Microchip Ethernet, TCP/IP and Embedded TCP/IP Server Application Programming Using the Microchip TCP/IP Protocol Stack

Introduction to Networking Concepts

• ISO/OSI 7 layer model
• a brief history of TCP/IP
• principles of client-server applications
• where the internet fits in
• service oriented computing

Ethernet - Physical and Link Layer aspects

• Ethernet II
• Ethernet 802.3
• Ethernet media - a survey
• repeaters, hubs and switches
• advanced switches - VLANs,full duplex working, spanning tree protocol
• adapting ethernet for industrial applications (an overview of industrial ethernet)

Understanding the IPv4 layer

• the ARP protocol
• static IP address assignment vs. DHCP
• IPv4 as a classful addressing scheme
• subnets and subnet masking
• private IP addresses
• routers and IPv4 routing - an overview
• interfacing private IP networks to the Web - Network Address Translation (NAT)
• configuring simple routers

The ICMP network management layer

• troubleshooting networks with PING

The IP Transport Layer - TCP and UDPThe TCP Layer

• connection oriented vs. connectionless transport
• client-server applications
• analysis of the TCP protocol
• • three way handshake - connection setup
  • connection takedown
  • role of sequence numbers and acknowledgement numbers
  • positive acknolwedgement - timeout and retransmit
  • keep alive messages
  • quality of service issues
  • TCP port numbers
  • performance overheads of TCP

The UDP layer

• overview
• UDP port numbers
• building more reliable protocols on top of UDP

Understanding application layer protocols and services

• Implementing higher layer protocols in TCP/IP
• case studies exploring implementation of:
• • DHCP
  • TFTP
  • FTP
  • HTTP
  • SNMP
  • SMTP

Configuring and programming with the Microchip TCP/IP Protocol stack on standalone (without an OS) systems - and interfacing to the underlying hardware ethernet controllersOverview of using the TCP/IP protocol stack together with a small RTOS An introduction to implementing SNMP agents on embedded targets so that these targets can be managed via an SNMP management application Designing GUI and command line based control applications running on Windows to control TCP/IP enabled embedded systemsDesigning web-based applications for controlling TCP/IP enabled embedded systemsTransferring files to and from an embedded system