Introduction

• What is TCP/IP?
• Background
• The Defence Advanced Research Agency (DARPA) Requirement
• The Internet Community
• DoD Architecture
• Comparison of TCP/IP and OSI & Others
• LAN Devices and the OSIRM
• Connection Oriented v Connectionless networks
• RFC's & Where to get them

The TCP/IP Protocol Stack

• TCP/IP Protocol stack
• Functional Diagram
• Dataflow Across TCP/IP Networks
• The Caternet Model
• Logical Transport Services TCP
• Logical Transport Services UDP
• Physical Transports
• Co-Axial Cable
• Thick Ethernet
• 5,4,3 Rule of Ethernet Design
• UTP Cable Categories
• 5,4,3, Rule with Hubs
• Ethernet II Frame Structure
• IEEE 802.3 Frame Structure
• Token Ring Network
• Token Ring Frame Structure
• FDDI
• FDDI Frame Format
• X.25 Packet Switching
• Network Interface
• Frame Relay Definition
• Serial Line Interface Protocol (SLIP)
• SLIP Example
• Point-to-Point Protocol
• PPP Components
• PPP LCP Configuration Options
• PPP Authentication
• HDLC, SDLC and X.25
• Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU)

Internetworking

• Internetworking Concepts
• Provisions of IP
• IP Datagram Service
• Logical Address
• Need for Fragmentation & Reassembly
• Fragmentation & Reassembly Example
• The Need For :
  • Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
  • ARP Mechanism
  • ARP Packet Structure
  • RARP
  • BOOTP
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
• Address Acquisition States
• Domain Name Resolution (DNS) and Mapping Names to Addresses

IP Protocol

• IP Data Structure
• IP Version Field
• IP IHL Field
• IP Type of Service Field
• IP Total Length Field
• IP Identification Field
• IP Flag Fields
• IP Fragment Offset Field
• IP Time to Live Field
• IP Protocol Field
• IP Header Checksum Field
• IP Source & Destination Address Field
• IP Options Field
• Options cont…...
• Classes of IP Address
• Dotted Decimal Notation
• Reserved Addresses
• Assigning Addresses and Net masks
• Sub networking in Action
• Class B Subnet Masks
• Workshop 1 Subnet Masking
• Workshop 1 Solution
• Workshop 1 Method
• Workshop 1 Address Allocation
• Variable Length Net masks
• Super netting
• Classless IP Addressing
• Multicasting
• IPv6
• IPv6 Protocol
• IPv6 Addressing
• IPv6 Routing
• IPSEC
• Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
• ICMP Message Structure
• Echo
• Destination Unreachable
• Source Quench
• Redirect
• Time Exceeded
• Parameter Problem
• Subnet Mask Message
• ICMPv6 Messages

Internetworking

• Internetworking Concepts
• Basic Bridge Operation
• ARP Broadcast
• Spanning Tree
• Direct Routing
• Indirect Routing
• IP Router Function
• Route Table
• IP IGP Routing Languages

RIP

• RIP Routing
• Hop Count
• Routing Loops
• RIP Header Format
• RIP Version 2
• The Default Route

OSPF

• Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
• Objectives
• OSPF
• OSPF Operation
• OSPF Packet Types
• Link State Database
• Shortest Path First Tree
• Shortest Path First Tree Example
• Designated Router Election
• OSPF Areas
• Routing Protocol Hierarchies

The Host to Host Layer Function

• TCP vs. UDP
• TCP Concepts
• Ports and Sockets
• Reliable Data Transfer
• Sliding Windows Protocol
• Transmission Control Protocol
• Sequencing & Reliability Concepts
• TCP Connection Opening
• Data Transfer
• Dealing with Errors
• Closing a Connection
• Segment Format
• TCP Header Flags
• The User Datagram Protocol UDP
• Reserved UDP Port Numbers
• Transport Summary

Processes

• Addressing
• Telnet
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
• Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
• Network File System
• Pro - Active Management
• SNMP
• SNMP MIB
• Features of the NMS
• SNMP Security
• Summary of Processes