Free Online Internet Protocol Networks Diploma Course

In this free online TCP/IP course, learn about computer networks and internet protocols; the various layers in the TCP/IP protocol stack, the working principles of network security, and how you can program the network. Boost your computer engineering knowledge and skills by studying this comprehensive course. For anyone working in computer engineering, this course is an excellent way to really improve your abilities.

What You Will Learn In This Free Course

Network Protocol

In this module you will learn about circuit and packet switching networks, network protocol stack, protocol stack layers and the different protocols at the application layer.

Application Layer

In this module, you will learn about the domain name systems, name resolution process web, hypertext transfer protocol, DNS messages, internet mail transfer, and file transfer.; Module

Transport Layer

In this module, you will learn about transport services, connection, connection unique identifiers, packet lifetime restrictions, connection release, reliability, and sliding window protocols.; Module

Performance and Control

In this module, Performance and Control, you will learn about transport layer performance, buffer management and congestion control. You will also learn about transport layer primitives and the transmission control protocol.

Transmission and Programming

In this module, Transmission and Programming, you will learn about the transmission control protocol flow control process. You will study congestion control, user datagram protocol and socket programming.; Module

Network Layer

In this module, Network Layer, you will learn about the classless Inter-domain routing (CIDR), IP version 4 addressing, classful addressing and network address translation.; Module

Computer Networks and Internet Protocol – First Assessment

You must score 80% or more to pass this assessment.; Module

Internet QoS

In this module, Internet QoS, you will learn about internet quality of service and basic QoS architecture. Traffic policing, traffic shaping, traffic scheduling, IntSev and DiffServ architectures will also be discussed.; Module

IP Routing

In this module, IP Routing, you will learn about routing on the internet, intra-domain routing, routing protocols, autonomous systems, path-vector routing, and border gateway protocol.; Module

Routers and Networking

In this module, Routers and Networking, you will learn about IP routers, software-defined networking, OpenFlow, and software-defined networking architecture.; Module

Data Link Layer

In this module, Data Link Layer, you will learn about LLC services, asynchronous MAC techniques, MAC frame format and Ethernet protocols. You will also learn the importance of multiple access methods, Ethernet frame, and flow and error control.

Data Link Protocols

In this module, Network Protocol, you will learn about circuit and packet switching networks. You will also study the network protocol stack, protocol stack layers, and the different protocols needed at the application layer.

Physical Layer

In this module, Physical Layer, you will learn about the communication model, data and signals, encoding and decoding techniques, network security policies, and TCP/IP security.; Module

Computer Networks and Internet Protocol – Second Assessment

You must score 80% or more to pass this assessment.; Module

Course assessment