After completing Networking Essentials: Standards the user should be able to:
 

	Define the communication devices that communicate at each level of the OSI model
	Compare the implications of using connection-oriented communications with connectionless communications
	Distinguish whether SLIP or PPP is used as the communications protocol for various situations
	Describe the characteristics and purpose of the media used in IEEE 802.3 and IEEE 802.5
	Explain the purpose of the NDIS and Novell ODI network standards

Introducing Networking Standards
 

	Defining networking standards
	De facto and de jure standards
	Standards organizations and the ISO

Introducing the OSI Reference Model
 

	Protocol stacks
	How peer layers communicate
	OSI Physical Layer concepts
	OSI Data Link Layer concepts

The OSI Network Layer
 

	OSI Network Layer concepts
	Circuit switching
	Message switching
	Packet switching
	Connection-oriented and connectionless modes
	Gateway services

Completing the OSI Reference Model
 

	OSI Transport Layer concepts
	OSI Session Layer concepts
	OSI Presentation Layer concepts
	OSI Application Layer concepts

Network Devices and the OSI Model
 

	Repeaters
	Bridges
	Routers

Using SLIP and IPP
 

	SLIP
	PPP
	Windows NT dial-up networking

The IEEE 802 Family of Standards
 

	IEEE 802 standards
	IEEE 802.3 and IEEE 802.5 media

NDIS and ODI Network Standards
 

	NDIS
	ODI

This course is distributed with
 

	Exercises that allow users to practice in Windows NT
	A file containing the text of the exercises
	Simulations that allow users to practice course skills even if they don't have access to the Windows NT product
	A glossary