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 XP and Vista

  • 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 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