Networking Foundations provides essential knowledge about designing, building, and maintaining a network. What you learn here will benefit you in the short term, as you acquire and practice your skills, and in the long term, as you use them. Topics covered include:
- Networking fundamentals
- The OSI networking model
- Network architectures
- File servers and network clients
- Physical and logical topologies
- Electrical issues in networking
- Network media and cabling devices
- Network standards and protocols
- LAN installation
- WAN basics
- Internet access