Infrastructure Network

The Infrastructure Network course is designed to provide learners with a strong foundation in modern IT infrastructure and networking systems used in enterprises, data centers, and cloud environments. It covers the essential technologies and concepts required to design, manage, and secure reliable network infrastructures.

This course focuses on the fundamentals of network architecture, including LAN, WAN, and hybrid network models. Participants will learn how data flows across networks, how devices communicate, and how enterprise systems are connected through routers, switches, firewalls, and servers.

The program also explores key topics such as IP addressing, subnetting, DNS, DHCP, routing protocols, and switching technologies. Learners will gain practical knowledge of how networks are designed for scalability, performance, and security.

In addition, the course introduces server infrastructure, virtualization, and cloud computing concepts, explaining how modern organizations use hybrid and cloud-based systems to improve efficiency and reduce costs. It also covers infrastructure monitoring, performance optimization, and fault detection techniques.

A major focus of the course is network security, including firewalls, VPNs, access control, and cybersecurity fundamentals to protect enterprise systems from threats and vulnerabilities.

The course is ideal for IT professionals, network engineers, system administrators, cybersecurity specialists, and individuals seeking to build a career in IT infrastructure and networking.

By completing this course, learners will develop the technical skills required to design, manage, and secure enterprise-level infrastructure networks, ensuring reliable connectivity, system performance, and organizational resilience in modern digital environments.

• Basics of layered network protocols and compare the two primary reference models: OSI and TCP/IP
• Inspect a structured cabling system, including the proper use and installation of UTP and fiber optic cables
• Configure a workstation to connect to a network
• Ethernet operations and the use of VLANs by examining the configuration and operation of switches on a network
• Spanning Tree operation is a method of eliminating broadcast storms on a switched network
• Configure a Wi-Fi router for operation on a SOHO network, including security, SSID, and Wi-Fi channel
• Various IP addressing considerations, including binary to decimal conversion, dotted decimal notation, classful vs. classless addressing, private vs. public addresses, and the use of network masking
• Create a subnet for a small network, selecting the correct masks for various situations to accommodate the current number of hosts in each subnet and to also allow for future growth
• Operation of various TCP/IP protocols on a network, including connectionless and connection-oriented communications using UDP and TCP, translation between private and public addresses using NAT, and support protocols such as ARP, DNS, and DHCP
• Router configurations to determine the function of various routing protocols, including RIP, IGRP, and OSPF, within and between networks
• Various WAN technologies, including circuit-switched solutions such as leased lines and packet-switched solutions such as Carrier Ethernet, and determine the best WAN connectivity solution for a given corporate network
• Use a protocol analyzer to capture and view network traffic, including e-mail, instant message exchanges, and web transactions
• Basic network security implementations by testing the impact a router that has been configured as a firewall has on the flow of traffic through a network
• Research the suitability of popular anti-malware suites for mitigating network security threats
• Research Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions to support BYOD deployments