By the time you finish reading this tutorial you will have a good understanding of how to build a home or office network complete with structured network cabling, network router, firewall, switch installation and configuration. You will also be able to describe all the components of a structured network installation and also how to troubleshoot common network cable faults. You will also learn how to make a network cable, how to choose network devices such as a router, switch and firewall. You will also learn what Power Over Ethernet (POE) is and how it works as well as  how to use the various networking tools required to construct and troubleshoot a computer  network.