Computer Networks/Architecture/Services

This lesson introduces network services.

Objectives and Skills

Objectives and skills for the network services portion of Network+ certification include:^[1]

• Install and configure the following networking services/applications
  • DHCP
    • Static vs dynamic IP addressing
    • Reservations
    • Scopes
    • Leases
    • Options (DNS servers, suffixes)
    • IP helper/DHCP relay
  • DNS
    • DNS servers
    • DNS records (A, MX, AAAA, CNAME, PTR)
    • Dynamic DNS
  • Proxy/reverse proxy
  • NAT
    • PAT
    • SNAT
    • DNAT
  • Port forwarding

Readings

1. Read Wikipedia: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
2. Read Wikipedia: Domain Name System.
3. Read Wikipedia: Proxy server.
4. Read Wikipedia: Network address translation.
5. Read Wikipedia: Port forwarding.

Multimedia

1. Watch YouTube: DHCP Addressing Overview - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 1.3.
2. Watch YouTube: DHCP Reservations - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 1.3.
3. Watch YouTube: DHCP Scopes - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 1.3.
4. Watch YouTube: DHCP Leases - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 1.3.
5. Watch YouTube: DHCP Options - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 1.3.
6. Watch YouTube: An Overview of DNS - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 1.3.
7. Watch YouTube: DNS Records - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 1.3.
8. Watch YouTube: Dynamic DNS - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 1.3.
9. Watch YouTube: Proxy Servers - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 1.3.
10. Watch YouTube: Understanding Network Address Translation - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 1.3.

References