Chapter 19

Local Area Networking

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Episode: Introduction to TCP/IP

Core 1: 2.5 Given a scenario, install and configure basic

wired/wireless small office/home office (SOHO) networks.
Objective(s):
Core 2: 1.6 Given a scenario, configure Microsoft Windows
networking features on a client/desktop.

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Episode Description

The Transmission Control Protocol/Internet

Protocol (TCP/IP) is the cornerstone of
Internet addressing and routing. It’s
important to understand IP addressing
schemes and to see how TCP and IP work
together to make the Internet work.

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Key Terms

• 0:13 - 192.168.5.10
• 2:06 - Advanced Research Projects
Agency Network (ARPANET)
• 11:41 - Objective term - Subnet mask
• 13:32 - Objective term - Default gateway

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Quick Review
• TCP/IP was adopted as a protocol for
ARPANET and what was to become the
Internet
• IP addresses have four octets between 0-
255
• Subnet masks are used to differentiate IP
addresses on local LANs vs. outside traffic,
and are only used for IPv4 addresses

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Episode: Dynamic IP Addressing

Core 1: 2.4 Summarize services provided by networked hosts.

Core 1: 2.5 Given a scenario, install and configure basic
Objective(s): wired/wireless small office/home office (SOHO) networks.
Core 1: 2.6 Compare and contrast common network configuration
concepts.
Core 2: 1.2 Given a scenario, use the appropriate Microsoft
command-line tool.
Core 2: 1.6 Given a scenario, configure Microsoft Windows
networking features on a client/desktop.

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Episode Description

Manually entering IP addresses into all our

devices is an administrative nightmare. To
avoid this mess, smart techs use the
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCP) to automatically provide IP
addressing to individual hosts.

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Key Terms

• 0:24 - Objective term - Dynamic IP

addressing via Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
• 3:50 - Objective term - Automatic Private
IP Addressing (APIPA)
• 4:22 - APIPA will always give 169.254.X.X
address
• 4:34 - Class B address

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Key Terms

• 5:48 - Objective term - ipconfig

• 6:34 - Objective term - ipconfig /renew
• 6:50 - Objective term - ipconfig
• 6:55 - Objective term - ipconfig /release
• 7:03 - Objective term - ipconfig /renew

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Quick Review
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
automatically and dynamically assigns IP
information to hosts
• Gateway routers commonly are DHCP servers
for their internal LANs
• If a DHCP client can't find the DHCP server, it
will use an APIPA address
• Use the ipconfig /renew command to force a
new connection to the DHCP server

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Episode: IPv6

Core 1: 2.5 Given a scenario, install and configure basic

Objective(s): wired/wireless small office/home office (SOHO)
networks.

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Episode Description

The traditional IP addressing scheme

(called IPv4) is quickly being replaced with
the much more advanced IPv6 scheme.
IPv6 adds several benefits over IPv4 and
good techs know how to use it in our
systems.

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Key Terms
• 0:17 - Objective term - IPv4
• 0:22 - Objective term - IPv4: 172.16.254.1
• 0:57 - Objective term - IPv6
• 1:02 - 4 billion addresses
• 1:37 - Objective term - IPv6:
2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334
• 2:30 -
fe80:0000:0000:1234:0000:0000:0000:1234

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Key Terms
• 2:53 - fe80:0:0:1234:0:0:0:1234
• 3:15 - fe80:0:0:1234::1234
• 3:48 - Link-local address
• 3:52 - Link-local address always starts with
fe80
• 4:10 - Global unicast address (Internet
address)
• 6:16 - IPv6 prefix (like an IPv4 subnet mask)

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Quick Review
• IPv6 uses a 128-bit addressing scheme with
eight sets of zeros separated by colons
• IPv6 addresses use a hexadecimal notation
• Link-local addresses are used for local
connections
• Global addresses are used to connect to
the Internet
• IPv6 addresses have prefixes instead of
subnet masks

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Episode: Port Numbers

Core 1: 2.1 Compare and contrast Transmission Control

Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) ports,
Objective(s): protocols, and their purposes.
Core 1: 2.4 Summarize services provided by networked
hosts.

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Episode Description

An IP address directs a packet to the right

computer, but it’s the port number that
makes a connection between two
applications on separate systems. It’s
critical to understand how port numbers do
their job and to memorize many special port
numbers.

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Key Terms
• 2:33 - Objective term - Domain Name
System (DNS)
• 3:52 - Objective term - Port number
• 4:05 - Port numbers go from 0 - 65535
• 9:17 - Well-known ports: 0-1023
• 9:37 - Registered ports: 1024-49151
• 10:10 - Dynamic/ephemeral ports: 49152 -
65535

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Common Port Numbers You Need
to Know
Port Protocol Port Protocol
20/21 File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Network Basic Input/Output System (NetBIOS)/
137/139
NetBIOS over TCP/IP
22 Secure Shell (SSH)
143 Internet Mail Access Protocol (IMAP)
23 Telnet
161/162 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
25 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
389 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
53 Domain Name System (DNS)
443 Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
67/68 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Server Message Block (SMB)/
80 Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) 445
Common Internet File System (CIFS)

110 Post Office Protocol v3 (POP3) 3389 Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Quick Review
• Port numbers get data to the correct
application
• There is always a source and destination
port number
• Servers listen for well-known port numbers
(0-1023)
• Resource Monitor shows the connections
on a system
• Memorize all ports numbers listed on the A+

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Episode: TCP, UDP, and ICMP

Core 1: 2.1 Compare and contrast Transmission Control

Objective(s): Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
ports, protocols, and their purposes.

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Episode Description

TCP is the most popular IP protocol, but it

isn’t the only one. User Datagram Protocol
(UDP) and Internet Control Message
Protocol (ICMP) both serve important
purposes and features that techs need to
understand.

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Key Terms
• 0:22 - Objective term - Protocol
• 0:55 - Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
• 1:22 - Objective term - User Datagram
Protocol (UDP)
• 1:22 - Objective term - Internet Control
Message Protocol (ICMP)
• 2:10 - Objective term - TCP (connection-
based)
• 2:30 - Handshake

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Key Terms

• 2:41 - UDP (connectionless)

• 3:20 - ICMP (single packet only)
• 4:18 - Protocol data unit (PDU)
• 4:37 - Ethernet frame
• 4:52 - IP packet
• 5:32 - TCP segment/UDP datagram

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Quick Review
• Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is
connection-oriented and sends multiple
packets
• User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is
connectionless, but also sends multiple
packets
• Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) is
connectionless and always sends a single
packet
• We organize packets by protocol data units
(PDUs)

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Episode: Understanding DNS

Core 1: 2.4 Summarize services provided by networked

hosts.
Objective(s):
Core 1: 2.6 Compare and contrast common network
configuration concepts.

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Episode Description
Individual hosts use IP addresses, but
humans are terrible at memorizing long
strings of numbers. To make our lives
easier, most TCP/IP networks (and certainly
the Internet) use the Domain Name System
(DNS) to apply more human-friendly names
to systems. DNS can also make use of
various spam management protocols such
as DKIM, SPF, and DMARC.

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Key Terms
• 1:05 - www.totalsem.com (175.16.44.3)
• 1:10 - www.totalsem.com
• 1:20 - Objective term - Domain Name System
(DNS)
• 1:26 - Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)
Example: www.totalsem.com
• 1:56 - Hosts file
• 8:15 - FQDNs have a 256-character limit

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Key Terms
• 8:33 - Objective term - Spam gateway/spam
management
• 9:17 - Objective term - Domain-based
Message Authentication, Reporting, and
Conformance (DMARC)
• 9:55 - Objective term - DomainKeys Identified
Mail (DKIM)
• 10:28 - Objective term - Sender Policy
Framework (SPF)

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 DNS Servers

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Quick Review
• The Domain Name System (DNS) resolves
Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs) to IP
addresses
• Domain-based Message Authentication,
Reporting, and Conformance (DMARC)
enters records of domains to avoid spoofing
• DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) enables
the sender to sign their message and verify
their identity
• Sender Policy Framework (SPF) detects
fraudulent e-mail addresses

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Episode: Working with DNS

Core 1: 2.6 Compare and contrast common network configuration

concepts.
Core 2: 1.2 Given a scenario, use the appropriate Microsoft command-
Objective(s): line tool.
Core 2: 1.6 Given a scenario, configure Microsoft Windows networking
features on a client/desktop.

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Episode Description

When a user complains the Internet is

down, what’s often happening is that DNS
isn’t working. There are a few simple tools
and procedures to diagnose and repair DNS
problems.

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Key Terms
• 0:26 - Objective term - ipconfig /all
• 2:16 - Objective term - 1. Manually configure DNS
• 2:27 - Google’s DNS servers: 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4
• 3:25 & 3:56 - Objective term - nslookup
• 4:20 - Objective term - An A record tracks IPv4
address system names (AAAA records track
IPv6)
• 4:29 - Objective term - MX records are used by
mail servers
• 4:37 - Canonical Name (CNAME) record

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Quick Review
• Use ipconfig /all to see a system's DNS
servers
• You can statically configure DNS and still
use DHCP for IP addressing
• Have an alternative public DNS server in
case your DNS server is down
• Use nslookup to verify a DNS server is
running

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Episode: Routers

Core 1: 1.3 Given a scenario, set up and configure accessories and ports of
mobile devices.
Objective(s): Core 1: 2.2 Compare and contrast common networking hardware.
Core 1: 3.1 Explain basic cable types and their connectors, features, and
purposes.
Core 1: 2.6 Compare and contrast common network configuration concepts.
Core 2: 2.9 Given a scenario, configure appropriate security settings on small
office/home office (SOHO) wireless and wired networks.

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Episode Description

The CompTIA A+ exams challenge test

takers to perform many configurations of a
typical home router. But what does a router
do for a SOHO network?

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Key Terms
• 0:19 - Objective term - Routers filter and
forward traffic based on IP traffic and
connect systems on a LAN
• 4:15 - Router/switch with WAP
• 4:52 - DOCSIS
• 5:32 - Console port
• 5:35 - Objective term - Serial port
• 6:30 - Objective term - DB-9 connector

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Key Terms

• 7:06 - Yost/Rollover cable

• 7:41 - Objective term - Small Office/Home
Office (SOHO) router
• 7:59 - Objective term - DCHP range
(scope)
• 8:24 - Default username and password
• 8:29 - Objective term - Change the
default username and password!

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Quick Review
• Routers filter and forward traffic based on
IP addresses
• A routing table determines where to filter or
forward IP packets
• Every routing table has a default gateway
that sends all data unless otherwise
specified
• A SOHO router is usually far more than a
router

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Episode: Basic Router Configuration

Core 1: 2.5 Given a scenario, install and configure basic

wired/wireless small office/home office (SOHO) networks.
Objective(s): Core 1: 2.6 Compare and contrast common network configuration
concepts.
Core 2: 2.9 Given a scenario, configure appropriate security
settings on small office/home office (SOHO) wireless and wired
networks.

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Episode Description

All routers share some basic configuration

steps every tech must know. From router
passwords to LAN IDs, this is the place to
learn about these settings.

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Key Terms
• 2:07 - Objective term - Static IP can be set on
your WAN if required by your Internet Service
Provider (ISP)
• 5:10 - Objective term - DHCP servers must be
configured to hand out a pool (or scope) of IP
addresses
• 5:38 - Objective term - DHCP lease limits the
amount of time a client can use an IP address
• 6:53 - Objective term - DHCP reservations keep
IP addresses for statically assigned clients
• 9:12 - Objective term - Firmware upgrade/update

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Quick Review
• Configure both the WAN and LAN
connections on your router
• Avoid default settings for basic
configurations (IP, SSID, password, etc.)
• Static IP can be set on your WAN if required
by your Internet Service Provider (ISP)
• Don't create too large of a DHCP pool
• DHCP reservations set aside IP addresses
in the DHCP pool/scope

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Episode: VLANs

Core 1: 2.2 Compare and contrast common networking hardware.

Core 1: 2.6 Compare and contrast common network configuration
Objective(s): concepts.
Core 2: 2.5 Given a scenario, manage and configure basic security
settings in the Microsoft Windows OS.
Core 2: 2.9 Given a scenario, configure appropriate security settings on
small office/home office (SOHO) wireless and wired networks.

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Episode Description

Virtual LANs (VLANs) are common features

built into almost all switches. VLANs provide
superb control of your LAN but have their
own quirks that a good tech understands.

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Key Terms
• 0:46 - Objective term- Virtual Local Area
Network (VLAN)
• 1:55 - Objective term - Managed vs.
unmanaged switch
• 5:59 - Objective term - Port security
• 6:35 - Objective term - Port security can
disable ports
• 7:08 - Objective term - Software-defined
networking (SDN)

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Quick Review
• Virtual LANs (VLANs) enable network
segmentation without adding hardware
• Configure VLAN-capable switches via IP
address and web browser
• Use firmware interface for managing
VLANs and enabling port security
• Software-defined networking (SDN) can
lessen human error

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Episode: Network Troubleshooting

Core 1: 5.7 Given a scenario, troubleshoot problems with

Objective(s):
wired and wireless networks.

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Episode Description

Networks sometimes fail. A good network

tech knows how read symptoms and
diagnose a network quickly to enable users
to get back to work.

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Key Terms
• 0:27 - No connectivity
• 1:25 - IP conflict
• 2:17 - Objective term - Limited connectivity
• 2:54 - Rogue DHCP server
• 3:14 - Objective term - Intermittent
connectivity
• 3:45 - Unavailable resources
• 4:12 - Objective term - Slow transfer/network
speeds

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson
 Quick Review
• Connectivity problems are usually
caused by physical or software faults
• External interference can create
network problems
• Lack of or slow access to resources
point to problems on the network as well

CompTIA A+ (220-110x)
Mike Meyers and Steve Nicholson