Network+/Technologies

Equipment

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  • 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

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  • Network interface card (NIC)
  • Power supplies
  • SFPs
  • Wireless access point
  • UPS
  • PoE injector

Spare Parts

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  • Patch cables
    • Fiber
    • Copper
  • Antennas
  • Bluetooth/wireless adapters
  • Console cables [Universal Serial Bus (USB) to RS-232 serial adapter]
  • Additional NIC/USB NIC

Tools

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  • Cable tester
  • Tone generator
  • Optical power meter
  • PoE Tester

Software

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  • 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

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  • Sample network documentation
  • Sample logs
  • Defective cables
  • Cloud network diagrams
  • Sample configuration playbook/runbook