HiNS Exam

Languages: German/ English / French
Price: 100 €

Description

The HiNS Exam is the sole exam required to achieve the Industrial Network Specialist (HiNS) certification.

Topics

Layer 1: the physical layer

• Topologies
• Copper-based networks
• Fibre optic-based networks
• Ethernet: 10Mb/s - 100Mb/s - 1000Mb/s
• Ethernet access method: CSMA/CD
• Media convertors - Repeaters - Hubs
• Half duplex and full duplex
• Autonegotiation

Layer 2: Data Link Layer

• Understanding MAC addresses
• Broadcast and multicast addresses
• Ethernet frames
• Switches and their functions

Switching

• Rapid Spanning Tree
• Link Aggregation
• Industrial Ring Redundancy (MRP)

Traffic Control

• Broadcast limitation
• Flow control
• VLANs
• Quality of Service

Management of TCP/IP Networks

• Managers and Agents
• SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol
• MIB - Management Information Base
• Network events
• OPC

Training if required: