Internet -- Intranet -- Traditional Approach -- Frame Relay-Based Approach -- Internet VPN-Based Approach -- Intranet Components -- Intranet Summary -- Extranet -- Advantages of Extranet -- Security -- Examples of Extranet -- Wide Area Network Components -- Asynchronous Dial-Up Connections On-Demand Using the Public Switched Telephone Network -- Dedicated Digital Point-to-Point Serial Connection to an Internet Service Provider -- Point-to-Point Protocol -- PPP Operation -- Packet-Switched Technologies Like X.25, Frame Relay, ATM, and SMDS -- X.25 -- Frame Relay -- Asynchronous Transfer Mode -- Switched Multimegabit Data Service -- Integrated Services Digital Network -- ISDN Physical Setup -- Basic Rate Interface -- Primary Rate Interface -- Applications of ISDN -- Security Features of ISDN -- Signaling System Number 7 -- WAN Topologies and Resiliency Considerations -- WAN Topologies -- Local Area Network Components -- Ethernet -- Bridges -- Routers -- Fast Ethernet (100BaseT) -- Ethernet Switch (Layer 2 Switch) -- Switch Operation -- Virtual LANs -- Hot-Standby Routing Protocol -- Gigabit Ethernet -- Fiber Distributed Data Interface -- Infrastructure -- ATM in the LAN Environment -- LAN Architecture and Operation -- Multiprotocol Over ATM -- Token Ring -- Token Ring Operation -- Layer 3 Switching -- LAN Routing Protocols -- Static -- Distance Vector Routing Protocol -- Link State Routing Protocol -- LAN QOS -- Network and Service Management -- Network Management -- OSI FCAPS Model -- SNMP
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