General Internet Security Training

Introduction to Networking

Target audience: IT staff with little networking experience who want to learn more about networking

Duration: 2 days

Description:

Setting up a simple network is easy – but once you get beyond the basics, configuring and maintaining a network can be quite challenging. This class will help you with this task by teaching you the basic concepts of networking and how to design and set up a properly configured network.

Topics covered include:

• Understanding basic networking theory – the OSI model, RFC 1918, etc.
• Routing – concepts and configuration
• Setting up a network – calculating subnet masks, IP address allocation, etc.