This covers networking and architecture, structure, and functions. The course introduces the principles and structure of IP addressing and the fundamentals of Ethernet concepts, media, and operations to provide a foundation for the curriculum. By the end of the course, students will be able to explain network technologies; explain how devices access local and remote network resources; describe router hardware; explain how switching operates in a small to medium-sized business network; design an IP addressing scheme to provide network connectivity for a small to medium-sized business network; configure initial settings on a network device; implement basic network connectivity between devices; configure monitoring tools available for small to medium-sized business networks.