INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER NETWORKS  

• 1 LAN's & WAN's
  
• 2 Some network and internetwork components
  
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  • File Server
  • Workstation
  • Topologies and Protocol
  • Hubs
  • Switches
  • Repeaters
  • Bridges
  • Routers
  • Gateways
    
    
3 The communication process
4 Communication media
5 Topologies

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  • Linear (bus) topology
  • Distributed Star Topology
  • Logical Ring Topology
  • FDDI Networks
  • Complex LANs
  • Wide Area Networks (WAN) topologies
    
    
6 Cooperative processing

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  • Client-Server
  • Peer-to-Peer
    
    
7 Communication models

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  • OSI MODEL
  • IEEE MODEL
    
    
8  Communications protocols
9  Standards

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  • Ethernet
  • Token Ring
  • Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
  • FDDI
  • AppleTalk
  • Arcnet
  • Zero-Slot LANs
    
    
10 Understanding Internetwork Tools

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  • How bridges and routers works
  • Transparent bridge
  • Translating bridge
  • Source routing bridge
  • Routers
    
    

Open Handouts for Introduction to Computer Networks [pdf]