How To Start Career In Networking ? What To Read ?

[k2s]

All views & suggestions are welcome.

Here I made a brief summary :-

Basics: [list=1]
[*]OSI & TCP/IP Seven layers
[*]Ethernet Layer 1: Wiring, Speed, and Duplex
[*]Ethernet Layer 2: Framing and Addressing
[*]Types of Ethernet Addresses
[*]Ethernet Address Formats
[*]ARP
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Switching : [list=1]
[*]Switching and Bridging Logic
[*]Virtual LANs and VLAN Trunking
[*]Spanning Tree Protocol & its advances
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IP addressing:[list=1]
[*]IP Addressing & VLSM
[*]IPv6
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Routing:[list=1]
[*]IP Forwarding i.e., Routing
[*]Some Routinf Protocols ( RIP, IGRP, OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS)
[*]Route - Redistribution
[*]Exterior Routing ( EGP) & study of Autonomous Systems, ISP structure
[*]BGP Operations & Routing Policies
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Congestion Management:[list=1]
[*]QoS - Classification, marking, congestion mgmt, shaping, policing
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Packet Forwarding Technologies:
[list=1]
[*]MPLS - label distribution & functions - protocols - LDP,
[*]MPLS VPNs
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WAN:[list=1]
[*]WAN technologies
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Multicast:[list=1]
[*]IP Multicast Routing - PIM, Sparse & dense mode, anycast
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Security:[list=1]
[*]Security - device security, AAA Model, Layer 2 security, etc
[/list]

[ToughGuy]

[quote name='k2s' timestamp='1321394341' post='3097138']
All views & suggestions are welcome.

Here I made a brief summary :-[list]
[*]


OSI & TCP/IP Seven layers
[*]


Ethernet Layer 1: Wiring, Speed, and Duplex
[*]




Ethernet Layer 2: Framing and Addressing
Types of Ethernet Addresses
Ethernet Address Formats

ARP
Switching and Bridging Logic

Virtual LANs and VLAN Trunking

Spanning Tree Protocol & its advances

IP Addressing & VLSM
IP Forwarding i.e., Routing
Some Routinf Protocols ( RIP, IGRP, OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS)
Route - Redistribution
Exterior Routing ( EGP) & study of Autonomous Systems, ISP structure
BGP Operations & Routing Policies
QoS - Classification, marking, congestion mgmt, shaping, policing
WAN technologies
IP Multicast Routing - PIM, Sparse & dense mode, anycast
Security - device security, AAA Model, Layer 2 security, etc
MPLS - label distribution & functions - protocols - LDP,
MPLS VPNs
IPv6
[/list]
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[k2s]

Based on your interest you can choose a topic. But first 3 sections are needed for a person to become network engg.