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Introduction to Contemporary Operating Systems and Hardware 1b

In this course, you will study the fundamental concepts involved in interconnecting devices for communications. You will also explore protocols, network hardware, and network services. The career skills acquired in this course will begin your journey into the world of networking. At the end of the course, you will be able to: - Compare and contrast Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) ports, protocols, and their purposes. - Analyze and compare common networking hardware. - Compare and contrast protocols for wireless networking. - Summarize services provided by networked hosts. - Summarize common network configuration concepts. - Compare and contrast Internet connection types, network types, and their features. Software requirements: A Linux/Unix terminal or Windows command prompt. Cisco Packet tracer, Wireshark

Status: Network Routers
Status: Network Protocols
BeginnerCourse26 hours

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DS

5.0Reviewed Aug 29, 2023

Thank you coursera and HEC for giving such great plateform

EB

5.0Reviewed Sep 20, 2024

Great content that you can apply to real world scenarios.

NS

4.0Reviewed Feb 21, 2025

i couldn't verify my id, can you help with this please

A

4.0Reviewed May 2, 2025

This course is good and very helpful to improve the skill and networking

HH

4.0Reviewed Feb 18, 2024

It was a good experience to hv global certification with coursera

BA

4.0Reviewed Nov 2, 2024

good, but need more answer or information about the question asked in the quiz or it just even more good if you give understandble way of pdf about topics describtion.

BS

5.0Reviewed Mar 4, 2024

Computer networking is the interconnection of computing devices to enable data communication and resource sharing between them.

DL

5.0Reviewed May 17, 2024

Great course! Nice overview of computer networking.

ZC

5.0Reviewed Feb 3, 2025

great course but some things on the tests arn't on the wiki pages they want you to study but it gets the job done just might require some other research.

JM

4.0Reviewed Feb 4, 2024

A decent basic quick introduction to networking. I had issues with a few quiz questions containing multiple correct answers with only allowing one answer.

MZ

5.0Reviewed Jan 9, 2024

Well spoken, professional, clear objectives and timely quizzes and tests. Also appreciated the Guides and syllabus. College level. Recommended.

MT

5.0Reviewed Mar 20, 2025

Excellent course but excepting more detailed video on the practical thing and topic lecturing

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