The object of this course is to provide delegates with an awareness and understanding of the Internet through instruction and hands-on sessions. At the end of the course, delegates will appreciate the value of the Internet, understand how to access the Internet, and make use of facilities such as FTP sites, electronic mail and Web pages.

Delegates should be familiar with the basic principles of computing. A knowledge of basic data communications and Microsoft Windows would be advantageous.

Topics covered on the 1 day Practical Internet course

Introduction to Networking

• Network concepts and terminology (LANs and WANs)
• Serial networking (SLIP, PPP)
• Internet protocol (IP) and Domain Name System (DNS)
• What is the Internet?

Internet access hardware and media

• Hardware: Modems, Terminal adapters, routers
• Media: PSTN, ISDN, Kilostream

Service Providers

• Demon, Tcp, Pipex, etc...
• The InterNIC (Registering addresses)

Internet Access Software

• 3rd party diallers (Trumpet, AOL, WinCIM, Chameleon etc
• Windows 95, NT dial-up networking, Connecting from Unix systems
• Connecting using routers (LAN software)

Internet Services

• Electronic mail, newsgroups
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
• Internet databases: WAIS, archie, gopher, WWW search databases

Security

• Login authentication: TTY based, PAP, CHAP
• Firewalls and proxy

Creating a Web page

• Writing HTML scripts, introduction to Java.

   (excl.VAT)