The Bits and Bytes of Laptop Networking

About this Course

This course is designed to offer a full overview of pc networking. We’ll cowl the whole lot from the basics of contemporary networking applied sciences and protocols to an outline of the cloud to sensible functions and community troubleshooting.

By the tip of this course, you’ll be capable of: ● describe pc networks by way of a five-layer mannequin ● perceive the entire commonplace protocols concerned with TCP/IP communications ● grasp highly effective community troubleshooting instruments and strategies ● be taught community providers like DNS and DHCP that assist make pc networks run ● perceive cloud computing, the whole lot as a service, and cloud storage

SKILLS YOU WILL GAIN

• Area Title System (DNS)
• Ipv4
• Community Mannequin
• Troubleshooting

Syllabus – What you’ll be taught from this course

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WEEK

1

4 hours to finish

Introduction to Networking

Welcome to the Networking course of the IT Help Skilled Certificates! Within the first week of this course, we are going to cowl the fundamentals of pc networking. We’ll be taught in regards to the TCP/IP and OSI networking fashions and the way the community layers work collectively. We’ll additionally cowl the fundamentals of networking gadgets comparable to cables, hubs and switches, routers, servers and shoppers. We’ll additionally discover the bodily layer and information hyperlink layer of our networking mannequin in additional element. By the tip of this module, you’ll know the way all of the totally different layers of the community mannequin match collectively to create a community.

WEEK

2

4 hours to finish

The Community Layer

Within the second week of this course, we’ll discover the community layer in additional depth. We’ll be taught in regards to the IP addressing scheme and the way subnetting works. We’ll discover how encapsulation works and the way protocols comparable to ARP permit totally different layers of the community to speak. We’ll additionally cowl the fundamentals of routing, routing protocols, and the way the Web works. By the tip of this module, you’ll be capable of describe the IP addressing scheme, perceive how subnetting works, carry out binary math to explain subnets, and perceive how the Web works.

WEEK

3

4 hours to finish

The Transport and Utility Layers

Within the third week of this course, we’ll discover the transport and software layers. By the tip of this module, you’ll be capable of describe TCP ports and sockets, establish the totally different elements of a TCP header, present the distinction between connection-oriented and connectionless protocols, and clarify how TCP is used to make sure information integrity.

WEEK

4

5 hours to finish

Networking Providers

Within the fourth week of this course, we’ll discover networking providers. We’ll find out about why we’d like DNS and the way it works. We’ll additionally present you why DHCP makes community administration a less complicated process. By the tip of this module, you’ll be capable of do describe how DNS and DHCP work, how NAT applied sciences assist hold networks safe, and the way VPNs and proxies assist customers join and keep secured.