Course Description:
BTS works with clients to deliver appropriate material to become CompTIA NET+ certified.
This course uses the latest texts and other materials over a one or two week period based on client needs. The two week design includes extensive hands-on with actual networking equipment, routers, switches, wireless devices, etc. Time is allowed after each Instructor presentation and demonstration for student hands-on work on actual equipment, labs, practice exams and NET+ related drills. Students take the exam soon after class to become NET+ Certified. Based on the class design student pass rates are often 100
The CompTIA Network+ certification is the sign of a competent networking professional. It is an international, vendor-neutral certification that proves a technicians competency in managing, maintaining, troubleshooting, installing and configuring basic network infrastructure.
Since its introduction in 1999, more than 235,000 people have become CompTIA Network+ certified. Microsoft includes CompTIA Network+ in their Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) program, and other corporations such as Novell, Cisco and HP also recognize CompTIA Network+ as part of their certification tracks.
For IT professionals requiring re-certification
The newest version of the CompTIA Network+ certification exam was launched in early 2009. IT professionals who are encouraged or required by their employers to remain current on their certifications have two options They can take the new version of the exam, or they can take the CompTIA Network+ bridge exam, which covers the new objectives. The test, exam code BR0-002, is a 60-minute, 50-question test. A passing score is 500 on a scale of 100-900.
Only professionals who are currently CompTIA Network+ certified under the 2005 objectives are eligible to become CompTIA Network+ 2009 certified by taking the bridge exam.
Students Will Learn:
- Identify network topologies, cabling, connectors, and components
- Install and configure a network card and client software
- Identify network protocols and define the concepts of network layers
- Understand and implement the TCPIP protocol
- Identify the features of network and client operating systems (Windows, NetWare, Linux, Mac OS)
- Configure remote and wireless network connections
- Configure user and security settings for an operating system
- Use test equipment to troubleshoot network connectivity
- Describe basic networking and identify different networking models.
- Describe the basics of data movement, physical media, and network connectivity devices.
- Use the OSI model and understand Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, and wireless networks.
- Understand data routing and common network protocols such as NetBEUI and TCPIP.
- Discover a TCPIP services.
- Understand older network protocols still used today, such as IPXSPX, AppleTalk, Apple Open Transport, and IPv6.
- Examine the infrastructure of a local area network.
- Distinguish the different methods used to connect networks together through the public carrier services.
- Understand the different methods of remote networking.
- Understand and implement relevant aspects of network security.
- Apply disaster recovery principles.
- Describe and employ advanced data storage techniques.
- Understand and implement network troubleshooting procedures.
- Describe the basics of the network operating systems in use today.
Course Length:
10 Days
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