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Certified Networking Professional
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Course Contents
This module covers the basic devices used in a network, such as servers, workstations, and hosts, and focuses on the different logical and physical topologies that networks can be based on. The module explores network architectures, including Ethernet, broadband, and XBasex technologies, and also examines access methods such as CSMA/CD and broadcast. In addition, the various scopes that can have a bearing on the type of topology put into operation are explained.
Network Components
This module covers the different standards that apply to network media and the types of media that can be used on a network, for instance twisted pair copper, coaxial, or fiber optic, as well as the connectors and other hardware required to allow the media to function correctly. Also, the logical operations of network media, for example transmission speeds, duplexing, and frequency, is explained. This module also describes how to install network media and how to verify that the installation is correct.
Network Devices
This module describes network devices from the user level, which includes network interface cards, firewalls, and modems, to network level devices,such as routers, switches, and bridges. It also explains the logical operation of these devices and introduces some of the more specialized hardware and software that might be found in networks.
Network Protocols
In this module, the OSI model is explained as is a wide range of protocols, including those that are part of the TCP/IP suite of protocols. The protocols are the foundation of networking and without them there would be no network and no Internet
Wide Area Networks
This module describes how WANs function and the components that make them work. This module also covers the different types of WANs, including broadband technologies such as xDSL, cable systems. Also explored are some of the newer WAN technologies that are finding acceptance, such as line of sight wireless and satellite.
Wireless Networks
This module introduces the 802.11x wireless standards and describes the components of basic wireless networks. This module also describes how to implement wireless networks while ensuring security, stability, and interoperability between the various standards available today. The module will also look at what the future may hold for wireless networking.
Network Addressing
This module describes the two most common types of network addresses ? MAC addresses and IP addresses. The details of IP addressing including how they are assigned, the different classes and how IP addressing is configured is explained along with the ways in which the shortage of IPv4 addresses is being dealt with. Solutions to the IP address shortage including the development and implementation of IPv6, network address translation, and Classless Inter-domain Routing (CIDR) is covered.
Routing
This module covers many of the routing concepts, including dynamic and static routing, as well as the criteria used to make path selection decisions. As well, this module examines the dynamic protocols used in routing, such as RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP. IPv6, which has some unique routing characteristics and uses its own dynamic routing protocols, is also examined.
Managing and Monitoring the Network
This module describes how to document and diagram the network environment and the procedures that should be in place to ensure that all documentation is up to date. In addition, the tools that network administrators can use to gather the information they need to create their documentation and to build policies and procedures is also covered.
Troubleshooting the Network
This module describes basic troubleshooting practices, including the steps for information gathering and documentation, to use to solve all sorts of issues. Common issues that can occur in modern networks are outlined along with many of the different hardware and software tools that can be used to find and resolve issues are explained.
Network Security
This module focuses on the threats facing today's networks and information, and the steps administrators can take to mitigate these issues. It also explores the processes and procedures that should be in place to prevent security breaches and to recover from threats that get past network defenses. In addition, types of security software, such as antivirus and anti-spyware scanners are covered, along with the various protocols and SSH and SSL, used in an overall network security system. Also described are basic security procedures including policy creation, user training, and software patching and updating.
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Network+ Certification 2009
About: The CompTIA Network+ certification is the sign of a competent networking professional. It is an international, vendor-neutral certification that proves a technician?s competency in managing, maintaining, troubleshooting, installing and configuring basic network infrastructure. Since its introduction in 1999, more than 235,000 people have become CompTIA Network+ certified. Microsoft includes CompTIA Network+ in their Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) program, and other corporations such as Novell, Cisco and HP also recognize CompTIA Network+ as part of their certification tracks.
Target: The audience for CompTIA Network+ 2009 training will comprise IT personnel, students who want to make a career in Networking. Good computer literacy along with a sound technical acumen should be present. Students looking to acquire job skills, and to be trained specifically to pass the associated CompTIA Network+ (2009 Edition) certification exam will want to study this learning path. Network engineers, network architects, internetworking engineers, LAN and WAN administrators, systems administrators, systems managers, intranet administrators. Network support staff and anybody interested in learning the fundamentals of computer networks will be the ideal audience
Benefit: Earning a CompTIA certification can help an individual get the right skills to begin and advance his / her career in the IT industry. Whether an individual is an entrylevel technician or an experienced professional looking to expand his / her knowledge base, training toward and gaining CompTIA certifications can help one get a job or get a promotion. CompTIA is the leading provider of vendorneutral IT certifications worldwide, and employers depend on CompTIA certifications to make hiring decisions. Earning certifications shows not only that the individual has the right knowledge and skills to do the job, but also that he / she are dedicated to his / her IT career. Many companies, including Microsoft, Ricoh, Lenovo and Cisco, recommend or require CompTIA certifications. Certified technicians are more knowledgeable and confident about the problems they handle than non-certified technicians, and can more easily adapt to changing technologies. This can lead to new career opportunities. Forty percent of certified professionals received a promotion within one year of attaining a primary certification, according to an IDC survey.
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