The ability to provide users with constant access to critical data is essential for the success of today's rapidly evolving networks. In this Network Configuration and Troubleshooting training course, you gain a comprehensive set of tools and techniques needed to proficiently configure and maintain networks, as well as identify and resolve problems related to cables, wireless connections, protocols, and applications. You will learn to implement VLANs in a switched network, access and secure your wireless network as well as manage IP address assignments and subnetting.
- Networking experience at the level of:
Network Configuration and Troubleshooting Training Delivery Methods
- After-course instructor coaching benefit
- Learning Tree end-of-course exam included
Network Configuration and Troubleshooting Training Course Benefits
Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot multiple network configurationsImplement VLANs in a switched networkAccess and secure your wireless networkManage IP address assignments and subnetting
Network Configuration and Troubleshooting Course Outline
Fundamentals of a network
- Types of networks
- Hardware and software
Applying the OSI model to troubleshooting
- Executing a troubleshooting methodology
- Employing fault isolation at each layer
Distinguishing media terminology
- Twisted pair
- Fiber
- Wireless
- EIA/TIA standards
Cabling and port configuration
- Strategies for successful configuration
- Validating wiremap with cable scanner
- MDI/MDI-X port configuration
- Specifying various fiber types
Working with network adapters
- Designating Layer 2 MAC address
- Demystifying access methods
- Displaying NIC configuration
Assessing LAN topologies
- Logical and physical topologies
- Star
- Hybrid
- Mesh
LAN and WAN standards at Layer 2
- 802 standards
- Wireless
- Fast and Gigabit Ethernet
- xDSL
- Cable modem
- Frame Relay
- ATM
Interfacing with the network
- Testing speed and duplex settings
- Authenticating using 802.1X and EAP
Analyzing protocols
- Differentiating Ethernet and 802.3 frame formats
- Capturing and filtering traffic with Wireshark
Solving network congestion
- Deploying switches
- Interpreting Layer 2 traffic
Implementing VLANs
- Defining the VLAN
- Port tagging with 802.1Q
- Interconnecting VLANs across switches
Traversing the wireless topology
- Network types and standards
- Selecting infrastructure or ad hoc mode
- IBSS
- BSS
- ESS
Building the wireless network
- Setting up the access point
- Configuring the SSID on a client
- Securing the wireless traffic
The role of TCP/IP
- TCP/IP protocol suite
- OSI model vs. TCP/IP model
Configuring IP addresses
- Public vs. private addresses
- Allocating addresses with DHCP
- Managing addresses with ifconfig/ipconfig
- Resolving address conflicts
Enabling the routing function
- Subnetting and the adjacency test
- Interpreting a routing table
Investigating protocol headers
- TCP
- UDP
- IP
- ARP
- ICMP
- Identifying common protocol issues
Managing OS functions
- File
- Print
- Messaging
- Database
Fine-tuning network services
- DNS
- Web services
- Debugging name resolution with nslookup
