1. Internet Protocol

• TCP/IP overview
• Internet standards
• Creating a TCP/IP packet
• Packets, segments, and frames
• IP header fields
• IP over Ethernet
• Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

2. IP Addressing

• Logical address
• IP address structure
• Dotted decimal notation
• Address classes
• Private addresses
• Network Address Translation (NAT)
• Address assignments
• IP subnets
• Determining the subnet mask
• Prefix notation
• Classless address
• Multicast address

3. IP Routing

• How routing works
• Autonomous systems
• Interior Vs exterior routing
• Routing algorithms: OSPF, RIP
• Routing table basics
• Border Gateway Protocol(BGP)
• Layer 3 switching
• Packet fragmentation

4. IP Related Services

• Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP)
• DHCP messages
• BootP
• Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
• Domain name format
• Domain Name System (DNS)
• Resolver program
• DNS resource records
• DNS search tree
• Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
• ICMP message types
• Multicast groups
• Intergroup Management Protocol (IGMP)

5. Transmission Control Protocol

• TCP Duties overview
• TCP header fields
• Sliding window size
• Sequence number structure
• Segment size
• End-to-end acknowledgements
• Packet flow control
• Back-off algorithm
• Port number definition
• Sockets
• User Datagram Protocol, (UDP)
• UDP applications
• Stream Control Protocol