Networking Essentials: Standards

Synopsis
Networking Essentials: Standards explores some networking standards including the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) the IEEE 802 standards Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) and Open Data-Link Interface (ODI).

Audience
This course is for anyone preparing for the MCSE Networking Essentials exam 70-58 or anyone who wants to learn more about networking standards.

Time
5 hours

Product Code: NESC02

After completing Networking Essentials: Standards the user should be able to:

Define the communication devices that communicate at each level of the OSI model

Compare the implications of using connection-oriented communications with connectionless communications

Distinguish whether SLIP or PPP is used as the communications protocol for various situations

Describe the characteristics and purpose of the media used in IEEE 802.3 and IEEE 802.5

Explain the purpose of the NDIS and Novell ODI network standards

Introducing Networking Standards

Defining networking standards

De facto and de jure standards

Standards organizations and the ISO

Introducing the OSI Reference Model

Protocol stacks

How peer layers communicate

OSI Physical Layer concepts

OSI Data Link Layer concepts

The OSI Network Layer

OSI Network Layer concepts

Circuit switching

Message switching

Packet switching

Connection-oriented and connectionless modes

Gateway services

Completing the OSI Reference Model

OSI Transport Layer concepts

OSI Session Layer concepts

OSI Presentation Layer concepts

OSI Application Layer concepts

Network Devices and the OSI Model

Repeaters

Bridges

Routers

Using SLIP and IPP

SLIP

PPP

Windows NT dial-up networking

The IEEE 802 Family of Standards

IEEE 802 standards

IEEE 802.3 and IEEE 802.5 media

NDIS and ODI Network Standards

NDIS

ODI

This course is distributed with

Exercises that allow users to practice in Windows NT

A file containing the text of the exercises

Simulations that allow users to practice course skills even if they don't have access to the Windows NT product

A glossary

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