Local Area Network design

Originally imported from WikiAppunti: Progetto di reti locali lecture notes

• LAN basics
  1. Introduction to Local Area Networks
  2. Ethernet
  3. Repeaters and bridges
  4. Ethernet evolutions
  5. Advanced features on Ethernet networks
• Spanning tree
  1. Spanning Tree Protocol
  2. Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
• Additional LAN standards
  1. Quality of service in IEEE 802 LANs
  2. Link aggregation – IEEE 802.3ad
  3. IGMP snooping
• Advanced LAN configuration and design
  1. Virtual LANs
  2. Redundancy and load balancing at layer 3 in LANs
  3. The network layer in LANs
• Additional topics
  1. Introduction to Storage Area Networks