i-Net+ Certification v1-6

Training Provided by Wintrac Inc. This five day a hands-ona course is aimed at students with a minimum of six months experience in supporting desktop Internet applications (browsers, FTP clients, etc.) and who wish to further develop their technical skills in web technologies. This course will produce a competent Internet/ Intranet support technician, capable of taking and passing the i-Net+ Certification exam. This course now includes the gtslearning Network+ Certification/ i-Net+ Certification resourceCD with hundreds of useful tools and support solutions for the web specialist. You can get a complete list of other Network+ classes at http://www.wintrac.com/courses/coursesnplus.asp

i-Net+ Certification v1-6 1. Internet Fundamentals

• Functions of the Internet
• Internet Services
• Intranets
• Extranets
• History and Development of the Internet
• Internet Access Providers (IAPs)
• RFCs and Internet Standards
• Internet Organizations
• Useful Definitions
• Physical Network Topologies
• Client Operating Systems

2. TCP/ IP Fundamentals

• Why is TCP/ IP so Popular?
• The TCP/ IP Protocol Suite
• Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
• User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
• Internet Protocol
• TCP/ IP Services
• E-mail (SMTP Protocol)
• Post Office Protocol (POP)
• The World Wide Web: HTTP
• Other TCP/ IP Services
• TCP/ IP Ports

3. IP Addressing

• IP Addresses
• Creating Subnets
• Subnet Mask
• Default Gateway Classless IP Addressing
• Planning Your IP Addressing Scheme
• Applying for an Internet Network Address
• Address Allocation for Private Networks
• Supernetting
• IP Version 6

4. Configuring TCP/ IP on Windows Computers

• TCP/ IP Configuration Parameters
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

5. TCP/ IP Utilities

• Resolving an IP Address to a Hardware Address using ARP
• PING
• TRACERT / TRACEROUTE
• NETSTAT
• ROUTE
• IPCONFIG
• FTP
• Summary of Utilities

6. Resolving Names on the Internet

• Host Names and FQDNs
• Resolving Host Names Using the HOSTS File
• Using DNS
• Configuring DNS Servers
• Troubleshooting DNS with NSLOOKUP

7. The World Wide Web Service

• Overview of the WWW Service
• WWW Client (or Browser)
• WWW Forms
• Web Servers (HTTP Service)
• Web Server Configuration
• Web Server Performance Issues
• Virtual Directories
• Client / Browser Configuration
• Search Engines Overview

8. Developing a Web Site

• Introduction HTML Forms
• Cross-Browser Development
• Text Authoring Tools
• WYSIWYG Authoring Tools
• Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
• Document Structure Tags
• Paragraph Formatting and Block-level Elements
• Text-level Elements
• Hidden Comments
• Lists
• Hyperlinks
• Incorporating Images into Pages
• Incorporating Sounds into Pages
• Anchor Tag and Internal Links
• HTML Tables
• Frames
• Imagemaps (or Hotspots)
• Extensible Markup Language (XML)
• Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML)
• VRML
• Graphics and File Formats
• Multi-media File Formats
• Plug-ins and Multimedia Extensions
• Web Page Design and Performance
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• Server Programming Interfaces
• Server Side Includes (SSI)
• Internet Server Application Programming Interface (ISAPI)
• Using FrontPage to Define Advanced Web Pages
• Database Architecture
• Database Connectivity
• Dynamic Content

9. File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

• Overview of FTP
• Overview of the FTP Process
• FTP Clients
• Configuring an FTP Server
• FTP Security
• Searching for a File

10. Internet Mail

• Overview of the Internet Mail System
• Internet Mail
• Internet Mail Addresses
• Internet Mail Message Format
• Sending an E-mail Message (Client to Server)
• Mail Exchangers / Relay Hosts
• Receiving an E-mail (Server to Client)
• Mail Server Configuration
• Client Configuration
• Attachments and Encoding
• Internet Mail Security

11. News and Other Services

• Overview of USENET Newsgroups Other Services
• The Newsgroups Process
• News Server Configuration
• News Reader Functions
• News Client Configuration
• Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
• Telnet
• Other Services

12. Connecting to the Internet and Security

• Connecting to the Internet
• Leased Lines
• Other Data Transfer Technologies
• Dial-up Services
• Dial-up Protocols
• Virtual Private Network (VPN)
• Routers
• Router Configuration
• Static and Dynamic Routers
• NAT and ICS
• Proxy Servers
• Internet Security
• Password Principles
• Encryption and Hashing
• Digital Certificates
• Encryption Systems
• Firewalls
• Network Attacks
• Security Tools
• Logging and Auditing
• Viruses

12. E-commerce

• Introduction to E-commerce
• E-commerce Business Models
• Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
• Internet and Intranet E-commerce
• Financial Transactions
• Paying Electronically
• Processing Orders on the Internet
• International Sites
• The Internet and the Law
• E-business Risks