Bridging & Routing Introductory
Overview An Introduction to all aspects of Bridging & Routing Duration - 2 Days.
Who will benefit
Sales and product managers from the communications industry, Strategists, product managers and R & D specialists from all manufacturing industries, Financial and market analysts.
Prerequisites
None.
By the end of the course delegates will be able to describe:
By the end of the course delegates will be able to describe: • Bridges • Switches • Routers • Internetworking
Course Content
Introduction Network Devices OSI Concepts The OSI Model Devices & The Model Ethernet Access Method Token Ring Access Method Ethernet Frames LLC & SNAP Frames Token Ring Frame Switches Switches Switch Operation Flooding Token Ring Switching DTR-Dedicated Token Ring Backbone Switching Network Design Virtual LANs Geographic Links Point-to-Point Protocols Routers Neighbour Discovery Protocol The Problem End Stations attached via Point-to-Point Links End Stations attached via LANs The TCP/IP Solution Routing Issues Distance Vector Link State Routing Meeting Neighbours Constructing an LSP Forwarding the LSP to all Routers Sequence Number/Age Scheme Computing Routes Dijkstra Algorithm LANs Making the LAN a Router Forwarding Routing Information Types of Service Handling Directives Multiple MetricsvPolicy-Based Routing/Constraints Intradomain Routing Protocols RIP Request Response OSPF General Packet-Encoding Issues Area Partitions Terminology Designated Routers Types of LSPs Packet Encoding OSPF Header	Bridges Reason for Bridges The Basic Ethernet Bridge Transparent Bridges: The Basic Token Ring Bridge Manually Configured Addresses Address Ranges Address Partitions The Learning Bridge Bridges In Parallel Loop Problems Bridge Topology Spanning Tree Algorithm Configuration Messages Calculation of Root ID and Cost to Root Selecting Spanning Tree Ports Max Age Failures Spanning Tree Algorithm Refinements Failures Management Settable Parameters Port ID Configurable Parameters Bridge Message Formats Filtering Remote Bridges Source Routing Bridges Pure Source Routing The Routing Header Bridge Algorithms Transparent Packets Specifically Routed Packets Spanning Tree Explorer Packets SR-TB Bridges Packets from a TB Port Packets from an SR Port Other Bridges SRT Bridges Internetworking AS Boundaries BGP How does BGP work What are peers (neighbours) EBGP and IBGP The BGP decision algorithm As Path Attribute Path Selection Process Protocols & Filters Virtual LANs Routing Domains Firewalls Summary Disadvantages of Bridges relative to Routers Routers