Network Fundamentals

EXPLAIN THE ROLE AND FUNCTION OF NETWORK COMPONENTS

DESCRIBE CHARACTERISTICS OF NETWORK TOPOLOGY ARCHITECTURES

 COMPARE PHYSICAL INTERFACE AND CABLING TYPES

IDENTIFY INTERFACE AND CABLE ISSUES (COLLISIONS, ERRORS, MISMATCH DUPLEX, AND/OR SPEED)

COMPARE TCP AND UDP

CONFIGURE AND VERIFY ADDRESSING AND SUBNETTING

DESCRIBE THE NEED FOR PRIVATE IPV4 ADDRESSING

CONFIGURE AND VERIFY IPV6 ADDRESSING AND PREFIX

DESCRIBE IPV6 ADDRESS TYPES

VERIFY IP PARAMETERS FOR CLIENT OS (WINDOWS, MAC OS, LINUX)

DESCRIBE WIRELESS PRINCIPLES

EXPLAIN VIRTUALIZATION FUNDAMENTALS (SERVER VIRTUALIZATION, CONTAINERS, AND VRFS)

DESCRIBE SWITCHING CONCEPTS