Lecture Notes on Local Area Networks

NETW-206 LAN Switching and Wireless The Third Cisco Academy Course

Details on the Physical Layer - The Boxes Used to Create a Local Area Network

Hubs and Switches

LAN Design Evolution - Chapter 1

Basic Switch Concepts and Configuration - Chapter 2

STP - Chapter 5

Expanding the Number of Networks

VLANs - Chapter 3

VTP - Chapter 4

InterVLAN Routing - Chapter 6

Adding Complexity to the Basic Local Area Network

Adding a Server to the Network

Servers

Server Operating Systems

Disk Interfaces

Storing Data on the Network

Data Storage Methods

DAS

NAS

SAN

Virtualization of Networked Devices

What is Virtualization

VMware Virtualization

Microsoft Virtualization

Xen Virtualization

Citrix Virtualization

Increasing the Physical Size of the Local Area Network

Backbone Connections

Managing the Network

Disaster Management

Creating a Local Area Network without Wires

Basic Wireless Concepts and Configuration - Chapter 7