$119
In this course, we will understand Ethernet: the fundamentals, equipment and implementations including twisted-pair copper, wireless and fiber. You'll learn about broadcast domains, MAC Addresses and MAC Frames, Layer 2 switches, VLANs, 1000BASE-T, building wiring, 802.11 Wireless LANs, fiber and Optical Ethernet in the core, MANs and PONs.
Course Lessons
1. Introduction
2. Broadcast Domains, MAC Addresses and MAC Frames
3. LAN Switches a.k.a. Layer 2 Switches
4. VLANs
5. 802 Standards: 802.3 Twisted Pair and 802.11 Wi-Fi
6. Twisted-Pair LAN Cables, Wiring Plan and Switch Hierarchy
7. Optical Ethernet and Fiber Links
Taking this course, you'll gain a solid understanding of this essential technology:
• Broadcast domains
• MAC addresses and MAC frames
• What a LAN switch is, and what it does.
• How VLANs can be used to segregate devices into different broadcast domains.
• The 802.3 standard and communicating MAC frames at 10 Mb/s on coaxial cables to Gigabit Ethernet on copper and fiber. What the code 1000BASE-T means.
• MAC frames over the Ether, a.k.a. Wi-Fi, the 2.4 and 5 GHz unlicensed bands, and the fundamentals of how the bits in MAC frames are communicated using radio carrier frequencies.
• Wiring Ethernet to the work area with Cat 5, Cat 5e and Cat 6 twisted-pair copper-wire cables, wiring closets and Layer 2 aggregation switches.
• What Optical Ethernet is, and how it is the building block of telecom networks, including Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs), carrier MPLS networks, and Passive Optical Networks (PONs) for fiber to the home.
• The fundamentals of how the bits in MAC frames are communicated using light guided in glass tubes. How fiber cables are deployed and connected to equipment at each end. What designations like 100GBASE-ER4 mean.
Based on Teracom’s famous Course 101, tuned and refined over the course of more than 25 years of instructor-led training and counting. We’ll cut through the jargon to demystify Ethernet, MAC addresses, LANs and VLANs, explaining the jargon and buzzwords, the underlying ideas, and how it all works together… in plain English.
This course is included in the CIPTS, CTNS, CTA and CTSME Certification Packages. Purchase this item to get the individual course.
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The Unlimited Plan gives you unlimited repeats, with no expiration and no monthly fees. One-time payment. Take as long as you like. Jump in and out of lessons, refresh your knowledge in the future.
A course completion certificate is awarded upon passing the course exam.
A reference book is available, in print and eBook.
Course Outline
1. Introduction
Course introduction and overview
2. Broadcast Domains, MAC Addresses and MAC Frames
The fundamental idea of devices connected together in a broadcast domain, and how stations communicate using MAC addresses
3. LAN Switches a.k.a. Layer 2 Switches
How LAN switches are at the center of practical implementation of connecting stations, and how they forward frames between stations in a broadcast domain.
4. VLANs
Defining broadcast domains in software to segregate traffic. Used to separate customer traffic on carrier MANs, and used in-building as a basic network security measure.
5. 802 Physical Standards: 802.3 Twisted Pair and 802.11 Wi-Fi
Ethernet on copper wires, and standards like 1000BASE-T. Ethernet over the Ether, usually called Wi-Fi, and how MAC frames are communicated using radio carrier frequencies.
6. Twisted-Pair LAN Cables, Wiring Plan and Switch Hierarchy
Wiring Ethernet to the work area with Cat 5, Cat 5e and Cat 6 twisted-pair copper-wire cables, wiring closets and Layer 2 aggregation switches.
7. Optical Ethernet and Fiber Links
The fundamental idea of representing the 1s and 0s that make up a MAC frame using light carried in a glass tube, how fibers are actually installed and commissioned, and review the Optical Ethernet implementations in the 802.3 standard.
Teracom is the leader in telecommunications training. In business since 1992, we supply this training to the US government under our GSA schedule contract, which means pre-approved quality and pricing. We're so confident of the quality of this training, it comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
