Data transmission/networking

Index

Hardware Networking

  1. Networks and how they communicate 1
  2. Networks and how they communicate 2
  3. Importance of networking standards
  4. Importance of various protocols
  5. Role of handshaking
  6. Where portable device networking is required
  7. Hardware for wireless connections

Data Transmission

  1. Serial/parallel transmission
  2. Simplex, half duplex and duplex
  3. Multiplexing and switching
  4. Typical contents of a TCP/IP packet
  5. Network collision
  6. Routing traffic on a network
  7. The Internet and world-wide infrastructure