About this Course

When you connect two or more computers together, you have formed a network. The different ways to connect these computers will form a structure, network topology and network protocols are rules that govern the transmission and receiving of messages in a network.

The aim of this workshop is to equip participants with a basic knowledge of the underlying principles of network and provide them with basic skills needed to analyse, evaluate and manage network problems.

Objectives

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to;

• Identify the basic network architecture
  
• Define the basic network protocols
  
• Explain routing and address translation
  
• Understand the importance of network models based on layers and the role of network standards
  
• Plan and design a basic network
  

Target Audience

This course provides a foundation for people with little or no computer networking background who aspires to develop a career in the networking world.

Duration

Two days

Curriculum

Networking Concepts

• Identify the key components of any data network
  
• Describe the characteristics of network architectures like fault tolerance, scalability, quality of service and security
  

Communicating Over the Network

• Describe the structure of a network, including the devices and media that are necessary for successful communications
  
• Explain the function of protocols in network communication
  
• Explain the advantages of using a layered model to describe network functionality
  
• Describe the role of each layer in two recognised network models: The TCP/IP model and the OSI model
  
• Describe the importance of addressing and naming schemes in network communications
  

Application Layer Functionality and Protocols

• Define the application layer as the source and destination of data for communication across networks
  
• Explain the role of protocols in supporting communication between server and client processes
  
• Describe the features, operation, and use of well-known TCP/IP application layer services (HTTP, DNS, SMTP)
  

OSI Transport Layer

• Explain the role of Transport Layer protocols and services in supporting communications across data networks
  
• Understand the application and operation of TCP mechanisms that support reliability
  
• Understand the application and operation of TCP mechanisms that support reassembly and manage data loss
  
• Understand the operation of UDP to support communicate between two processes on end devices
  

Addressing the Network – IPv4

• Explain the structure of IP addressing and demonstrate the ability to convert between 8-bit binary and decimal numbers
  
• Given an IPv4 address, classify by type and describe how it is used in the network
  
• Explain how addresses are assigned to networks by ISPs and within networks by administrators
  
• Determine the network portion of the host address and explain the role of the subnet mask in dividing networks
  
• Given IPv4 addressing information and design criteria, calculate the appropriate addressing components
  

OSI Data Link Layer

• Explain the role of Data Link layer protocols in data transmission
  
• Describe how the Data Link layer prepares data for transmission on network media
  
• Describe the different types of media access control methods
  
• Identify several common logical network topologies and describe how the logical topology determines the media access control method for that network
  

OSI Physical Layer

• Explain the role of Physical layer protocols and services in supporting communication across data networks
  
• escribe the role of signals used to represent bits as a frame as the frame is transported across the local media
  
• escribe the purpose of Physical layer signaling and encoding as they are used in networks
  
• Identify the basic characteristics of copper, fiber and wireless network media
  
• Describe common uses of copper, fiber and wireless network media
  

Planning and Cabling Networks

• Identify the basic network media required to make a LAN connection
  
• Design an addressing scheme for an inter-network and assign ranges for hosts, network devices and the router interface.
  
• Compare and contrast the importance of network designs
  

Methodology

The workshop is delivered through a series of conceptual lectures, group discussion and case study

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