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IT System and Networks

CompTIA Network+

CompTIA Network+ is a global certification that validates the baseline skills necessary to establish, maintain, troubleshoot and secure networks

Total Duration
40 Hours
Level
Beginner / Intermediate
Category
IT System and Networks
Partner
CompTIA
About this course

About this course

CompTIA Network+ is the premier certification for validating your knowledge of essential networking tools and concepts. This certification prepares you for jobs in technical support, network operation, and system administration.

 CompTIA helps you in learning the skills essential to establish, maintain and troubleshoot important networks without any threat or danger

 

Target Audience

IT support professionals want to increase their technical expertise.
Network support technicians want to improve their troubleshooting skills.
IT support professionals want to increase their technical expertise.
System administrators seeking to improve their knowledge of network technology.
Individuals preparing to obtain the CompTIA Network+ certification.

Prerequisites

minimum of 9–12 months of experience in the IT networking field

Course Outline

  • Explain concepts related to the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model
  • Compare and contrast networking appliances, applications, and functions
  • Summarize cloud concepts and connectivity options
  • Explain common networking ports, protocols, services, and traffic types
  • Compare and contrast transmission media and transceivers
  • Compare and contrast network topologies, architectures, and types
  • Given a scenario, use appropriate IPv4 network addressing
  • Summarize evolving use cases for modern network environments
  • Explain characteristics of routing technologies
  • Given a scenario, configure switching technologies and features
  • Given a scenario, select and configure wireless devices and technologies
  • Explain important factors of physical installations
  • Explain the purpose of organizational processes and procedures
  • Given a scenario, use network monitoring technologies
  • Explain disaster recovery (DR) concepts
  • Given a scenario, implement IPv4 and IPv6 network services
  • Compare and contrast network access and management methods
  • Explain the importance of basic network security concepts
  • Summarize various types of attacks and their impact to the network
  • Given a scenario, apply network security features, defense techniques, and solutions
  • Explain the troubleshooting methodology
  • Given a scenario, troubleshoot common cabling and physical interface issues
  • Given a scenario, troubleshoot common issues with network services
  • Given a scenario, troubleshoot common performance issues
  • Given a scenario, use the appropriate tool or protocol to solve networking issues
Learning outcomes

What you'll learn

Deploy wired and wireless devices, covering IP addressing, ports, protocols, and network architecture for network deployment.
Knowledge of documentation, lifecycle, change and configuration management process.
Understanding of virtualization, cloud service models, elasticity and scalability in order to use cloud computing concepts.
Ensure network availability and troubleshoot any network connectivity problems.
Create secure networks and eliminate vulnerabilities.
Detect and solve network problems using the right tools.

Skills you'll learn

9 skills
Network Deployment
IP Addressing & Protocols
Wired & Wireless Networking
Network Documentation
Virtualization & Cloud Computing
Network Availability
Network Troubleshooting
Network Security
Network Monitoring Tools

Certificate

  • Attendance Certificate from CLS Learning Solutions
  • This course enables you to pass CompTIA Network+ (N10-009) Exam
CompTIA Network+

Potential Career Paths

Network Support Technician
IT Support Specialist
Network Administrator
Systems Administrator
Network Engineer
Cloud Support Technician