Chapter 11: Layer 3 - Protocols

Outline:

Chapter Review
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
Chapter Summary

Chapter Quiz