Course Length:

5 Days

Course Description:

This course is designed to provide network technicians and support staff with the foundation-level skills they need to install, operate, manage, maintain, and troubleshoot a corporate network. This course will help prepare students for the CompTIA Network+ 2009 certification exam. It should be noted that a course alone cannot prepare students for any CompTIA exam. It is important that students have the recommended work experience in IT networking prior to taking the exam. For the CompTIA Network+ 2009 certification, CompTIA recommends students have 9 to 12 months of experience in the IT support industry. If you are taking this course with the exam voucher, it is for exam N10-0005.

Who Should Attend:

This course is geared toward technicians with nine to 12 months of experience in the IT industry who wish to earn their Network+ certification.

Benefits of Attendance:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Identify the basic components of network theory.
• Identify the major network communications methods.
• Identify network data delivery methods.
• List and describe network media and hardware components.
• Identify the major types of network implementations.
• Identify the components of a TCP/IP network implementation.
• List the major services deployed on TCP/IP networks.
• Identify characteristics of a variety of network protocols.
• Identify the components of a LAN implementation.
• Identify the components of a WAN implementation.
• Identify major issues and technologies in network security.
• Identify the components of a remote network implementation.
• Identify major issues and technologies in disaster recovery.
• Identify major data storage technologies and implementations.
• Identify the primary network operating systems.
• Identify major issues, models, tools, and techniques in network troubleshooting.

Prerequisites:

An introductory course in a Windows operating system, or equivalent skills and knowledge, is required. CompTIA A+ certification, or the equivalent skills and knowledge, is helpful but not required.

Course Outline:

• Network basics
  1. Network concepts
  2. Network architectures
  3. The OSI model
• Wired computer-to-computer connections
  1. Wired network connections
  2. Network interface cards and modems
• Network-to-network connections
  1. Network-to-network connection components
  2. LAN wiring
  3. LAN wiring tests
• Wired internetworking devices
  1. Basic internetworking devices
  2. Specialized internetworking devices
• Wired communication standards
  1. The TCP/IP protocol suite
  2. TCP/IP
  3. DHCP servers
• Wireless networking
  1. Wireless network devices
  2. Wireless networking standards
  3. Wireless configuration
• Security threats and mitigation
  1. Security threats
  2. Threat mitigation
• Security practices
  1. Operating systems
  2. Devices
• Network access control
  1. Authentication
  2. Public key cryptography
  3. Remote access
  4. Wireless security
• Monitoring
  1. Monitoring resources
  2. Event Viewer
• Troubleshooting
  1. Troubleshooting basics
  2. Troubleshooting the network
  3. Troubleshooting scenarios
• Appendix A: Certification exam objectives map
  1. Comprehensive exam objectives
• Appendix B: CompTIA Network+ Acronyms
  1. Acronym list