet.
IP packet format, protocol field, TTL, DiffServ, fragments,
ICMP.
Hands on IP packet analysis.
32 bits, dotted decimal, rules, networks, role of subnet
masks, simple subnetting, prefix notation. Broadcasts,
special use addresses.
Hands on Planning and
implementing addressing.
ARP, PPP, other media.
Hands on ARP.
What are routers? What routers do, default gateways,
routing and addressing, routing tables, ways to update
routing tables.
Hands on Building a routed network,
traceroute.
IGPs and EGPs, RIP, RIPv2, Why not to use RIP, OSPF,
OSPF metrics, convergence, distance vector protocols,
link state protocols.
Hands on RIP, OSPF analysing
routing tables.
Network simulators.
Hands on Using GNS3.
Subnetting to the bit level, ranges, how prefixes are
used.
Hands on Subnetting.
What are VLANs, tagging, 802.1Q, Inter VLAN routing.
Hands on Inter VLAN routing.
Layer 4, port numbers, client ports, broadcasts
multicasts and layer 4, UDP header, TCP header,
connections, ACK, sliding windows, options, connection
states. Sockets.
Hands on Analysing TCP packets.
Private addresses, NAT, NAPT, dynamic addressing,
DHCP, link local addresses.
Hands on DHCP, NAT.
What is IPv6, 128 bit addresses, address formats, IPv6
address allocation, header format, migration, dual stack,
tunnelling, NAT64, DNS64.
Hands on IPv6 setup
troubleshooting.
Static addressing, EUI-64 addresses, IPv6 address
order, SLAAC, DHCPv6.
Hands on SLAAC.
Clients, servers, HTTP, Email, resource sharing, VoIP,
video, terminal emulation, remote desktop. Network
management and SNMP.
Hands on Servers, TFTP,
VoIP packet analysis.
Names and addresses, hosts file, how DNS works.
FQDNs, DNS client configuration.
Hands on Troubleshooting DNS.
Autonomous systems, Peering, transit, looking glasses.
Hands on Internet routing tables.
Firewalls, firewall architectures, DMZ, how firewalls
work, proxy servers, filtering, ACLs, IDS, VPNs,
authentication, encryption, tunnels, secure protocols.
Hands on Firewalls, SSH
Methods, tools. Using the 7 layer model.
Troubleshooting toolkits.
Hands on Fixing the network.
EXAM
"Very useful for understanding networks and network design."
"Very good instructor, clear outlines and objectives and a lot of hands on."
This structured course uses Instructor Led Training to provide the best possible learning experience. Small class sizes ensure students benefit from our engaging and interactive style of teaching with delegates encouraged to ask questions throughout the course. Quizzes follow each major section allowing checking of learning. Hands on sessions are used throughout to allow delegates to consolidate their new skills.