In this course, Introduction to Networking for Cisco CCNA, you will examine how basic human communication, like talking in person or on the phone, contains the same fundamental concepts used in moving data across a network. First, you will learn how to examine communication, and determine how to dissect it into components so it can be individually categorized and described. Next, you will learn how to break down communication into components, which will be of great benefit when understanding data networking, as there are many simple protocols which interact in complex ways. To accomplish this you will learn the TCP/IP and OSI models of networking, encapsulation, addressing, as well as what is called “chunks of information” at different points in the communication process. Finally you’ll learn about the history and the birth of high speed data communications. By the end of this course, you’ll know the OSI Model, TCP/IP Model, and you’ll have an understanding of what encapsulation is as it relates to data networking.
Author Name: Ross Bagurdes
Author Description:
Ross has had a diverse career. He has a Structural Engineering degree from Milwaukee School of Engineering, but gave up the career shortly after graduating from college. Beginning in 1997, Ross began officially working in IT, implementing and supporting a paperless work order system for a Natural Gas Utility in Illinois. Since then, Ross has spent his years teaching and managing data networks. Ross spent 7 years at University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, supporting and managing the large … more

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• A Brief History of Moving Information
  10mins
• Dissecting Communication
  10mins
• Network Communication Models
  23mins
• Encapsulation
  12mins
• Data Networks and Addressing
  39mins
• Cisco Certifications
  16mins