Definitive Ethernet LANS for engineers

Description

Ethernet LANS training course description

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• Definitive Ethernet switching course

What will you learn

• Describe what Ethernet is and how it works.
• Install Ethernet networks
• Troubleshoot Ethernet networks
• Analyse Ethernet packets
• Design Ethernet networks
• Recognise the uses of Hubs, Bridges, switches and routers.

Ethernet LANS training course details

Ethernet LANS training course contents

• What is Ethernet?

LANS, What is Ethernet?, history, standards, the OSI reference model, how Ethernet works, CSMA/CD. Ethernet Cabling UTP, cat 3,4,5, Cat 5e, Cat 6, Cat 7, fibre optic cable, MMF, SMF.
Hands on Making a cable.

• 802.3 physical specifications

Distance limitations, hubs and repeaters, 5-4-3-2-1 rule, 10BaseT, 10BaseF, 100BaseTX, 100BaseFX, 1000BaseSX, 1000BaseT, 10gbe.
Hands on Working with hubs.

• Ethernet layer 2

Overview, NICS, device drivers, MAC addresses, broadcasts, multicasts, frame formats, Ether II, 802.3, 802.2, SNAP, compatibility, Ethernet type numbers, Ethernet multicast addresses, Ethernet vendor codes.
Hands on Installing Ethernet components, analysing MAC headers.

• IP and Ethernet ARP


Hands on Analysing ARP packets.

• Ethernet extensions

Full/half duplex, auto negotiation, flow control methods, 802.3ad, 802.3af, 802.3ah.
Hands on Configuration of full/half duplex.

• Ethernet speed enhancements

Encoding, Carrier extension, packet bursting, jumbo frames.

• Prioritisation

802.1P, 802.1Q, TOS, WRR, QOS, VLANs.
Hands on 802.1p testing

• Interconnecting LANS

Broadcast domains, Collision domains, What are bridges, transparent bridging, What are switches? STP, VLANS, What are routers? Layer 3 switches, Connecting Ethernet to the WAN.
Hands on STP, Analysing Ethernet frames in a routed architecture.

• Troubleshooting and maintaining Ethernet

Utilisation, performance, TDR and other testers, bottlenecks, statistics, RMON.
Hands on Monitoring performance, troubleshooting tools.