Welcome to the KENET training Wiki.

Kenya Education Network (KENET) is a National Research and Education Network that promotes the use of ICT in Teaching, Learning and Research in Higher Education Institutions in Kenya.

KENET aims to interconnect all the Universities, Tertiary and Research Institutions in Kenya by setting up a cost effective and sustainable private network with high speed access to the global Internet.

KENET also facilitates electronic communication among students and faculties in member institutions, share learning and teaching resources by collaboration in Research and Development of Educational content.For any queries email training@kenet.or.ke

ISOC Online Courses

KENET has partnered with the Internet Society (ISOC) to provide an online introductory course on network operations which is a prerequisite to attending KENET training. Kindly refer to the KENET website for additional information and registration procedure (https://www.kenet.or.ke/node/441). The course runs for a maximum of one month and participants will carry out the course on virtual machines provisioned on the KENET virtual lab (https://vlab.ac.ke). Kindly refer to the user guide below for a detailed procedure on how to access the lab and create virtual machines.

2017 Workshops

The KENET 2017 training calendar is out. This year, KENET plans to hold two (2) residential courses for the purpose of strengthening our member institutions technical capacity in both academic and research areas. The calendar and full details of the planned courses can be downloaded from the KENET website or by clicking on the link (http://training.kenet.or.ke/index.php?title=Main_Page).

                                                              Summary of 2017 KENET Capacity Building Courses

No.	Course Name	Dates	About the Training/Course	Target Group	Registration
1	Scalable Campus Network	3rd - 7th April, 2017	Scalable Campus Network Course is an advanced course on Switching and Routing concepts designed for experienced already operating a diverse campus network and NOC.	Network administrators / Engineers and ICT managers. More than Three (3) years’ experience	Registration by invitation
2	Network Management & Monitoring	TBD	Network Management course is and advanced course for those managing a diverse campus network and NOC operations.	Network Engineers /Administrator and Systems Administrators. More than Three (3) years’ experience	Registration Not Open

2016 Workshops

The KENET 2016 training calendar is out. This year, KENET plans to hold two (2) residential courses for the purpose of strengthening our member institutions technical capacity in both academic and research areas. The calendar and full details of the planned courses can be downloaded from the KENET website or by clicking on the link (http://training.kenet.or.ke/index.php?title=Main_Page).

                                                              Summary of 2016 KENET Capacity Building Courses

No.	Course Name	Dates	About the Training/Course	Target Group	Registration
1	Advanced Scalable Campus Network	4th - 8th April, 2016	Advanced Scalable Campus Network Course is an advanced course on Switching and Routing concepts designed for experienced already operating a diverse campus network and NOC.	Senior Network administrators / Engineers and ICT managers. More than Three (3) years’ experience	Registration Closed
2	Advanced Network Management & Monitoring	5th -8th September, 2016	Network Management course is and advanced course for those managing a diverse campus network and NOC operations.	Senior Network Engineers /Administrator and Systems Administrators. More than Three (3) years’ experience	Registration Closed

2015 Workshops

The KENET 2015 Training schedule is out and can be downloaded here [[1]].The Commitment form can be downloaded here [[2]].Please send your nominations to Maureen Njue (mnjue@kenet.or.ke) or Nelisa Mwongera (nmwongera@kenet.or.ke)

No	Course Name	Dates	About the,Course/Training	Target Group	Deadline for application
1	Scalable Campus Network	13th,– 17th April, 2015	Scalable Campus Network Course is an advanced course on Switching and Routing concepts designed for experienced technical staff that operates a TCP/IP network. This course requires practical knowledge of IPv4 addressing and general network concepts, proficiency in UNIX and/or Linux and Two to Three years’ experience as Network Engineers/Administrators in a medium to large campus network.	Network Administrator/Engineers, ICT managers and Systems Administrators	Registration Closed
2	Network Management and Monitoring	27th,– 31st,July, 2015	Bandwidth management and optimization course (BMO) is designed to provide necessary skills of managing and monitoring bandwidth usage on the campus network. The course will provide skills of bandwidth management principles within a campus environment and development and implementation of bandwidth policies. The training will also provide participants with skills to troubleshoot common campus network problems and how to install and manage network monitoring tools.	Network Engineers/Administrator and Systems Administrators.	Registration closed
3	Cyber Security Training	26th – 30th October 2015	Security within the campus network has become an area that Network and System administrators need to focus on. This workshop will focus on empowering the System/Network administrators in securing the services, applications, servers and campus networks in general. The course requires practical knowledge of IPv4 addressing and general network concepts, proficiency in UNIX and/or Linux and Two to Three years’ experience as Network Engineers/Administrators in a medium to large campus network.,	Network Administrator/Engineers, ICT managers and Systems Administrators	Registration Closed