Networking Standards and Connections

Networking standards define how communication occurs during transmission and between devices. When you want devices to communicate with each other you need to be able to connect them and there s a variety of ways to do that. In this course youÆll explore the fundamentals of networking standards beginning with the organizations that create and mAIntAIn them and the process surrounding networking standards creation. Then you ll explore the OSI model and its various layers and discover the backbone of computer networking the TCP/IP model. You ll discover the various networking media types cables standards and categories. Then you ll explore half and full duplex communication and structured cabling systems and how to design and install them. Then you ll learn how to properly examine and test cabling. Finally you ll delve into fiber optic cabling and wireless network connections.áThis course was originally created by Global Knowledge (GK).á