Students will learn about the management of hardware and software networking components and include IP configuration, setting up wireless and wired networks, managing networks, basic network security, software updates, hardware upgrades and network protocols.
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Explore basic networking protocols
Investigate mechanisms for securing networks against various threats and providing secure remote access to users
Examine the characteristics of local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs)
Investigate the characteristics of wired and wireless networking
Investigate the function and operation of network switches
Examine the fundamentals of routing in computer networks
Examine Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) and Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) addressing schemes
Investigate how computers resolve names using services such as Domain Name System (DNS)
Explore tools that provide network administrators and users remote access to network resources
Investigate tools and processes used to troubleshoot issues with computer networks
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