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Linux Administration Part 2: Hardware and Programming 
The fourth course in the
Linux Essentials series examines some of the specific hardware and multimedia solutions that an administrator might implement. The learner will learn how to add and manage printers, serial devices and additional disk storage for a
Linux system. The course also examines how to set up sound, graphics, and video when configuring Linux clients. Finally, this course covers some
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Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure Administration Part 1: DHCP, DNS, and WINS 


This is the first course in a five-part series that will provide IT professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to install, manage, monitor, configure, and troubleshoot
DNS,
DHCP,
Remote Access,
Network Protocols, IP Routing, and
WINS in a
Windows 2000 network infrastructure. At the completion of this course, students will learn to identify DHCP concepts; identify procedures to
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Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure Administration Part 5: Enterprise Management 
This is the final course in a five-part series that will provide IT professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to install, manage, monitor, configure, and troubleshoot
DNS,
DHCP,
Remote Access,
Network Protocols, IP Routing, and
WINS in a
Windows 2000 network infrastructure. At the completion of this course, students will learn to identify the components of
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The Art of Global Communication 
Considering that communication is something you do every day, how many people actually stop to consider what is happening before they speak? Can you just talk without thinking too much about the target audience, the message to be communicated, and a host of other information? Communication is too important to be left to chance. The subtleties of language, expressions, and gestures all enrich the
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From Executive-level Sale to Strategic Partnership 
Selling at an executive level doesn't stop when the contract is signed. To develop the business and prevent attack from the competition, major accounts need nurturing. This course illustrates how knowledge of various corporate cultures will give you a customer compatible approach that safeguards and maximizes your account revenue. Salespeople who sell at an executive level and obtain and maintain
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Preparing for the Executive-level Sale Simulation 
...ng to sell the new service, you discover that one of your clients,
MicroGalaxy, is having trouble fulfilling orders due to the growth of their electronic component supply business. They currently use your company for their direct marketing efforts. You talk with your contact in marketing and find out that the company is hesitant to outsource their fulfillment function. Because they place such a
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Relationship Management Preparing the Client Relationship 
...ut as a trusted advisor. You will learn what unique needs clients have as a result of the
Information Age and the importance that trust plays in turning clients into loyal customers. You will also learn what specific roles you must fulfill to become a client's trusted advisor and how your emotional intelligence will assist you in the process. Finally, you will learn how to identify who you
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Sales Negotiations Negotiation Strategies 
...k. In addition, you will learn how to deal with demanding clients and how to adapt when competitors are fighting for your business. You will also learn to use problem-solving techniques to reach mutually-satisfying agreements and how to develop creative options for mutual gain. The target audience for this course is the experienced salesperson who wants to improve their ability to negotiate in
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Introducing Contact Centers Contact Center Essentials 
This course introduces the functions of customer contact centers and the roles of customer service representatives (
CSRs) to provide exemplary customer service. Professionals who want to provide best-in-class customer service for clients by effectively using telephone, fax and
Internet technologies
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Communicating Effectively Build Customer Rapport 2 
This course provides learners tips and techniques to improve verbal and written communication skills in order to deliver excellent customer service. Professionals who want to provide best-in-class customer service for clients by effectively using telephone, fax and
Internet technologies
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Preparing for Mutual Success Satisfy Customer Needs 
This course helps learners to distinguish different customer characteristics, recognize appropriate techniques to successfully respond to each type of person and convert difficult situations into a positive experience. Professionals who want to provide best-in-class customer service for clients by effectively using telephone, fax and
Internet technologies
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Preparing for Mutual Success Reduce CSR Stress 
This course provides several strategies to help
CSRs cope with stressful customer situations while maintaining a courteous and professional demeanor. Professionals who want to provide best-in-class customer service for clients by effectively using telephone, fax and
Internet technologies
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The Client-Consultant Relationship 
...clients and their needs are the vital first steps to establishing productive working relationships. Understanding more about their organizations and what they expect from you will be essential if you are to provide a high-quality service that will excite them. You will also need to know how to recognize all the stakeholders and the real decision makers within an organization, and build teams
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Essentials of External Consulting 
You may already have a reputation as something of an area specialist or problem solver. You may have a number of years of general management experience, or you may have recently acquired a management qualification. Perhaps you've now been asked to deploy your knowledge in an external consulting role. What do external consultants really do? Although they may work in a variety of disciplines,
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Essentials of Internal Consulting 
You may already have a reputation as something of an area specialist. Perhaps you've now been asked to deploy your knowledge in an internal consulting role. Or maybe you've always been attracted to this role and you would now like to find out more? What will it mean for you? What does an internal consultant do? How do you become one? And if you have just become one, what is expected of you? This
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Evaluation and Review 
So, is it success or failure? It's crucial that you take time to review your completed project and confirm the outcomes. What has been achieved, and what didn't go as planned? And how have you performed personally? Of course, success depends on your ability as an external consultant to continually develop in the role, increase your skills, and make overall improvements in your performance. This
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Managing Delivery 
...clients is the most important thing you do as an external consultant. Everything else--the selling and the fighting to win the contract--stands for nothing if you fail to deliver outstanding results time and time again. To keep your reputation intact, delivering to time, quality, and budget is the very least that you must achieve. To ensure that clients remain enthusiastic about what you can
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Diagnosing and Planning 
Your success as a consultant depends on your ability to diagnose each situation correctly. You need to use your previous experience, and bring fresh ideas to every new contract. Frameworks and models help you to make an effective diagnosis. They help you to evaluate the strategic position of the client organization, which is vital. To deliver solutions that are relevant and appropriate to the
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A Workable Solution for Internal Clients 
One of the many challenges of working as an internal consultant is that of "making things happen."
But making decisions isn't always easy. There are so many options and you may encounter resistance to changes you propose during internal consulting assignments. How should you deal with this? And how can you be so sure that working practices won't simply revert back once you're "off the scene?" You
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Establishing a Relationship with Internal Clients 
...clients are internal to your organization, you still need to spend time getting to know them, and understanding what it is they require from you. When you are dealing with internal clients, there may be a temptation to think you know everything about them, and about the project. This course will stop you from making that mistake. It will enable you to understand your clients' needs clearly, in
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The Technical Professional as Internal Consultant 
Traditionally, consultants have been seen as experts outside an organization who are hired to appraise a situation and recommend paths toward improvement. These agents of change may be brought in to downsize a company, recommend efficiency improvements, recommend ways to improve employee morale, or facilitate other changes. Today, companies are selecting technical professionals within the
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Creating Effective Contracts 
When you hear the word "contract", you may think of a written, legal document. However, when it comes to consulting relationships, contracts are more about setting expectations and involving the right people instead of setting legal parameters. In this course, you'll examine how to approach contracting, the considerations that are most important, and how you should approach the contracting
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Presenting to Succeed 
There are a number of basic types of presentations, but all presentations have four things in common: a presenter, an audience, a venue, and a message. This course concentrates on showing how each of these vital elements has to be taken into account when preparing a presentation. Presenting is a skill that needs to be learned and practiced, starting with how you prepare, and you will be shown a
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Delivering Your Message 
So, the presentation is prepared and practiced. Great. But this means nothing to the audience. When you stand there in front of them, all that matters to them is what you look like and what you say. This course is about delivering your message, and the techniques you need to do this. First of all, you have to make a positive first impression on your audience members by how and where you stand, by
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Presentation Resources Available to You 
This course is about making effective use of resources that can take the pressure off you--visual aids, questions, and making a team presentation. Visual aids are overused, and presenters are overdependent on them. You need to know what visuals are available to you, and be able to determine which one suits a particular need. You need to know what makes a successful visual. Finally, you need to be
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Improving Your Cross-cultural Communications 
...clients based over 3,000 miles away. You've never spoken with them before and you're not sure what response you'll get. This is a familiar situation that is played out daily in many organizations around the world. How many times have you found yourself in this situation? Thankfully, there are things you can do to improve your cross-cultural communications and ensure that your clients or
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The Process of Interpersonal Communications 
It is almost impossible to be productive in today's business environment without being an effective communicator. This is particularly true if achievement of your goals depends on your ability to influence others. You need to be able to communicate your ideas, instructions, thoughts, and feelings accurately. This is not as easy as it may seem, and ineffective communication is often at the core of
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Getting Started--The Administrative Support Professional 
...interpersonal skills that help them deal effectively with clients, visitors, and other office professionals. They must also manage their time effectively to function successfully. This course takes you through the process of managing your own professional productivity. You will learn about the changing role of the administrative support professionals, the professional practices common to
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Using Effective Business Communication 
Someone walks into your office and tells you that the ten important packages you couriered have safely arrived in
Albany,
New York. Unfortunately, they were supposed to go to Albany,
Georgia. This is an announcement no one wants to hear. This course is designed to help you use effective business communication as an effective administrative support professional. Learn about etiquette in the
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Attorney-Client Privilege 
... that protects communications between attorneys and their clients and ensures their confidentiality. Many corporate businesspeople are not sure of their rights under the attorney-client privilege, and as such risk destroying the privilege and losing their rights. This course defines attorney-client responsibilities and examines how the privilege encourages open and honest communication between
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Interviewing and Hiring Practices 
In this simulation, you will assume the role and responsibilities of an HR professional at
BTJ Technical Staffing Inc., a metropolitan staffing and recruitment agency. Having faced claims of possible discrimination in past job postings created on behalf of clients,
BTJ management has redoubled its efforts to ensure that all employment advertisement is above reproach and adheres strictly to
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Software Engineering Concepts 
The
Software Engineering Concepts WBT provides an introduction to the basic concepts of software engineering. It examines the software development process, and the relative strengths and weaknesses of various software process models. It also describes various approaches to requirement gathering and problem analysis. The students will also learn to specify and validate requirements. Managers,
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Visual Basic 6 0 Enterprise Client Server Development Part 1 
This course introduces developing programs for an enterprise client/server environment. It introduces multi-tier application architecture, reviews how to instantiate a
COM component, and describes how to make and compile COM configurations. It also describes how COM components are registered and identified in the
Windows registry. This course also introduces the concept of transactions and
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Project Management Techniques 
... life cycles so that they can be delivered to prospective clients before a possibility of a technological change arises. Projects have a small life cycle if they are completed in a stipulated time frame. This can be done by managing the activities that are performed in the project effectively. The student also needs to estimate the number of work periods required to complete individual
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Win2000 Netwk Security Design Providing Secure Access in Remote Netwks 
...re the
RRAS callback options used to verify identities of clients and servers. You will learn about the components of a virtual private network and about the features of the
VPN tunneling protocols,
PPTP and
L2TP. You will learn about router-to-router and remote access VPN connections as well as L2TP and PPTP packet filtering in VPN connections for input and output filters. The features and
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Win2000 Netwk Infra Design Designing a WINS Dfs Strategy 
...S proxy for integrating
WINS enabled client with non-WINS clients in a routed environment. The course also describes how to ensure the availability of WINS servers, secure data transfer, and optimize the performance of WINS. You will learn to identify the deployment strategy in WINS. The WINS implementation design needs to be planned properly to ensure smooth functionality, availability,
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Win2000 Network Infrastructure Implementation Administering DNS 
...rver and troubleshoot problems related to
DNS servers and clients. The course also discusses the concept of zones that are used to store this information. You will learn how to add, remove, configure, and manage zones. Zone replication and zone transfer methods that are used to maintain the same information across servers are also the subject of this course. Related
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Win2000 Network Infrastructure Administering DHCP 
This course discusses
DHCP services. It describes the procedure for installing, managing and troubleshooting
DHCP Server, configuring DHCP client services, and for integrating DHCP Server services with other networking services, such as
Active Directory,
DNS, and
RRAS. Further in this course, you will learn how to create and manage scopes, superscopes, multicast scopes, and new reservations. The
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Win2000 Network Infrastructure Administering WINS 
This course discusses the components, features, and benefits of
WINS. It describes the procedure for installing the WINS server service and explains how to add and start a WINS server on a
Windows 2000 network, as well as how to troubleshoot name resolution problems. Further, the course covers the strategies followed to select replication partners and describes how to configure a WINS server as a
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Win2000 Network Infrastructure Administering RAS 
...nister the
RAS Server, as well as to manage remote access clients. Next, the course explains the elements of remote access policy and the procedure for creating this policy. You will learn to configure a remote access profile for authentication and encryption protocols. You will also learn to grant dial-in permissions to remote users and to configure dial-up equipment. The role of the
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Microsoft SMS 2003 Distributing Software 
To explain how to prepare, manage, and monitor software distribution
Systems administrators, systems engineers, systems analysts, IT consultants, and support professionals with responsibility for planning, implementing, and maintaining Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003
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Installation of ISA Server 2004 
...ver 2004 and configure web proxy, firewall, and
SecureNAT clients IT professionals responsible for implementing network and perimeter security measures, including
Internet firewalls, application layer filters, and screened networks; IT professionals responsible for implementing caching servers and additional mechanisms to protect public-facing
Web servers; IT professionals who have a need to
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ISA Server 2004 Management and Clientele 
...clients and to secure and maintain
ISA Server 2004 IT professionals responsible for implementing network and perimeter security measures, including
Internet firewalls, application layer filters, and screened networks; IT professionals responsible for implementing caching servers and additional mechanisms to protect public-facing
Web servers; IT professionals who have a need to simplify ongoing
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CompTIA Linux 2004 Configuration 
This series covers basic installation, operation, and troubleshooting operating systems on workstations and servers. The learner will be able to explain fundamental open source resources/licenses, demonstrate knowledge of user administration, understand file permissions/software configurations and manage local storage devices and network protocols. The audience includes
Professionals who want to
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The 802 11 Network Architecture 
This module covers some of the key concepts found in the 802.11 network architecture. You will read about the process by which clients connect to an access point, the terms used for organizing wireless
LANs, and how power management is accomplished in wireless
LAN client devices. Without a solid understanding of the principals covered in this module, it would be quite difficult to design,
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How to Build a Computer Network 
This
WestNet e-Learning module reviews the major concepts presented in this course and shows how they work together in several real-world situations. You will also learn how one local area network (
LAN) connects to another, with particular attention to
Internet connectivity.
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Convergence of Communications 
This
WestNet e-Learning module discusses how wide area network (
WAN) technologies support and help implement converged communications, voice, video, and data all transported over the same physical network topologies. We will also investigate components key to integrating puclic swiched telephone network (
PSTN) and data communications.
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VoIP Services 
This module introduces
VoIP Services. We define and explain packet telephony, its benefits and potential pitfalls, and why private users, small and large businesses, and the industry press see this technology as the next great telecommunications revolution. We introduce the many components that make up a converged voice network, and examine their roles. We explore the market drivers pushing
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Norton AntiSpam 2005 
In this course, you will learn about features and benefits of
Norton AntiSpam 2005 and its role in filtering unsolicited e-mails. In addition, you will learn how to filter incoming e-mails on multiple levels, detect and flag unsolicited e-mails, and block intrusive pop-up and banner ads. Finally, you will learn about features of
LiveUpdate. This course is designed for users with basic computer
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Building a Wireless Network 
This course will cover how to build a
Wireless Network. It provides an overview of computer networks and their operation in a wireless mode. It will also explain the features, benefits and requirements of a Wireless Network. Experienced computer users who have a basic understanding of computer networks.
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Internet Fundamentals 
This course will introduce the fundamentals of using the
Internet and different equipment involved in accessing the Internet. The course will also introduce browsers, e-Mail clients, chat rooms, and instant messaging. A computer user, who has some computer experience, but has little or no exposure to surfing and communicating on the Internet.
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Surf and Communicate with the Internet 
This course will provide users information on the
Internet and on how to surf and navigate the
Web. It will also provide how to communicate on the Web using e-mail. A computer user with some computer experience, but has little or no exposure to surfing and communicating on the Internet.
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Using the Internet 
This
WestNet e-Learning module introduces
Web clients and how to use them. It also explores the differences between search methods and reviews data transfer methods and electronic mail.
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Business Writing - The Fundamentals 
Professionals are required to communicate effectively and in a meaningful way with coworkers and clients. The
Business Writing series will provide professionals with the skills necessary to write effectively in the business environment. Business considerations such as tone paragraph structure writing positive and negative messages effectively and proposal writing are key topics covered in this
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Business Writing - Writing Effective Proposals 
Professionals are required to communicate effectively and in a meaningful way with coworkers and clients. The
Business Writing series will provide professionals with the skills necessary to write effectively in the business environment. Business considerations such as tone paragraph structure writing positive and negative messages effectively and proposal writing are key topics covered in this
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Java 2: Networking 
This course provides an overview of
TCP/IP. It also explains the terms such as port socket proxy server
UDP and datagrams. The course explains the importance of the
InetAddress class in
Java networking. You will learn to use the methods of this class in a Java program. In addition you will be introduce to
URLs and
URL related classes in Java. This course explains how to use the methods of the
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CIW Server Administrator Part 3: Services 


This is the third course in a five part series that will teach students about services. This course will cover name resolution with
Windows 2000 and
Linux, name resolution with
WINS and
Samba, and implementing
Internet services. The learner is taught how to install a
DNS service in Windows 2000, and how to configure DNS servers and clients. This course also introduces NetBIOS, how to configure
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MCSD Solutions Architecture II 
The second course in a series of four courses that is designed to provide all of the information a student needs to complete
Microsoft's
Solutions Architecture exam
70-100. This course describes the process of designing a technical architecture. This course will describe networking technologies such as clients servers network types network models and network protocols. It also describes the
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SQL Server 7.0 Web Integration 
...rategy including reasons for linking the databases to
Web clients possible tasks that can be accomplished through Web applications tools used for integration and technologies involved. This course introduces the overall concept of web and database integration with
Microsoft's
SQL Server 7.0 and then describes the elements of and enhancements to the
Web Assistant in version 7.0 and how to
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Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server - Part 4: Connectivity 


This course presents training in skills that administrators need to monitor and manage
Exchange 2000 Server connectivity. Activities covered include monitoring, managing and troubleshooting messaging connectivity, managing messaging queues, and monitoring link status. The course also covers configuring and monitoring client connectivity and diagnosing and resolving client connectivity problems.
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Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure Administration Part 1: DHCP, DNS, and WINS 


This is the first course in a five-part series that will provide IT professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to install, manage, monitor, configure, and troubleshoot
DNS,
DHCP,
Remote Access,
Network Protocols, IP Routing, and
WINS in a
Windows 2000 network infrastructure. At the completion of this course, students will learn to identify DHCP concepts; identify procedures to
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Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure Administration Part 5: Enterprise Management 


This is the final course in a five-part series that will provide IT professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to install, manage, monitor, configure, and troubleshoot
DNS,
DHCP,
Remote Access,
Network Protocols, IP Routing, and
WINS in a
Windows 2000 network infrastructure. At the completion of this course, students will learn to identify the components of
Network Address Translation more...