Network+/Technologies
< Network+
Equipment
[edit | edit source]- Optical and copper patch panels
- Layer 3 switch/managed switch/PoE switch
- Router
- Firewall
- Wireless access point
- Basic laptops that support virtualization
- Voice over IP (VoIP) phone
Spare Hardware
[edit | edit source]- Network interface card (NIC)
- Power supplies
- SFPs
- Wireless access point
- UPS
- PoE injector
Spare Parts
[edit | edit source]- Patch cables
- Fiber
- Copper
- Antennas
- Bluetooth/wireless adapters
- Console cables [Universal Serial Bus (USB) to RS-232 serial adapter]
- Additional NIC/USB NIC
Tools
[edit | edit source]- Cable tester
- Tone generator
- Optical power meter
- PoE Tester
Software
[edit | edit source]- Protocol analyzer/packet capture
- Terminal emulation software
- Linux/Windows operating systems
- Software firewall
- Software IDS/IPS
- Network mapper
- Hypervisor software
- IaaS cloud lab/demo accounts
- Virtual network environment
- Wi-Fi analyzer
- Spectrum analyzer
- Network monitoring tools
- Flow data analyzer
- TFTP server
- Various firmware versions
Other
[edit | edit source]- Sample network documentation
- Sample logs
- Defective cables
- Cloud network diagrams
- Sample configuration playbook/runbook