This course provides instruction in TCP/IP Network Administration, and although it was developed specifically for Solaris, almost all of it is also applicable to UNIX versions from other vendors.

A strong emphasis is placed on the underlying fundamentals of the TCP/IP stack. A good understanding of this is necessary to easily understand and troubleshoot subnetting and routing issues and network applications that depend on TCP and UDP protocols. Thus there is a lot of lecture material to cover, so the pace is faster than earlier System Administration courses. A solid background in the material presented in Solaris System Administration I and II is required to fully benefit from this course.

• Network Models layers of the ISO and TCP/IP network models
• Local Area Networks topologies and hardware
• Ethernet Interface CSMA/CD, ethernet addresses
• ARP and RARP mapping an ethernet address to an IP address and back
• IP Addresses including non-octet bounded and variable length subnet masks
• Internet Layer IPv4 datagrams and fragmentation, interface configuration, virtual interfaces, multipathing
• Routing routing protocols and daemons, routing configuration
  - Lab design, connect and configure 3 networks interconnected by Solaris systems acting as routers
• Transport Layer UDP and TCP protocols
• Client-Server inetd and RPC (optional topic)
  - Lab experiment with inetd configuration
• DHCP server configuration
  - Lab set up and test a DHCP server
• Troubleshooting misconfigured interfaces and duplicate IP addresses
  - Lab diagnose and repair many common problems (optional lab, time permitting)
• DNS configuration of bind
  - Lab develop and test a complete set of in.named configuration files from scratch
• Network Time Protocol
• IPv6
  - Lab experiment with IPv6 interface configuration

Named configuration - A complex example