Prerequisites
Protocol Layers: ISO/OSI reference model
Physical Layer: Coding, Manchester
Transmission Media: UTP, Cat 5
Data Communication: Asynchronous vs synchronous, Baud, bit, and Hz, Half-Duplex vs Full-duplex, Modulation/Demodulation
Packet Transmissions: Framing, Bit stuffing, byte stuffing
Flow Control: On-Off, Window
Error Detection: Parity, Checksum, Cyclic Redundancy Check