Phase 3: Networking test¶

Learn Networking Fundamentals¶

Professor Messer Network+ Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG49S3nxzAnl_tQe3kvnmeMid0mjF8Le8
Practical Networking (Subnetting + TCP/IP) https://www.youtube.com/c/PracticalNetworking
Cisco Packet Tracer (Optional) https://www.netacad.com/

Focus On:

OSI Model
TCP vs UDP
IP addressing
Subnetting
DNS
DHCP
ARP
HTTP/HTTPS

Learn Networking Tools¶

Wireshark (Install and Practice) https://www.wireshark.org/
Nmap https://nmap.org/

When Done Should Be Able To:

-Explain how a TCP handshake works

-Calculate basic subnets manually

-Explain how DNS works

-Read a Wireshark capture

-Run and interpret an nmap scan

Practice Ideas¶

-Capture your own traffic in Wireshark

-Identify DNS queries

-Perform an nmap scan on a lab machine

-Manually calculate 5 different subnets