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College Board AP Networking networking

86 points in 4 topics, with College Board's codes and titles.

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1 Managing My Connections

1.1 Fixing What’s Slowing Me Down: Troubleshooting Issues on My Device
1.1.A Troubleshooting common device and network issues
1.1.B Root causes of device issues
1.1.C Resolving a device issue
1.2 Getting the Most Out of My Network: Connecting and Optimizing My Device
1.2.A Secure wireless connection of a device
1.2.B Improving speed, reliability and performance for tasks
1.3 What Could Go Wrong: Identifying the Security Needs of My Device
1.3.A Impacts of digital and physical attacks on devices
1.3.B Security controls against device attacks
1.4 Locking It Down: Securing My Device
1.4.A Strong passwords
1.4.B Device and account security against phishing and data loss
1.4.C Wireless network security features

2 Managing My Shared Connections

2.1 Missed Connection: Troubleshooting My SOHO Network
2.1.A Root causes of SOHO network issues
2.1.B Resolving a SOHO network issue
2.2 Identification Needed: Documenting My Network
2.2.A Structure and use of MAC addresses
2.2.B Structure and use of IP addresses
2.2.C Types of IPv4 addresses
2.2.D Documenting an existing network
2.3 Smart Moves: Upgrading My Network
2.3.A Choosing endpoint devices for a SOHO network
2.3.B Choosing data transmission media
2.3.C Dynamic or static IP addressing
2.4 Leveling Up: Advanced Features on My Network
2.4.A Evaluating AI-generated network suggestions
2.4.B Configuring a media server
2.5 Guarding My Network: Identifying Security Needs
2.5.A Impacts of SOHO network vulnerabilities
2.5.B Security controls for SOHO network vulnerabilities
2.6 Applying Defense: Securing My Network
2.6.A Firewalls and network segmentation for security
2.6.B Grouping devices for network segmentation

3 Managing Many Connections

3.1 Planning a Network: Choosing the Right Devices and Connections
3.1.A Endpoint devices required for a scenario
3.1.B Network connections required for a scenario
3.2 Creating a Network: Switching and Topologies
3.2.A How data travel through a segmented network
3.2.B Choosing network segmentation methods
3.2.C Choosing a wired network topology
3.2.D Evaluating an AI-generated segmented LAN configuration
3.3 Making It Work: Connecting, Configuring, and Verifying Access
3.3.A Configuring and verifying an IP address
3.3.B Same network from IP addresses and subnet masks
3.3.C Configuring a local area network
3.3.D Guest and internal wireless networks
3.4 Building the Boundaries: Identifying Segmentation Security
3.4.A Threats and vulnerabilities in a segmented LAN
3.4.B Security controls for a segmented LAN
3.4.C Subnetting to segment a network
3.5 Controlling the Traffic: Firewalls and Filtering
3.5.A MAC filtering for security
3.5.B Choosing a firewall
3.5.C Firewall rules for network segments
3.6 Restored Connections: Documenting, Diagnosing, and Fixing a Segmented LAN
3.6.A Documenting a network design
3.6.B Root causes of issues in a segmented LAN
3.6.C Resolving issues in a segmented LAN

4 Managing Our Global Connections

4.1 What Happens When Networks Break or Fail?
4.1.A Evidence of compromised confidentiality, integrity or availability
4.1.B Impacts of unreliable connectivity on organisations
4.2 The Language of the Network: Protocols and the OSI and TCP/IP Models
4.2.A Purposes of common network protocols
4.2.B The OSI and TCP/IP models
4.2.C Troubleshooting with the OSI and TCP/IP models
4.3 Tools of Network Analysts: Using the CLI
4.3.A Navigating systems with command-line commands
4.3.B Secure file transfer from the command line
4.4 How Data Travel the Internet: Routing, Metrics, and Paths
4.4.A How data travel between networks
4.4.B Routing protocols and metrics
4.4.C Tracing data paths with a routing tool
4.5 From the Inside Out: Monitoring and Defending a Large Network
4.5.A Threats and vulnerabilities in a managed network
4.5.B Security controls for a managed network
4.5.C Threat indicators in IDS and IPS logs
4.5.D Configuring a VLAN
4.6 Moving Forward: Designing for Reliability and Growth
4.6.A IPv6 in modern networks
4.6.B Improving reliability and availability of networks