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Networking: Zero to Mastery (CCNA Path)

Name: Networking: Zero to Mastery (CCNA Path)
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From your first cable to a job-ready network engineer: devices, subnetting, switching, VLANs, routing with OSPF, IPv6, ACLs, NAT, network security, wireless, cloud and automation — with hands-on labs.

136 lessons55h 1m of video11 quizzes1 practical task Certificate

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What you'll learn

Explain how data moves through networks using the OSI and TCP/IP models
Subnet IPv4 networks quickly and plan addressing with VLSM
Configure switches: VLANs, trunks, spanning tree and EtherChannel
Configure static routing and OSPF, and troubleshoot routing problems
Work with IPv6, ACLs, DHCP, DNS, NAT, NTP, SSH and QoS
Secure switches against common attacks (port security, DHCP snooping, ARP inspection)
Describe LAN, WAN, wireless, cloud and software-defined architectures
Use APIs, JSON and automation tools like Ansible — and prepare for the CCNA exam

Course content

Part 1. Start here2 lessons

Part 2. Network foundations: devices, cables, OSI and the command line10 lessons

Part 3. Ethernet switching and IPv4 addressing10 lessons

Part 4. Routing and subnetting11 lessons

Part 5. VLANs, Spanning Tree and EtherChannel21 lessons

Part 6. Dynamic routing: OSPF and first-hop redundancy13 lessons

Part 7. TCP/UDP and IPv69 lessons

Part 8. Access control lists and network services21 lessons

Part 9. NAT and Quality of Service9 lessons

Part 10. Securing the network9 lessons

Part 11. LAN, WAN, cloud and wireless architectures11 lessons

Part 12. Network automation and software-defined networking9 lessons

Part 13. Final project1 lesson

Capstone: design and build a school or business network · 🎓 Capstone project

Capstone project: Capstone: design and build a school or business network. You finish by building something real; a mentor reviews it before your certificate is issued.

About this course

Every bank, telecom, hospital, school and government in Africa runs on networks — and network engineers are among the most employable people in tech. This course follows Jeremy's IT Lab's complete, free CCNA 200-301 course, one of the most respected networking courses in the world, organised into eleven parts with quizzes after each. You'll learn how networks really work and build them yourself in Cisco Packet Tracer (free): addressing and subnetting, switching and VLANs, spanning tree, static and dynamic routing with OSPF, IPv6, access control lists, DHCP, DNS, NAT, QoS, switch security, wireless, LAN/WAN and cloud architectures, and the network automation skills employers now expect. Theory lessons are required; the labs are optional but strongly recommended — they are where the skills stick. Finish with a full network design project, ready for the Cisco CCNA exam. About 40 hours of video plus labs: 3–5 months at an hour a day.

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