Skill · Networking · Understand and observe an IP network
Address in IPv4 and read a routing table
Read an IPv4 address and its mask, compute a range, tell private from public addresses, and follow a packet through the routing table.
Start lesson 1The Networking domain
- 2 lessons
- ~55 min of reading
- 2 quizzes
- 0 proof lab
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Before · 1 prerequisite
This skill, for you
Address in IPv4 and read a routing table
Computing
It unlocks · 7 skills
- Design a cloud environment's private network: addressing, a regional network attached in several zones, routing and default-deny filtering
- Understand and troubleshoot DHCP address assignment
- Troubleshoot a DNS failure
- Operate IPv6: link-local, SLAAC, NDP and dual-stack
- Translate addresses: SNAT, DNAT and port forwarding
- Tell TCP from UDP and interpret refusals, timeouts and resets
- Segment a network with VLANs
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Lessons
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2 lessons, about ~55 min, in program order. Each lesson ends with its quiz.
The program
2 lessons · ~55 min
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Assess, practise, pass the proof
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2 quizzes
At the end of the lessons: passed at 70%, they confirm the skill.
Practice
No guided lab
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Proof
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