A Technical Introduction to TCP/IP Internals

The Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) suite is the networking protocol stack of choice for interconnecting dissimilar computer and operating systems. In the world of engineering and scientific workstations, TCP/IP is the standard, pushing many installations utilizing proprietary networking protocols to integrate their systems into a TCP/IP network. Additionally, as UNIX finds it way more and more into the commercial and business communities, TCP/IP is finding an even wider audience.

This class presents a general, technical overview of the TCP/IP protocol family including the networking model and protocol layering. Ip addressing, routing, and symbolic name to address resolution are described along with the standard TCP/IP applications and services.

You will learn:

• Characteristics of the TCP/IP protocol suite
• TCP/IP network configuration parameters
• How IP routing works
• Use of IP subnets
• Learn basic TCP/IP network troubleshooting techniques

Topics to be covered include:

• TCP/IP protocol overview
• Internet model
• Protocol layering
• Data link layer protocols
• Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
• User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
• Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
• Addressing
• Routing
• Symbolic name-to-address translation
  • Host Tables
  • Domain Name System
• Standard TCP/IP applications and services
• Basic TCP/IP Network configuration and troubleshooting

Class length

• 1 day

Audience

• Systems programmers
• Network Managers

Prerequisites

• General knowledge of networking

Additional Information

• An excerpt from the presentation for this class is available from Opus One's library in the Presentations pages.