LinITX Ubiquiti UniFi Routing, Switching And Cybersecurity Admin - URSCA Training Course - 13th - 15th May 2025 - Needham Market

UniFi Routing, Switching And Cybersecurity Admin (URSCA) - Needham Market

Date: 13th-15th May 2025
Location: Needham Market

The Course:

Welcome to the Ubiquiti UniFi URSCA Training Course offered by LinITX! This comprehensive three-day program is designed to equip you with essential skills for designing, building, and managing enterprise networks. You will gain hands-on experience with UniFi’s powerful Cloud Gateway and other hardware through interactive lab activities. Key topics covered include network theory, network design, switching, routing, services, and cybersecurity. By the end of the course, you'll be proficient in creating secure, efficient, and scalable network solutions, ready to tackle real-world challenges in IT networking. On successful completion of the course each student receives a free official "Ubiquiti" T Shirt and after achieving a pass in the examination (pass mark is 65%), the student will also receive a certificate.

UniFi Full Stack Professional (UFSP) content is covered during this course and an optional exam can be taken for those interested in obtaining this additional certification.

The subjects covered within the URSCA course are:

Network Theory

• OSI, TCP/IP & Server-Client Models
• Transport Layer Protocols & Ports
• Network Interface Types
• IPv4/IPv6 Communication Types
• Address Resolution Protocol & IPv4
• Neighbor Discovery Protocol & IPv6

Network Design

• Broadcast & Collision Domains
• LAN/WAN Network Hierarchy
• Bridges vs. Switches vs. APs vs. Routers
• High-Availability, WAN Failover & Load-Balancing
• Virtual LANs & Port Tagging
• IPv4 Addressing & Subnetting
• IPv6 Addressing

Switching

• MAC Tables & Switch Behavior
• Spanning Tree Protocol
• Port Isolation
• Link Aggregation
• Port Security, 802.1X & RADIUS
• Access Control Lists

Routing

• Routing Fundamentals
• Static Routing
• Policy-Based Routing
• Dynamic Routing
• OSPF
• BGP (Coming Soon)

Services

• DHCPv4/v6
• DNS
• NAT
• Firewall
• QoS & Traffic Shaping
• Tunneling, Remote User & Site-to-Site VPNs

Cybersecurity

• Best Practices & Secure Management Access
• Network Malware & Threat Detection
• Intrusion Detection & Prevention System (IDS/IPS)
• Cryptography
• Device & Traffic Identification
• Remote Logging & Access

The Trainer

The URSCA training course is being delivered by Jono Thompson. Jono has 21 years of experience working on routing, switching and wireless in enterprise networks.

Intended Target Audience:

This course is aimed at Support technicians, system integrators, installers and other technical professionals/users who already use or would like to start using the firewalling, routing, switching and security features in UniFi Cloud Gateways and UniFi Switches.

Student Prerequisites:

• An understanding of TCP/IP and the difference between a Layer2 and a Layer3 network
• An understanding of IPv4 Subnetting
• An understanding of the OSI Model
• A working laptop with WiFi and Ethernet ports and the ability to gain Administrative access rights to the operating system.
• A mobile device running Android or iOS
• If the student is wishing to take the URSCA examination, then *Photo ID will be required to prove their identity before taking the exam.
• Previous experience of the UniFi Network Application is beneficial

*Acceptable types of ID are equal to that required for City and Guilds exams.

Timetable:

1st Day: 09:00 - 17:00
2nd Day: 09:00 - 17:00
Last Day: 09:00 - 16:00
15 minute Breaks: 10:30 and 15:00
30 min Lunch: 12:30

What is included?

• 3 days of training
• Tea/Coffee, etc at refreshment breaks.
• Buffet Lunch
• URSCA exam - optional
• UFSP exam - optional
• Free Ubiquiti T Shirt (if you pass the URSCA exam)
• Digital Ubiquiti Certificate (if you pass the URSCA exam)

Note 1: We reserve the right to cancel the course, (e.g. if there are insufficient numbers of students booking the course, or the trainer falls ill). In accordance with our standard Terms & Conditions, the refund amount will only be what you have paid LinITX. Please bear this in mind when booking flights and/or hotels, especially if they are 'non-refundable"! :(

Note 2: If payment has not been made at least 14 days before the commencement date we reserve the right to cancel your booking.

Note 3: Refunds - A full refund for cancellations made at least 14 days before training date, 50% refund for 8-14 days notice and no refund for 7 days notice or less.

Network Theory

• OSI, TCP/IP & Server-Client Models
• Transport Layer Protocols & Ports
• Network Interface Types
• IPv4/IPv6 Communication Types
• Address Resolution Protocol & IPv4
• Neighbor Discovery Protocol & IPv6

Network Design

• Broadcast & Collision Domains
• LAN/WAN Network Hierarchy
• Bridges vs. Switches vs. APs vs. Routers
• High-Availability, WAN Failover & Load-Balancing
• Virtual LANs & Port Tagging
• IPv4 Addressing & Subnetting
• IPv6 Addressing

Switching

• MAC Tables & Switch Behavior
• Spanning Tree Protocol
• Port Isolation
• Link Aggregation
• Port Security, 802.1X & RADIUS
• Access Control Lists

Routing

• Routing Fundamentals
• Static Routing
• Policy-Based Routing
• Dynamic Routing
• OSPF
• BGP (Coming Soon)

Services

• DHCPv4/v6
• DNS
• NAT
• Firewall
• QoS & Traffic Shaping
• Tunneling, Remote User & Site-to-Site VPNs

Cybersecurity

• Best Practices & Secure Management Access
• Network Malware & Threat Detection
• Intrusion Detection & Prevention System (IDS/IPS)
• Cryptography
• Device & Traffic Identification
• Remote Logging & Access