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Course Overview

Routers and switches are the backbone of modern networking, enabling efficient data transmission, communication, and connectivity across networks. Understanding how they function is crucial for IT professionals, as they manage traffic, ensure network security, and optimize performance. This course provides a deep dive into these essential networking devices, equipping learners with the knowledge needed to configure, troubleshoot, and maintain them in real-world environments.

This course begins with an exploration of routers, covering their role in networking, routing specifics, routing protocols, and the fundamentals of the Internet Protocol (IP). It then moves to switches, discussing different types, their functionality, data encapsulation, and their relationship with the OSI model. Learners will also explore IP functionality, including IPv6, reserved IPs, the TCP/IP model, public and private IPs, IP classes, and vector protocols. The course concludes with hands-on lab exercises covering router and switch configurations, trunking, and network setups to reinforce practical skills.

By completing this course, learners will gain a solid foundation in router and switch operations, IP functionality, and hands-on networking skills, essential for managing enterprise networks and CCNA certification preparation.

What You Will Learn

  • Learn to distinguish the functionality of routers and switches
  • Explore the leading industry standards associated with WAN communication technologies and design such as ISDN , PPP and Frame relay operations
  • Learn about the architecture , structure , functions, components , models of the internet and computer networks

Program Curriculum

  • Routers
  • Routing Specifics
  • Routing Protocols
  • Internet Protocol IP
  • $7 Million Cybersecurity Scholarship by EC-Council
  • Chapter 1 Quiz

  • Types of Switches
  • Switch Functionality
  • Data Encapsulation
  • OSI Model
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • IPv6
  • Reserved IP
  • TCP/IP Model
  • Public and Private IP
  • IP Classes
  • IP Addressing
  • Vector Protocols
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

  • Router Lab 1
  • Switches Lab
  • Trunk Lab
  • Network Configuration Lab
  • Chapter 4 Quiz
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Instructor

Corey Charles

Corey Charles is Security+, Qualys Vulnerability Management Specialist Certified. Mr. Charles has 11 years’ experience in IT Security with a direct focus in Vulnerability Management. Mr. Charles also taught on the collegiate level, teaching IT Security at Herzing University. Mr. Charles also holds two Bachelors of Arts Degrees, Digital Design and Media Arts, one Associates, Digital Design from Tulane University. Two master’s degrees from Strayer University, Master of Science in Computer.

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