Computer Networking
Understand, build and troubleshoot the networks every business depends on.
- Course fee
- ₦50,000
- Duration
- 3 weeks
- Sessions
- 6 · 2 per week
- You leave with
- A working configured network
About this course
Network fundamentals, IP addressing, routers, switches and Wi-Fi, then systematic network troubleshooting with real equipment. You finish by diagnosing and fixing deliberately broken network scenarios.
What you will be able to do
- Explain how data moves across a network in plain terms
- Configure IP addressing, subnetting basics, routers and switches
- Set up and secure a small-office Wi-Fi network
- Troubleshoot connectivity problems systematically
The deliverable
Certificate requirement
A working configured network
A small office network you plan, address, configure and troubleshoot, with the addressing scheme and configuration documented.
How the course is assessed
Level 1
Know
You can explain the concept, name the tools involved and recognise the difference between doing it well and doing it carelessly.
Level 2
Do
You can perform the task independently, without the instructor repeating the steps, and fix the obvious problems when they appear.
Level 3
Create
You can use the skill to produce something a real person would pay for — a document, a design, a website, a report, a repaired machine.
Week by week
3 weeks, 6 practical sessions. Click any session to read the complete class lecture — objectives, taught content, the instructor demonstration, practice, mistakes to avoid, homework and the marking rubric.
Week 1 — Fundamentals
How networks work, models, addressing and hardware.
Week 2 — Routers, switches & Wi-Fi
Configuring the devices and securing wireless access.
Week 3 — Troubleshooting
Systematic diagnosis and the final practical.
- Session 5105 min · 19 min read
Troubleshooting Tools
- ping, tracert and path testing
- DNS problems
- DHCP problems
- Reading a router's status pages
- Session 6105 min · 18 min read
Network Troubleshooting Practical
- Network troubleshooting
- Controlled fault scenarios
- Documentation
- Final practical
Computer Networking — questions
The things prospective students actually ask before enrolling.
Do I need my own networking equipment?+
No. The academy provides routers, switches and cables for the practical sessions, and simulation tools cover the scenarios we cannot physically build in a classroom.
How does this relate to the Cybersecurity course?+
Networking is the foundation security sits on. Taking this before or alongside Cybersecurity makes the network and web security sessions far more meaningful, because you understand what you are protecting.
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