Course
Computer Networking
45 hours 53 minutes
Credits: 3 Credits
Description
This course provides a comprehensive path through networking concepts, beginning with foundational topics such as the OSI model, TCP/IP, and cabling, and progressing through Ethernet/switching, wireless networking, IP addressing and subnetting, routing, protocols and ports, virtualization and security, network analysis/forensics, and advanced troubleshooting methodologies.
What Students Will Learn
Chapter 1: Networking Fundamentals & OSI Model
- CompTIA A+ Core 1: Networking Literacy (Beginner Level)
- Getting Started with TCP/IP and Numbering Systems
- Networking Standards and Connections
- CompTIA Network+: OSI Model Layers & Data Encapsulation
- CompTIA Network+: Cables & Connectors
Chapter 2: Ethernet, Switching & Wireless
- Ethernet LANs and Switching
- CompTIA Network+: Ethernet Switching & Wireless Standards
- CompTIA Network+: Network Types
- Wireless LANs
Chapter 3: IP Addressing & Subnetting
- IP Addressing and IPv4 Subnetting
- Ethernet, Network Access, and IPv4 Addressing
- VLSM, ARP, and Multicasting
- CompTIA Network+: IP Addressing Schemes and Subnetting
- Benefits & Allocating Addresses
Chapter 4: Routing & Network Implementations
- IPv4 and IP Routing
- Routing and Wide Area Networks
- CompTIA Network+: Network Implementations
- CompTIA Network+: Network Services & Data Center Architectures
Chapter 5: Protocols, Ports & Services
- TCP, UDP, Support and Management Protocols
- UDP and TCP Sessions
- Address Autoconfiguration, DNS, and ICMP
- Communication and Web Protocols
- Common TCP and UDP Applications and VoIP
- CompTIA Network+: Registered Ports
Chapter 6: Virtualization, Security & Operations
- Network Security and Emerging Technologies
- TCP/IP Security and IPv6
- CompTIA Network+: Security Concepts & Threats
- Network Function Virtualization Fundamentals
- Software-Defined Networking Fundamentals
- CompTIA Network+: Network Operations
- CompTIA Network+: Disaster Recovery & High Availability Concepts
Chapter 7: Network Analysis & Forensics
- Network & Host Analysis: Protocol Analysis
- Network & Host Analysis: Network Protocols
- Network & Host Analysis: Network Observations
- Network & Host Analysis: Network Analysis Formats
- Network & Host Analysis: Network Operations
- Network Survey & Extraction: Network Analysis
- Network Survey & Extraction: Network Monitoring
Chapter 8: Troubleshooting
- CompTIA Network+: Network Troubleshooting Methodologies & Tools
- CompTIA Network+: Troubleshooting Network Issues
- CompTIA Network+ Proficiency (Advanced Level)
Optional
- Mastering Network Forensics
Overall Learning Outcomes
- Design, install, and configure Kubernetes cluster architecture and components using kubeadm
- Explain networking fundamentals, the OSI model, data encapsulation, and cabling/connector standards
- Configure and differentiate Ethernet LANs, switching, wireless standards, and network types
- Apply IP addressing schemes, IPv4/IPv6 subnetting, VLSM, ARP, and multicasting techniques
- Implement IP routing and design wide area network and data center architectures
- Identify and manage TCP/UDP protocols, ports, and common network services including DNS, ICMP, and VoIP
- Apply network security concepts, virtualization (NFV, SDN), and disaster recovery/high availability practices
- Perform network and host analysis, protocol analysis, and network monitoring/forensics
- Apply structured troubleshooting methodologies and tools to diagnose and resolve network issues