Networking Training in Setúbal

Network Synchronization — OSA 5421 and FSP Network Manager (FSP NM) provides a focused introduction to both the OSA 5421 platform and the FSP NM management system, covering their roles in delivering precise synchronization across packet and circuit-based networks.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level network and synchronization engineers who wish to deploy, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot OSA 5421 and FSP NM-based synchronization solutions.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Explain synchronization principles and the role of OSA 5421 and FSP NM in mobile and transport networks.
• Describe the hardware and software architecture of OSA 5421.
• Configure primary interfaces and timing sources including SyncE and PTP.
• Apply monitoring and KPI techniques within FSP NM to maintain synchronization performance.
• Troubleshoot common synchronization faults and design resilient timing architectures.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Hands-on configuration and lab exercises.
• Real-world case studies and troubleshooting scenarios.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led, live training in Setúbal (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level network engineers, architects, and system administrators who wish to gain the knowledge and skills required to implement and manage Cisco's Nexus 9K and Catalyst 9200/9500 series switches. It combines theoretical knowledge with hands-on practical experience, focusing on the Cisco NX-OS and IOS-XE platforms.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and manage Cisco Nexus 9K and Catalyst 9200/9500 switches.
• Configure advanced switch features for optimal performance.
• Integrate switches into diverse network environments.
• Enhance network resilience and efficiency.
• Utilize switches for high availability and data management.

IP RAN Router is a networking device and logical element used to aggregate, route, and manage IP traffic between radio access network elements and core network functions.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level network engineers and RAN specialists who wish to deploy, configure, and troubleshoot IP RAN routing solutions.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Describe the role and architecture of IP RAN routers within mobile networks.
• Configure core interfaces and basic routing for RAN connectivity.
• Implement routing protocols used in RAN environments, including OSPF and BGP.
• Apply QoS and traffic engineering principles to prioritize RAN traffic.
• Troubleshoot common deployment and operational issues.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Hands-on configuration exercises and labs.
• Real-world case studies and troubleshooting scenarios.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led, live training in Setúbal (online or onsite) is aimed at expert-level network professionals who wish to prepare for the CCNA Routing & Switching certification exam.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of networking fundamentals.
• Master IP connectivity and understand WAN technologies.
• Secure network devices using Access Control Lists (ACLs), VPNs, and other security protocols to prevent unauthorized access and threats.
• Prepare for the CCNA Routing & Switching Certification exam.

GNS3 is a flexible network simulation tool that supports integration with automation frameworks, container-based services, and cloud environments for advanced lab setups.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at advanced-level networking professionals who wish to automate, containerize, and scale their GNS3 labs with real-world architectures involving hybrid and multi-cloud platforms.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Automate network tasks using Python scripts and Ansible in GNS3 environments.
• Deploy Docker containers inside GNS3 to simulate network services and endpoints.
• Integrate GNS3 with cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure for hybrid lab environments.
• Design advanced, scalable topologies for multi-vendor testing and continuous integration.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Hands-on lab configuration using live GNS3 topologies.
• Integration exercises with automation and container orchestration tools.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

GNS3 is a powerful network simulation platform that enables professionals to build, test, and validate complex network designs in a virtualized environment.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level to advanced-level IT professionals who wish to use GNS3 for network planning, testing, and production environment replication.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Design and simulate enterprise-grade network architectures using GNS3.
• Replicate production environments for safe testing and change validation.
• Integrate real operating systems and services into GNS3 topologies.
• Use GNS3 for troubleshooting, documentation, and client demos.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Realistic network simulations and hands-on labs.
• Project-based exercises focused on design and testing use cases.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led, live training in Setúbal (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level networking professionals who wish to prepare for Cisco CCNA or CCNP certifications using GNS3 to simulate Cisco devices and build exam-aligned topologies.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure GNS3 for Cisco certification lab environments.
• Import and manage Cisco IOS images for routers and switches.
• Build and test topologies aligned with CCNA and CCNP exam objectives.
• Practice real-world routing, switching, and troubleshooting scenarios.

This instructor-led, live training in Setúbal (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level networking professionals who wish to learn how to use GNS3 to simulate basic networks and gain hands-on lab experience for certification and practical knowledge.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure GNS3 on their local system.
• Understand and use the GNS3 graphical interface and topology builder.
• Create and test basic network topologies with routers, switches, and PCs.
• Integrate GNS3 with tools like Wireshark for packet analysis.

This instructor-led, live training in Setúbal (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level to advanced-level database administrators, network engineers, and IT professionals who wish to optimize database performance, scalability, and reliability using Spine-Leaf architecture with VXLAN.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the Spine-Leaf network topology and its benefits.
• Implement VXLAN for scalable and efficient database networking.
• Optimize database workloads across distributed data center environments.
• Deploy Spine-Leaf architecture in cloud and on-premises data centers.
• Enhance network security, redundancy, and fault tolerance for database environments.
• Automate network configurations for database management using Python and Ansible.

This instructor-led, live training in Setúbal (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level to advanced-level networking professionals who wish to expand their expertise in advanced networking practices using Linux.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Implement advanced networking protocols and configurations under Linux.
• Configure and manage Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).
• Set up and secure firewalls for a robust network security setup.
• Monitor and troubleshoot network performance issues.

This instructor-led, live training in Setúbal (online or onsite) is aimed at anyone who wish to understand and implement a network and various types of servers under Linux.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand how networking works under Linux.
• Set up a sample LAN.
• Understand the various protocols used on the internet and implement each one under Linux.
• Secure a networking and various types of servers, such as a webs server.

This instructor-led, live training in Setúbal (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level network professionals who wish to effectively manage and operate SD-WAN networks, including design, configuration, troubleshooting, and optimization.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the fundamental concepts, benefits, and challenges associated with SD-WAN technologies.
• Design an SD-WAN architecture tailored to organizational needs and deploy SD-WAN solutions effectively.
• Implement and manage security features within an SD-WAN.
• Monitor, manage, and troubleshoot SD-WAN environments.

This instructor-led, live training in Setúbal (online or onsite) is aimed at engineers who wish to optimize networking for Kubernetes clusters.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure Calico.
• Understand how Calico differs from traditional overlay networks.
• Understand how Calico combines internet routing protocols with consensus-based data stores.
• Use Calico to create a container networking solution for Kubernetes clusters.
• Use Calico to provide network policy for Kubernetes.

In this instructor-led, live training in Setúbal, participants will learn how to implement deep learning models for telecom using Python as they step through the creation of a deep learning credit risk model.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the fundamental concepts of deep learning.
• Learn the applications and uses of deep learning in telecom.
• Use Python, Keras, and TensorFlow to create deep learning models for telecom.
• Build their own deep learning customer churn prediction model using Python.

AI is a collection of technologies for building intelligent systems capable of understanding data and the activities surrounding the data to make "intelligent decisions". For Telecom providers, building applications and services that make use of AI could open the door for improved operations and servicing in areas such as maintenance and network optimization.

In this course we examine the various technologies that make up AI and the skill sets required to put them to use. Throughout the course, we examine AI's specific applications within the Telecom industry.

Audience

• Network engineers
• Network operations personnel
• Telecom technical managers

Format of the course

• Part lecture, part discussion, hands-on exercises

A 4 day instructor-led practical course designed to familiarise delegates with the Cisco ASA Firewall CLI and ASDM. The course details the key commands used to configure and secure networks using the ASA Firewall with v8 of the operating system and version 6 of the ASDM.

Delegates will configure the ASA using the console port, TFTP server, telnet and SSH using local and RADIUS authentication. The device will be configured to utilise Syslog and SNMP.

ASA Firewalls will also be configured to use Access-Lists, Network Address Translation and VPN's utilising IPSec protocols. The course will cover the theory of Public/Private Keys, shared secret keys and their use in forming Site to site VPN's between ASA Firewalls using IKE and IPSec. Students will configure the units to create site to site VPN's, remote access VPN's using the Cisco Secure VPN Client and Web VPN's. The course will cover the theory of failover and delegates will configure Active/Standby failover on the ASA.

Privileged commands and protocol analyser traces will be used, where necessary, to debug protocols and ensure proper operation of the ASA Firewall. Students will also perform password recovery operations.

This course will involve interfacing the ASA with other network equipment, such as routers and switches, as would be expected in a network environment.

Audience:

Course is suitable for anyone involved in ASA firewall configuration and network security

Course is approximately 50% practical

In this instructor-led, live training in Setúbal, participants will learn the critical features of DNS while carrying out exercises in the setup and configuration of a BIND DNS server on Linux. The course starts with a refresher on key networking principles, then digs into hands-on practice with setup and configuration. Steadily, the discussion and practices move towards more complex topics such as security, availability, debugging and troubleshooting.

This 2 day course investigates the theory and technology associated with IPSec VPN’s.VPN’s are setup using Cisco IOS Routers and ASA Firewalls using the web interface. The workings of the protocols are examined using debug commands and protocol analyser traces of relevant negotiations.

Audience:

Suitable for network planners, engineers or anyone interested in IPSec VPNs

Course is approximately 40% practical

A 2 day theoretical course (with some practical demonstrations) covering the fundamentals of Internet Protocol v6 – including addressing, protocol formats, ICMP v6, discovery processes and IP v6 routing.

Audience:

Network Planners, Designers, and Engineers requiring an understanding of IP v6. Those requiring a comprehensive overview of IP v6 and the migration process from an IP v4 environment.

This instructor-led, live training in Setúbal (online or onsite) is aimed at network engineers who wish to use Linux for network engineering.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up Linux services for networking.
• Replace switches with Linux switches.
• Use Linux commands to manage processes.
• Configure an SDN to automate network maintenance.

The Nessus vulnerability scanner is a very versatile platform for detecting and managing vulnerabilities. They can even do so much more than vulnerability detection. They can also do baseline auditing. In which case you system configuration is being compared with the best hardening standard

In this Instructor led course, we will introduce the components of the solution and the different t functionalities, each module in the application will be explained and its use case laid out.

At the end of the course, participants will be able to carry out vulnerability (authenticated and unauthenticated) scans on almost all IP based systems and analyze the results of the scan to eliminate false positives. The participants will learn to carry out risk based prioritization of findings and recommend compensating controls. This course will help the participants determine the security posture of their systems using Nessus and decide on the best course of action for remediation.

Audience:

• Infrastructure managers
• System administrators
• System Auditors
• System compliance officers
• vulnerability managers
• cybersecurity managers

Format:

Part Lecture, part discussion and hands on practice

This instructor-led, live training in Setúbal (online or onsite) is aimed at network engineers who wish to maintain, manage, and design computer networks with Python.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Optimize and leverage Paramiko, Netmiko, Napalm, Telnet, and pyntc for network automation with Python.
• Master multi-threading and multiprocessing in network automation.
• Use GNS3 and Python for network programming.

This course introduces you to how to install, operate, configure, and verify a basic Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4), including configuring a LAN switch, configuring an IP router, connecting to a WAN, and identifying basic security threats

This course will help you:

Install, operate, configure, and verify a basic IPv4 network

Perform basic troubleshooting steps in enterprise branch office

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led, live training in Setúbal (online or onsite) is aimed at network engineers who wish to converge storage infrastructures with SAN and NAS.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Perform configurations of SAN and NAS storage on a storage system.
• Connect to storage systems and devices from a client.
• Compare SAN and NAS solutions for centralized storage.

The course consists of two complementary parts – a theoretical and a practical one. The first is a one day introduction covering motivation, philosophy, fundamentals and rules of operation of the SIP protocol and ways it is used to implement telecom services with focus on IP telephony and VoIP. The second two-day part enables participants to learn practical aspects of service operation within a framework of hand-on laboratory exercises giving detailed insight into configuration of components of SIP telephony architecture, SIP signalling at both message sequence chart and internal message structure levels, and assists in understanding of typical problems and troubleshooting including security and telecom fraud aspects. The trainers will share their experience in launching, operation and management of SIP telephony covering also virtualization and cloud based solutions. Practical part is presented using both SIP hardphones and softphones and IP telephony servers (Asterisk and Freeswitch). Participants can take advantage of the fact trainers have got rich technical and business experience in IP telephony and submit their own problems and questions. They will be included in the agenda at wrap-up as a supplement to the training to meet current urgent needs of clients. Training is addressed to participants with basic knowledge and experience in telecom services – specifically in VoIP and IP networking.

This 4 day course involves a mixture of expository based (utilising protocol analyser traces where appropriate) and practical experiments to test and verify the operation of TCP/IP networks. The major aspects of the TCP/IP protocol stack are covered, including subnetting, supernetting and running dynamic routing protocols. TCP and UDP will be compared and contrasted, covering the end-to-end reliability and congestion avoidance capabilities of the TCP/IP stack. Some application layer protocols (HTTP, TLS, DNS, DHCP etc) will be investigated during the course. Network security in the form of TLS will be covered both from a theoretical and practical standpoint. The practical exercises are designed to augment the theory and enhance both the understanding of the underlying protocols and also the problem solving abilities of the delegates.

Audience:

Suitable for anyone looking for an understanding of TCP/IP.

Course is approximately 50% practical.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level and intermediate-level telecom engineers and field professionals who wish to use structured deployment methodologies and industry best practices to successfully install, supervise, integrate, and manage multi-vendor wireless networks from 2G to 5G across operator and enterprise environments.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure multi-vendor BTS systems (Huawei, ZTE, Ericsson) from 2G to 5G.
• Supervise site deployment activities and coordinate RF, transmission, power, civil, and core network teams during integration.
• Prepare telecom sites for ATP (Acceptance Test Procedure) and manage operator handover processes.
• Monitor wireless KPIs and manage cluster-based and region-based network operations within commercial and technical reporting structures.

This instructor-led, live training in Setúbal (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level IT professionals who wish to understand the basics and principles of modern information and communication technologies and their applications.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Explain the main components and functions of the internet architecture and how they interact.
• Describe the features and benefits of modern network solutions and implementations, such as fiber technology, clustering, and internet of things.
• Understand the concepts and models of cloud computing and its services, such as infrastructure as a service and virtualization.
• Identify the future trends and directions of information and communication technologies and their implications.

Varnish is a reverse proxy for content-heavy dynamic web sites. Unlike Squid, which was originally a client-side cache, or Apache and nginx, which are web servers, Varnish was designed as an HTTP accelerator. Varnish is focused exclusively on HTTP, unlike other proxy servers that support FTP, SMTP and other network protocols. Varnish is used by Wikipedia, The New York Times, Facebook and Twitter, among other high-profile websites.

In this course, participants will learn about Varnish's features and caching approach while practicing in the setup and configuration of a Varnish proxy on Linux. The course starts with a refresher on key networking principles, then digs into setup and configuration topics and moves steadily towards complex implementations. By the end of the training participants will understand when and where it makes sense to deploy Varnish and will have the necessary practice to deploy their own Varnish proxy solutions.

Audience

• Network technicians
• Network designers
• System administrators

Format of the course

• Part lecture, part discussion, heavy hands-on practice and implementation, occasional quizing to measure progress

VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is a technology that makes it possible for users to make voice calls over an Internet connection instead of through a regular phone line.

In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn how to set up a VoIP system using Cisco CallManager Express.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand fundamental VoIP concepts
• Learn how to use VoIP equipment
• Configure CISCO routers for VoIP
• Implement VoIP and CallManager Express into their network
• Configure CME features for SIP, SCCP, and soft phones
• Work with advanced configuration settings and features of CME

Audience

• Managers
• System administrators
• Software and support system developers
• Technicians
• Network engineers

Format of the course

• Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice