Corporate internetworks typically include one or more LANs, making an understanding of LAN technology vital to professionals dealing with business communications. A clear understanding of how LANs operate is a necessity, along with knowledge of the components required to build them. The LANs and LAN Switching workshop fosters an understanding of LAN technology, introduces the concept of LAN interconnection using bridges, and compares and contrasts bridging to switching. Topics include end station configuration, LAN cabling, Ethernet, token ring, transparent bridging, source route bridging, LAN switching and network operating system components and operation. Introduction to the Sniffer Pro - Introduces the general capabilities of a protocol analyzer and the specific operation of Network Associates Sniffer Pro.
Participants use capture filters and display filters to analyze and decodenetwork traffic.
The primary focus is to access and navigate through the user interface supported by the device. Learning Bridges - Investigates the operation of a learning bridge. Participants install and configure a remote bridge using the Spanning Tree Protocol and then collect, decode, and analyze BPDUs. Remote Source Route Bridging - Investigates the operation of an SRB bridge deployed as a remote bridge. Participants install and configure a remote SRB bridge, and examine the operation of an SRB bridge in the presence of a redundant network topology.