Practical Internet Course
Course Description
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.
Course pre-requisites:
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.
Course Classification:
Technical Training Course
This is an instructor led training course taught in a classroom based environment.
Scheduled course dates
| July 2010 | August 2010 | October 2010 | October 2010 | December 2010 |
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If you would prefer to run this course at your premises as you have several employees to place on the course perhaps, then we are also able to offer onsite Internet Training and bespoke Internet courses
The Practical Internet course qualifies for the PTR Training Passport SAVE IT Scheme, which offers discounts on bookings for multiple courses and/or multiple delegates.