Chapter 4:

• Switching vs Forwarding
• Connection-Oriented vs Connectionless
• Virtual circuits—ATM

• Router architecture
• 3 types switching
• IP
• IP packet format
• TTL
• Fragmentation
• Service Access Points
• MTU vs MSS
• Internal module of IP
• IP addressing
• Classful vs Classless(CIDR)
• Classes A, B, C, D, E
• Special reserved addresses
• Subnetting
• Address depletion
• Short and long term solutions

§ CIDR

• Route aggregation

§ NAT

§ CIDR

§ VLSM

• ICMP
• IP v6
• Transition from v4 to v6
• Routing algorithms
• Link state
• Distance Vector
• Hierarchical routing

Chapter 5:

• Data Link Layer
• Link layer services
• Handling errors
• CRC
• IEEE 802 Protocol Architecture
• MAC protocols
• CSMA/CD
• Token passing
• Ethernet
• DHCP
• ARP
• Ethernet II vs IEEE 802 frame formats
• Ethernet evolutions—1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, …7^th generations

CISCO Router management labs:

• Connections & wiring
• Interfaces—Ethernet, serial
• Configurations
• Command structure
• RIP
• IGRP