Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- explain “how the Internet works” and describe the central services and their effects on the usability of the services provided by the Internet
- explain what components form Local Area Network (LAN) and what factors most affect its capacity and performance
- plan, implement, and test the most used services of a LAN and be able to connect the local area network to the Internet
- explain the functions and differences of a routers and switches and describe the content and structures of packets, frames and other data network messages
- describe and take into account the risks and security threats connected to data communications and explain how a firewall works

Assessment scale

1-5