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DESCRIPTION
This course is the fourth course in a series
covering Data Networking Hardware Components. This
course concentrates on network routers and gateways, and opens by
considering basic router operations and their relationship to the
layers of the OSI model, as well as router applications.
These discussions include router operations,
packet interrogation, routing tables, centralized routing, border
routing, multiprotocol routing, brouters, end-to-end
communications, minimizing traffic latency, and the filtering of
unwanted traffic. This course also investigates the operation of
distance vector and link-state routing, how these routing
techniques operate, the advantages and disadvantages of these
routing techniques, as well as router configurations and
maintenance. This course concludes with a look at data network
gateways, their operation, why and how they're used, their
relationship to the OSI Model, and the types of gateways that are
typically found in today's computer networks.
PREREQUISITES
Participants in this course are expected to
have computer hardware and/or software experience. Data networking
experience may be limited or narrowly focused. Although some of the
target audience may have in-depth knowledge of some specialized
area of networking, experience with data networking and networking
hardware can be limited to basic knowledge of the standard
structure and functions of data networking protocol stacks, common
LAN and WAN technologies, and standard data network topologies.
Participants should have a basic understanding of data networking
media, standard cable plant structures and the function and
operation of the passive data networking hardware components that
operate in the physical layer. In addition, participants should
have a basic understanding of operation and application of data
link hardware devices, such as bridges and network interface cards.
This prerequisite knowledge can be obtained through participation
in TechOnLine's Data Networking Hardware 1: Basics, Data Networking
Hardware 2: Passive Hardware, and Data Networking Hardware 3: Data
Link courses.
INTENDED AUDIENCE
This course is designed for hardware and
software engineers that have a need to acquire an understanding of
basic networking theory, technologies, and hardware devices. These
engineers may have expertise in software development, chip design,
and/or hardware design of computer systems and/or specific
networking hardware or applications, but want to increase their
understanding of networking hardware components, their operation,
and their interdependencies.
ESTIMATED TIME
1.5 hours
AUTHOR
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Joe is an Educational Consultant specializing
in telecommunications and data communications. He is a former
employee of Digital Equipment Corporation where he supported DEC's
Network Services Business Group. For the last 20 years Joe has
concentrated on designing, developing, and delivering network
training in the manufacturing and data processing markets. Since
1994, Joe has offered his services as an independent consultant. In
this capacity, he has designed and developed training programs for
equipment and training vendors in the computer and networking
industry. Since 1998, Joe has provided instructional design
services for TechOnLine, and is now contributing as the author of
TechOnLine's Computer Networking Hardware curriculum. Joe can be
contacted at jth@ix.netcom.com.
