Chapter 18
Software and Hardware Tools
THE FOLLOWING COMPTIA NETWORK+ EXAM OBJECTIVES ARE COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:
✓ 3.1 Given a scenario, use appropriate documentation and diagrams to manage the network
- Network configuration and performance baselines
✓ 3.3 Explain common scanning, monitoring, and patching processes and summarize their expected outputs
- Processes
- Log reviewing
- Port scanning
- Vulnerability scanning
- Reviewing baselines
- Packet/traffic analysis
- Event management
- Notifications
- Alerts
- SIEM
- SNMP monitors
- MIB
- Metrics
- Error rate
- Utilization
- Bandwidth/throughput
✓ 4.2 Explain authentication and access controls.
- Auditing and logging
✓ 5.1 Given a scenario, use the appropriate tool
- Hardware tools
- Crimper
- Cable tester
- Punch-down tool
- OTDR
- Light meter
- Tone generator
- Loopback adapter
- Multimeter
- Spectrum analyzer
- Software tools
- Packet sniffer
- Port scanner
- Protocol analyzer
- Wi-Fi analyzer
- Bandwidth speed tester
Specialized tasks require specialized...
