Office Local Area Network Design Online Course

Office Local Area Network (LAN) Design

Gain the technical skills to design, plan, and implement efficient Local Area Networks (LANs) for office environments. This course is ideal for IT support staff, junior network administrators, system installers, and anyone involved in small-to-medium office networking setups.

A well-designed LAN is essential for fast, secure, and reliable communication within any organisation. This course covers the fundamentals of LAN design—from needs analysis to network topology, hardware selection, and security—preparing you to create scalable and cost-effective office network solutions.

You will learn how to:

  • Design an office LAN based on user and business needs

  • Select appropriate network devices and topology

  • Assign IP addresses and configure basic network settings

  • Implement secure and reliable wired/wireless connections

  • Support LAN performance and resolve common issues

This course provides a step-by-step guide to designing and setting up a functional office LAN—helping you connect people, systems, and resources securely and efficiently.

This unit standard is Design a local area computer network online course for an office environment and intended to provide proficient knowledge of the areas covered for those working in or entering the workplace in data communication and networking in an online courses. As additional knowledge for those wanting to understand the areas covered. People credited with this unit standard can review user requirements for a local area computer network. Prepare a design for a local area computer network. Locate components for a local area computer network. Produce a proposal for a local area computer network. The performance of all elements is to a standard that allows for further learning in this area.

Course Content

  • The review identifies and explains the feasibility of the requirements.
  • The review identifies user objectives and critical performance factors.
  • The review estimates the resources required so that the cost may be estimated.
  • The review adopts a review procedure which ensures that the final outcome meets user requirements.
  • The preparation ensures that the design fulfils user requirements.
  • The preparation ensures that the LAN topology makes efficient use of network resources.
  • The preparation ensures that the design meets the computer network equipment manufacturer`s requirements and the support provider`s requirements.
  • The location identifies suppliers for LAN components, which fulfil user requirements.
  • The location ensures that the LAN components meet user requirements.
  • The production explains the scope and objectives of the network
  • The production allows the user to judge whether their requirements will be met
  • The production allows implementation time and costs to be estimated
  • The production identifies costs, benefits and assumptions for alternative solutions so that a choice may be made
  • Non-accredited: Short course only  
  • Duration: 1h 30m
  • Delivery: Classroom/Online/Blended
  • Access Period: 12 Months 
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