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About the Course

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...

Top reviews

SK

Feb 18, 2021

This was really time-consuming but it was really worth learning. Although in the end, it seems to be very basic things, they would be essential through whatever you want to accomplish in the IT field.

DL

Feb 23, 2021

This course was amazing and helped me understand so much more about networking, things I never thought I would know or understand. Very fulfilling and I can't wait to use this knowledge going forward.

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By Adebanjo O

Aug 9, 2019

This is really an eye opener to how how networking works and the bits that make it up.

getting to know network layers and terms already heard but not familiar with is a plus for me in wanting to know more.

By kamil

Mar 20, 2018

I have enjoyed this course a lot as it has given me much deeper insight into what I have already known about networking. Although I am still not able to configure my own network I can calculate subnets :D

By kevin v k

Sep 5, 2023

Some topics were really in-depth while others were glossed over quickly, like ipv6 compression.

And some of the questions in the quizzes were a little weirdly formulated.

Still I learned a LOT, thank you!

By Ty W

Mar 21, 2022

This course had a very significant amount of helpful information, but I wish it had provided more practical uses for all this information to test your knowledge, as the course was primarily just theory.

By Aaron F

Sep 3, 2020

Overall a great and very informative course, but I do feel there were some areas that could've used a little more coverage to give a better understanding. But very happy I took and completed the course.

By DANIEL A

Dec 3, 2022

Great course. Very beneficial to anyone interested in understanding and know the basics of networking (how computers communicate with each other). Thanks, waiting to complete the other related courses.

By Charles A

Jul 1, 2022

Overall, this course was great. The star off was because the IPv6 compression quiz was not functional for two weeks, which prevented actual completion of this course until it was eventually resolved.

By Xin Z

Sep 15, 2021

Great courses provide by Google! It gives all the basic skills and knowledge for the beginner to learn computer network. The instructor is very interesting and his smile is really appealing. Thank you!

By Chris G

Sep 9, 2020

It was pretty tough, and I think it's hard to know for sure now what information will actually be relevant as far as use cases go later, but I feel a lot more confident about the material now for sure.

By Arman H

Nov 27, 2020

The course gives a good overview over the computer networking, not going very deep. Quizzes are very useful for learning process. Graphical materials that given during video lessons could be improved.

By Thomas B J

Mar 23, 2018

There are a lot of acronyms and data thrown at you and you can get lost fast. Many of the classes I had to watch a few times over. It's not the easiest to understand but go slowly and you will get it.

By Gino E N

Sep 15, 2019

It is a very interesting course. 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. I love it.

By Christopher A

Aug 7, 2018

Very dense material explained as best as it could be. I believe a few more interactive applications and more visual representations of the material would have been helpful in retaining the knowledge.

By Space C

Sep 24, 2020

Difficult but very informative. I had no idea what was happening from my computer, to the router and out to the internet. Go over lessons 2 or 3 times if you need to, re-watch videos and take notes.

By Justin L

Jun 4, 2020

This was very informative and significantly more challenging than the previous course. Some of the videos were quite long and I'd suggest trying to break them up more given how heavy the topics are.

By AHMAD A

Jun 2, 2021

it is a great experience learning all the knowledge of network's history, present and coming future, all the information is very relevant to my daily experiences .thank you for much for all content

By Mike P

Mar 18, 2021

Quite a few times the tests would look for answers that were only briefly mentioned in course. The quizzes are not helpful at all in preparing for the test or for really understanding the material.

By Ali E

Mar 18, 2019

Pretty good content, but doesn't cover actual settings in switches, routers, firewalls, or computers. It's mostly theory. I was hoping to learn more about how to manage and secure my own network.

By Nicholas S

Mar 18, 2021

Cool information but not much practice, a lot of time spent on outdated theory (even though the history lessons were cool). Definitely a great course, but could use a little boost for modern tech.

By Suriya P P G

Mar 6, 2021

Thank you very much, team Google for giving this course. This is a really nice, well-organised and a little bit tough course. I am super excited to do other professional courses offered by Google.

By Masuldari V

Dec 5, 2020

It was pleasant experience. Instructor got good experience in narrating the whole networking subject in very generic way to understand the concepts very easily. Thumbs Up to Mr. victor Escobedo.

By Ahsan A

Jun 16, 2020

The information given and taught in the course was as valuable as google but the teaching method was not as good that I thought it will be Because they just read lines from screens simultaneously.

By Sheikh M N R

Jun 27, 2021

Truly a very flexible course plan holding a bunch of info. But all the hard work is worth it. You can learn about the depths of networking even though you may not have come across one. Loved it.

By Bryson C

Oct 1, 2020

Very good coverage, incredibly information dense. Needs a better way to review, you'll have to spend a lot of time going over notes or making flashcards to remember all the terms and definitons.

By Fred Z

Jul 16, 2020

Good course and lots of valuable material for foundations of computer networking. As I stated before, might have liked more topics/material on cloud computing which is growing hugely right now.