Overview
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Get an overview of the foundational topics any networking professional should know, as well as an introduction to emerging technologies.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome to the network
- A high-level look at a network
- Benefits of a network
- How you're using networking every day
- MAC addresses
- IP version 4 addresses
- IP version 6 addresses
- Network interface cards
- Switches
- Routers
- Wireless access points
- Copper cabling
- Fiber-optic cabling
- Learning the seven layers
- Comparison to the TCP/IP model
- Common protocols to know
- DHCP overview
- DNS overview
- NAT overview
- NTP overview
- QoS overview
- Types of wireless LANs
- 2.4 GHz vs. 5 GHz wireless networking
- Wireless network antenna types
- Software-defined networking (SDN)
- Virtualization
- Cloud technologies
- 5G and Wi-Fi 6
- Keep networking
