Data Comm. and Networking

Course Description:
All courses are ISO 9001:2015 certified.

Course Contents:
• Network Basics, Types of Network
• Topologies. Wide area networking. Internetwork. Routing protocols. WAN topologies
• OSI reference model
• Physical layer. Physical media: coaxial cable, twisted pair, fiber-optic cable. Wireless LANs.
• Data link layer. Media access. Ethernet, Token Ring
• FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface).
• Network layer. Protocol stacks. TCP/IP stack. Internet Protocol.
• Internet addressing. Subnetting.
• Transport layer. TCP Protocol.
• TCP/IP Protocol Suite. HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol)
• FTP (File Transfer Protocol), SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol).
• WAN topologies. Transmission facilities.
• Modems and dial-up technologies. Remote access services (RAS).
• Client-server applications
• Protecting the network. Security issues. Planning the network and data security.
• Network Administration. Managing Network Performance.
• DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
• Common network problems & Troubleshooting.

Course Outcome:
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