Amrutek Services Inc.

Presents a 2-day tutorial on

TCP/IP: The Protocol Suite driving the Internet 

TCP/IP Course Outline

DAY 1

Unit 1: Overview of TCP/IP Architecture and Services

• What is TCP/IP?

• Components of a TCP/IP based internet: hosts, routers, and subnets

• Protocol architecture of TCP/IP based systems

• Services provided by different layers of the architecture: internet, transport, application, and associated protocols

• How different LAN/WAN protocols fit into the architecture: Ethernets, FDDI, Token Rings, X.25, Frame Relay, ATM, and other ISO protocols

• Distinctions between bridges, routers, servers, and other “boxes”

Unit 2: IP and ICMP (version 4) Services and Operation

• IP services and service primitives

• IP addressing structure and special addresses

• IP subnetting and subnet masks

• IP supernetting

• IP packet format

• IP operation

• IP options and their uses

• Need and role of ARP, RARP, InARP

• ICMP services

• ICMP packet format

• ICMP operation

• ICMP options and their uses

Unit 3: TCP and UDP Services and Operation

• UDP services and service primitives

• UDP message format

• UDP ports, well-known UDP ports

• UDP operation

• TCP services and service primitives

• TCP segment format

• TCP ports and sockets, well known TCP ports

• TCP sequence numbers

• TCP operation: connection setup, data transfer and connection release phases

• TCP options and their uses

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