NET 484 - Netplus Certification

Credits: 4
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 2
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: Voc/Tech

This course teaches the knowledge and skills required to troubleshoot, configure, and manage common network devices; establish basic network connectivity; understand and maintain network documentation; identify network limitations and weaknesses; and implement network security, standards, and protocols. Students will have a basic understanding of enterprise technologies, including cloud and virtualization technologies.
Competencies

Analyze networking concepts
1. Explain the purposes and uses of ports and protocols
2. Explain devices, applications, protocols, and services at their appropriate OSI layers
3. Explain the concepts and characteristics of routing and switching
4. Configure the appropriate IP addressing components
Evaluate networking concepts
1. Compare and contrast the characteristics of network topologies, types, and technologies
2. Implement the appropriate wireless technologies and configurations
3. Summarize cloud concepts and their purposes
4. Explain the functions of network services
Synthesize infrastructure components
1. Deploy the appropriate cabling solution
2. Determine the appropriate placement of networking devices on a network and install/configure them
Evaluate infrastructure components
1. Explain the purposes and use cases for advanced networking devices
2. Explain the purposes of virtualization and network storage technologies
3. Compare and contrast WAN technologies
Evaluate network operations
1. Utilize appropriate documentation and diagrams to manage the network
2. Compare and contrast business continuity and disaster recovery concepts
3. Explain common scanning, monitoring, and patching processes and summarize their expected outputs
4. Utilize remote access methods
5. Identify policies and best practices
Discuss network security
1. Explain authentication and access controls
2. Explain common mitigation techniques and their purposes
Apply network security
1. Summarize the purposes of physical security devices
2. Implement security best practices on a basic wireless network
3. Summarize common network attacks
4. Implement network device hardening
Evaluate network troubleshooting and tools
1. Explain the network troubleshooting methodology
2. Utilize the appropriate tool for various troubleshooting scenarios
3. Troubleshoot common wired connectivity and performance issues
4. Troubleshoot common wireless connectivity and performance issues
5. Troubleshoot common network service issues

Competencies Revised Date: AY2022