Chapter 11
Switching and Virtual LANs
THE FOLLOWING COMPTIA NETWORK+ EXAM OBJECTIVES ARE COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:
- 2.6 Given a scenario, configure a switch using proper features
- VLAN
- Native VLAN/Default VLAN
- VTP
- Spanning tree (802.1d)/rapid spanning tree (802.1w)
- Flooding
- Forwarding/blocking
- Filtering
- Interface configuration
- Trunking/802.1q
- Tag vs untag VLANs
- Port bonding (LACP)
- Port mirroring (local vs remote)
- Speed and duplexing
- IP address assignment
- VLAN assignment
- Default gateway
- PoE and PoE+ (802.3af, 802.3at)
- Switch management
- User/passwords
- AAA configuration
- Console
- Virtual terminals
- In-band/Out-of-band management
- Managed vs unmanaged
- 3.3 Given a scenario, implement network hardening techniques
- Network-based
- Switch port security ...