Certificate In Advanced Networking

Syllabus

Introduction to networking: Introduction to networking, network components, enterprise networks and home internet access, TCP/IP protocol suite and TCP/IP software, IP addressing and routing, name resolution using a domain name system server, Boolean or binary logic.

Network Design: Introduction, the internet protocols, IP addressing, subnets, Global IP addresses, static IP addresses, dynamic IP addresses, private IP address, routing, network address translation, internet protocol suite, Ethernet, MAC addresses, other equipment, wireless networks.

Network Implementation: Introductory material, communication network design, examples of network designs, graph theory for network design, network layer routing and congestion control, design of network topologies.

Network Management and Operation: Network management, network operations centre, network monitoring systems and tools, network management protocol, network flows, fault and problem management, simple network management protocol,

Network Security: Network security overview, physical network, network protocol, DNS protocol, internet control management protocol, goals of network security, block and the data encryption standards, public key encryption and hash functions, secure hash function.

Internetworking with TCP/IP: TCP/IP networking example, the internet, addresses and numbers, application layer protocols, infrastructure of the internet, different views of a network, port numbers, IP addresses, electronic mail.