Undergraduate Admission
    Graduate Admission

    Network+ Certification Training, IT 440

    About this Course:
    This course covers current and evolving data network technologies, protocols, network components, and the networks that use them, focusing on the Internet and related LANs. The state of worldwide networking and its evolution will be discussed. This course covers the Internet architecture, organization, and protocols including Ethernet, 802.11, routing, the TCP/UDP/IP suite, DNS, Bluetooth, SNMP, DHCP, and more. Students will be presented with Internet-specific networking tools for searching, testing, debugging, and configuring networks and network-connected host computers. There will be opportunities for network configuration and hands-on use of tools.
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    Prerequisites:
    Participants must have knowledge of PC Hardware and software, knowledge of operating systems, and knowledge of file and directory concepts for acceptance into the Network+ class.

    Who Should Attend:
    Professionals involved in networking environment or participants interested in learning the fundamentals of networking.

    Expected Outcomes:
    Participants will be able to identify the layers of the OSI model, describe the features and function of network components, and have the skills needed to install, configure, and troubleshoot basic networking hardware peripherals and protocols.

    Course Outline:

    • Course Introduction
    • Internet trends
    • Overview of Data Communications
    • Information Sources and signals
    • Transmission Media
    • Transmission Modes
    • Multiplexing and Demultiplexing (Channelization)
    • Access and Interconnection Technologies
    • LAN Extensions Fiber Modems, Repeaters, Bridges and Switches
    • Protocol Layering Internetworking: Concepts, Architecture, and Protocols
    • IP Internet Addressing
    • Classful Internet Addresses
    • Internet Protocol:
    • Connectionless Datagram Delivery (IPv.4)
    • Classless and Subnet Address Extensions (CIDR)
    • Mapping Internet Addresses to Physical Addresses (ARP)
    • The IEEE Mac Sub-layer
    • Internet Protocol: Error Control and Control Messages (ICMP)
    • Networking Technologies Past and Present
    • Local Area Networks: Packets, Frames and Topologies
    • Wired LAN Technology (Ethernet and 802.3)
    • The Future IP v.6
    • User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
    • Reliable Stream Transport Service (TCP)
    • Routing
    • Architecture: Cores, Peers, and Algorithms
    • Internet Routing and Routing Protocols
    • Routing Between Peers (BGP)
    • Datagram Forwarding Routing within an Autonomous System (RIP, OSPF)
    • IP Switching and MPLS WAN Technologies and Dynamic Routing
    • Wireless Technologies Bluetooth
    • Mobile IP
    • Internet Multicasting

    CEU:
    4.5

    Instructor:
    Carol Davids