Jump into the IT field with the networking skills that are always in demand. Network+ is a certification that measures your skills as a Network Technician, and is for professionals who perform basic networking and installation, configuring, troubleshooting, and performing preventive maintenance on core hardware and operating systems.

Earning your Network+ Certification will prepare you for continuing on a track to Microsoft and Cisco Certifications.

What You Will Learn

Network+ certification gives you the skills you need to install, administer and troubleshoot computer networks and their components in a variety of computing environments.

You will gain comprehensive knowledge and hands-on experience in these critical areas:

• Logical and physical topologies such as Star, bus, mesh, and ring
  Characteristics of each of the Ethernet (802.3) standards including speed, length, topology, cabling, and connectors
• Use of various hardware components such as hubs, switches, routers, gateways, Network cards and modems
• Network standards: including OSI model, addressing, protocols, interoperability and naming conventions
• TCP/IP suite: including IP addressing, subnetting, and default subnet masks
  WAN Technologies: including Frame-Relay, ISDN, FDDI, T1/E1, T3/E3 and ATM
  Remote Access: including protocols, services and the latest security protocols
  Network Implementation: including shared services under Unix, Netware and Windows operating systems
• Authentication methods, firewalls, and proxies
• Fault tolerance and disaster recovery
• Troubleshooting scenarios, identification of causes and corrective action in solving network problems