NETWORK PROTOCOLS AND STANDARDS

Introduction: Local Area Networks, LAN Addressing Schemes, Protocol Type Multiplexing. Bridging: Why Bridges?, What is Switched Ethernet?, Transparent Bridges, Expedited Traffic Capabilities, Selective Multicast Capabilities, IEEE 802.1Q VLANs. Internet Protocol: IPv4 Datagram, Internet Address Classes, Special IP Addresses, ARP: I need your address!, RARP: Can I have my address?, IP Routing, Proxy ARP, Subnetting and Supernetting, IPv6, ICMP: Tracing a route, Network Address Translation (NAT), BOOTP and DHCP. IP Routing Protocols: Autonomous System, Interior Gateway Protocols, Exterior Gateway Protocols, IP Multicast Routing. IP Switching and Tag Switching. Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). Trends in Service Provider Networks. GMPLS and GELS Architecture. DNS - Domain Name Service; Whois Protocol, Finger Protocol. Daytime - Network Time Protocol. HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol; Reading a Web Page, Scripts on Web Sites, Loading Markup Pages, Other Functions, Acting Like a Browser, Posting CGI Requests. SMTP - Simple Mail Transport Protocol; Sending Email, Multiple Recipients, Bulk Mail, Subject Line and Headers, Debug Your Scripts. POP - Post Office Protocol; Reading Email, Removing Email, Handling Email Headers. FTP - File Transfer Protocol; Using FTP, FTP URLs, Transferring Text Files, Transferring Binary Files, Appending to Files, Reading Directories, File Information, Making Directories, Deleting Files, Renaming Files, About Passwords, Transferring Large Files. NNTP - Network News Transfer Protocol; Reading the Newsgroup List, Reading All Messages, Reading Single Messages, Handling News Headers, Sending a News Message. TCP - Transmission Control Protocol; Creating Clients, Creating Servers, Testing TCP Code. UDP - User Datagram Protocol.