Introduction to the Network

This document outlines a number of resources for learning about networking technology. For example, there are resources on 10 GbE, switches, subnet masks and IP addressing, VLANs, OSI, firewalls, and so on.

• 10 Gigabit Ethernet Tutorial, TechTarget.
• Your Best Ethernet Switch: A Buyer’s Guide, TechTarget, 2015.
• Basics on Subnet Masks and IP Addresses, TechTarget.
• Basic Networking Definitions, TechTarget.
• Crash Course: VLANs, TechTarget.
• Guide to Network Security, TechTarget.
• Jeff Tyson. How OSI Works, HowStuffWorks.

Firewalls

• Introduction to Firewalls, TechTarget.
• How Does a Firewall Work? TechTarget.
• Crash Course: Firewalls, TechTarget.
• What Is a Firewall, About.com.
• Kara Gattine. Firewall Resource Guide, TechTarget.

Routers

• Introduction to Routers, TechTarget.

IP Addresses

• IP Addressing and Subnetting Fundamentals, TechTarget.
• IPv4 Tutorial, TutorialsPoint.
• The Case for IPv6: Introduction.

Virtual LANs

• LearnIT: Virtual LANs, TechTarget.

MPLS

• MPLS Technology Overview, TechTarget.
• MPLS VPN Basics, TechTarget.
• MPLS VPN Fundamentals, TechTarget.
• What You Need to Set a Global MPLS Network Architecture, TechTarget.
• 8 Steps to a Successful MPLS Migration, TechTarget.
• Robbie Harrell. Cisco CCIP MPLS Certification: Introduction, TechTarget.
• Classes of MPLS Services, TechTarget.

Routers

• Network Routers: Crash Course, TechTarget.

DNS

1. What You Need to Know About the DNS System, TechTarget.
2. How DNS Works, dnsimple.
3. Reverse DNS (rDNS), WhatIs.

SDN

1. Your Next Switch: The Data Center’s Software-Defined Future, TechTarget, 2014.
2. Jon Toigo. How to Define SDN, TechTarget.

WAN

• What Is WAN (Wide Area Network).

Switches

1. How To Buy: What IT Needs to Look for in Data Center Switches, TechTarget.
2. How to Plan a Campus Core Switch Refresh: Basic Requirements.

Protocols

• What is a Network Protocol, About.
• Spanning Tree Protocol (STP).
• Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP).
• Open Shortest Path First (OSPF).
• Network Time Protocol (NTP).
• Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP).
• Address Resolution Protocol (ARP).
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
  • File Transfer Protocol, About.
• Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE).
• Multicast Dissemination Protocol (MDP).
• Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP).
• Multicast Open Shortest Path First (MOSPF).
• Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP).
• Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP).
• Routing Information Protocol (RIP).
• Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).
• Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP).
• Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP).
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP).
• Service Location Protocol (SLP).
• Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP).
• Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP).
• Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP).

• 25 Gigabit Ethernet, TechTarget.