| Name | Comments |
|---|---|
| TCP/IP networking referen |
| Author | Title | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| James Kurose & Keith Ross | Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach | Great for beginners |
| Andrew S. Tanenbaum | Computer Networks | Commonly used by academic networking courses |
| Richard Stevens | TCP/IP illustrated | |
| Richard Stevens | UNIX Network Programming | |
| OccupyTheWeb | Linux Basics for Hackers: Getting Started with Networking, Scripting, and Security in Kali | Includes a chapter on wireless networking |
| Evi Nemeth & Garth Snyder & Trent R. Hein & Ben Whaley & Dan Mackin | UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook | A great book on Linux and there is a dedicated chapter for Linux networking |
| Presenter | Video | Length | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rene Molenaar | Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Explained | 00:05:13 | Beginner |
| Eli the Computer Guy | The OSI Model Demystified | 00:18:40 | Beginner |
| Pieter De Decker | Hub, Switch or Router? Network Devices Explained | 00:07:39 | Beginner |
| Pieter De Decker | How Network Address Translation Works | 00:10:04 | Beginner |
| Pieter De Decker | How DHCP Works | 00:07:55 | Beginner |
| Pieter De Decker | UDP and TCP: Comparison of Transport Protocols | 00:11:34 | Beginner |
| Ricky Tapia | CSMA/CD | 00:04:01 | Beginner |
| Presenter | Video | Length | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Mahler | Introduction to Linux Network Namespaces | 00:25:50 | Beginner |
| Presenter | Video | Slides | Length | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Mahler | Introduction to Open vSwitch | 00:14:35 | Beginner | |
| David Mahler | An Introduction to Open vSwitch | Slides | 00:35:49 | First half beginners, second half intermediate level |
| Presenter | Video | Length | Level | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Mahler | Introduction to OpenFlow | 00:15:25 | Beginner | |
| Steven Wallace | Describes the OpenFlow flow table | 00:03:00 | Beginner | |
| David Mahler | OpenFlow with multiple Flow Tables | 00:09:30 | Intermediate | |
| David Mahler | OpenFlow flow entries on Open vSwitch (OVS) | 00:14:22 | Intermediate | Required Knowledge: Open vSwitch |
| Presenter | Video | Length | Level | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Shalu George & Naveen Joy] | Neutron networking demystified for beginners | 00:39:53 | Beginner | 2017 |
| David Mahler | Introduction to OpenStack Neutron | 00:19:38 | Beginner | |
| Assaf Muller | Introduction to OpenStack Neutron | 00:33:20 | Beginner | |
| Rossella Sblendido | I Can't Ping My VM! Learn How to Debug Neutron and Solve Common Problems | 00:42:16 | Intermediate | Required Knowledge: neutron basics |
| David Mahler | OpenStack Neutron Packet Walkthrough (DVR) | 00:44:56 | Intermediate | Required Knowledge: neutron, openvswitch, namespaces and openflow |
| Mohamed Elsakhawy | Neutron- Where Did My Packets Go? | 00:39:32 | Beginner |
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OSI model
- What layers the OSI model has and what is the purpose of each one of them?
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Ethernet
- What is CSMA/CD and how it works?
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MAC address
- What is it used for? Is it unique?
- How many bits are in a MAC address?
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IP address
- What is it used for? Is it unique worldwide?
- What are the two parts of an IP address?
- How many bits are in an IP address?
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Subnets
- Two hosts are on the same subnet if they have the same '_____'
- What is a netmask?
- What two syntaxes exist for expressing a netmask?
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ARP
- Which layer of the OSI model do ARP belong to?
- What ARP table includes?
- Give an example of how ARP protocol works
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IP
- What it defines?
- What is a routing table? When is it being used?
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TCP
- What are the differences between TCP and UDP? When would you prefer to use TCP over UDP?
- What is a "three-way handshake"?
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UDP
- Why UDP considered to be unreliable when compared to TCP?
- Which layer of the OSI model do UDP belong to?
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DHCP
- How DHCP client locates the DHCP server?
- Does the client has to be on the same local network as the server?
- How the exchange between client and the server looks like? what steps are included?
- Is it using TCP or UDP?
- What ports is it using?
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Netowrk Devices
- What is a HUB?
- What is a Switch?
- Forwarding table or (aka forwarding information base)
- What is a Router?
- What are differences between the three devices above?
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Delivery schemes
- What is unicast?
- What is multicast?
- What is broadcast?
- What is the broadcast address?
- What protocols use broadcast?
- What is a broadcast domain?
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VLAN
- What are the advantages of using VLAN?
- What is the range for VLAN IDs?
- What is a trunk port?
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Topologies
- Bus topology
- Ring topology
- Star topology
- Tree topology
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IP
- What layer of OSP model it belongs to?
- IPv4
- IPv6
- Why IPv6 is needed if IPv4 exists?
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ICMP
- What is it used for?
- How do you use it?
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NAT
- What is it and why it's needed?
- What is SNAT? how it is different from NAT?
- What is DNAT? how it is different from SNAT?
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Routing
- Distance Vector Routing
- "Count-to-infinity" problem
- Dijkstra's algorithm
- Distance Vector Routing
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TCP
- Silly window syndrome
- Nagle's algorithm
- Clark's solution
- Silly window syndrome
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Commands
- ping
- ip addr
- ip neigh
- ip link
- ip route
- ip netns
- ethtool
- netstat
- traceroute
- tcpdump
- mtr
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ARP
- How to view the contents of the ARP cache?
- How to initiate an ARP request manually?
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MTU
- How to see what is the MTU of a given interface?
- How do you set MTU?
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Namespaces
- How to create & delete namespaces?
- How to enter a specific namespace?
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*Routing
- How to display the routing table?
- How to print the IP address of each router that an IP packet traverses along its path to its destination?
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ICMP
- How do you use it?
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Digital Modulation
- What is Amplitude Shift keying?
- What is Frequency Shift Keying?
- What is Phase Shift keying?
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Multiplexing
- What is it used for and how it works?
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Wireless networks
- The hidden terminal problem
- The exposed terminal problem
- MACA
- What is RTS?
- What is CTS?
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ALOHA
- Pure
- Slotted
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Noisy-channel coding theorem
- Shannon capacity/limit
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CSMA
- The Binary Exponential Backoff Algorithm
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Stop and Wait
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The adaptive tree walk
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Cryptography
- Symmetric
- Asymmetric
- Digital Signature
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Error Detection
- Parity Bit
- Checksum
- CRC code
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Data transmission
- Piggybacking
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Error Correction
- Hamming Code
- Reed Solomon code
- The NASA binary convolutional code
- Low-Density Parity Check code
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Components
- API Server
- Plugins
- Agents
- Messaging Queue
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Entities
- Network
- Router
- Port
- Subnet
- Security Group
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ML2 Plugin
- What is it used for?
- Explain type drivers
- Explain mechanism drivers
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dnsmasq*
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Floating IP
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Provider Network