TCP/IP foundation for engineers

Description

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 available after the course. The exam consists of 40 questions and lasts 1.5 hours.

What will you learn

TCP/IP training course details

Network engineers.

None

5 days

TCP and IP are protocols, 7 layer model, network layers, hardware/software 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 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, media not supporting ARP.
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 OSPF, analysing routing tables, loopbacks.

Network simulators, EVE-NG, GNS3, CML.
Hands on Using EVE-NG.

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.

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.