# Networking Essentials Notes from
Table of Contents
Section 1 | Network Orientation | Network Topologies | Primary Cable Types | Network Adapter Cards | Wireless Local Area Networks
Section 2 | The OSI Model | Drivers | Packets | Protocols | Putting data on the Cable
Section 3 | Network Architectures | Ethernet Topologies | 10 Mbps Topologies | 100 Mbps Topologies | Token Ring | AppleTalk | ARCnet
Section 4 | Network Operations | Networking Printing | E-mail | Multivendor Environments | Client/Server Computing
Section 5 | Managing Network Accounts | Managing Network Performance | Avoiding Data Loss
Section 6 | Modems | Repeaters | Bridges | Routers | Brouters | Hubs | Gateways
Section 7 |
WAN Transmission: |  | Analog | Digital | T1 | T3 | Switched 56 | Packet Switching
Advanced WAN: |  | X.25 | ISDN | Frame Relay | ATM | FDDI | SONET | SMDS
Network Troubleshooting | Tools
Check out the OSI Layer Model page and the Memory Sheets to help you memorize the IRQ's, Cable characteristics, Access Methods and more.
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Last Updated: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 | Grant Wilson, Tisdale, SK. Canada