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Binary Math – CompTIA Network+ N10-007 – 1.4

You’ll work with binary throughout your career, and you’ll often need to convert between binary and decimal values. In this video, you’ll learn my shortcut for quickly performing binary to decimal conversions. << Previous Video: Software-Defined Networking Next: IPv4 Addresses >> There are only two numbers you need to know when you’re dealing with binary. […]

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Access Control Lists – CompTIA Network+ N10-007 – 1.3

Access control lists are used as packet filtering mechanisms on our enterprise networks. In this video, you’ll learn about ACLs and how they can be used to protect services on our networks. << Previous Video: Network Address Translation Next: Circuit Switching and Packet Switching >> An access control list is a packet filter. It’s a

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Software-Defined Networking – CompTIA Network+ N10-007 – 1.3

SDN has changed the way we design and implement services on modern networks. In this video, you’ll get an overview of SDN and how you can use distributed switching to virtualize your network. << Previous Video: Circuit Switching and Packet Switching Next: Binary Math >> Software defined networking or SDN is a relatively new way

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Circuit Switching and Packet Switching – CompTIA Network+ N10-007 – 1.3

There are many different ways to get data from one end of the network to the other. In this video, you’ll learn about some of the popular technologies that use circuit switching and packet switching. << Previous Video: Access Control Lists Next: Software-Defined Networking >> If we’re setting up a circuit switched network communication, then

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Network Address Translation – CompTIA Network+ N10-007 – 1.3

We rely on NAT for our Internet access and to allow external access to our internal services. In this video, you’ll learn about private IP addresses, port address translation, and port forwarding. << Previous Video: Prioritizing Traffic Next: Access Control Lists >> If we look at IP version 4 and the number of bits that

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Prioritizing Traffic – CompTIA Network+ N10-007 – 1.3

Most organizations are using many different applications, and certain applications will have a higher priority than others. In this video, you’ll learn how to prioritize this traffic as it traverses the network using packet shaping and quality of service options in your routers and switches. << Previous Video: Configuring IPv6 Next: Network Address Translation >>

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Configuring IPv6 – CompTIA Network+ N10-007 – 1.3

IPv6 has a number of differences from traditional IPv4. In this video, you’ll learn about dual-stack routing, IPv6 tunneling protocols, and the many uses of the IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol. << Previous Video: IPv4 and IPv6 Addressing Next: Prioritizing Traffic >> We’ve been using IPv4 on our networks for a very long time, and now

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IPv4 and IPv6 Addressing – CompTIA Network+ N10-007 – 1.3

You’ll be working with IPv4 and IPv6 throughout your networking career. In this video, you’ll learn about the structure of an IPv4 address and an IPv6 address, and you’ll learn how to compress and uncompress IPv6 addresses. << Previous Video: Dynamic Routing Protocols Next: Configuring IPv6 >> These days, TCP/IP is the protocol of choice

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Dynamic Routing Protocols – CompTIA Network+ N10-007 – 1.3

Different dynamic routing protocols use different criteria to determine which route is really the best. In this video, you’ll learn the differences between distance-vector, link-state, and hybrid routing protocols. << Previous Video: IGP and EGP Next: IPv4 and IPv6 Addressing >> If you’re the network administrator of a routed network, then you probably have some

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IGP and EGP – CompTIA Network+ N10-007 – 1.3

Choosing a dynamic routing protocol is an important network design consideration. In this video, you’ll learn about autonomous systems, interior gateway protocols, and exterior gateway protocols. << Previous Video: Static and Dynamic Routing Next: Dynamic Routing Protocols >> Before we get into our discussion of an interior gateway protocol and an exterior gateway protocol, we

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