♥ .. Certified IP Associate .. ♥

Certified IP Associate, also known as CIPA. I previously took this training 2 months ago. It was conducted by 

So what is CIPA?


COURSE DESCRIPTION
This is your route toward achieving Certified IP Associate. The CIPA is a vendor independent benchmark of your skills and capabilities in IP. It is the foundation in transferable competences valued across the industry. Our hands-on approach of learning through doing will improve your practical skills in areas of high demand in the workplace.

REQUIREMENTS & PREREQUISITES
There are no pre-requisites for this course, although a basic knowledge of networking and IP concepts will be helpful.

TARGET AUDIENCE
Technical personnel who currently are or will be working in IP Networks.

COURSE DURATION
Training - 9 Days
Exam - 1 Day

COURSE STRUCTURE

LEARNING METHODS / DELIVERY METHODS

Hands-on exercises, review questions & section summaries throughout. Use of protocol analyser

LEARNING OUTCOME

•Manage an enterprise network

•Configure IP properties and settings

•Plan subnet masks

•Use key applications and commands

•Use a network analyser to troubleshoot networks

•Apply commands from key vendors

DETAILED COURSE CONTENT

1. Introduction to Networking

•Network types and topologies

•Data encapsulation

•A layered approach : OSI 7 layer model

•Layer 2 & 3 interconnect

•Circuit and packet switching

2. Network Access

•Cabling and connectors for wired media

•Access solutions : leased lines, xDSL, Cable modem,FTTx, Ethernet

•Overview of Metro Ethernet

•Basic operation of FR, ATM and MPLS

•Broadband wireless technologies

•Wireless LAN & MESH networks

•IEEE 802.16-2004 & IEEE 802.16e WiMAX

3. The IP Layer

•Role of IP in enterprise and carrier class environments

•Use of IP in Next Generation Network

•IP addressing, subnet masking and CIDR

•ARP,RARP and ICMP

•IP multicasting

•How IP routing works

•Static and Dynamic routing overview

•Address troubleshooting

•Use of network analyser

•Introduction to IPv6

•Configuration of settings and properties

4. The Upper Layers

•Operation of TCP & UDP

•Use of SCTP & RTP

•The role of TCP handshaking

•Dealing with congestion

•Retrieving network information

•Using common networking commands and utilities

•Analysing TCP connection

5. Applications and Services

• Using key services: FTP and SSH/Telnet

•Address management with DHCP

•The Domain Name System (DNS)

•Network Address Translation overview

•HTTP and HTTPS web browsing analysis

•Introduction to VoIP configuration

•Triple and quadruple play services

•Quality of service requirements

•Messaging apps : email,MMS and IM

•Streaming , IPTV and conferencing

6. Introduction to Networking

•Key security issues

•Authentication and encryption

•Security devices : firewalls and proxies

•Fraud and intrusion detection/prevention

•Application security

•Defining a security policy

 

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Till next time,