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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

Summary

In this chapter, you learned about the roles and functions of common networking protocols and how they are used to format and exchange messages between hosts on a network. Additionally, you discovered various remote access protocols, such as Telnet, SSH, and RDP, as well as their security features. Furthermore, you discovered email protocols, database protocols, web protocols, directory protocols, and even VoIP protocols on networks.

As an aspiring network professional, you have gained the hands-on skills to perform packet analysis on various network protocols such as FTP, TFTP, Telnet, and SIP while observing how each protocol sends and receives data between devices. Lastly, you explored common network services that are needed within many organizations to ensure devices can communicate with other hosts on the network.

I hope this chapter has been informative for you and is helpful in your journey toward learning networking and becoming a network professional. In the...