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Network Pro helps instructors provide students with hands-on, experiential training and certification preparation using up-to-date, engaging content and simulated software tools that are valued by organizations looking for strong computer networking skills.
Network Pro prepares students to learn and demonstrate fundamental networking skills. Our unique lab environment enables learners to see the bigger picture of an end-to-end IT workplace by experiencing how a small change can impact an entire network.
For example, the simulated networking closet lets you see the patch panel connected to different rooms. On the switch, lights indicate which ports are connected. You can disconnect cables, and the link light on the switch turns off.
Students gain experience throughout the course with multiple operating systems and interfaces, including enterprise wireless configuration. Teaching is easier because Cisco Command-Line interfaces are replaced with engaging GUI (graphical user interface) simulations.
Network Pro eliminates the need to invest in networking equipment, grade screenshots, or install software. With so many features and hands-on labs, using Network Pro to complement or replace your existing physical and virtual labs is a smart choice.
Network Pro simulates more than $30,000 in hardware and software integrated in a networked office campus that replicates the kinds of environments students will experience as professionals working for a large corporation.
"I have been using TestOut Network Pro for ten years in a vocational high school setting. It is by far the best training product available. Network Pro offers students an environment like no other to practice their networking skills. The interactive labs support student learning by offering them real-life simulations and access to a plethora of operating systems, network equipment and network applications."
"In my course, I have students complete the simulated labs first, and then have them use the real equipment in class; this allows students to have some experience before actually configuring network devices. TestOut Network Pro does a great job preparing students for their CompTIA Network+ exam and their analytics really help me pinpoint areas where students may be struggling. I would recommend this product to any instructor, new or seasoned, who is teaching networking or preparing students for the Network+ exam."
"I have been utilizing TestOut Network Pro as my teaching tool in my CIS 228 Networking Essentials class for the last 2 years and am very pleased with the product. I have been in the IT industry as an IT Professional for the last 30 years, specifically as a Network Engineer and as an IT Manager, and have been teaching in our Coconino Community College as an adjunct instructor."
"TestOut is a great product to utilize to prepare my students for CompTIA's Network+ exam. I often tell my students if they consistently score 90% on TestOut Practice Questions throughout the semester, the probability of them passing CompTIA's Network+ Certification exam is very high. I also utilize TestOut PC Pro in my CIS 130 class as a teaching tool for preparing my students for CompTIA A+ Certification exam and am very happy with it. I recommend both TestOut courses to any future instructors."
"After reviewing Network Pro, I realized what I could teach the students was significantly less than what TestOut provided. I ended up purchasing a site license almost immediately. TestOut is such an awesome resource for any program! TestOut does hands-on to the max with Network Pro having over 100 simulations to complete with auto-grading capabilities. There is no other IT Training software that is comparable!"
"I liked it so much, I changed the classroom environment to accommodate TestOut. My class is designed so that TestOut instructs the students (with all the boring stuff ?) and gives them practice with simulations while I do the fun, in-class, hands-on projects with them. I call it fun, but many students enjoy the consistency of the simulations always working and the reset button being a quick option when they make a mistake, things that are not always available in the real-world. I have enjoyed the product so much, I got my local university interested in it as prior learning."
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Automation is a hot topic right now. In my day job as a site reliability engineer (SRE), part of my remit is to automate as many repeating tasks as possible. But how many of us do that in our daily, not-work, lives? This year, I am focused on automating away the toil so that we can focus on the things that are important.
While automating everything, I ran into some difficulty with remote sites. I'm not a networking person so I started to look at my options. After researching the various virtual private networks (VPN), hardware endpoints, firewall rules, and everything that goes into supporting multiple remote sites, I was confused, grumpy, and frustrated with the complexity of it all.
Then I found ZeroTier. ZeroTier is an encrypted virtual network backbone, allowing multiple machines to communicate as if they were on a single network. The code is all open source, and you can self-host the controller or use the ZeroTierOne service with either free or paid plans. I'm using their free plan right now, and it is robust, solid, and very consistent.
Because I'm using the web service, I'm not going to go into detail about running the controller and root services. ZeroTier has a complete reference on how to do that in their documentation, and it's very good.
After creating my own virtual network in the web user interface, the client installation is almost trivial. ZeroTier has packages for APT, RPM, FreeBSD, and many other platforms, so getting the first node online takes little effort.
Once installed, the client connects to the controller service and generates a unique ID for the node. On Linux, you use the zerotier-cli command to join a network, using the zerotier-cli join NETWORKID command.
One thing I did set up myself is a Beta ZeroNDS Service for internal DNS. This saved me a lot of complexity for managing my own name service or having to create public records for all my private hosts and IP addresses. I found the instructions to be very straight forward, and was able to have a DNS server for my private network up in about 5 minutes. Each client has to allow Zerotier to set the DNS, which is very simple in the GUI clients. To enable it for use on Linux clients, use:
I've barely scratched the surface of the features here. ZeroTier also allows for bridging between ZeroTier networks, advanced routing rules, and a whole lot more. They even have a Terraform provider and a listing of Awesome Zerotier Things. As of today, I'm using ZeroTier to connect machines across four physical sites, three of which are behind NAT firewalls. Zerotier is simple to set up, and almost completely painless to manage.
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