Jump into the IT field with the networking certification and skills that are always in demand. The Network+ Certification credential is for professionals who perform basic networking and installation, configuring, troubleshooting and performing preventive maintenance on core hardware and operating systems.

Network+ certification gives you the skills you need to install, administer and troubleshoot computer networks and their components in a variety of computing environments. You will gain comprehensive knowledge and hands-on experience in these critical areas:

• Logical and physical topologies such as Star, bus, mesh, and ring.
• Characteristics of each of the Ethernet (802.3) standards including speed, length, topology, cabling and connectors.
• Use of various hardware components such as hubs, switches, routers, gateways, Network cards and modems.
• Network standards: including OSI model, addressing, protocols, interoperability and naming conventions.
• TCP/IP suite: including IP addressing, subnetting and default subnet masks.
• WAN Technologies: including Frame-Relay, ISDN, FDDI, T1/E1, T3/E3 and ATM.
• Remote Access: including protocols, services and the latest security protocols.
• Network Implementation: including shared services under Unix, Netware and Windows operating systems.
• Authentication methods, firewalls and proxies.
• Fault tolerance and disaster recovery.
• Troubleshooting scenarios, identification of causes and corrective action in solving network problems.

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