PCA 616 - Network+ Technician Certification - HYB

This course is designed to teach the student to set up and maintain computer network systems and the various responsibilities and tasks required for a network service technician to successfully perform in a customer-based environment. Topics to be covered include planning, installing, configuring, administering, and troubleshooting a computer network; and the fundamental building blocks that form a modern network, such as protocols, topologies, hardware, and network operating systems.

Upon completion of this course, the students should be able to:
1. define the layers of the OSI and DARPA networking models;
2. describe signaling techniques used on modern networks, including those used over wired and wireless networks;
3. describe the advantages of different networking media;
4. utilize TCP/IP for networked communication;
5. demonstrate the ability to integrate disaster recovery solutions in a given network environment;
6. illustrate the variety of physical and logical topologies used to build networks;
7. discriminate between a well-designed and poorly designed network;
8. select the best network design, hardware, and software for a given environment;
9. plan, setup, administer, and troubleshoot a Local Area Network (LAN);
10. describe the role of information security in today’s computing environments; and
11. utilize network diagrams.