Certificate in Network Support & Maintenance

OBJECTIVES

• Acquire the computer networking knowledge as well as the existing connectivity technologies and the required infrastructure which comprises the key steps involved in the communication process.


• Identify the key issues for the realization of the LAN/WAN/MAN network architectures and the hybridized existing form in the business environment and enterprise.


• Establish a solid knowledge of the layered approach that makes design, implementation and operation of extensive networks possible. To learn the 7-layer OSI network model (each layer and its responsibilities) and understand the TCP/IP suite of protocols and the networked applications supported by it.


• Establish a solid knowledge of the layered approach that makes design, implementation, and operation of extensive networks possible.


• Explain fundamentals and technologies of physical, data-link and network layers.


• Be able to analyze the security needs of a small enterprise, design a strategic plan to address those security requirements, and select the appropriate tools to implement the organizational policies.