CompTIA Network+ helps develop a career in IT infrastructure covering troubleshooting, configuring, and managing networks.

Network+ ensures an IT professional has the knowledge and skills to: 

• Design and implement functional networks
• Configure, manage, and maintain essential network devices
• Use devices such as switches and routers to segment network traffic and create resilient networks
• Identify benefits and drawbacks of existing network configurations
• Implement network security, standards, and protocols
• Troubleshoot network problems
• Support the creation of virtualisation networks

What Skills Will You Learn?

Networking Concepts

Explain the purpose of a variety of networking concepts and implement them appropriately

Infrastructure

Determine & explain the appropriate cabling, device and storage technologies

Network Operations

Use best practices to manage the network, determine policies & ensure business continuity

Network Security

Summarise physical security & common attacks while securing the wired and wireless network

Network Troubleshooting & Tools

Explain the network troubleshooting methodology & appropriate tools to support connectivity & performance

Lesson 1: Introduction

Lesson 2: Introduction to Networks

• First Things First: What's a Network?
• Physical Network Topologies
• Topology Selection, Backbones, and Segments
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Written Lab

Lesson 3: The Open Systems Interconnection Specifications

• Internetworking Models
• The OSI Reference Model
• Introduction to Encapsulation
• Modulation Techniques
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Written Lab

Lesson 4: Networking Topologies, Connectors, and Wiring Standards

• Physical Media
• Cable Properties
• Wiring Standards
• Installing Wiring Distributions
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Written Lab
• Lesson 5: The Current Ethernet Specifications
• Network Basics
• Ethernet Basics
• Ethernet at the Data Link Layer
• Ethernet at the Physical Layer
• Ethernet over Other Standards (IEEE 1905.1-2013)
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Written Lab

Lesson 6: Networking Devices

• Common Network Connectivity Devices
• Other Specialized Devices
• Planning and Implementing a Basic SOHO Network Using Network Segmentation
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Written Lab

Lesson 7: Introduction to the Internet Protocol

• Introducing TCP/IP
• Data Encapsulation
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Written Lab

Lesson 8: IP Addressing

• IP Terminology
• The Hierarchical IP Addressing Scheme
• IPv4 Address Types
• Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Written Lab

Lesson 9: IP Subnetting, Troubleshooting IP, and Introduction to NAT

• Subnetting Basics
• Troubleshooting IP Addressing
• Introduction to Network Address Translation (NAT)
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Written Lab

Lesson 10: Introduction to IP Routing

• Routing Basics
• The IP Routing Process
• Testing Your IP Routing Understanding
• Static and Dynamic Routing
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Written Lab

Lesson 11: Routing Protocols

• Routing Protocol Basics
• Distance Vector Routing Protocols
• Link State Routing Protocols
• High Availability
• Advanced IPv6 Concepts
• IPv6 Routing Protocols
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Written Lab

Lesson 12: Switching and Virtual LANs

• Networking Before Layer 2 Switching
• Switching Services
• Spanning Tree Protocol
• Virtual LANs
• VLAN Trunking Protocol
• Two Additional Advanced Features of Switches
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Written Lab

Lesson 13: Wireless Networking

• Introduction to Wireless Technology
• Cellular
• The 802.11 Standards
• Comparing 802.11 Standards
• Wireless Network Components
• Installing a Wireless Network
• Site Survey
• Wireless Security
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Written Lab

Lesson 14: Authentication and Access Control

• Security Filtering
• Managing User Account and Password Security
• User-Authentication Methods
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Written Lab

Lesson 15: Network Threats and Mitigation

• Recognizing Security Threats
• Vulnerabilities
• Understanding Mitigation Techniques
• Policies and Procedures
• Anti-malware Software
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Written Lab

Lesson 16: Physical Security and Risk

• Using Hardware and Software Security Devices
• Defining Firewalls
• Firewall Technologies
• Firewalls at the Application Layer vs. the Network Layer
• Scanning Services and Other Firewall Features
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems
• VPN Concentrators
• Understanding Problems Affecting Device Security
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Written Lab

Lesson 17: Wide Area Networks

• What's a WAN?
• T-Series Connections
• Transmission Media
• Broadband Services
• Wireless WAN Technologies
• WAN Protocols
• WAN Troubleshooting
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Written Lab

Lesson 18: Troubleshooting Tools

• Protocol Analyzers
• Throughput Testers
• Connectivity Software
• Using traceroute
• Using the ping Utility
• Using the Address Resolution Protocol
• Using the nslookup Utility
• Resolving Names with the Hosts Table
• Using the Mtr Command (pathping)
• Using the route Command
• Using the nbtstat Utility
• Using the netstat Utility
• Using tcpdump
• Using the File Transfer Protocol
• Using the Telnet Utility
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Written Lab

Lesson 19: Software and Hardware Tools

• Understanding Network Scanners
• Baseline
• Network Monitoring and Logging
• Identifying Hardware Tools
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Written Lab

Lesson 20: Network Troubleshooting

• Narrowing Down the Problem
• Troubleshooting Steps
• Troubleshooting Tips
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Written Lab

Lesson 21: Management, Monitoring, and Optimisation

• Managing Network Documentation
• Network Monitoring
• Network Optimisation
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Written Lab

Lesson 22: Appendix A: Subnetting Class A

• Subnetting Practice Examples: Class A Addresses
• Subnetting in Your Head: Class A Addresses
• Written Lab 1
• Written Lab 2
• Video

Hands on Activities (Labs)

• Introduction
• Introduction to Networks
• The Open Systems Interconnection Specifications
• Networking Topologies, Connectors, and Wiring Standards
• The Current Ethernet Specifications
• Networking Devices
• Introduction to the Internet Protocol
• IP Addressing
• IP Subnetting, Troubleshooting IP, and Introduction to NAT
• Introduction to IP Routing
• Routing Protocols
• Switching and Virtual LANs
• Wireless Networking
• Authentication and Access Control
• Network Threats and Mitigation
• Physical Security and Risk
• Wide Area Networks
• Troubleshooting Tools
• Software and Hardware Tools
• Network Troubleshooting
• Management, Monitoring, and Optimization
• Appendix A: Subnetting Class A

• 6 Months Interactive Online Training
• 22 Lessons
• 397 quizzes
• 377 Flash Cards
• 303 Glossary  of Terms
• 62 Pre Assessment Questions
• 90 Post Assessment Questions
• 3 Full Length Tests
• 114 Performance Live Labs
• Exam Vouchers (1 x vouchers)