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The Bits and Bytes of Computer Networking

Google IT Support Professional Certificate,

This course is designed to provide a full overview of computer networking. We’ll cover everything from the fundamentals of modern networking technologies and protocols to an overview of the cloud to practical applications and network troubleshooting. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to: ● describe computer networks in terms of a five-layer model ● understand all of the standard protocols involved with TCP/IP communications ● grasp powerful network troubleshooting tools and techniques ● learn network services like DNS and DHCP that help make computer networks run ● understand cloud computing, everything as a service, and cloud storage
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Rating 4.6 based on 2,037 ratings
Length 7 weeks
Effort 8 - 10 hours per week
Starts Jun 19 (47 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From Google via Coursera
Instructors Google, Google Career Certificates
Download Videos On all desktop and mobile devices
Language English
Subjects Programming IT & Networking
Tags Computer Science Computer Security And Networks Information Technology Networking

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bits and bytes

I really appreciated the opportunity to learn more about the various bits and bytes!

I have the basic knowledge now about the bits and bytes of nodes in a network.

I am so happy with this training, when I am at the office or at home I imaging how the bits and bytes goes around the traffic in the router hahahaha, yes a more clear picture is taking place.Great teachers and very concise topics.

It was a difficult course but learned a lot about bits and bytes.

The bits and bytes of Networking has broaden my knowledge and understanding of networking and how devices communicate along the five layers of the network.

greats materi very very greats I recommend this course to all who want dig deep into how the bits and bytes of the computer network works!

I was glad to finally know about Bits and Bytes the teacher was very pretty good ,, it was very useful course This is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

However I will say, as daunting as computer networking used to be for me, after having completed this Bits and Bytes course I feel a lot more confident about my general knowledge on networking fundamentals and how information is sent back and forth across the internet.

Deep study of how the bits and bytes are communicated between computers.

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looking forward

I'm really looking forward to applying my newfound knowledge to the test at an IT Support job/internship!

Looking forward to the next one!

I am looking forward to the next one.

nice depth of study and overview - looking forward to the next course!

I'm looking forward to the next course.

looking forward for future courses excelente Many thanks great for learning about networking Amazing!!!

Looking forward to what is next!

Looking forward to more courses!

Completing my Google IT support certificate will be something I am looking forward to with eager anticipation.

I'm looking forward to the upcoming courses so I can improve myself and become a better tech.

I learned a lot and am looking forward to the next course.

Looking forward to expanding my knowledge through future certifications and experience.

I am looking forward to getting CompTIA and CISCO networking certifications in the near future.

Looking forward to take next courses of IT specialization Challenging and informative This course was harder than I anticipated, but I was able to revisit and reread the material until I understood it.

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highly recommend

Excellent Course..Highly recommended.

I highly recommend it.

I highly recommend this course to anyone who is a beginner but would like to know more about networking.

I highly recommend this module!

Highly recommend it anyone interested in IT Support.

i highly recommend everybody to enroll for this course perfekt better then comptia a+ This is an extremely high-level overview of how computers network with one another.

It's hard, and highly recommends some additional reading to get through.

Highly recommended.

I would highly recommend this course to anyone interested in IT or networking in general.

Highly recommended for beginners.

Highly recommend if you are in an entry level IT position and looking to build a foundation on basic troubleshooting and network communications.

Highly recommend this for the beginner or someone who wants to just get familiar with the concepts again.

Would highly recommend taking this course, it has multiple 'weeks' of intense training on the basics of networking.

I highly recommend this course.

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bytes of computer networking

Amazing and the fact that you can download the vids and text.........amazing Enjoyed learning the bits and bytes of computer networking.

have fun leaning about bits and bytes The bits and bytes of computer networking course is well condensed and gives a ton of hard revealing knowledge on computer networks.

4.2.2.1-4.2.2.6... having literally taken up the mystery challenge up the stack to demystify Level 3 (OS & You: Becoming the Power User) and another hop to Level 5 (IT Automation: It's Not That Scary (both completed, 100%), - it was time for untangling of TCP/IP "Layered Affair" encapsulation/de-encapsulation: Level 2 completed on Cinco de Mayo, 100%.Hats off to Google's fun+mental team for "deep diving" into rock solid 6 weeks of The Bits and Bytes of Computer Networking very in depth and detailed course definitely a great introduction to networking.

Through this amazing course, with combination of short videos, practice quizzes, and fantastic information I was able to gain an understanding of the Bits and Bytes of Computer Networking.

Learned the values of The Bits and Bytes of Computer Networking It was allot to take in without having a book in my hands.

It needed to be a bit more engaging, there was alot of number memorizing Although challenging, it's a very great course that goes over the bit and bytes of computer networking This course challenged me quite a bit, and was very enjoyable.

Actually I am now in process to apply the skills that I have gain through The Bits and Bytes of Computer Networking course, how to connect or how to set-up connection, how the OSI Model works.

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well put together

needed some practical hands on exercisies well put together course This course was extremely difficult for me.The last quiz is horrible.

The content for each section was very well put together and delivered clearly.

Solid presentation of the fundamentals of networking The course was well put together and easy to follow.

Wonderful content to learn from This was a very well put together and very helpful course.

Very well put together, Thank you It was very helpful class for Updating my knowledge I have learned so much from this course and I keep learning new things each day.

Very well put together.

veryhelpfullcourse Very well put together, make sure to take time on the parts that are a bit more dense.

Lots of helpful material and well put together.

While many of these terms were confusing and there were a lot of them, it was a very well put together course.

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lot of new things

Yes, I learned a lot of new things in this course the critical element in this course is troubleshooting.

great course, lot of new things to learn.

I learned a lot of new things!

I learned a lot of new things.

I have learned a lot of new things from this course.

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step by step

This course would be better done with the instructor writing on a chalk broad showing the step by step of things like subnetting.

Which is complicated to understand without the step by step process so far breaks down the necessities that I was looking for thank you for including information like this.

I think it would be better with more step by step video "art" while the speaker is taking.

Why not just give a step by step on how to set up a home router?

What would be helpful is to have some nitty gritty examples that are worked through step by step that get the student prepared for the quiz.

DNS, DHCP... all explained step by step.

Please spend more time on binary conversions, ipv6 conversions, math and technical aspects of certain topics because there needs to be step by step examples, instead of definitions.

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real world

Some of the real world examples, for example how the networking model works step-by-step were amazingly helpful.

Not very real world applicable when it came to the quizzes.

Very few how-to examples for stuff you would need to actually do in the real world.

Very good course which covered things like how it would be like working in a company/real world.Instructors are worth and i especially admire the additional reading materials they had shared during course.Very well structured and passionately crafted course, must have one for students opting SYS ADMIN/IT SUPPORT ROLES.... Great introduction to computer networking This was an excellent course.

Networking, I feel can't be theoretically learnt but only with digging the hands in the real world scenarios.

very real world stuff i love and "hate" this teacher, absolutely everything is explained in a very concise but also easy to understand manner without skipping any important details, but i hate the puns, i swear i would cover my face with both hands every time, it hurts!!!

Would be beneficial to have more realistic hands on problems people would see in the real world.

The real world implementation of concepts well explained in the course.

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more visual aids

Could have used more visual aids with all the information included.

More visual aids and examples could have been provided to show where and how certain aspects are used opposed to verbally explaining them with minimal diagrams.

That's not to say that I didn't learn anything, but I agree with many commenters who feel like there should have been more visual aids instead of just someone speaking about terms off of a teleprompter.

I think a few more visual aids or handouts or diagrams would have helped to make the material easier to understand.The instructors did a great job at making the complex info engaging to learn.

The best Not explained well and could use more visual aids to help explain.

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command line

If I had one gripe, it's the sections in the later weeks that discuss command line network troubleshooting functions without letting us use them.

I understand that the command line stuff is coming in the next course and would be difficult to work in here - maybe an in-browser applet that would reproduce the functionality on a fictitious network?

However, I think it would've been beneficial to have more hand-on quizzes, or assignments regarding the week 6 segments on testing port connectivity and using the command line tools mentioned.

It was good, I just wish that it had more hands on command line practice for troubleshooting a network.

Would like to see more interactive scenes where you use your subnetting to actually set up networks and troubleshoot running commands to learn to use what the computer outputs in the command line.

Similar to the first course, I believe everyone needs alittle more hands on experience, performing some of the command lines expressed in this course.

Adding more practice and command line introduction would be better in the future.

I believe there must be some labs to do routing or command line testings for network troubleshoot.

It would also be great if there are some assignments putting command lines like traceroute and ping into use.

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subject matter

Very knowledgeable on this subject matter.

Some of the quiz modules are a little wonky but overall the subject matter is presented in an easy to understand fashion.

The subject matter is very well defined and it is a nice, smooth and quick way to bring the beginners to a quite advanced level of understanding the topic.

The instructors were highly knowledgeable, friendly, and seemed to be experts on the subject matter.

Very good slides which are well formulated and easy to understand Not overly in-depth on all subject matter concerning Networking, it gives a solid fundamental understanding of the concepts and operations.

This course is intense and complex Although filled with many highly technical subjects, a high level emphasis was kept to ensure that the subject matter was understood enough without bogging down in the technical minutia.

This course helped me realize I am capable of learning dense subject matter.

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layer model

Network Layer Model, TCP-IP, IPv6, VPN etc.

Incredibly informative course giving a broad overview of network fundamentals, basic troubleshooting, and giving an understanding of the 5-layer system while also providing information about Cisco's 7-layer model.Rated 4 stars because there are some fairly minor inconsistencies with video quality - some of the earlier videos don't include subtitles, while others had multiple corrections added; later videos don't have this issue, and it's nothing that detracts too much from the course itself - highly recommended.

What I really found interesting was the in-depth overview of IP addresses It was useful and fun :) All the details of the five layer model are explained thoroughly.

Awesome course Outstanding course Decent course, lots and lots of information throw at you when talking about the 5 layer model Excellent breakdown!

5 layer model to the 7 layer layer model and IPv4 and IPv6 and connection technologies.

Understanding how the 5 layer model works was very interesting!

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Rating 4.6 based on 2,037 ratings
Length 7 weeks
Effort 8 - 10 hours per week
Starts Jun 19 (47 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From Google via Coursera
Instructors Google, Google Career Certificates
Download Videos On all desktop and mobile devices
Language English
Subjects Programming IT & Networking
Tags Computer Science Computer Security And Networks Information Technology Networking

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