IP Addressing, Routing, and Network Management

Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. In this comprehensive course, you will develop a thorough understanding of IP addressing, routing protocols, and network management strategies. By mastering IPv4 and IPv6 addressing, subnetting, and routing techniques, you'll gain the skills needed to design and manage efficient networks. You'll also explore emerging technologies that are transforming modern networking. Starting with the essentials, you'll dive into IPv4 addressing, binary numbering, and subnetting, building a solid foundation for network design. The course then moves into IPv6 addressing, traffic flows, and dual stack configurations, ensuring you are equipped for the future of networking. Along the way, you'll engage in hands-on exercises, reinforcing subnetting and IP configuration concepts to deepen your understanding. As the course progresses, you'll learn about routing protocols like OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP, and how they facilitate dynamic routing in modern networks. You'll also explore advanced topics like software-defined networking (SDN), SD-WAN, and virtual LANs (VXLAN), offering insights into innovative solutions for network scalability and management. This course is designed for networking professionals looking to enhance their skills in network configuration, IP addressing, and routing protocols. Ideal for those with some networking knowledge, you'll leave with the practical skills and knowledge needed to manage and optimize network infrastructure effectively.