Exams
- Exam 1 - Chapters 1 thru 9
- TCP/IP Network Reference Model
- Connection Oriented versus Connectionless Services
- Stateless versus Stateful Servers
- Internet Services and Well Known Ports (/etc/services)
- Ethernet (basic technology, addressing, frame format, bridges)
- Internet Addressing
- ARP (address resolution and cache management)
- Maximum Transfer Unit or MTU
- IP (packet header)
- Forwarding IP Datagrams - Algorithm
- ICMP (purpose and types of messages)
- Subnet Addressing
- Protocol Layering
- Exam 2 - Chapters 10 thru 15 and Chapters 20-25
- The Socket API
- User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
- Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
- Establishing and Terminating Connections
- Sliding Windows and Flow Control
- Acknowledgements, Retransmissions, and Timeouts
- TCP State Machine
- Routing Protocols: Distance Vector vs Link State
- Routing Protocols: SPF, BGP, RIP, OSPF
- Multicasting
- Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
- Domain Name System (DNS)
- DNS Issues: Caching, Reverse Lookups, Spoofing