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About the Course
Keen to kickstart your IT career with networking and storage skills employers need? This beginner course introduces essential IT concepts to help you diagnose and support modern systems.
During this course, you’ll explore networking fundamentals such as cables, topologies, network types, and communication models and learn how data travels across wired and wireless connections using protocols and standards. You’ll dive into Wi-Fi, exploring SSID configuration, access point setup, security evolution from WEP to WPA3, and Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) features such as frequency bands and channel planning. Plus, you’ll look at NFC (near-field communication) concepts and practical applications.
Next, you’ll get hands-on with device configuration and the command-line tools used to troubleshoot connectivity issues in Windows environments. You’ll look at storage essentials, exploring memory , local versus cloud options, and file, block, and object storage. Plus, you’ll learn how to select storage solutions for different networking scenarios while examining NVMe performance factors, including PCIe generations and thermal management.
Enroll now to build IT skills in networking and storage employers need!
Top reviews
WJ
May 5, 2025
Great introduction to IT networking, theory and practical application
JA
Jun 10, 2022
the course keeps getting exciting as the modules build up......thank you IBM for putting this course together........
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By Nicholas O
•Feb 26, 2023
It was great experience
By Nan F
•Feb 25, 2024
It's okay. Thanks for creating It! But I can't use the Labs nor the Activities properly due to a lot of Malfunctions. Not on iPad Air 5 with Cousera App nor on Safari and the same for the iPhone 14, everything updated.
By POLA V
•Apr 21, 2024
good