Networking Essentials Notes

Table of Contents

Section 1

Network Orientation | Network Topologies | Primary Cable Types | Network Adapter Cards | Wireless Local Area Networks

Section 2

The OSI Model | Drivers | Packets | Protocols | Putting data on the Cable

Section 3

Network Architectures | Ethernet Topologies | 10 Mbps Topologies | 100 Mbps Topologies | Token Ring | AppleTalk | ARCnet

Section 4

Network Operations | Networking Printing | E-mail | Multivendor Environments |  Client/Server Computing

Section 5

Managing Network Accounts | Managing Network Performance | Avoiding Data Loss

Section 6

Modems | Repeaters | Bridges | Routers | Brouters | Hubs | Gateways

Section 7
WAN Transmission: Analog | Digital | T1 | T3 | Switched 56 | Packet Switching
Advanced WAN: X.25 | ISDN | Frame Relay | ATM | FDDI | SONET | SMDS

Network Troubleshooting | Tools

Check out the OSI Layer Model page