Networking

Learn

Readings

• Microsoft Docs > Windows Server > Networking documentation

• Azure Networking

• IBM Cloud Learn Hub The Fundamentals of Networking > Networking

• Software Testing Help > Computer Networking Tutorial: The Ultimate Guide

• Blog Stéphane Bortzmeyer

Key elements

• Computer network types

  • Local Area Network (LAN)

  • Storage Area Network (SAN)

  • Virtual Private Network (VPN)

  • Wide Area Network (WAN)

  • Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)

• Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)

• Content Delivery Network (CDN)

• Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)

• Domain Name System (DNS)

• Gateway

• Firewall

• Quality of Service (QoS)

• Load balancers

• Network Address Translation (NAT)

• Network topologies

  • Bus

  • Ring

  • Star

  • Mesh

  • Tree

• Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model

  • (1) Physical Layer

  • (2) Data Link Layer

  • (3) Network Layer

  • (4) Transport Layer

  • (5) Session Layer

  • (6) Presentation Layer

  • (7) Application Layer

  → 7 layers diagram

• TCP/IP

  • Internet Protocol (IP) addresses

  • Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) ports

  

  DNS in TCP/IP

Foundations

LF (Linux Foundation) Networking

→ lfnetworking.org

LF Networking Projects

• pnda

• ...