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March 30

Resource for understanding a network

What would be a good hands-on resource for understanding the details of a network: cables, PoE, submask, MAC, NAT, port forwarding. That is, all common used hardware and the settings someone finds in the admin interface of a router. It could be offline and paid, like literature for some certification program. Bumptump (talk) 15:25, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

One good resource for understanding the details of a network is the CompTIA Network+ certification program. The certification covers a wide range of networking topics, including cables, Power over Ethernet (PoE), subnet masks, MAC addresses, Network Address Translation (NAT), and port forwarding. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 18:46, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

More information on the CompTIA Network+ certification program is available at: Wikibooks: Network Plus Certification and Wikiversity: Computer Networks.

Some of the other books on the Wikibooks:Category:Shelf:IT certifications may also be relevant. --DavidCary (talk) 19:44, 4 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]