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Networking For Home and Business

Comprising seven units from the Information Technology Training Package

Correspondence Course Number 05C9

The course comprises over 650 pages of up to date notes and over 500 photographs, diagrams, and Windows screen displays

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Course Syllabus

Lesson 1 - Computer Fundamentals

This lesson discusses each individual component found inside a computer so that you can familiarise yourself with a modern system and make informed decisions as to the configuration required for a computer that you may want to attach to a network.

Topics include:-

The latest processors and motherboards
DDR SDRAM, DDR2 and dual channel RAM
PCI, PCI-Express, AGP and SLI bus slots
IDE, SATA-1 and SATA-2 hard drives, including RAID
Sound chips and LAN adaptors
Ports - USB, Firewire, Serial, Parallel
Motherboard chipsets
Modems, cases, power supplies and fans
Monitors, mouse, keyboards and speakers
A complete glossary of common computer terms

Lesson 2 - Networking Fundamentals - Peer to Peer

This lesson covers the following aspects:
- Network adaptors, cables and connectors.
- Hubs, switches and routers
- Setting up a peer to peer network using a switch and Windows
- Mapping to a network hard drive
- Connecting a printer to the network
- Sharing a printer connected to a local port
- Setting up a network printer via a switch
- Setting up a print server

Lesson 3 - Peer to Peer Networking - Advanced

Topics include:-:
- Connecting a modem - 56K, ADSL and Cable
- Setting up a network with Window 98 (for older systems)
- Wireless networks
- Setting up a wireless network via Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7
- Creating and disabling a bridge connection
- VLAN's, port trunking, and network statistics
- Installing a network card into a computer
- Making a CAT5 network cable
- Installing an RJ45 wall point

Lesson 4 - Network Maintenance, TCP/IP, Basic Network Troubleshooting

Topics include:-
- Location, access to, and control of network equipment
- Hardware maintenance, help desks, site maps, data backup schedules
- Basic troubleshooting, cable testers, ping, ipconfig.
- A complete description of TCP/IP
- I. P. addresses, subnet mask, default gateway, subnets
- MAC addresses, APIPA, Leases, DNS, Sockets and Ports
- The seven layer OSI model
- Reports and Documentation

Lesson 5 - Installing a Network, Installing Server 2003 and Setting up a Domain Controller

Topics Include:-
- Determining network requirements and purchasing/installing equipment and software
- Introduction to Windows Server 2003
- Preparing the hard disk drive - partitions and volumes - RAID - dual boot drives
- Installing Server 2003 - Static I. P. addresses
- Installing a DHCP server
- Installing active directory
- Creating disk volumes and RAID drives
- Active directory - creating user accounts
- Uninstalling a Domain Controller
Lesson 6 - Setting up a Client/Server Network

Topics Include:-
- Organisational Units and Groups
- Group Scopes
  - Domain Local
  - Global
  - Universal
- Setting up a client computer via Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7
- Creating a shared drive
- Setting up folders and files
- Permissions for users and printers
- Group Policies
- Setting up an ADSL or Cable modem
- Complete setup of a structured client/server network

Lesson 7 - Network Maintenance Tools

The first part of this lesson takes a detailed look at managed switches
and then takes you through a suite of useful software and hardware tools
available in Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 and Server 2003 that will help you to diagnose and locate network problems. They include:-

Installing default 56K modem drivers

Checking hardware via Device manager

Checking the CMOS settings

Installing or replacing a network adaptor

Enabling a disabling the Windows firewall

The DOS ping and ipconfig commands

The Internet connection sharing wizard

Checking the TCP/IP settings

Installing an ADSL modem/router

Setting up a router for a cable modem

Installing a cable modem

Installing a modem/router/wireless combination

Checking the workgroup name on a peer to peer network

Lesson 8 - Detailed Network Troubleshooting Procedures

Topics include:-
- Four different network scenarios with no Internet access
- Three different network scenarios with a 56K modem attached
- Five different network scenarios with an ADSL modem attached
- Four different network scenarios with a cable modem attached.
- Three different network scenarios with a wireless system attached.
- Issues specific to client/server networks.
Lesson 9 - Performance monitoring tools and miscellaneous topics

Topics include:-
- Task manager and Performance Monitoring with Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7
- System Monitor with Server 2003
- Creating performance logs
- System alerts
- Viewing event logs
- Ethernet over Power (EoP) adaptors
- Hardware Firewalls
- The binary and hexadecimal numbering systems
- Comprehensive glossary of networking terms

Note that it would be an advantage (although not essential) if you had a computer that you can install server 2003 on to,

or even two computers that you can install both peer to peer and client/server networks on to. You will be shown how to

set up a dual boot computer during the course.

Two working computers will be essential in order to carry out the practical work, and obtain the accredited certificate.

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