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Networking Foundations: Protocols and CLI Tools

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Overview

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Explore the main methods for troubleshooting network connectivity issues using different protocols and command-line (CLI) tools

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Networking protocols and CLI tools
  • What you should know
1. Protocol Basics
  • Protocols
  • Connection-oriented vs. connectionless protocols
  • Port addresses
  • The difference between packets and frames
2. Protocols Used in Networking
  • Understand ARP and RARP
  • Utilizing ICMP
  • How IGMP is used with multicast
  • DNS and NetBIOS in your environment
  • HTTP operation
  • HTTPS's role in securing browsing
  • Exchanging email with POP, IMAP, and SMTP
  • VoIP protocols (voice over a network)
  • Transferring files via FTP and TFTP
  • Network files via SMB
  • Secure network communication via SSH
  • Remote desktops: RDP, VNC, and cloud based
  • Network management via SNMP
  • DHCP's role in modern networks
3. Common Command Line (CLI) Tools
  • Using ipconfig and ifconfig to verify IP settings
  • Utilizing network tools: ping, tracert, and pathping
  • Verify address mapping via the ARP command
  • The Telnet tool's multiple uses
  • Netstat's operation
Conclusion
  • Networking next steps

Taught by

Greg Sowell

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