CompTIA Network+

Chapter 9

Introduction to IP Routing

Chapter 10

Routing Protocols

Chapter 11

Switching and Virtual LANs

Network+ · Week 1

Network Devices and Fundamentals

Hub vs switch vs router, ARP and the MAC table, collision vs broadcast domains, TCP/UDP, ports, WAN links (MPLS/SD-WAN), and topologies.

Network+ · Chapter 7

IP Addressing

Public and private IPv4 ranges, APIPA, address classes A to E, choosing a private range, IPv6 basics and address types, tunneling and dual stack, SLAAC, EUI-64, and the chapter written labs.

Network+ · Chapter 8

IP Subnetting, Troubleshooting IP, and NAT

Why you subnet, default masks and CIDR, the big five subnetting questions, worked /25 example, Class C mask table, classful vs classless and VLSM, the /30 WAN mask, and an introduction to NAT and PAT.

Network+ · Chapter 10

Routing Protocols

Distance-vector, link-state, hybrid, and path-vector protocols; administrative distance; metrics; RIP versions; loops; and static vs dynamic routing.

Network+ · Chapter 11

Switching and Virtual LANs

Switch learning and forwarding, VLANs, access and trunk ports, 802.1Q tagging, Spanning Tree, port security, QoS, and PoE.

Network+ · Chapter 9

Introduction to IP Routing

The IP routing process, frames versus packets, MAC addresses and ARP, reading a route table, static and dynamic routing, autonomous systems, and route selection.