Networking Essentials
Networking Essentials Tutorial
Networking Essentials - Planning a Topology discusses some of the more common network transmission media access methods and topologies. Then it describes how these apply to Ethernet and Token Ring networks.
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This networking essentials tutorial is for anyone preparing for the MCSE Networking Essentials exam 70-58 or anyone who wants to learn more about networking terminology and concepts. Our networking essentials tutorial offer unique benefits unavailable from other self-paced training vendors. Each course is developed using a rigorous set of criteria that includes quality content, interaction, graphics, and interspersed questions, making learning fun, interesting, and effective.
- Select the appropriate media for various situations
- Select the appropriate topology for various Token Ring and Ethernet networks
- Signal Transmission Basics
- Transmission frequencies
- Characteristics of transmission media
- Coaxial Cable
- Thinnet cable
- Thicknet cable
- Coaxial characteristics
- Connectors for coaxial cable
- Fire code classifications
- Twisted-Pair Cable
- Shielded twisted-pair cable
- Unshielded twisted-pair cable
- Twisted-pair characteristics
- Fiber-Optic Cable
- Components of fiber-optic cable
- Fiber-optic characteristics
- IBM cabling
- Wireless Media
- Reasons for wireless media
- Wireless communication with LANs
- Infrared transmission
- Laser transmission
- Narrow-band radio transmission
- Spread-spectrum radio transmission
- Wireless bridging
- Mobile Computing
- Terrestrial microwave
- Satellite microwave
- Access Methods
- Contention
- Token passing
- Comparison of contention and token passing methods
- Situations requiring token passing
- Demand priority
- Physical and Logical Topologies
- Topology defined
- Bus topologies
- Ring topologies
- Star topologies
- Ethernet
- Ethernet basics
- Ethernet cabling
- Ethernet topologies
- Token Ring
- Token Ring cabling
- Passing data on Token Ring
- The beaconing process
- Instructional steps -- walk through a procedure
- Exercises -- try it out
- Notes - See additional information related to the topic in the text
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- Hotwords - See related information
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- Topics and Index -- with searching feature and hyper-links
- Printable Exercises - PDF downloadable files
- Sample Application Files - PDF downloadable files
- Skill Assessment - can be used for pre and post-testing -- tracking first try, best try and grade - if passed, green check mark will appear as 'mastered' - hyperlinks to units within the course to go back and re-take a certain unit again. Use as pre-test to determine which topics you want to focus on and to go directly into that unit.
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