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CompTIA Network+ Certification

5 day course

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This course builds upon your existing user-level knowledge and experience with personal computer operating systems and networks to present fundamental skills and concepts that you will use on the job in any type of networking career. If you are pursuing a CompTIA technical certification path, the CompTIA A+ certification is an excellent first step to take before preparing for the CompTIA Network+ certification. In this course, you will learn about all the major networking technologies, systems, skills, and tools in use in modern PC-based computer networks. Students will learn about components of network theory, network communications and data delivery methods, network media and hardware, types of network implementations, TCP/IP network implementation, network protocols, LAN and WAN implementation, network security, remote network implementation, disaster recovery, data storage, the primary network operating systems, and network troubleshooting.

Course Topics:

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Network Theory

  • Networking terminology
  • Network building blocks
  • Standard network models
  • Network topologies

Network Communications Methods

  • Transmission, media access, and signaling

Network Data Delivery

  • Data addressing and delivery
  • Network connection mechanisms

Network Media and Hardware

  • Bounded and unbounded network media
  • Noise control
  • Network connectivity devices

Network Implementations

  • The OSI model
  • Client network resource access
  • Ethernet networks
  • Token ring networks
  • Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) networks
  • Wireless technologies and standards

Networking with TCP/IP

  • Families of protocols
  • The TCP/IP protocol
  • Default IP addresses vs. custom IP addresses

TCP/IP Services

  • IP address assignment methods
  • Host name resolution
  • NetBIOS name resolution
  • TCP/IP utilities and services

Other Network Protocols

  • The NetBEUI protocol
  • The IPX/SPX protocol
  • The AppleTalk protocol
  • The IP Version 6 (IPv6) protocol

Local Area Network (LAN) Infrastructure

  • Bridges and switches
  • IP routing topology
  • Static IP routing vs. dynamic IP routing

Wide Area Network (WAN) Infrastructure

  • WAN switching technologies
  • WAN transmission technologies
  • WAN connectivity methods
  • Voice over data systems

Network Security

  • Network threats and virus protection
  • Local security and internet security
  • Network authentication methods
  • Data encryption

Remote Networking

  • Remote network architectures
  • Terminal services implementations
  • Remote access networking implementations
  • Virtual private networking (VPN)

Disaster Recovery

Network Data Storage

  • Clustering
  • Network attached storage (NAS)
  • Storage area network (SAN) implementations

Network Operating Systems

  • Microsoft operating systems
  • Novell NetWare
  • UNIX and Linux operating systems
  • Macintosh networking

Network Troubleshooting

  • Troubleshooting models
  • TCP/IP troubleshooting utilities
  • Hardware troubleshooting tools
  • System monitoring tools
  • Network baselining