i-Net+ Part 2: Servers, Clients, and Performance

Audience

The intended audience for this course includes people working in entry-level Internet and e-commerce careers such as maintenance of Internet intranet and extranet infrastructure and services or the development of Web related content and applications. The audience may also include people working in non-technical Internet areas such as the marketing of Internet equipment or services or using the Internet extensively in their day-to-day work. A+ and Network+ certification would be helpful but not required prior to this curriculum. Learners are expected to be experienced end users with only novice to moderate level of experience in the infrastructure and configuration of internetworks and Web. This course will help candidates prepare for CompTIA exam IK0-002. In addition students should have taken the first part of this series 14186.

Objective

• Identify features and functions of a Web server.
• Identify features and functions of an email server.
• Identify features and functions of a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server.
• Identify components required to support an Internet client.
• Match types of Internet clients with their functions.
• Match FTP commands with their functions.
• Identify considerations for analyzing server performance.
• Identify considerations for checking log files.
• Configure a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) log file in Internet Information Server (IIS).

Topics Include

Unit 1: Internet Servers

• Identify features and functions of a Web server.
• Identify features and functions of an e-mail server.
• Identify features and functions of a LDAP server.
• Identify features and functions of a Telnet server.
• Identify features and functions of a FTP server.
• Identify features and functions of a news server.
• Identify features of servers that promote security and performance on a network.
• Identify services provided by Application Service Providers.
• Identify features of Web hosting.

Unit 2: Internet Clients

• Identify components required to support an Internet client.
• Match types of Internet clients with their functions.
• Match FTP commands with their functions.
• Match Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) commands with their functions.
• Identify characteristics of Web browsers.
• Identify features of an e-mail client.
• Identify considerations for using legacy clients.
• Configure Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) settings in Windows XP.
• Identify the information required to create a dial-up connection in Windows XP.
• Identify basic configuration settings on a Web browser.
• Configure proxy settings on a Web browser.
• Identify the information required to create a new e-mail account.
• Connect to a remote host by Telnet.
• Sequence the steps to establish a dial-up connection.
• Identify characteristics of browsing the Web.
• Transfer files to a Web server by using WS_FTP Pro.
• Send a new e-mail message.
• Identify considerations for using client software patches.
• Identify guidelines for upgrading client software.

Unit 3: Performance and Functionality

• Identify considerations for analyzing server performance.
• Identify considerations for checking log files.
• Configure a FTP log file in IIS.
• Monitor network traffic by using Sniffer Basic.
• Monitor effects of Internet connections on server performance by using Windows 2000 Performance Monitor.
• Identify characteristics of caching.
• Identify characteristics of client-side caching.
• Identify characteristics of server-side caching.
• Match the caching protocols with their functions.

Duration

8

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

Media

CDROM