CIW Internetworking Professional Series:

Advanced TCP/IP Concepts and Practices (CIWATCP)

Advanced TCP/IP Concepts and Practices is a three-day course that emphasizes Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) routing, network troubleshooting, network management, and next generation Internet protocol technologies. It guides students through the concepts and protocols used in Internet routing, and how to troubleshoot TCP/IP networks using a packet sniffer and TCP/IP utilities. Students will configure the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to effectively manage a network, and implement a functional Internet Protocol, version 6 (IPv6), network in the classroom.

Target Audience

Network engineers, network architects, internetworking engineers, LAN/WAN administrators, systems administrators, systems managers, intranet administrators.

Job Responsibilities

Define network architecture; identify infrastructure components; monitor and analyze network performance; and design, manage and troubleshoot enterprise TCP/IP networks.

Prerequisites

Students must have CIW Foundations certification or equivalent experience, and have completed TCP/IP Internetworking or have equivalent knowledge of TCP/IP architecture and core protocols. Experience with UNIX, Novell or Windows NT systems and network administration is also required.

Topics

Routing
  • Static vs. Dynamic Routing
  • Routing and Packets
  • Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
  • Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
  • Exterior Gateway Protocol (EGP)
  • Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
  • Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR)

TCP/IP Troubleshooting Tools

  • Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
  • Troubleshooting Network and Name and Address Problems

Troubleshooting TCP/IP Networks

  • Performance Factors
  • Identifying Performance Degradation
  • System and Network Environment
  • Client/Server Applications

Network Management

  • Management Functional Areas (MFAs)
  • Network Management Model
  • Network Management Architecture

SNMP – Process and Architecture

  • Popularity and History of SNMP
  • Structure of Management Information (SMI)
  • The SNMP Process and Architecture
  • Common NMS Applications
  • Agents and Windows NT Server 4.0
  • SNMP Agents and UNIX
  • Agents and Internetworking

Management Information Base

  • The MIB Tree
  • MIB Terminology and Groups
  • Groups Residing Off the Enterprises or Management Group
  • Accessing MIB Variables

SNMP in the Enterprise

  • SNMPv1 Message Format, Error Messages and Drawbacks
  • Remote Network Monitoring MIB (RMON)

IPv6 Introduction

  • The Need for IPv6
  • IPv4 vs. IPv6: Key Differences
  • IPv4 Removed and Revised Fields
  • IPv6 New Fields

IPv6 Header and Extension Headers

  • IPv6 Extension Header Order
  • Windows NT and IPv6
  • Linux and IPv6

IPv6 Routing and Security

  • Aggregatable Routing Hierarchy
  • Multicast Routing

IPv6 Address Architecture

  • IPv4 vs. IPv6 Addresses
  • IPv6 Address Abbreviation
  • IPv6 Address Types and Assignments
  • Aggregatable Global Unicast Addresses
  • Special Unicast Addresses
  • Multicast Addresses
  • Fixed Length vs. Variable Length

Reduced Network Management (IPv6)

  • Neighbor Discovery (ND) Protocol
  • ICMPv6
  • Plug-and-Play Autoconfiguration
  • Address Resolution

Transitioning to IPv6

  • Simple Internet Transition (SIT) Mechanisms
  • Dual IP Stacks
  • IPv4 Address Compatibility
  • IPv6-in-IPv4 Tunneling: The 6Bon3

Voice-over Internet Protocol (White Paper)

  • Converting Voice to Digital Format Using Pulse Code Modulation (PCM)
  • Transmitting Sound Bytes Using PSTN and Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
  • IP Gateway Devices
  • VoIP Shortcomings and Solutions

SNMPv2 and SNMPv3 (White Paper)

  • Alterations and Structure of the PDU
  • Backward Compatibility
  • Security Architecture

Multicast IP (White Paper)

  • Multicast Applications and Class D Addresses
  • IGMP, MBone and Routing Protocols

Mobile IP (White Paper)

  • Goals, Entities, Functions, and Operations