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Network fundamentals

Network training course description
A concise overview course covering all aspects of networking with particular emphasis of use of the 7 layer model as a framework for discussing and learning new network terms.

Who will benefit?
Anyone, although the course is particularly aimed at non-technical personnel needing some knowledge of networking.

Network course prerequisites
None.

Network training course objectives
By the end of the course delegates will be able to:

Use the 7 layer model to classify networking terms.
Differentiate between LANS and WANS.
Recognise bandwidth measurements.
List LAN and WAN technologies.
Recognise cabling issues in a network.

Duration: 1 day

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Network training course contents

What are networks?
Networks and internetworks, what is a LAN and what is a WAN.

The 7 layer model
What is the 7 layer model? The importance of standards, using the 7 layer model to classify networking terms.

Bandwidth
Bandwidth measurements, common technologies and their bandwidth, the impact of applications on bandwidth.

Cables
Copper, Fibre, standards, connectors, LAN cables, WAN cables, distance limitations, other issues.

Case study
Selecting cables for a site (including bandwidth issues).

TCP/IP
What is TCP/IP, The role of routers in joining LANS and WANS, What is the Internet?

Applications
Ways to use the network, clients, servers, multimedia applications.

Jobs and qualifications in networking
Overview of Cisco and other certifications available and what they mean in terms of skill levels.

Case studies
Selecting a person for a role, planning for disaster recovery.