IP Connectivity

>> (Upbeat Music) Welcome in, I'm your host Lauren Deal and I'll be your learner advocate as we go along asking the questions that you probably have at home. But >> as you can see, I'm joined with Anthony Sequeira and Anthony, tell us a little bit about yourself. Yeah, so I have been working with computer networks now since really full time, 1996. And it's just amazing that coming up on years in this industry, it seems like, you know, that was maybe five years at the most. So time definitely does fly. But I am super excited to bring my years of experience to this module, Lauren, where we are gonna be focusing on none other than really IP routing. That is the name of the game for this module. Well, IP routing sounds like it's a blanket for a lot of topics. What can we expect? Yeah, we're gonna dive deep into this world. We're gonna scrutinize the routing table. We're gonna discuss how routers make their forwarding decisions. And then we will get specific with configurations and technologies. For example, one of the technologies you're gonna learn to work with and configure in this module is none other than Open Shortest Path First. Otherwise known as OSPF. We're gonna be looking at OSPF in detail and we will be configuring it on real Cisco routers. So I think that's gonna be a highlight for a lot of our students. I know that that is something that I'm ready to dig into. And I'm curious about a lot of these topics. Who would be maybe beneficial from watching this? Yeah, this is gonna be a great module for those that maybe have completed their A plus, which does cover some networking topics, but for those that have completed their A plus and now they're really excited to dive deeper into the world of IP routing. So if you've got that A plus level of knowledge or equivalent, that would be ideal. Of course, we'll be standing by in our forums for any questions that you might have. And Lauren and I have also prepared study notes, which will accompany every single episode. So those should help as well. Well, I'm excited. Let's not waste another minute and we'll see you in the first one. (Upbeat Music)