CompTIA Network+

Achieve your Network+ certification in just 4 days–that's 40% faster than traditional training. On this accelerated Network+ course, you'll study the official CompTIA curriculum and take your Network+ exam onsite at the Firebrand Training Centre or from the comfort of your own home.

Developed by CompTIA, Network+ is a vendor-neutral and globally recognised certification. This certification proves you have the knowledge needed to start a career in networking.

To earn the certification, candidates must demonstrate their ability to perform related tasks through simulations and performance-based questions, proving they not only know what a job entails, but how to do it.

Network+ ensures an IT professional has the knowledge and skills to:

• Design and implement functional networks.
• Configure, manage, and maintain essential network devices.
• Use devices such as switches and routers to segment network traffic and create resilient networks.
• Identify benefits and drawbacks of existing network configurations.
• Implement network security, standards, and protocols.
• Troubleshoot network problems.
• Support the creation of virtualized networks.

1.0 Networking Concepts:
1.1 - Explain concepts related to the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model.
1.2 - Compare and contrast networking appliances, applications, and functions.
1.3 - Summarize cloud concepts and connectivity options
1.4 - Explain common networking ports, protocols, services, and traffic types.
1.5 - Compare and contrast transmission media and transceivers.
1.6 - Compare and contrast network topologies, architectures, and types.
1.7 - Given a scenario, use appropriate IPv4 network addressing.
1.8 - Summarize evolving use cases for modern network environments.

2.0 Network Implementation:
2.1 - Explain characteristics of routing technologies.
2.2 - Given a scenario, configure switching technologies and features.
2.3 - Given a scenario, select and configure wireless devices and technologies.
2.4 - Explain important factors of physical installations.

3.0 Network Operations:
3.1 - Explain the purpose of organizational processes and procedures
3.2 - Given a scenario, use network monitoring technologies.
3.3 - Explain disaster recovery (DR) concepts.
3.4 - Given a scenario, implement IPv4 and IPv6 network services.
3.5 - Compare and contrast network access and management methods.

4.0 Network Security:
4.1 - Explain the importance of basic network security concepts.
4.2 - Summarize various types of attacks and their impact to the network.
4.3 - Given a scenario, apply network security features, defence techniques, and solutions.

5.0 Network Troubleshooting:
5.1 - Explain the troubleshooting methodology.
5.2 - Given a scenario, troubleshoot common cabling and physical interface issues
5.3 - Given a scenario, troubleshoot common issues with network services.
5.4 - Given a scenario, troubleshoot common performance issues.
5.5 - Given a scenario, use the appropriate tool or protocol to solve networking issues.

CompTIA A+ certified and/or 9 months networking experience.

With Firebrand, there is no need to buy an exam voucher -- it's included in your certification cost and you can sit the official Network+ exam at the Firebrand Pearson Vue testing center.

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CompTIA Network+ (N10-009) exam

• Exam code: N10-009
• Number of questions: Maximum of 90
• Type of questions: Multiple-choice and performance-based
• Exam duration: 90 Minutes
• Passing score: 720 (on a scale of 100-900)
• Languages: English, German, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese
• Domains:
• Networking Concepts (23%)
• Network Implementations (20%)
• Network Operations (19%)
• Network Security (14%)
• Network Troubleshooting (24%)