Introduction to Networking – pg. 3
– general info

1.1 Networking: A Brief Introduction – pg 4
– Internetworking
– Internet vs internet
– extranets  pg 7
– Virtual Private Networks pg 8
– Area Networks – pg 9
LAN, MAN, WAN

1.1.2 Networking Relationships & Topologies  pg 13
– Network Relationship Types
Client / Server (general info, Advantages / Disadvantages
Peer to Peer (general info, Advantages / Disadvantages

1.1.2.2 Network Topology Types pg 17
– Bus Topology (general info, CSMA/CD, etc)
– Mesh Topology (general info)
– Star Topology (general info, advantages, disadvantages)
– Extended Star Topology
– Ring Topology (general info, etc)
– Hierarchical Topology (general info)

1.1.3 Protocols pg 24
– general info
– TCP pg 26
– UDP pg 27
– IP pg 27

1.2 History of Networking pg 28
– general info
– Internet Timeline:
AARPA, ARPANET, 1978 TCP/IP Split, 1982 TCP/IP, 1991 first internet connection made

1.3 Standards and Standards Organizations pg 32
– general info – why we have them
– IEEE and working groups pg 38
802.1, 802.3, 802.11
– ISOC pg 43
– IETF pg 43

1.4 OSI Reference Model pg 45
– general info on why we have it
– 7 different layers (know the 7 layers in order)