Description
The main goal of this course is to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of networking technologies, concepts and terminology. You will learn about the equipment and technologies used in LANs and WANs. You will learn about the network topologies used today and design a network using these topologies. A variety of network equipment will be discussed, including hubs, routers, switches, and NICs. LAN architectures are covered including Ethernet, token ring, and FDDI. Also, you will learn about wide area networking technologies and remote access technologies such as X.25, ISDN, frame relay, ATM, DSL, SMDS, and SONET networks. Wireless networking and handheld computing is also discussed. All major LAN and WAN protocols will be discussed including TCP/IP and the newer IPv6, In addition you will learn about the OSI layered communications model. Aside from learning the technologies involved in networking, you will get to understand the daily tasks involved with managing and troublesho