Chapter 11: Layer 3 - Protocols Outline:

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Chapter Overview |
11.1 | Layer 3 Devices

11.1.1 | Routers
11.1.2 | Layer 3 addresses
11.1.3 | Unique network numbers
11.1.4 | Router interface/port

11.2 | Network-to-Network Communications

11.2.1 | Methods for assigning an IP address
11.2.2 | DHCP initialization sequence
11.2.3 | IP key components
11.2.4 | Function of the address resolution protocol (ARP)
11.2.5 | ARP operation within a subnet

11.3 | Advanced ARP Concepts

11.3.1 | Default gateway
11.3.2 | Problems with sending data to nodes on different subnets
11.3.3 | How ARP sends data to remote networks
11.3.4 | Proxy ARP
11.3.5 | Four Layer 3 flowcharts

11.4 | Routable Protocols

11.4.1 | Routed protocols
11.4.2 | Other routed protocols
11.4.3 | Routable and non-routable protocols
11.4.4 | Characteristics of a routable protocol

11.5 | Routing Protocols

11.5.1 | Examples of routing protocols
11.5.2 | Definition of routing protocol
11.5.3 | Routing encapsulation sequence
11.5.4 | Multi-protocol routing

11.6 | Other Network Layer Services

11.6.1 | Connectionless network services
11.6.2 | Connection-oriented network services
11.6.3 | Comparing connectionless and connection-oriented network processes
11.6.4 | IP and transport layer

11.7 | ARP Tables

11.7.1 | Internetworking devices that have ARP tables
11.7.2 | Comparing router ARP tables with ARP tables kept by other networking devices
11.7.3 | Other router table addresses
11.7.4 | ARP requests and ARP replies
11.7.5 | Proxy ARP
11.7.6 | Indirect routing

11.8 | Interior Gateway Protocols (IGP) and Exterior Gateway Protocol (EGP)

11.8.1 | Routed protocols and routing protocols
11.8.2 | IGPs and EGPs
11.8.3 | RIP
11.8.4 | IGRP and EIGRP
11.8.5 | OSPF
11.8.6 | How routers recognize networks
11.8.7 | Examples of static routing
11.8.8 | Example of dynamic routing
11.8.9 | How routers use RIP to route data through a network

11.9 | Protocol Analyzer Software

11.9.1 | Using protocol analyzer software for ARPs and broadcasts

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