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| Introduction | |
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| Introduction to Networking | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Connecting to Networks and the Internet | |
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| What's a Network? | |
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| Network Components | |
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| Enterprise Networks and Home Internet Access | |
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| TCP/IP Protocol Suite and TCP/IP Software | |
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| Network Math | |
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| Bits and Bytes | |
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| Decimal Numbering System: Base 10 | |
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| Binary Numbering System: Base 2 | |
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| Converting From 8-Bit Binary Numbers to Decimal Numbers | |
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| Converting from Decimal Numbers to 8-Bit Binary Numbers | |
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| Generic Decimal-to-8-Bit-Binary Conversion Process | |
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| Converting IP Addresses Between Decimal and Binary | |
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| Using a Conversion Chart | |
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| Hexadecimal Numbering System: Base 16 | |
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| Boolean or Binary Logic | |
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| Summary | |
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| Check Your Understanding | |
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| Challenge Questions and Activities | |
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| Networking Fundamentals | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Networking Basics and Terminology | |
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| A Brief History of the Networking Universe | |
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| The Need for Networking Protocols and Standards | |
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| Ethernet LANs and LAN Devices | |
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| Wide-Area Networks | |
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| MANs and SANs | |
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| Virtual Private Networks | |
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| Network Topologies | |
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| Bandwidth | |
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| LAN and WAN Bandwidth | |
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| Throughput Versus Bandwidth | |
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| Calculating Data Transfer Time | |
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| Analog Bandwidth | |
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| Planning for Bandwidth | |
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| The OSI and TCP/IP Networking Models | |
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| OSI Model | |
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| TCP/IP Networking Model | |
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| Summary | |
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| Check Your Understanding | |
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| Networking Media | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Additional Topics of Interest | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Copper Media | |
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| Digital Transmission Using Copper Wires | |
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| Popular LAN Copper Cabling | |
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| Optical Media | |
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| Comparing Fiber-Optic Cabling and Copper Cabling | |
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| Electromagnetic Spectrum | |
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| Fiber-Optic Cabling | |
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| Wireless Media | |
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| Enterprise WLAN Components and Design | |
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| WLAN Organization and Standards | |
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| Summary | |
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| Check Your Understanding | |
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| Challenge Questions and Activities | |
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| Cable Testing | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Additional Topics of Interest | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Frequency-Based Cable Testing | |
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| Waves | |
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| Sine Waves and Square Waves | |
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| Analog and Digital Signals | |
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| Signals and Noise | |
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| Signaling over Copper and Fiber-Optic Cabling | |
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| Attenuation and Insertion Loss on Copper Media | |
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| Sources of Noise on Copper Media | |
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| Types of Crosstalk | |
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| Cable Testing Standards | |
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| Summary | |
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| Check Your Understanding | |
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| Cabling LANs and WANs | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Additional Topics of Interest | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Cabling LANs | |
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| LAN Cabling Fundamentals | |
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| Connecting Ethernet Networking Devices | |
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| Using the LAN: Models for PC Communications | |
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| Cabling WANs | |
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| WAN Physical and Data Link Layers | |
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| Choosing DCE and DTE Cables | |
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| Fixed and Modular Routers | |
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| Router Console Cabling | |
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| Summary | |
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| Check Your Understanding | |
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| Challenge Questions and Activities | |
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| Ethernet Fundamentals | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Additional Topics of Interest | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Ethernet Fundamentals | |
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| The History of Ethernet | |
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| The Names of Different IEEE Ethernet Types | |
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| IEEE Ethernet Standards and the OSI Model | |
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| Ethernet Framing | |
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| The Format of MAC Addresses | |
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| Sending Frames over Different Types of Ethernet | |
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| LLC, SNAP, and Determining the Type of Protocol | |
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| Ethernet Operation | |
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| Rules Governing When a Device Can Transmit: CSMA/CD | |
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| Full Duplex, Half Duplex, and Collision Domains | |
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| Autonegotiation of Duplex and Speed | |
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| Deterministic and Nondeterministic Media Access | |
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| Summary | |
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| Check Your Understanding | |
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| Challenge Questions and Activities | |
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| Ethernet Technologies | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Additional Topics of Interest | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| 10- and 100-Mbps Ethernet | |
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| 10-Mbps Ethernet | |
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| 10BASE-T | |
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| 100-Mbps Ethernet | |
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| Gigabit Ethernet and Beyond | |
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| 1000BASE-X | |
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| 1000BASE-T | |
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| Future of Ethernet | |
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| Summary | |
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| Check Your Understanding | |
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| Challenge Questions and Activities | |
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| Ethernet Switching | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Ethernet Switch Operations | |
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| Layer 2 Bridging and Switching Operations | |
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| The Cisco Switch CAM | |
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| Switch Internal Processing | |
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| Spanning Tree Protocol | |
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| LAN Design: Collision Domains and Broadcast Domains | |
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| Collision Domains | |
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| Layer 2 Broadcast Domains | |
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| Identifying Networking Devices by OSI Layer | |
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| Data Flow Using Layer 1, Layer 2, and Layer 3 Devices | |
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| The Ambiguous Term Segment | |
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| Summary | |
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| Check Your Understanding | |
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| Challenge Questions and Activities | |
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| TCP/IP Protocol Suite and IP Addressing | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Additional Topics of Interest | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| TCP/IP Model | |
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| TCP/IP Network Access (Network Interface) Layer | |
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| TCP/IP Internet Layer | |
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| TCP/IP Transport Layer | |
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| TCP/IP Application Layer | |
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| Perspectives on the TCP/IP and OSI Models | |
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| IP Addressing Fundamentals | |
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| Basic Facts About IP Addresses | |
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| Address Assignment and Address Classes | |
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| Network Math | |
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| Subnetting Basics | |
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| Ensuring Unique IP Addresses Throughout the Internet | |
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| Assigning and Mapping IP Addresses | |
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| Static IP Address Configuration | |
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| Dynamic IP Address Configuration Using DHCP | |
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| Comparing Static and DHCP Address Assignment | |
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| Using ARP and Proxy ARP on LANs | |
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| Summary | |
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| Check Your Understanding | |
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| Challenge Questions and Activities | |
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| Routing Fundamentals and Subnets | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| IP Routing (Forwarding) | |
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| A Brief History of Some Confounding Terms | |
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| Routing Between Two Connected LAN Subnets | |
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| A Deeper Look at Routing | |
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| IP Routing: Working with Layer 2 Protocols | |
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| Important Characteristics of IP | |
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| Full IP Header | |
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| Routing Protocols | |
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| How Routers Learn IP Routes | |
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| Routing Protocol Features | |
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| Comparing Routing Protocols | |
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| IP Subnetting | |
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| A Brief Review of Subnetting | |
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| Determining the Number of Required Subnets and the Resulting Subnet Mask | |
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| Determining the Subnet Numbers and Assignable IP Addresses in Each Subnet | |
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| Determining the Subnet in Which a Host Resides | |
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| Summary | |
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| Check Your Understanding | |
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| Challenge Questions and Activities | |
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| TCP/IP Transport and Application Layers | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| The TCP/IP Transport Layer | |
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| Flow Control and Windowing | |
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| Establishing and Terminating TCP Connections | |
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| TCP Error Recovery (Reliability) | |
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| Segmentation, Reassembly, and In-Order Delivery | |
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| TCP and UDP Header Reference | |
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| Identifying Application Processes Using Port Numbers | |
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| The TCP/IP Application Layer | |
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| Application Protocols Used by End Users | |
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| Application Protocols Often Used for Network Management | |
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| Application Protocol Summary | |
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| Summary | |
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| Check Your Understanding | |
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| Challenge Questions and Activities | |
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| Answers to Check Your Understanding and Challenge Questions | |
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| Decimal to Binary Conversion Table | |
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| Extra Practice | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |