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CompTIA Network+ N10-008 Certification Guide - Second Edition

By : Glen D. Singh
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CompTIA Network+ N10-008 Certification Guide - Second Edition

By: Glen D. Singh

Overview of this book

This book helps you to easily understand core networking concepts without the need of prior industry experience or knowledge within this fi eld of study. This updated second edition of the CompTIA Network+ N10-008 Certification Guide begins by introducing you to the core fundamentals of networking technologies and concepts, before progressing to intermediate and advanced topics using a student-centric approach. You’ll explore best practices for designing and implementing a resilient and scalable network infrastructure to support modern applications and services. Additionally, you’ll learn network security concepts and technologies to effectively secure organizations from cyber attacks and threats. The book also shows you how to efficiently discover and resolve networking issues using common troubleshooting techniques. By the end of this book, you’ll have gained sufficient knowledge to efficiently design, implement, and maintain a network infrastructure as a successful network professional within the industry. You’ll also have gained knowledge of all the official CompTIA Network+ N10-008 exam objectives, networking technologies, and how to apply your skills in the real world.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
1
Part 1: Networking Concepts
9
Part 2: Network Implementation
13
Part 3: Network Operations
17
Part 4: Network Security and Troubleshooting
22
Chapter 18: Practice Exam

Understanding switch port configurations

Managed switches allow a network professional to configure many components of the device, such as enabling and disabling each interface, adjusting the support bandwidth on a port, and even configuring the speed and duplex settings on each interface. These are just a few of the many changes network professionals can apply to any port on a switch. Unlike unmanaged switches, network professionals can’t log into the device or make any modifications to how the switch operates. An unmanaged switch simply operates like a basic switch and forward frames to its destination – that’s about it.

A managed switch provides the additional capabilities and features that are needed by network professionals within the industry to ensure messages are delivered efficiently and quickly to their destinations. In this section, you will explore the importance of various switch port/interface configurations and their effects on a network.

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