Overview

This TCP/IP training provides a solid understanding of each of the most important networking protocols within the IP suite. Nearly 50% of this TCP/IP network training consists of hands-on labs! Participants will learn everything about a TCP/IP-based network - from initial setup and configuration to troubleshooting. Please browse through the course agenda below to get an idea of what is covered in this course.

What You Will Learn

• The basics of the TCP/IP protocol
• Installation and configuration of TCP/IP network in a live classroom environment
• The roles of various devices in a TCP/IP network
• IP addressing and subnetting including Variable Length Subnet Masking
• How to subnet an IP network and implement the resulting addresses
• ARP, IP, ICMP, TCP, and UDP - their functions and relationships
• How to automate address assignment and name resolution using DHCP and DDNS
• IP routing and the protocols that support it, like RIP and OSPF
• How applications like FTP, HTTP, Telnet, and others work in a TCP/IP network
• The functions of IPv6 and its related protocols
• Multicasting, VoIP, instant messaging, and email
• Using a protocol analyzer for isolating and troubleshooting network problems
• How to troubleshoot problems at each layer of a TCP/IP network

This course includes 1-year access to a 50-book Online Networking reference Library with titles specially selected to reinforce course concepts.

Who Should Participate

TCP/IP Network training is ideal for professionals responsible for designing, installing, configuring, and maintaining TCP/IP networks. Professionals who needs to understand TCP/IP protocol structures and functions will also benefit from this course. The course will prepare participants for higher level network training.

Agenda

1. History and Standards

• Origin of TCP/IP
• ARPANET Requirement Documents
• Collaborative Network Requirements
• One Protocol?
  • Peer-to-Peer Protocols: Actual Flow
  • Peer-to-Peer Protocols: Effective Flow
• Documentation and RFCs
• RFC Categories

2. TCP/IP Numbering Systems

• Data Representation
  • Numbering Systems
  • Number Grouping
• Converting Binary or Hexadecimal to Decimal
  • Practice Converting Binary to Decimal
• Converting Decimal to Binary or Hexadecimal
  • Example 1: Converting 1500 to Binary
  • Example 2: Converting 1500 to Hexadecimal
  • Decimal Conversions
• Converting Hexadecimal to Binary and Binary to Hexadecimal
• Counting
• Guidelines for Determining Base

3. Local Signaling

• Local Signaling
• Ethernet Addressing
  • Unicast
  • Multicast
  • Broadcast
• The Ethernet Header
  • Protocol Type
  • Size Limits
• CSMA/CD

4. IP Addressing

• A Logical Address
• IP Address Structure
  • Dotted Decimal Notation
  • Classful Addressing
  • Reserved Addresses
  • Masking
  • Comparing Addresses
  • Prefix Notation
• Private Addressing
• Network Address Translation
• Address Assignment
  • One Flat Network
  • IP Address Blocks

5. IP Subnets

• A Logical Address
  • Subnetting
  • Required Information
• Multiple Subnets
  • Determining the Mask
  • The First Subnet
  • Laying out the Subnets and their Addresses
  • The Second Subnet
  • The Third Subnet
• Planning for Growth
  • The Current Picture
  • Sequential Allocation Error
  • A Future Fourth Subnet
  • With The Fourth Subnet
• Subnetting Subnets

6. Address Resolution Protocol

• Address Mapping
• ARP Cache
• ARP Restrictions
• ARP Message Fields
  • Hardware and Protocol Types
  • Hardware and Protocol Address Lengths
  • Operation
  • Addresses
  • Exception
  • LAN Fill
• How Else Can ARP Help?
• ARP Commands

7. Multicasting

• What is Multicasting?
  • Uses of Multicasting
  • Multicasting Overview
  • Some Reserved IP Multicast Addresses
• Multicast Groups and Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
  • Multicast Groups
  • IGMP
  • IGMP Restrictions
  • Multicast Routing
• Mapping a Class D IP Address to an Ethernet Multicast Address
• How Does It All Work Together?

8. Internet Protocol

• TCP/IP Protocols
• Self-Healing Networking
• IP Header
  • IP Header Layout
  • Type of Service Byte
  • Differentiated Services
  • Total IP Length
  • Datagram ID Number
  • Fragmentation
  • TTL
  • Protocol Field
  • IP Header Checksum
  • IP Address
  • IP Option Fields
• IP Sample Data Exchanges

9. IP Routing

• TCP/IP Protocol
• Routing Function
• The IP Routing Algorithm
• The Routing Table
  • Routing Table Basics
  • Automatic Table Maintenance
• Exterior or Interior Protocol
  • Interior Gateway
  • Exterior Gateway
• Routing Information Protocol
  • RIP Routing Information Basics
  • RIP Route Loops
  • OSPF vs. RIP 1 vs. RIP 2
• Layer 3 Switching

10. Simple Sessions with User Datagram Protocol

• TCP/IP Protocols
• Host-to-Host Layer Categories
  • Connectionless Protocol
  • Connection-Oriented Protocol
  • Low Overhead vs. Reliability
• UDP Header
  • UDP Header Layout
• Port Basics
• UDP Ports and Sockets
• Applications
• UDP Sample Data Exchanges

11. Robust Sessions with TCP

• TCP/IP Protocols
  • Reliable Transport Services
  • Introduction to TCP
• TCP Headers
  • TCP Source and Target Ports
  • Source Sequence Number
  • Acknowledgment Sequence Number
  • TCP Header Length
  • Session Bit Flags
  • Flagging a Session
  • Sender Window Size
  • TCP Checksum
  • Urgent Data Size
  • Option Fields
  • Maximum Segment and Window Size
• TCP Three-Step Handshake
  • As the Session Flows
• Congestion and TCP
  • Primary Cause
  • Secondary Cause
• Four Step Session Shutdown
  • Normal End
  • Reset Session
• TCP Sample Session

12. Auto Configuration

• BootP and DHCP
• Manual vs. Automatic Address Assignment
  • DHCP Basics
  • Before DHCP
• DHCP New Lease Acquisition Process
  • DHCP Message Format
  • DHCP Discover
  • DHCP Offer
  • DHCP Request
  • DHCP Acknowledgment
• DHCP Scopes and Options
  • IP Lease Renewal
• DHCP in a Routed Network
• Troubleshooting
  • The ipconfig /release Command
  • The ipconfig /renew Command
  • Multiple DHCP Servers

13. DNS: Names Instead of Numbers

• DNS Overview
• A Distributed Service
• The DNS Tree
• Top-Level Domains
  • Country Domains
• Name Server
  • Primary and Secondary Servers
• DNS Database
  • DNS Cache Feature
• Resource Records
• The Name Resolution Process
  • Name Query Packet
  • Name Query Response Packet
• Reversing the Process
  • Name and Number Organizations
• Dynamic DNS
• Troubleshooting

14. Diagnostics and Error Reports via ICMP

• ICMP Overview
• ICMP Basics
• ICMP Message Destinations
  • Silent Discard vs. Informed Discard
  • ICMP Messages
  • ICMP Echo Request (Type 8) and Response (Type 0)
  • Destination Unreachable (Type 3)
  • Redirecting Traffic with an ICMP Message (Type 5)
  • ICMP Time Exceeded Message (Type 11)
• ICMP Sample Data Exchanges

15. Common TCP Applications

• TCP/IP Protocols
• Uses of Telnet
  • Telnet Option Negotiations
  • Telnet Protocol Options
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
  • Multiple Sessions
  • FTP Commands
  • FTP Response Codes
• E-mail
  • SMTP Commands
  • SMTP Response Codes
  • POP3
  • POP3 Transaction State
  • IMAP4
• World Wide Web
• Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
  • HTTP Requests and Responses

16. Common UDP Applications

• TCP/IP Protocols
• Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
  • TFTP Transfer Process
  • TFTP Operation Codes
• TFTP Sample Sessions
  • Read Session
  • Write Session
  • Error Session
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Basics
  • SNMP Manager Model
  • SNMP Agent Model
• The Structure of Management Information
  • Management Information Base
  • Private MIBs
• Remote Network Monitoring

17. VoIP

• What is VoIP?
• Why VoIP Instead of TDM Voice?
• Uses for VoIP
  • Talk to Operator
• Communication Characteristics
• Protocol Standards
  • H.323
  • SIP
  • MGCP RFCs
  • H.248 MEGACO
  • Real-Time Transport Protocol
  • G.7xx Standards
• How VoIP Works
  • Gatekeeper Call Server
  • Hard Phone vs. Soft Phone
  • Dial Tone
  • Security
• LANs and WANs
  • VoIP and LANs
  • VoIP and WANs
  • Bandwidth and QoS

18. Security

• Protocol Limitations
  • C-I-A Triad
• Threats
  • Disaster Threats
  • Attack Threats
  • Attacks
  • Malicious Code
  • Types of Attackers
• Solutions
  • Securing Systems
• User Authentication
• Security-Related Protocols and IPSec
  • IPSec Components
  • IPSec Session
• Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
  • Establishing a VPN Connection
  • PPTP Encapsulation
  • PPTP Encryption
  • L2TP Encapsulation
  • L2TP Encryption

19. IPv6

• Overview
• Addressing
  • IPv6 Address Categories
  • IPv6 Address Formats
  • Interface Identification
  • Interface Identifier
  • Address Type Identification
• Header
  • Extension Headers
• ICMPv6
  • Destination Unreachable
  • Packet Too Big
  • Time Exceeded
  • Parameter Problem
  • Echo Request and Echo Reply
  • Neighbor Solicitation
  • Neighbor Advertisement
  • Redirect Message
• IPv6 DNS operation
  • DNS Sample Records
• Routing Services and Protocols
  • Static Routing
  • RIPng
  • OSPFv3
  • MP-BGP (Multiprotocol extensions for BGP)
  • EIGRP for IPv6
• Internet2

Hands-On Excercises

Lab 1: Numbering Systems

• Decimal Equivalents for Binary Sequences
• Converting Binary Numbers to Decimal
• Converting Decimal Numbers to Binary
• Converting Hexadecimal Numbers to Decimal
• Converting Decimal Numbers to Hexadecimal

Lab 2: Lab Setup and Ethernet Header Analysis

• Preparing to Begin Installation
• Modifying Your System Configuration
• Ethernet Header Analysis

Lab 3: IP Addressing and Subnetting

• Essential IP Addressing and Subnetting
• Fixed Length Subnet Masking
• Variable Length Subnet Masking

Lab 4: Address Resolution Protocol

• Viewing Your ARP Cache
• Manually Changing ARP Cache Entries

Lab 5: Multicasting

• Capturing Various Multicast Frames
• Recording RIPv2 Multicast Addressing Information
• Recording 802.1 Multicast Addressing Information
• Recording Protocol Independent Multicast Addressing Information
• Recording IGMP Multicast Addressing Information

Lab 6: Troubleshooting the Network Access Layer

• Learning About Your Network Interface Layer Troubleshooting Tools

Lab 7: IP Processes

• Capturing and Analyzing an IP Datagram
• Manipulating the Time to Live
• The Fragmented IP Datagram
• Review of Important IP Protocol Information

Lab 8: Routing

• Routing Begins at Home
• Tracing the Route to Different Destinations
• Viewing the Routing Table on the Cisco 1760 Router
• Viewing the Routing Table on the Juniper J2300 Router
• Viewing Routing Updates Using the Protocol Analyzer

Lab 9: Troubleshooting the Internetwork Layer

• The First Steps
• Changing Your Default Gateway
• Pinging a Local Workstation
• Pinging Server1
• Correcting the Default Gateway Entry
• Testing the Routing Process

Lab 10: UDP Transactions

• Creating UDP Traffic
• Creating Other UDP Traffic

Lab 11: TCP Processes

• Opening EtherPeek and Setting a TCP filter
• Beginning a TCP Transaction
• Identifying the Three-Step Handshake
• Answering General TCP Knowledge Questions

Lab 12: Troubleshooting the Host-to-Host Layer

• Preparing to Troubleshoot the Host-to-Host Layer 1
• Verifying the Operation of a UDP Application
• Determining the Cause of Error
• Preparing to Verify the Operation of a TCP-Based Application
• Starting a TCP Application
• Determining the Error

Lab 13: DHCP Process

• Preparing to Examine the DHCP Process
• Changing Your Configuration to Use DHCP to Obtain an IP Address
• Determining Your Assigned DHCP Address
• Releasing Your Assigned Address
• Viewing the DHCP Discover Packet
• Viewing the DHCP Offer Packet
• Viewing the DHCP Request Packet
• Viewing the DHCP ACK Packet
• Reviewing a Release Packet

Lab 14: Domain Name System (DNS)

• Preparing to Examine the DNS Process
• Creating a DNS Query
• Viewing Your DNS Request
• Viewing Your DNS Response
• Viewing a Zone Transfer
• Viewing the Zone Transfer Using Wireshark
• Performing the Zone Transfer Process

Lab 15: ICMP Messaging

• Preparing to Examine ICMP Messages
• Using Ping: Echo Request and Echo Response
• Performing Longer Pings
• Considering ICMP Variation Reports: Fragmentation
• Considering ICMP Variation Reports: Port Unreachable
• Considering ICMP Variation Reports: Destination Net Unreachable
• Considering ICMP Variation Reports: Time to Live Failure
• Explaining the Formatted Packet Dump

Lab 16: TCP Applications

• Telnet
  • Preparing to View a Telnet Session
  • Starting a Telnet Session
  • Viewing a Telnet Session
• FTP
  • Preparing to Analyze an FTP Session
  • Completing an FTP Session
  • Viewing the Captured FTP Session
• HTTP
  • Preparing to Analyze an HTTP Session
  • Completing an HTTP Session
  • Viewing the HTTP Session
  • Viewing a Small File Being Displayed
  • Viewing a Large File Being Displayed
  • Viewing a Large File Being Downloaded
  • Cleaning Up

Lab 17: UDP Applications

• Preparing to View a TFTP Session
• Creating a TFTP Session
• Viewing the TFTP Session
• Preparing for the UDP Multicast Demonstration
• Starting Your Multicast Application
• Viewing the Captured UDP Multicast Information
• Cleaning Up

Lab 18: Voice over IP

• Preparing for Voice over IP
• Placing a Call
• Watching the Call Process

Lab 19: Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)

• Configuring Your Workstation for IPv6
• Verifying Your IPv6 Configuration
• Using netsh to Manage IPv6
• Using Ping for IPv6
• Using nslookup and IPv6
• Removing IPv6

Lab 20: Troubleshooting the Classroom Network

• Solving the Classroom Network Problem

Registration Fees

The per student registration fee for the hands-on classroom session is $2,995, and includes the seminar, course materials, and morning and afternoon refreshments.

Training begins at 8:30 AM each day and concludes at 4:30 PM unless otherwise directed. Please arrive early on the first day to sign-in and meet fellow attendees. If you register less than one week in advance of a class, please bring your confirmation letter. Business casual attire is appropriate.

Register securely online with confidence or please call (708) 246-0320.

Seminar Schedule

Apr 15-19, 2013	New York, NY	New York Offices
Apr 22-26, 2013	8:30 AM-4:30 PM ET	Virtual Classroom
Apr 29-May 3, 2013	Dulles, VA	Microtek
May 6-10, 2013	Los Angeles, CA	Microtek
May 6-10, 2013	Washington, DC	Arlington Offices
May 13-17, 2013	Dallas, TX	Irving Training Center
May 20-24, 2013	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta Offices
June 3-7, 2013	Boston, MA	Microtek
June 10-14, 2013	12:00-5:00 PM ET	Virtual Classroom
June 24-28, 2013	Denver, CO	Microtek
June 24-28, 2013	San Jose, CA	Santa Clara Offices
June 22-26, 2013	Raleigh, NC	Cary Training Center
Jul 29-Aug 2, 2013	Houston, TX	Houston Training Ctr
Jul 29-Aug 2, 2013	12:00-5:00 PM ET	Virtual Classroom
Aug 5-9, 2013	Washington, DC	Arlington Offices
Aug 5-9, 2013	Columbia, MD	Bridge Education
Aug 12-16, 2013	Dallas, TX	Irving Training Center
Aug 19-23, 2013	New York, NY	New York Offices
Sept 9-13, 2013	Boston, MA	Microtek
Sept 16-20, 2013	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta Offices
Sept 23-27, 2013	12:00-5:00 PM ET	Virtual Classroom

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