Internetworking Review provides an overview of internetworking, with respect to the network design.
LAN Networking describes the types of LAN networks and how they operate.
WAN Networking describes types of WANs and their operation.
Introduction to Design provides the initial steps to take when designing a network.
Examining Existing Networks provides the procedures to assessing the customer's existing network design.
Designing LANs provides the procedures to designing a LAN network.
Designing WANs provides the procedures for designing a WAN network.
Specific Design Issues provides methods to assess and optimize specific and cross-platform design issues.
Optimizing by Design provides the information to optimize your network design.
Testing and Managing provides ways to test your design and manage it when it is operational.

After completing our courses, the user should be able to:

Define the types of networks that exist today
Rank the types of networks by relative size
Differentiate types of network architecture
Identify distance vector and link state protocols
Identify exterior gateway protocols
Differentiate and describe physical and logical addressing
Describe LAN network topologies and architectures
Explain segmentation
Describe types of Ethernets and their operation
Describe types of Token Rings and FDDIs, and their operation
Differentiate transparent, source-route, and mixed-media bridges
Differentiate kinds of switches
Explain VLANs
Explain router operation
Describe the determination of router paths
Define the types of WAN networks
Define WAN protocols
Describe ATM switching with respect to WANs and LANs
Explain broadcasting and multicasting
List the steps in determining the customer's needs
Explain the three types of network topologies
Differentiate types of network architecture
List the layers of the hierarchical topology model
Identify types of network traffic
Explain the problems of network traffic
List the applications typically needed
Assess applications needed by customer
Identify the information to gather when evaluating an existing network
Determine the LAN and WAN hardware in use
Test the level of network traffic
Determine the performance of the existing network
Document the information obtained when the network evaluation is complete
List the limitations of cabling and hardware
Determine the LAN equipment for your design
Design a remote LAN
Design a small LAN
Design a large LAN in one building
Design a campus LAN
List steps for designing a WAN
Determine WAN requirements
Determine the type of WAN
Determine the WAN hardware
Provision the WAN
Describe ways to design scalability
Determine addressing plan
Determine naming for network hardware
Determine advantages and disadvantages for specific hardware
Determine advantages and disadvantages for specific software
Show design plans for specific types of networks
Improve network security
Enhance QoS
Provide special features such as queuing and load balancing
Provide redundancy
Provide alternative paths
List the steps for testing
Explain prototype testing
Explain pilot testing
List specific commands for verifying network performance
Describe the SNMP and RMON management protocols

This course is distributed with:

Exercises that allow users to explore how a course topic applies to network design
A file containing the text of the exercises
Activities that allow users to apply concepts in an interactive questioning environment
A glossary
A Skill Assessment

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