Taught by: William Bimber
Classes after: Networking I&II
Course description: This advanced course provides students with training in procedures for optimizing and troubleshooting concepts for computer systems, subsystems, and networks. Students explore the following:
- Basic network design and connectivity
- Network documentation
- Network limitations and weaknesses
- Network security, standards and protocols
Students will gain a basic understanding of emerging technologies including unified communications, mobile, cloud, and virtualization technologies. The course prepares students for post-secondary education and training and a successful career in information technology. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be taking the CompTIA’s A+ OS and Network+ certification exams.
Prerequisite: Cyber System Technology
Learning targets:
- Networking fundamentals
- Install and use of copper cabling
- Install and use of Fiber Optics
- Wireless technology
- Data encoding and transmission
- Network operating systems and Network communications
- Microsoft networking operating systems
- Unix/Linux operating systems
- Introductions to servers TCP/IP fundamentals, Subnetting, Multimedia transmission
- Web services and Services, Remote access, Network security
- OSI model
- Maintaining the network, troubleshooting the network, design and installation of a new network
- Take the Software portion of the A+ and Networking CompTIA certification exams.