Topics Covered

1) Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
– Types of Messages
– Types of Timers
– RIP Message Format
– Working

2) Addressing
-Physical Addressing
-Logical Addressing
-Port Addressing
-Specific Addressing

3) Switching
-Circuit Switched Networks ( Switching Process , Efficiency , Delay)
-Packet Switched Networks (Routing Table , Efficiency , Delay )
-Virtual Circuit Networks (Local Addressing , Efficiency)

4) IPv4
-Address Space
-Addressing Types (Classsful  , Classless)
-Address Blocks
-Prefix Length
-Masking Problem Question
-Subnetting
-Network Address
-Hierarchy (2 & 3 Level hierarchy)
-Datagram

5) IPv6
-Address Types (Unicast , Multicast, Anycast)
-Advantages
-Packet Format

6) Comparison between IPv4 and IPv6 Headers

7) Transition From IPv4 to IPv6
-Dual Stack
-Tunnelling
-Header Translation

8) Address Mapping
-Mapping Logical to Physical Address : ARP ( Cache Memory, Packet Format, Operation , Four Different Cases, Proxy ARP)
-Mapping Physical to Logical Address: RARP
-Mapping Physical to Logical Address: BOOTP
-Mapping Physical to Logical Address: DHCP (Static Address Allocation , Dynamic Address Allocation , Manual and Automatic Configuration)

9) Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
-Areas
-Metric
-Type of Links
-Representation

10) Link State Routing