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CompTIA Network+ Exam Prep

Build practical networking knowledge and prepare systematically for the Network+ exam with Professor Michael Edwards

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18
Self-paced, Online, Lessons
18
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6.2
Approximate Hours of Course Media
About the CompTIA Network+ Exam Prep Course

CompTIA Network+ Exam Prep is an online IT & Software course designed to help learners build practical networking knowledge and prepare systematically for the Network+ exam with Professor Michael Edwards. Through focused lessons on networking fundamentals, infrastructure, security, and troubleshooting, students gain job-relevant skills they can apply in real-world environments while studying with confidence for certification success.

Build Network Skills for the CompTIA Network+ Exam

  • Develop a clear understanding of networking concepts, models, protocols, and services tested on the certification exam.
  • Build practical networking knowledge through lessons covering subnetting, routing, switching, wireless, and cloud networking.
  • Strengthen troubleshooting ability with structured methods for diagnosing connectivity, wireless, and performance issues.
  • Prepare systematically for the Network+ exam with Professor Michael Edwards through organized, exam-aligned instruction.

CompTIA Network+ Exam Prep provides a structured IT & Software learning path for mastering core networking concepts and certification-ready skills.

This CompTIA Network+ Exam Prep course gives students a practical, step-by-step foundation in modern networking. It begins with how networks function, what the Network+ exam tests, and the essential frameworks behind communication, including the OSI model, TCP/IP model, and data encapsulation. From there, learners explore topologies, devices, traffic types, and the physical components that support reliable connectivity, such as cabling, connectors, transceivers, and Ethernet standards.

As the course progresses, students build practical networking knowledge in areas that matter both on the exam and on the job. Lessons cover IPv4 and IPv6 addressing, subnetting, address planning, routing concepts, and path selection, along with common ports, protocols, DNS, DHCP, NAT, and other core services. The training also examines wireless networking, VPNs, WAN connectivity, virtualization, cloud networking, and modern architectures, helping learners understand how current network environments are designed and maintained.

Security, operations, and troubleshooting are central to this IT & Software course. Students learn network security fundamentals, secure design principles, resilience, disaster recovery concepts, monitoring practices, performance metrics, and documentation standards. The course concludes with troubleshooting methodology and tool usage, giving learners a repeatable process for resolving common connectivity, wireless, and performance issues. By the end of this CompTIA Network+ Exam Prep experience, students will be better prepared to think like networking professionals, approach technical problems with confidence, and prepare systematically for the Network+ exam with Professor Michael Edwards.

Course Lessons

Full lesson breakdown

Lessons are organized by topic area and each includes descriptive copy for search visibility and student clarity.

Foundations

3 lessons

Lesson 1: How Networks Work and What Network+ Tests

20 min Preview
This lesson establishes the foundation for the CompTIA Network+ course by explaining what a network is, why networks exist, and how data moves between devices. You will learn the practical vocabulary …

Lesson 2: OSI Model, TCP/IP Model, and Data Encapsulation

21 min
This lesson builds the conceptual foundation for the rest of the course by explaining how the OSI model, the TCP/IP model, and data encapsulation describe network communication. You will learn what ea…

Lesson 3: Network Topologies, Devices, and Traffic Types

18 min
This lesson builds the foundation for understanding how networks are arranged, which devices move traffic through them, and how different traffic types behave on a live network. You will compare commo…

Network Infrastructure

2 lessons

Lesson 4: Cabling, Connectors, Transceivers, and Physical Media

20 min
This lesson covers the physical side of networking that Network+ candidates must recognize and apply: copper cabling, fiber types, common connectors, transceivers, and media selection tradeoffs. You w…

Lesson 5: Ethernet Standards, Switching, and VLAN Basics

22 min
This lesson explains the Ethernet standards and switching concepts that appear constantly in Network+ objectives and in real networks. You will learn how common Ethernet variants differ by speed, medi…

Addressing and Routing

3 lessons

Lesson 6: IPv4 Addressing, Subnetting, and Address Planning

24 min
This lesson builds the core IPv4 skills needed for Network+ exam success: reading IPv4 addresses, separating network and host portions, understanding subnet masks and CIDR notation, and calculating va…

Lesson 7: IPv6 Addressing, Configuration, and Coexistence

19 min
This lesson explains how IPv6 addressing works in practice, how hosts and routers get IPv6 settings, and how modern networks run IPv4 and IPv6 at the same time. You will learn the main IPv6 address ty…

Lesson 8: Routing Concepts, Metrics, and Path Selection

20 min
This lesson explains how routers decide where to send traffic, how routing tables are built and read, and how path selection works when more than one route is available. You will learn the practical m…

Protocols and Services

2 lessons

Lesson 9: Common Ports, Protocols, and Network Services

23 min
This lesson builds a practical working map of the ports, protocols, and network services that appear constantly in real networks and on the CompTIA Network+ exam. You will learn how to match common se…

Lesson 10: DNS, DHCP, NAT, and Core Infrastructure Services

21 min
This lesson explains four infrastructure areas that appear constantly on real networks and on the Network+ exam: DNS, DHCP, NAT, and the supporting services that keep addressing, name resolution, logg…

Wireless and Remote Access

2 lessons

Lesson 11: Wireless Networking Standards, Security, and Design

22 min
This lesson focuses on the wireless networking knowledge most relevant to CompTIA Network+: major 802.11 standards, frequency bands, channel planning, core WLAN components, security methods, and pract…

Lesson 12: Remote Access, VPNs, and WAN Connectivity

19 min
This lesson explains how users and branch locations connect securely across distance. You will learn the purpose of remote access technologies, how VPNs protect traffic, and how WAN links extend conne…

Modern Network Environments

1 lesson

Lesson 13: Virtualization, Cloud Networking, and Modern Architectures

20 min
This lesson explains how modern network environments extend beyond traditional on-premises switching and routing. You will learn how virtualization changes traffic flow, how cloud networking differs f…

Security

1 lesson

Lesson 14: Network Security Fundamentals and Secure Design

23 min
This lesson introduces the core security concepts a Network+ candidate needs before diving into specific defensive technologies. You will learn how secure network design reduces risk through segmentat…

Operations

2 lessons

Lesson 15: Availability, Resilience, and Disaster Recovery Concepts

18 min
This lesson explains how network operations teams keep services available, reduce downtime, and recover when failures occur. You will learn the practical meaning of high availability, redundancy, faul…

Lesson 16: Monitoring, Performance Metrics, and Documentation

19 min
This lesson explains how network teams monitor day-to-day health, interpret performance metrics, and maintain documentation that supports troubleshooting, change control, and continuity. You will focu…

Troubleshooting

2 lessons

Lesson 17: Network Troubleshooting Methodology and Tool Usage

22 min
This lesson teaches a practical, exam-aligned approach to troubleshooting network problems using a repeatable methodology and the tools most commonly used in real environments. You will learn how to m…

Lesson 18: Troubleshooting Connectivity, Wireless, and Performance Issues

24 min
This lesson focuses on practical troubleshooting for common Network+ scenarios involving wired connectivity, wireless problems, and network performance degradation. You will learn how to apply a struc…
About Your Instructor
Professor Michael Edwards

Professor Michael Edwards

Professor Michael Edwards guides this AI-built Virversity course with a clear, practical teaching style.