CompTIA Network+ N10-007: Network Monitoring & Remote Access Methods

Course Overview

Continuous network monitoring is instrumental in obtaining peak performance. Explore monitoring concepts, including event logs, alerts, and patch management. Also, discover remote access methods, such as VPNs, RDP, SSH, VNC, and telnet.

Target Audience

Network administrators, network technicians, network installers, helpdesk technicians, IT cable installers, and any other professionals working with computer networks

Learning Objectives

• describe common processes such as log reviewing, port scanning, and vulnerability scanning
• describe common maintenance tasks such as patch management, rollback, reviewing baselines, and packet/traffic analysis
• describe common event management processes such as notifications, alerts, and SIEM
• recognize and describe common SNMP monitor processes such as MIB
• describe common metrics such as error rate, utilization, packet drops, and bandwidth/throughput
• implement patch management, event monitoring, and notifications
• use a VPN including IPsec, SSL/TLS/DTLS, site-to-site, and client-to-site in a scenario
• use RDP in a scenario
• use SSH in a scenario
• use VNC in a scenario
• use telnet in a scenario
• use an HTTPS management URL in a scenario
• use remote file access such as FTP/FTPS, SFTP, and TFTP
• use out-of-band management such as a modem or console router
• configure remote access methods in a given scenario