Chapter 4:
- Switching
vs Forwarding
- Connection-Oriented
vs Connectionless
- Virtual
circuits—ATM
- Router
architecture
- 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
§
NAT
§
CIDR
§
VLSM
- ICMP
- IP v6
- Routing
algorithms
- Link
state
- Distance
Vector
- Hierarchical
routing

Chapter 5:
- Data
Link Layer
- Link
layer services
- Handling
errors
- IEEE
802 Protocol Architecture
- MAC
protocols
- Ethernet
- DHCP
- ARP
- Ethernet
II vs IEEE 802 frame formats
- Ethernet
evolutions—1st, 2nd, 3rd, …7th
generations
CISCO Router management labs:
- Connections
& wiring
- Interfaces—Ethernet,
serial
- Configurations
- Command
structure
- RIP
- IGRP