Performance-Based Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• · Describe how and why the TCP/IP protocol suite was invented.

• · Define the similarities and the differences between the OSI model and the TCP/IP model.

• · Describe how TCP/IP addresses are structured.

• · Describe the format of TCP/IP headers.

• · Describe the functions of the prevalent TCP/IP protocols, ports, and sockets.

• · Define the concept of subnetting and why it is used.

• · Describe the functions of the TCP/IP routing protocols.

• · Describe how Classless InterDomain Routing (CIDR) or supernetting helps conserve addresses.

• · Define how multicasting works and the future of TCP/IP Ipv6

Course Content:

1. Introduction to TCP/IP

   1. History of TCP/IP

   2. TCP/IP Architecture

   3. Supporting the Internet

   4. OSI Reference Model

2. The TCP/IP Model vs. the OSI Model

   1. OSI Model versus the TCP/IP Model

   2. Understanding the OSI Model vs. the TCP/IP Model

   3. The OSI and TCP/IP Layers

   4. Understanding the TCP/IP and OSI Layers

3. IP Addressing

   1. Fundamentals of IP Addresses

   2. Allocation of IP Address for Private Networks

   3. ARP, RARP, and Proxy ARP

   4. BOOTP/DHCP

   5. DNS and Domain Structure

4. IP Protocol, UDP and TCP Packets, Ports and Sockets

   1. The IP Protocol

   2. TCP

   3. How TCP Handles Connections

   4. UDP

   5. Ports and Sockets

5. TCP and UDP Protocols, Ports, and Sockets

   1. TCP and UDP, Protocols, Ports, and Sockets

   2. TCP Applications

   3. UDP Applications

   4. 5D: ICMP

6. Subnetworks (Subnets)

   1. Why Subnets are Used

   2. Subnet Masks

   3. Logical AND for Subnets

   4. Subnetting Scenarios

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