Introduction to TCP/IP
General Overview of TCP/IP, TCP/IP and
the Internet, Internet Technical Bodies, Internet Standard Process, Internet
Documents : RFC, STD, FYI and BCP, Protocol Summary Last update: 19 May 2002
Physical and Data Link
Layers Local Area Networks and Devices, LAN/WAN Standard,
Ethernet, CSMA/CD, Token Ring, FDDI, Logical Link Layers, SLIP, PPP,
WAN Frame format summary. Last update: 19 May 2002
IP Addressing Addressing concept, IP Address format, Address
Class, Reserved Address, IP address Assignment, Subnetwork, Subnet Masking,
Example of Class B and C subnetting, Variable Length Subnet Mask. Last update: 19 May 2002
Internet Protocol IP functions, Header format, Basic IP routing,
Routing Table, Fragmentation. Last update: 19 May 2002
Address Resolution Protocol IP and MAC address relationship, ARP functionality,
ARP frame format, Sample Request and reply packet, Proxy ARP, Reverse Address
Resolution Protocol (RARP) Last update: 19 May 2002
Internet Control Message
Protocol ICMP functionality, Header format, ICMP type
and code, ping and traceroute. Last update: 19 May 2002
User Datagram Protocol Services provided by UDP, UDP frame format,
UDP Socket, Pseudo Header, UDP Applications. Last update: 19 May 2002
Transmission Control
Protocol (Part I) : Concepts
Services provided by TCP, Socket and Ports,
TCP frame format, Sliding Window, Sequence Number, Positive Acknowledgment,
Error Recovery, 3-ways Handshake, TCP State Diagram. Last update: 19 May 2002
Transmission Control
Protocol (Part II) : Algorithms
TCP timers, Round-Trip Time Calculation, Van
Jacobson' RTO, Karn's Algorithm, Delay acknowledgment, Nagle's algorithm,
Silly Window Syndrome, Congestion control, Slow Start. Last update: 19 May 2002
Routing
Basic concepts, Routing components, Routing
Metrics, Routing Protocol, Static Routing, Dynamic Routing, Distance Vector
Routing, Count to Infinity, Split Horizon, Link State Routing, RIP, OSPF. Last update: 19 May 2002
Internet Routing Architectures
Internet Routing, Default Route, Autonomous
System, Gateway Protocol, Exterior Routing Protocol, Border Gateway Protocol
(BGP). Last update: 19 May 2002
Classless Interdomain
Routing Address allocation problem, Routing problem,
CIDR, Route Summarization, Supernetting, The longest matching, BGP. Last update: 19 May 2002
Domain Name System
DNS basics, Name space, Domains and Zones,
Name Server, Primary DNS Server, Secondary DNS Server, Zone Transfer, Name
Resolution Process, DNS Message Format, Setting up DNS. Last update: 19 May 2002
Internet Protocol version
6 IPv4’s limitations, Protocol Features, Addressing,
Aggregatable Unicast Address, IPv4 VS. IPv6 functional comparison, Autoconfiguration,
Flow Label, Security, IPv6 Migration. Last update: 19 May 2002
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