Hartpence D. Packet Guide to Core Network Protocols

O’Reilly, 2011. — 160 p. — ISBN: 978-1-449-30653-3.Networking Models
What Is a Model?
Why Use a Model?
OSI Model
OSI — Beyond the Layers
OSI/ITU-T Protocols
Introducing TCP/IP
TCP/IP and the RFCs
The Practical Side of TCP/IP
Encapsulation
Addressing
Equipment
ReadingReview Questions
Review Answers
Lab Exercises
Activity — Examining Encapsulation
Activity — Protocol Distribution
Activity — Developing a Protocol/Architecture
Ethernet
Remember the Models
Structure
Preamble
Source and Destination MAC Addresses
Control Field
Data Field
Frame Check Sequence
Ethernet Type II vs3
MAC Addresses — Another Look
Ethernet Operation
Shared Media
Physical Layer
Cabling
Encoding
Other Types of Signaling
Link Pulse
Autonegotiation
Topologies
Final Thoughts on Ethernet
ReadingReview Questions
Review Answers
Lab Exercises
Activity — Basic Framing
Activity — Control Field Values
Activity — Addressing
Activity — Destination Addresses
Activity — Logical Link Control
Internet Protocol
Protocol Description
Structure
Addressing
Sample Host Configuration
Operation
Digging a Little DeeperWhat Addressing is Sufficient?
Security Warning
Organizations for Assigning Addresses and Names
Standards and RFCsReview Questions
Review Answers
Lab Exercises
Activity — Determining IP Address Components
Activity — IP Packet Capture
Activity — Header Checksum
Activity — Traffic Comparison
Activity — Layer-2 Trace
Activity — Tables
Activity — Layer-3 Trace
Activity — Traffic Comparison
Internet Control Message Protocol
Structure
Operations and Types
Echo Request and Echo Reply
Redirect
Time to Live Exceeded
Tracing a Route
Destination Unreachable
Router Solicitation and Router Advertisements
Digging a Little Deeper — the One’s Complement
IPv6Additional Reading
Review Questions
Review Answers
Lab Activities
Activity — Ping
Activity — Tracert
Activity — Start Up Packet Capture
Activity — Destination Unreachable From the OS
Activity — Destination Unreachable From the Router
Subnetting and Other Masking Acrobatics
How Do We Use the Mask?
What Is a Subnet?
Subnet Patterns
Subnet IP Addressing
A Shorthand Technique
The Effect on Address Space
Theory vs Reality
Supernetting
The Supernetted Network
Classless Inter-Domain Routing
CIDR and Aggregation Implementation
RFCRFCs and Reading
Review Questions
Review Answers
Lab Activities
Activity — What Is My Network?
Activity — Change Your Network
Activity — What Is the Address Given to You by Your ISP?
Activity — Subnet Calculator