Network and wireless Training - CompTIA Network+ Prep Course

Network+ Certification Prep Course 5-day training seminar, $3095		RCCSP Professional Education Alliance

Overview

This hands-on Network+ training course is designed to enhance your networking skills and knowledge while preparing for the CompTIA Network+ certification exam. CompTIA's Network+ certification is the premier vendor-neutral networking certification. This course consists of CompTIA Authorized Quality Curriculum (CAQC) to ensure all test objectives are met by the training material used.

During the training an unofficail exam will be conducted to test and reinforce participant's knowledge. Instructor led training will be followed by labs using multi-vendor equipment from Cisco, Juniper, SMC and others to reinforce essential networking skills gained during the course. In addition to preparing participants for Network+ certification exam, this network training course also complies with Department of Defense Directive 8570.1

This network training course leads to Network+ certification and includes:

CompTIA Press Network+ Student Manual
Network+ assessment test questions
Comprehension exercises and study digest
Network+ Study Guide
Network+ exam voucher

What You Will Learn

How to prepare for the CompTIA Network+ certification exam
Practice exam questions
Basic components and characteristics of a network
Host-to-network and network-to-network connections
LAN wiring components and conventions
Differentiate between wired networking devices
How to configure your workstation, switch, and router
TCP/IP communications protocols basics
Practical overview of IP subnetting and how it works
Wireless networking components
Common security threats and mitigation techniques
Securing systems and network devices
Controlling access to the network
Monitoring network resources
Troubleshooting the network

Who Should Participate

IT professionals who need a solid foundation in networking and individuals interested in pursuing CompTIA's Network+ certification.

Agenda

1. Network Basics

Network concepts
- Networking models
- Local area network
- Basic network types
- Peer-to-peer model
- Client/server model
- Segments and backbones
- Network wiring
- Fiber optic
- Twisted pair
- Coaxial
- Serial
- Duplex
- Wireless LAN
- Network protocols
Network architectures
- Network designs
- Point-to-point vs. point-to-multipoint
- Packet vs. circuit-switching networks
- Ethernet
- Ethernet networks
- Token Ring networks
- Wireless LANs
- WAN bandwidth technologies
- WAN mesh topology
The OSI model
- The OSI model applied to local area networking

2. Wired Computer-To-Computer Connections

Wired network connections
- Fiber optic wired connections
- Twisted pair connections
- Terminating CATx-to-RJ-45 connectors
- Coaxial connections
- Terminating coax-to-BNC connectors
- Plenum wiring
Network interface cards and modems
- Computer network connection
- NIC selection
- Addressing
- MAC addresses
- IP addresses
- Character-based names
- Domain Name System
- NetBIOS
- Port addresses
- Modems
- Riser cards
- Softmodems
- When a modem isn't a modem
- Model installation
- Dial-up connection creation
- Dial-up connection object management

3. Network-To-Network Connections

Network-to-network connection components
- Network Access Points (NAPs)
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
- How an ISP works
- LAN installation components
- Telecommunications room
LAN wiring
- Network cable installation
- Telecommunications room equipment
- Using a punchdown tool
LAN wiring tests
- LAN tests

4. Wired Internetworking Devices

Basic internetworking devices
- Internetworking devices
- Repeaters
- Bridges
- Heterogeneous (translating) bridges
- Encapsulating bridges
- A learning (transparent) bridge
- Bridge routing management
- Additional filtering and intelligence
- Local and remote bridges
- Layer 2 switches
- Bridges vs. switches
- Routers
- About routers
- Router features
- Types of routers
- Routing tables
- Routing examples
- Brouters
- Bridges vs. routers
- Ethernet hubs
- Token Ring Multi-Station Access Unit
- Media converters
- Firewalls
Specialized internetworking devices
- Higher-level switches
- IDS and IPS
- Traffic shaper
- Multifunction network devices

5. Wired Communication Standards

The TCP/IP protocol suite
- IEEE Network interface layer protocols
- IPCONFIG
- Internet layer protocols
- Transport layer protocols
- TCP
- Network monitor
- UDP
- TCP vs. UDP
- Application layer protocols
- Telnet
- NTP
- E-mail messaging protocols
TCP/IP
- IPv4
- IPv6
- TCP/IP configuration parameters
- Subnet masks
- IPv6 subnets
- Default gateway
- DNS
- WINS
- Static TCP/IP parameters
- DHCP and DHCPv6
DHCP servers
- Installing a DHCP server
- IPv6 scopes

6. Wireless Networking

Wireless network devices
- Wireless communications
- Wireless LAN components
Wireless networking standards
- Standards
- Wireless protocols
Wireless configuration
- WLAN security risks
- WLAN security components
- Transmission encryption
- Wireless access point configuration
- Wireless clients

7. Security Threats and Mitigation

Security threats
- Viruses, worms, and Trojan horses
- Social engineering
- Phishing
- Denial of Service (DoS) attacks
- Distributed DoS attacks
- Man-in-the-middle attacks
- Spoofing
Threat mitigation
- Security policies
- Human resources policy
- Incident response policy
- Change management
- Configuration management documentation
- Education
- Communication
- User awareness
- Types of training

8. Security Practices

Operating systems
- Antivirus software
- Spyware
- Securing the operating system
- Windows Update
- Patch management
- Other updates
- Windows Firewall
Devices
- Firewalls and proxy servers
- Security zones
- DMZ configurations
- Traffic filtering
- Network Access Control (NAC)
- Virtual private network
- Security issues
- Built-in management interfaces
- Physical attack susceptibility
- Overcoming device weaknesses
- Intrusion detection and prevention
- NIDS
- HIDS
- Physical access control
- Surveillance

9. Network Access Control

Authentication
- Usernames and passwords
- Authentication factors
- Authentication protocols
- Identification and authentication
- Identity proofing
- Single sign-on
- Kerberos
- The Kerberos process
- Kerberos security weaknesses
- CHAP
- EAP
- PPPoE
- Mutual authentication
Public key cryptography
- Cryptography overview
- Encryption
- Public key cryptography overview
- Asymmetric cryptography
- Public key infrastructure
- Setup and initialization
- Administration of issued keys and certificates
- Certificate cancellation and key history
- Securing public key management systems
Remote access
- Remote network access
- RADIUS
- Diameter
- LDAP and remote access
- Terminal Access Controller Access Control System (TACACS)
- 802.1x
- VPN security
- VPN protocols
- IPsec
- Secure shell (SSH)
- VPN solutions
Wireless security
- Wireless networking
- Wireless networking security
- Wireless networking vulnerabilities
- Wi-Fi scanners

10. Monitoring

Monitoring resources
- Windows computers
- Performance monitor
- Performance monitor configuration
- Data Collector Sets (DCS)
- Viewing Data Collector Ser reports
- Reliability Monitor
- Remote Desktop
Event Viewer
- Remote logs
- Event forwarding
- Subscriptions
- Device and application logging

11. Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting basics
- Information gathering
- Identify the affected area
- Determine if anything has changed
- Establish the most probable cause
- Determine if escalation is necessary
- Create an action plan
- Implement a solution and test the result
- Identify the results of the solution and its effects
- Document the problem and the solution
- Problem and resolution tracking
- Hardware toolkit
- Software toolkit
Troubleshooting the network
- Troubleshooting wired connections
- Testing the physical network
- Troubleshooting wireless network connections
- Troubleshooting TCP/IP
- Ipconfig
- UNIX Ifconfig
- Using Ipconfig to display TCP/IP settings
- Ping and basic TCP/IP connectivity
- NSLookup
- Tracert
- Windows Network Diagnostics
Troubleshooting scenarios
- Remote Desktop troubleshooting
- Inability of a user to access a shared resource
- Preventing illegal attempts to access an account
- Connectivity issues
- Network problems relating to adding or removing services

Appendix A

CompTIA Network+ objectives map

Appendix B

CompTIA Network+ acronyms

Prerequisites:

9-12 months of experience in the IT support industry is recommended.

Recommended Follow-on Courses:

CCNA Boot Camp v1.1

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Labs

Lab 1: Number Systems

Learn to use several software tools to convert numbers between the decimal, binary, and hexadecimal number systems.

Lab 2: Easter-Egg Hunt

Carefully examine the lab equipment used in the classroom. Find and identify a variety of common network building blocks like hubs, switches, routers, MAUs, cabling, etc.

Lab 3: Build a Simple Network

Design and build a simple network for the classroom.

Lab 4: Student Workstation Configuration

Reload a fresh copy of Windows XP Professional on your student PC (via Ghost). Attach it to the network, share your disk drive with your neighbors, and check the results.

Demo 1: Installing Classroom Gateway Router

Lab 5: Configure Workstation Default Gateway

Lab 6: Ping and ARP

Examine the ARP cache on your workstation. Ping others and observe the effect on the ARP cache. Analyze the network traffic associated with a simple ping.

Lab 7: Installing a Switch

Reset the switch to the factory defaults. Using the console interface, perform an initial switch configuration. Use the switch's web interface to configure SNMP, port mirroring, and a VLAN. Examine the switching table and watch Spanning Tree in operation.

Lab 8: Common TCP/IP Applications

Consider the use of common tools such as ftp, telnet, tftp, and ssh.

Lab 9: Voice over IP

Experiment with Voice over IP. Learn the key concepts and terminology of this now common use of your network.

Lab 10: Installing a Router

Configure your Cisco router to connect your private subnet to the classroom backbone network. Enable the RIP routing protocol.

Lab 11: Subnet Calculations

Perform a variety of exercises with IP addresses and masks. Identify address classes. Learn to calculate the available addresses on subnets. Learn to choose an appropriate subnet mask.

Lab 12: Network Security Concerns

Consider how to secure the classroom network and how that applies to the real world.

Demo 2: Virtual Private Networking
Demo 3: Baselining and Monitoring the Network
Demo 4: Logging

Lab 13: Simple Network Management Protocol

Reinforce your understanding of the components of SNMP using commonly available network management tools.

Lab 14: Network Troubleshooting

Work with a variety of common troubleshooting tools and discuss the techniques used isolate problems.

Demo 5: Traffic Shaping Options

Lab 15: Bluetooth Networking

Have a little fun with Bluetooth and consider its networking capabilities.

Lab 16: Remote Control

Use VNC to take remote control of your neighbor's workstation.

Lab 17: Convert Workstations to Wireless and DHCP

Remove your workstation from the wired network and make the needed configuration changes.

Registration Fees

Both classroom training and virtual (online) training formats are available.

The per student registration fee for the classroom session is $3095, and includes the seminar, course materials, and morning and afternoon refreshments.

The registration fee for virtual training session is $2595.

Classoom training begins at 8:30 AM each day and concludes at 4:30 PM unless otherwise directed. Please arrive early on the first day to sign-in and meet fellow attendees. If you register less than one week in advance of a class, please bring your confirmation letter. Business casual attire is appropriate. For information on virtual training session start and stop times, refer to the course schedule below.

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