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[[cloud_club|About the Club]]

==== Cloud Club Topics - Networking ====

==== Designing a network ====
  - What is a network?
  - What is a cloud?
  - How does a cloud differ from a local network?
  - What applications or services are you wanted to host?
  - What equipment do you need?
  - What software do you need?
  - What licenses do you need ( if any )?

==== Understanding Networks ====
  - Media Access Controll ( MAC ) Address
    - Address assigned/burned into network card
    - A.K.A hardware address
	- IP addresses
    - [[https://www.cloudns.net/blog/what-is-ipv4-everything-you-need-to-know/|IPv4]] vs [[https://www.cloudns.net/blog/what-is-ipv4-everything-you-need-to-know/#IPv4_vs_IPv6_%E2%80%93_differences|IPv6]]
    - [[https://www.cloudns.net/blog/what-is-ipv4-everything-you-need-to-know/#IPv4_classification|IPv4 subnet classes ( A, B, C )]]
    - [[https://www.ipxo.com/blog/what-is-subnet-mask/|Subnet masks ( IPv4 )]]
    - [[https://www.cloudns.net/blog/what-is-ipv4-everything-you-need-to-know/#How_NAT_Network_Address_Translation_Works_with_IPv4|Network Address Translation ( NAT )]]
	- Network types
    - wired
    - wireless
  - [[https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/types-of-network-topology/|Network topologies]]
  - [[https://www.sophos.com/en-us/cybersecurity-explained/network-switch|Network switch]]
    - How does it forward traffic?
  - Network routing
    - What is a [[https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/introduction-of-a-router/|router]]?
    - How does it forward traffic?

==== Hands-on network design ====
  - Subnetting
    - Network calculator tools
      - IP Calculator: [[https://jodies.de/ipcalc|ipcalc]]
      - IP Address Range Calculator: [[http://www.csgnetwork.com/ipinfocalc.html#google_vignette|ipinfocalc]]
      - IP calculator: [[https://networking.ringofsaturn.com/Tools/ipcalc.php|ipcalc]]
      - CIDR / VLSM Calculator: [[https://www.subnet-calculator.com/cidr.php|cidr]]
  - Routing
    - Default [ network ] gateway
  - Assigning IPs to servers
  - Drawing a network diagram

==== Hands-on network setup ====
  - Physical setup of a network
    - Connecting cables
    - Power on equipment
    - Configuring devices
    - Testing connections

==== Troubleshooting networks ====
    - Tools
      - Ping
        - Slight differences between Windows and Linux ping command options
      - Trace route
        - Windows:
          - tracert
        - Linux:
          - traceroute
          - tracepath
      - Packet Sniffing
        - [[https://www.varonis.com/blog/how-to-use-wireshark|WireShark]]
        - [[https://opensource.com/article/18/10/introduction-tcpdump|TCPdump]]