Chapter 1-15 Outlines Outline:
Chapter 1: Computer Basics
Chapter Overview |
1.1 | Basics of Computer Hardware
1.1.1 | Major components of a personal computer
1.1.2 | Information flow in an idealized computer
1.1.3 | The relationship of NICs to PCs
1.1.4 | The installation of a NIC in a PC
1.1.5 | PC components versus laptop components
1.2 | Basics of Computer Software
1.2.1 | Lab: Configuring network settings required to connect a PC to a network
1.2.2 | Lab: Verify Web browser configuration
1.2.3 | Troubleshooting lab: hardware and software
1.3 | Binary Numbers
1.3.1 | Binary numbers represent alphanumeric data
1.3.2 | Bits and bytes
1.3.3 | The Base 10 (decimal) number system
1.3.4 | The Base 2 (binary) number system
1.3.5 | Converting decimal numbers to binary numbers
1.3.6 | Converting binary numbers to decimal numbers
1.4 | Basic Networking Terminology
1.4.1 | Networks and networking
1.4.2 | Data networks
1.4.3 | Data networking solutions
1.4.4 | Local area networks
1.4.5 | Wide area networks
1.5 | Digital Bandwidth
1.5.1 | Digital bandwidth measurements
1.5.2 | Three analogies to describe digital bandwidth
1.5.3 | Media bandwidth differences
1.5.4 | Data throughput in relation to digital bandwidth
1.5.5 | Data transfer calculation
1.5.6 | The importance of bandwidth
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Chapter 2: OSI Model
Chapter Review |
Chapter Overview |
2.1 | General Model of Communication
2.1.1 | Using layers to analyze problems in a flow of materials
2.1.2 | Source, destination, and data packets
2.1.3 | Media
2.1.4 | Protocol
2.1.5 | The evolution of ISO networking standards
2.2 | The OSI Reference Model
2.2.1 | The purpose of the OSI reference model
2.2.2 | The names of the seven layers of the OSI reference model
2.2.3 | Descriptions of the seven layers of the OSI reference model
2.2.4 | Encapsulation
2.2.5 | Names for data at each layer of the OSI model
2.3 | Comparison of the OSI Model and the TCP/IP Model
2.3.1 | The importance of the TCP/IP reference model
2.3.2 | Names and descriptions of the layers of the TCP/IP reference model
2.3.3 | TCP/IP protocol graph
2.3.4 | Comparison of the OSI model and the TCP/IP model
2.3.5 | Use of the OSI and the TCP/IP models in the curriculum
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Chapter Quiz |
Chapter 3: Local Area Networks
Chapter Review |
Chapter Overview |
3.1 | Basic LAN Devices
3.1.1 | The teaching topology
3.1.2 | LAN devices in a topology
3.1.3 | NICs
3.1.4 | Media
3.1.5 | Repeaters
3.1.6 | Hubs
3.1.7 | Bridges
3.1.8 | Switches
3.1.9 | Routers
3.1.10 | Clouds
3.1.11 | Network segments
3.2 | Evolution of Network Devices
3.2.1 | Evolution of network devices
3.2.2 | Milestones in the history of networking
3.2.3 | Evolution of networking devices and the OSI layers
3.3 | Basics of Data Flow Through LANs
3.3.1 | Encapsulation and packets review
3.3.2 | Packet flow through Layer 1 devices
3.3.3 | Packet flow through Layer 2 devices
3.3.4 | Packet flow through Layer 3 devices
3.3.5 | Packet flow through clouds and through Layer 1-7 devices
3.3.6 | A data packet's path through all seven layers of a LAN
3.4 | Building LANs
3.4.1 | Readiness to build a small network
3.4.2 | Lab: Building a simple network
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Chapter Quiz |
Chapter 4: Layer 1 - Electronics and Signals
Chapter Review |
Chapter Overview |
4.1 | Basics of Electricity
4.1.1 | A helium atom
4.1.2 | Creating stable atoms
4.1.3 | Static electricity
4.1.4 | Electrical current including insulators, conductors, and semiconductors
4.1.5 | Electrical measurement terms
4.1.6 | Analogy for voltage, resistance, and current
4.1.7 | Graphing AC and DC voltage
4.1.8 | Constructing a simple series electrical current
4.1.9 | Purpose of grounding networking equipment
4.2 | Basics of Digital Multimeters
4.2.1 | Safe handling and use of the multimeter
4.2.2 | Using a multimeter to make resistance measurements
4.2.3 | Using a multimeter to make voltage measurements
4.2.4 | Measuring simple series circuit
4.2.5 | Constructing a simple electrical communication system
4.3 | Basics of Signals and Noise in Communications Systems
4.3.1 | Comparing analog and digital signals
4.3.2 | Using digital signals to build analog signals
4.3.3 | Representing one bit on a physical medium
4.3.4 | Network signal propagation
4.3.5 | Network attenuation
4.3.6 | Network reflection
4.3.7 | Noise
4.3.8 | Dispersion, jitter, and latency
4.3.9 | Collision
4.3.10 | Messages in terms of bits
4.4 | Basics of Encoding Networking Signals
4.4.1 | Historical examples of encoding
4.4.2 | Modulation and encoding
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Chapter 5: Layer 1 - Media, Connections, and Collisions
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Chapter Overview |
5.1 | Most Common LAN Media
5.1.1 | STP
5.1.2 | UTP
5.1.3 | Coaxial cable
5.1.4 | Optical fiber
5.1.5 | Wireless communication
5.2 | Cable Specification and Termination
5.2.1 | Purpose of LAN media specifications
5.2.2 | TIA/EIA standards
5.2.3 | Explain the details of TIA/TIA-568-A
5.2.4 | Networking media and terminations
5.3 | Making and Testing Cable
5.3.1 | Testing Ethernet 10Base-T patch cables with a cable tester
5.3.2 | Making and testing Ethernet 10Base-T straight-through patch cable
5.3.3 | Making and testing Ethernet 10Base-T console patch cable
5.3.4 | Making and testing Ethernet 10Base-T crossover cable
5.3.5 | Features of an advanced cable tester
5.3.6 | Cable identification experiments using an advanced cable tester
5.3.7 | Length experiments using an advanced cable tester
5.4 | Layer 1 Components and Devices
5.4.1 | Ethernet 10Base-T
5.4.2 | Connectors
5.4.3 | Cabling
5.4.4 | Jacks
5.4.5 | Patch panels
5.4.6 | Transceivers
5.4.7 | Repeaters
5.4.8 | Multiport repeaters (hubs)
5.4.9 | OSI Layer 1 components and devices
5.5 | Collisions and Collision Domains in Shared Layer Environments
5.5.1 | Shared media environment
5.5.2 | Collisions and collision domains
5.5.3 | Signals in a collision
5.5.4 | Collisions as natural functions of shared media environments and collision domains
5.5.5 | Shared access as a collision domain
5.5.6 | Repeaters and collision domains
5.5.7 | Hubs and collision domains
5.5.8 | Hubs and repeaters as causes of collision domains
5.5.9 | The four repeater rule
5.5.10 | Segmenting collision domains
5.6 | Basic Topologies Used in Networking
5.6.1 | Network topologies
5.6.2 | Linear bus network topology
5.6.3 | Ring network topology
5.6.4 | Dual ring network topology
5.6.5 | Star network topology
5.6.6 | Extended star network topology
5.6.7 | Tree network topology
5.6.8 | Irregular network topology
5.6.9 | Complete (mesh) network topology
5.6.10 | Cellular network topology
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Chapter 6: Layer 2 - Concepts
Chapter Review |
Chapter Overview |
6.1 | LAN Standards
6.1.1 | Layer 2
6.1.2 | Comparing OSI Layer 1 and 2 with various LAN standards
6.1.3 | Comparing the IEEE model with the OSI model
6.1.4 | Logical Link Control (LLC)
6.1.5 | MAC sublayers
6.1.6 | LLC as one of four concepts of Layer 2
6.2 | Hexadecimal Numbers
6.2.1 | Hexadecimal numbers as MAC addresses
6.2.2 | Basic hexadecimal (hex) numbering
6.2.3 | Converting decimal numbers to hexadecimal numbers
6.2.4 | Converting hexadecimal numbers to decimal numbers
6.2.5 | Methods for working with hexadecimal and binary numbers
6.3 | MAC Addressing
6.3.1 | Data link layer MAC identifiers
6.3.2 | MAC address and NICs
6.3.3 | How the NIC uses MAC addresses
6.3.4 | Layer 2 address encapsulation and decapsulation
6.3.5 | Limitations of MAC addressing
6.4 | Framing
6.4.1 | Why framing is necessary
6.4.2 | Frame format diagram
6.4.3 | Three analogies for frames
6.4.4 | A generic frame format
6.4.5 | Frame start fields
6.4.6 | Address fields
6.4.7 | Length/type fields
6.4.8 | Data fields
6.4.9 | Frame error problems and solutions
6.4.10 | Stop frame field
6.5 | Media Access Control (MAC)
6.5.1 | Definition of MAC
6.5.2 | Three analogies for MAC
6.5.3 | Deterministic MAC protocols
6.5.4 | Non-deterministic MAC protocols
6.5.5 | Three specific technical implementations and their MACs
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Chapter 7: Layer 2 - Technologies
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Chapter Overview |
7.1 | Basics of Token Ring
7.1.1 | Overview of Token Ring and its variants
7.1.2 | Token Ring frame format
7.1.3 | Token Ring MAC
7.1.4 | Token Ring signaling
7.1.5 | Token Ring media and physical topologies
7.2 | Basics of Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
7.2.1 | Overview of FDDI and its variants
7.2.2 | FDDI format
7.2.3 | FDDI MAC
7.2.4 | FDDI signaling
7.2.5 | FDDI media
7.3 | Ethernet and IEEE 802.3
7.3.1 | Comparing Ethernet and IEEE 802.3
7.3.2 | Ethernet family tree
7.3.3 | Ethernet frame format
7.3.4 | Ethernet MAC
7.3.5 | Ethernet signaling
7.3.6 | Ethernet 10Based-T media and topologies
7.4 | Layer 2 Devices
7.4.1 | NICs
7.4.2 | NIC Layer 2 operations
7.4.3 | Bridges
7.4.4 | Bridge Layer 2 operations
7.4.5 | Switches
7.4.6 | Switch Layer 2 operations
7.5 | Effects of Layer 2 Devices on Data Flow
7.5.1 | Ethernet LAN segmentation
7.5.2 | Bridge segmentation of a collision domain
7.5.3 | Switch segmentation of a collision domain
7.5.4 | Router segmentation of a collision domain
7.5.5 | Teaching topology segmentation by bridges, switches, and routers
7.6 | Basic Ethernet 10Base-T Troubleshooting
7.6.1 | Troubleshooting workstations
7.6.2 | Network Inspector discovery lab
7.6.3 | Network Inspector problem log lab
7.6.4 | Network Inspector frame statistics
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Chapter Quiz |
Chapter 8: Design and Documentation
Chapter Review |
Chapter Overview |
8.1 | Basic Network Design and Documentation
8.1.1 | General design process
8.1.2 | Network design issues
8.1.3 | General network design process
8.1.4 | Network design documents
8.2 | Planning Structured Cabling: Wiring Closet Specifications
8.2.1 | Overview of wiring closet selection
8.2.2 | Size
8.2.3 | Environmental specifications
8.2.4 | Walls, floors, and ceilings
8.2.5 | Temperature and humidity
8.2.6 | Lighting fixtures and power outlets
8.2.7 | Room and equipment access
8.2.8 | Cable access and support
8.3 | Planning Structured Cabling: Identifying Potential Wiring Closets
8.3.1 | Topology as floor plan
8.3.2 | Selecting potential locations
8.3.3 | Determining number of wiring closets
8.3.4 | Identification practice
8.4 | Planning Structured Cabling: Selection Practice
8.4.1 | Building description
8.4.2 | Closet A
8.4.3 | Closet B
8.4.4 | Closet C
8.4.5 | Closet D
8.4.6 | Closet E
8.4.7 | Closet F
8.4.8 | Closet G
8.4.9 | Closet H
8.4.10 | Closet I
8.4.11 | Closet J
8.5 | Planning Structured Cabling: Horizontal and Backbone Cabling
8.5.1 | Catchment area problems
8.5.2 | MDF location in multi-story building
8.5.3 | Example of where you would use multiple wiring closets
8.5.4 | Cabling for MDF and IDF connections
8.5.5 | Backbone cabling media
8.5.6 | TIA/EIA 568-A requirements for backbone cabling
8.5.7 | Maximum distance for backbone cabling
8.6 | Planning Structured Cabling: Electricity and Grounding
8.6.1 | Differences between AC and DC
8.6.2 | AC line noise
8.6.3 | Electrostatic discharge
8.6.4 | Grounding electrical current in computer equipment
8.6.5 | Purpose of grounding computer equipment
8.6.6 | Safety ground connections
8.6.7 | Safety ground connection problems
8.7 | Planning Structured Cabling: Cabling and Grounding
8.7.1 | Causes of ground potential problems
8.7.2 | Networking devices and dangerous circuits
8.7.3 | Faulty ground wiring problems
8.7.4 | Avoiding potentially dangerous circuits between buildings
8.7.5 | How fiber optic cable can prevent electrical shocks
8.7.6 | Reasons for using UTP for backbone cabling between buildings
8.8 | Design Practice No. 1: Wiring Plan for Ethernet Star Topology LAN
8.8.1 | Overview
8.8.2 | Main building: first floor
8.8.3 | Main building: second floor
8.8.4 | East building: first floor
8.8.5 | East building: second floor
8.8.6 | West building: first floor
8.8.7 | West building: second floor
8.9 | Design Practice No. 2: Multiple Earth Ground Problems
8.9.1 | Overview
8.9.2 | Company A: MDF location
8.9.3 | Company A: backbone media
8.9.4 | Company A: IDFs and ICCs
8.9.5 | Company A: HCC locations
8.9.6 | Company A: drawing horizontal cabling runs
8.9.7 | Company B: MDF location
8.9.8 | Company B: backbone media
8.9.9 | Company B: HCC or ICC determination
8.9.10 | Company B: drawing horizontal cabling runs
8.10 | Network Power Supply Issues: Power Line Problems
8.10.1 | Power problem classifications
8.10.2 | Normal mode and common mode
8.10.3 | Typical power line problems
8.10.4 | Sources of surges and spikes
8.10.5 | Surge and spike damage
8.10.6 | Surge and spike solutions
8.10.7 | Sag and brownout solutions
8.10.8 | Oscillation solution
8.11 | Network Power Supply Issues: Surge Suppressors and Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Functions
8.11.1 | Surge suppressors: networking device locations
8.11.2 | Surge suppressors: for power panel locations
8.11.3 | UPS: for certain LAN devices
8.11.4 | UPS: for certain electrical problems
8.11.5 | UPS: components
8.11.6 | UPS: differences in UPS features
8.11.7 | UPS: description and operation
Chapter Summary |
Chapter Quiz |
Chapter 9: Structured Cabling Project
Chapter Review |
Chapter Overview |
9.1 | Project Planning
9.1.1 | Network installation safety procedures
9.1.2 | Network documentation
9.1.3 | Network installation teams
9.1.4 | Work flow
9.1.5 | Scheduling materials flow
9.2 | RJ-45 Jack and Outlet Installation
9.2.1 | TIA/EIA-568-aA standards
9.2.2 | RJ-45 jack
9.2.3 | Two methods for mounting an RJ-45 jack
9.2.4 | Surface-mounting an RJ-45 jack
9.2.5 | Advantages of surface-mounting an RJ-45 jack
9.2.6 | Factors to consider before flush-mounting an RJ-45 jack
9.2.7 | Preparing a drywall surface for a flush-mounted jack
9.2.8 | Preparing a plaster surface for a flush-mounted jack
9.2.9 | Preparing a wood surface for a flush-mounted jack
9.2.10 | Flush mounting a jack in a wall
9.2.11 | Procedure for placing the copper wires into a jack
9.2.12 | Procedure for punching wires down into a jack
9.2.13 | Installing RJ-45 jack and outlet
9.3 | Basics of Cable Installation
9.3.1 | Basics of installing UTP cable
9.3.2 | Documenting cable runs
9.3.3 | TIA/EIA-606 specifications for labeling cable
9.3.4 | Types of labels
9.3.5 | Preparing cable for routing and labeling
9.3.6 | Labeling cable ends
9.4 | Structured Cable Run Installation
9.4.1 | Easiest procedure for routing cable
9.4.2 | Mounting cable in raceway
9.4.3 | Running cable through existing raceway
9.4.4 | Personal safety precautions before installing cable
9.4.5 | Building safety
9.4.6 | Supporting horizontal cabling
9.4.7 | Stringing cable in an attic, or room with a dropped ceiling
9.4.8 | Fishing cable from above a wall
9.4.9 | Fishing cable from below a wall
9.5 | Stringing, Running, and Mounting Cable
9.5.1 | Installation tasks
9.6 | Basics of Wiring Closets and Patch Panels
9.6.1 | Wiring closet
9.6.2 | Reason for MDFs and IDFs
9.6.3 | Patch panel
9.6.4 | Structure of a patch panel
9.6.5 | Laying wires in a patch panel
9.6.6 | Punch tools
9.6.7 | Mounting a patch panel
9.7 | Range of Equipment for Testing Structured Cabling Projects
9.7.1 | Procedures for testing cable already installed
9.7.2 | Network operation testing
9.7.3 | Cable testing equipment
9.7.4 | Tests performed by cable testers
9.7.5 | Cable testers and distance measurements
9.7.6 | TDRs (time domain reflectometers)
9.7.7 | Wire maps
9.7.8 | Split pairs
9.7.9 | Signal attenuation
9.7.10 | Causes of near-end crosstalk
9.7.11 | Problem detected by a noise level test
9.7.12 | Using a cable tester to locate sources of outside interference
9.7.13 | Cable testing procedures
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Chapter 10: Layer 3 - Routing and Addressing
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Chapter Overview |
10.1 | Importance of a Network Layer
10.1.1 | Identifiers
10.1.2 | Segmentation and autonomous systems
10.1.3 | Communication between separate networks
10.1.4 | Layer 3 network devices
10.2 | Path Determination
10.2.1 | Path determination
10.2.2 | Network layer addressing
10.2.3 | Layer 3 and computer mobility
10.2.4 | Comparing flat and hierarchical addressing
10.3 | IP Address within the IP Header
10.3.1 | Network layer datagrams
10.3.2 | Network layer fields
10.3.3 | IP header source and destination fields
10.3.4 | IP address as a 32-bit binary number
10.3.5 | IP address component fields
10.4 | IP Address Classes
10.4.1 | IP address classes
10.4.2 | IP address as decimal numbers
10.4.3 | Binary and decimal conversion review
10.4.4 | Converting decimal IP addresses to binary equivalents
10.4.5 | Converting binary IP addresses to decimal equivalents
10.5 | Reserved Address Space
10.5.1 | Purposes for network IDS and broadcast addresses
10.5.2 | Network ID
10.5.3 | Network ID analogy
10.5.4 | Broadcast address analogy
10.5.5 | Hosts for classes of IP addresses
10.6 | Basics of Subnetting
10.6.1 | Classical IP addressing
10.6.2 | Subnetwork
10.6.3 | Purpose for subnetting
10.6.4 | Subnet mask
10.6.5 | Boolean operation: AND, OR, and NOT
10.6.6 | Performing the AND function
10.7 | Creating a Subnet
10.7.1 | Range of bits needed to create subnets
10.7.2 | Determining subnet mask size
10.7.3 | Computing subnet mask and IP address
10.7.4 | Computing hosts per subnetwork
10.7.5 | Boolean AND operation
10.7.6 | IP configuration on a network diagram
10.7.7 | Host/subnet schemes
10.7.8 | Private addresses
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Chapter Quiz |
Chapter 11: Layer 3: Protocols
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Chapter Overview |
11.1 | Layer 3 Devices
11.1.1 | Routers
11.1.2 | Layer 3 addresses
11.1.3 | Unique network numbers
11.1.4 | Router interface/port
11.2 | Network-to-Network Communications
11.2.1 | Methods for assigning an IP address
11.2.2 | DHCP initialization sequence
11.2.3 | Function of the address resolution protocol (ARP)
11.2.4 | ARP operation within a subnet
11.2.5 | Default gateway
11.3 | Advanced ARP Concepts
11.3.1 | Problems with sending data to nodes on different subnets
11.3.2 | Names and descriptions of the layers of the TCP/IP reference model
11.3.3 | How ARP sends data to remote networks
11.3.4 | Proxy ARP
11.3.5 | Four Layer 3 flowcharts
11.4 | Routable Protocols
11.4.1 | Routed protocols
11.4.2 | Other routed protocols
11.4.3 | Routable and non-routable protocols
11.4.4 | Characteristics of s routable protocol
11.5 | Routing Protocols
11.5.1 | Examples of routing protocols
11.5.2 | Definition of routing protocol
11.5.3 | Routing encapsulation sequence
11.5.4 | Multi-protocol routing
11.6 | Other Network Layer Services
11.6.1 | Connectionless network services
11.6.2 | Connection-oriented network services
11.6.3 | Comparing connectionless and connection-oriented network processes
11.6.4 | IP and transport layer
11.7 | ARP Tables
11.7.1 | Internetworking devices that have ARP tables
11.7.2 | Comparing router ARP tables with ARP tables kept by other networking devices
11.7.3 | Other router table addresses
11.7.4 | ARP requests and ARP replies
11.7.5 | Proxy ARP
11.7.6 | Indirect routing
11.8 | Interior Gateway Protocols (IGP) and Exterior Gateway Protocol (EGP)
11.8.1 | Routed protocols and routing protocols
11.8.2 | IGPs and EGPs
11.8.3 | RIP
11.8.4 | IGRP and EIGRP
11.8.5 | OSPF
11.8.6 | How routers recognize networks
11.8.7 | Examples of static routing
11.8.8 | Example of dynamic routing
11.8.9 | How routers use RIP to route data through a network
11.9 | Protocol Analyzer Software
11.9.1 | Using protocol analyzer software for ARPs and broadcasts
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Chapter 12: Layer 4 - The Transport Layer
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Chapter Overview |
12.1 | The Transport Layer
12.1.1 | Purpose of the transport layer
12.1.2 | Layer 4 protocols
12.1.3 | Comparing TCP and IP
12.2 | TCP and UDP
12.2.1 | TCP
12.2.2 | UDP segment format
12.3 | TCP Connection Methods
12.3.1 | Port numbers
12.3.2 | Three-way handshake/open connection
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Chapter 13: Layer 5 - The Session Layer
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13.1 | The Session Layer
13.1.1 | The session layer overview
13.1.2 | The session layer in terms of analogies
13.1.3 | Dialogue control
13.1.4 | Dialogue separation
13.1.5 | Layer 5 protocols
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Chapter 14: Layer 6 - The Presentation Layer
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14.1 | The Presentation Layer
14.1.1 | The presentation layer functions and standards
14.1.2 | File formats
14.1.3 | Data encryption and compression
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Chapter 15: Layer 7 - The Application Layer
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Chapter Overview |
15.1 | Basics of the Application Layer
15.1.1 | Application processes
15.1.2 | Direct network applications
15.1.3 | Indirect network support
15.1.4 | Making and breaking a connection
15.2 | Domain Name System
15.2.1 | Problems with using IP addresses
15.2.2 | The domain name server
15.3 | Network Applications
15.3.1 | Internet applications
15.3.2 | E-mail message
15.3.3 | DNS function
15.4 | Application Layer Examples
15.4.1 | Telnet
15.4.2 | File transfer protocol
15.4.3 | Hypertext transfer protocol
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