Networking Fundamentals for Business IT
Who it is for: anyone who supports an office network — IT staff, technicians and technical business owners.
You will be able to:
- Explain how data moves from a laptop to a cloud service, layer by layer
- Plan IP addressing and subnets for an office
- Configure and troubleshoot switches, VLANs, DHCP, DNS and NAT
- Design a reliable office Wi-Fi network and a site-to-site VPN
- Use a structured method to find network faults fast
Structure follows the topics covered by leading introductory networking courses (five-layer model, network layer, transport and application layers, network services, connecting to the internet, troubleshooting), written for Australian small-business networks.
Community and help: every enrolled student gets the course Forum tab — ask the BOSS Pacific team or other students, share fixes and lab results. Read the BP Academy blog for updates and worked examples.
Includes: the full course as a licensed PDF workbook, available after purchase.
Hands-on labs: rent a ready environment from BOSS Pacific — Linux VM. Every lab resets every 24 hours and is removed at the end of your rental. Or build your own with the gear listed in the course.