Introducing TCP/IP – Protocols and Implementation

Description
TCP/IP is the main protocol package used in the network market. It is used as a base for every advanced network. The course covers the protocol package starting from the basics and working principles via the IP - Internet Protocol, used as a base for this package, routers and routing protocols, and TCP/UDP which connect between the end applications to the main applications under this protocol stack
 

Objectives

• Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to:
• Understand the protocol package structure and the roles of each protocol.
• Understand the IP address structure – address planning and distribution to users.
• Understand the working operation of the TCP and UDP protocols and their work under regular and heavy load conditions and under broad and narrow bandwidth conditions.
• Understand and work with the various applications. These include, Telnet, ICMP, Mail applications, DNS, NAT and DHCP.
• Understand the tasks and operation of IP network routers, using the different router methods.
• Understand various TCP/IP applications, like VoIP, MPLS, Security and more.
• Understand and describe the working operation of the internet network
  

Topics

• Introduction to TCP/IP
• IP – Protocol and addressing
• TCP and UDP
• Routers and routing protocols

Target Audience
R&D, engineering and technical Support, IT and communications managers

Prerequisites
Technical background in computing
 

Outline

• Introduction
  • The OSI-RM and the TCP/IP-RM (Reference Model)
  • TCP/IP Protocol stack
  • Standards and standard organizations
    • IAB and IETF
    • IANA
  • Architecture
  • Underlying protocols
    • LAN and WAN
    • The Ethernet protocols and LAN switching
    • WAN protocols and services
• Internet Protocol – IP
  • Protocol operations and characteristics
  • Packet structure and header format
  • Address resolution - ARP and RARP
  • Addressing
    • Standard classes – A, B and C
    • Multicast and IGMP – Class D
    • Subnetting and supernetting - VLSM and CIDR
    • Address planning
  • IPv6
    • Operation
    • Packet and headers structure
    • Addressing
  • Fragmentation and performance issues
• TCP and UDP (2 hours)
  • Introduction
  • Ports, connections and endpoints
  • Protocols operations and characteristics
  • TCP
    • Frame structure
    • Reliability – the mechanism
    • Connectivity – connection establishment and closing
    • Operations and flags – SYNC, RESET, ACK, PUSH and FIN
    • Sliding windows mechanism
    • Slow-start mechanism
    • Performance issues – retransmissions, duplicate ACKs
    • Performance issues – zero window and window changes
    • Pipelining methods - go-back-n and selective-repeat and Selective ACK
  • UDP
    • Frame structure
    • Operation
• Routers and Routing Protocols
  • Introduction
  • Operation
    • Distance-Vector protocols
    • Link-State protocols
    • DUAL and EIGRP
  • Metrics and route calculations
  • Autonomous systems
  • EGP and IGP
  • Routing protocols
    • RIP and IGRP
    • OSPF and IS-IS
    • BGP
  • Networks examples
• Application protocols
  • NAT
    • Static
    • Dynamic
    • PAT/NAPT
  • ICMP and Ping
    • Introduction and operation
    • Message format
    • Message delivery and reporting
    • Trace programs
  • DNS – Domain Name Service
    • Principle of operation
    • Record types
    • Distributed DNS
  • Multicats operation
    • Principles of operation
    • IGRP
    • Routing protocols