CompTIA Network+

Prerequisite: None

Course Duration:  30 hours
                             5 days training
                             9am - 3pm

Course Schedule: Monday - Friday
                             Every Saturday
                             Every Sunday

Equipment:  SOHO Router & Switches
                     Patch Panel
                     Cat6 and Cat7 cable
                     Fiber Optic Termination kit

Inclusion (face-to-face training):  Lunch Meal
                                                      Certificate of completion
                                                      Training handout
                                                      Review material for exam
                                                      Free flowing coffee

Inclusion (Online Training):  Certificate of completion
                                               Training handout (soft copy)
                                               Review material for exam

Day 1

Networking Concepts

• Explain the purposes and uses of ports and protocols
• Explain devices, applications, protocols and services at their appropriate OSI layers.
• Explain the concepts and characteristics of routing and switching
• Given a scenario, configure the appropriate IP addressing components.
• Compare and contrast the characteristics of network topologies, types and technologies.
• Given a scenario, implement the appropriate wireless technologies and configurations.
• Summarize cloud concepts and their purposes
• Explain the functions of network services. 

Day 2

Infrastructure

• Given a scenario, deploy the appropriate cabling solution.
• Given a scenario, determine the appropriate placement of networking devices on a network and install/configure them.
• Explain the purposes and use cases for advanced networking devices
• Explain the purposes of virtualization and network storage technologies.
• Compare and contrast WAN technologies.

Day 3

Network Operations

• Given a scenario, use appropriate documentation and diagrams to manage the network.
• Compare and contrast business continuity and disaster recovery concepts.
• Explain common scanning, monitoring and patching processes and summarize their expected outputs.
• Given a scenario, use remote access methods
• Identify policies and best practices.

Day 4

Network Security

• Summarize the purposes of physical security devices
• Explain authentication and access controls
• Given a scenario, secure a basic wireless network.
• Summarize common networking attacks
• Given a scenario, implement network device hardening.
• Explain common mitigation techniques and their purposes

Day 5

Network Troubleshooting and Tools

• Explain the network troubleshooting methodology
• Given a scenario, use the appropriate tool.
• Given a scenario, troubleshoot common wired connectivity and performance issues.
• Given a scenario, troubleshoot common wireless connectivity and performance issues.
• Given a scenario, troubleshoot common network service issues