WANs training course description
A concise overview course covering Wide Area Networks with particular emphasis on the WAN options available including the use of the Internet.
What will you learn
Choose and evaluate WAN technologies.
Recognise the role of service providers.
Describe the benefits of VPNs.
Describe how the Internet can be used as a WAN.
Describe the equipment needed to connect LANS to WANS.
List the speeds of various WAN technologies.
WANs training course details
Who will benefit:
Anyone, although the course is particularly aimed at non-technical personnel needing some knowledge of WANS.
Prerequisites:
Network fundamentals
Duration
1 day
WANs training course contents
WANS
WAN architecture, Common WAN terms, Core vs
access, service providers, relationship with 7 layer
model, WAN equipment, how to choose a WAN.
Layer 1
Copper, phone lines, fibre, coaxial, satellite,
wireless. Cabling to the building, CPE cabling,
interfaces.
Layer 2
Dial up vs. Dedicated vs. packet switched networks
and when to use them. Packet switching vs. circuit
switching. Point to point and point to multipoint.
Dialup access technologies
Modems, ISDN, BRI, PRI.
Access with dedicated lines
XDSL, leased lines.
WAN services
X.25, SMDS, Frame Relay, CIR, ATM, Internet,
MANS, dark fibre and other services.
Case study: Selecting WAN technologies.
Service provider technologies
MPLS, SDH, WDM, DWDM.
Routers
Network addressing, default gateways, routing
tables, routing protocols.
Internet architecture
Service providers, ISPs, private peering, public
peering, core WANs in the Internet.
VPNs
Private networks, public networks, What are
VPNs?, benefits of VPNs, tunnelling, encryption,
IPSec.
Case study: Specifying WAN connectivity.