- 40+ lab exercises challenge you to solve problems based on realistic case studies
- Lab analysis tests measure your understanding of lab results
- Step-by-step scenarios require you to think critically
- Key term quizzes help build your vocabulary
In this lab manual, you'll practice:
- Building a network with the OSI seven-layer model
- Sharing and accessing network resources
- Configuring network hardware, topologies, and cabling
- Interconnecting network operating systems--Windows, Mac OS, UNIX/Linux
- Connecting multiple Ethernet components
- Setting up clients and servers for remote access
- Configuring wireless networks
- Monitoring and troubleshooting networks
- Working with network protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, SIP, and IMAP
- Securing networks with firewalls, packet filtering, encryption, authentication, and other methods
- Configuring IPv4 and IPv6 routing protocols
Mike Meyers, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, MCP, is the bestselling author of six editions of CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide and several other books. He is the president and founder of Total Seminars, LLC, a major provider of PC and network repair seminars for thousands of organizations throughout the world, and a member of CompTIA.
Dennis Haley, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, has been teaching CompTIA A+ and CompTIA Network+ for years, and is the administrator of the E2C and Microsoft IT Academy programs at Polytech High School.