This course examines the services and protocols in the TCP/IP protocol suite. Students will learn how network traffic is transported by TCP/IP on Local Area Networks (LANs) and on Wide Area Networks (WANs) including the Internet and learn about forwarding, how network errors are resolved and message addressing.

Students will also be introduced to the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). This system provides a broad overview of the creation and use of TCP/IP and focuses on elements that can be applied in a real environment: the identification of protocols, sockets and ports, data encapsulation and network protocol analysis.

TCP/IP is a collection of commonly used protocols in LANs (Local Area Networks) and WANs (Wide Area Networks). A protocol is a set of standards that govern how data is exchanged on a network.

To understand TCP/IP better, it is helpful to understand the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model for networking. Knowing protocol numbers, port numbers and sockets is useful in identifying protocols, applications and the source and destination of a data exchange and can help with troubleshooting and testing the network, and planning and managing network use.

Course Objectives

  • By the end of this course, students will be able to explain the use of TCP/IP standards and create public and private network addressing schemes for both LAN and Internet use. They will compare the different TCP/IP subprotocols and their functions and describe TCP/IP services that operate at the Application Layer.
  • Participants will be able to explain how to secure the network from attacks against TCP/IP vulnerabilities and the function of routing protocols in an IP network as well as apply the principles of diagnostics using network protocol analysis and TCP/IP utilities.
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