Students learn to install and configure networks according to organizational guidelines, and then install new hardware and software components to networked computers. The subject also covers the installation and management of network protocols in a networking environment.

Outline

Building a Simple Network

• Exploring the Functions of Networking
• Securing the Network
• Understanding the Host-to-Host Communications Model
• Understanding the TCP/IP
• Exploring the Packet Delivery Process
• Understanding the Ethernet
• Connecting to an Ethernet LAN

WAN Connections

• Under WAN Technologies
• Enabling the Internet Connection
• Enabling Static Routing
• Configuring Serial Encapsulation
• Enabling RIP

Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment

• Introduction to Administering Accounts and Resources
• Managing User and Computer Accounts
• Managing Groups
• Managing Access to Resources
• Implementing Printing
• Managing Printing

Implementing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure: Network Hosts

• Reviewing the Suite of TCP/IP Protocols
• Assigning IP Addresses in a Multiple Subnet Network
• Configuring a Client IP Address

Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure: Network Services

• Allocating IP Addressing by Using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
• Managing and Monitoring Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
• Resolving Names
• Resolving Host Names by Using Domain Name Systems (DNS)
• Configuring Network Access
• Managing and Monitoring Network Access

Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure

• Introduction to active Directory Infrastructure
• Implementing an Active Directory Forest and Domain Structure
• Implementing and Organizational Unit Structure
• Implementing User, Group, and Computer Accounts
• Implementing Group Policy
• Deploying and Managing Software by Using Group Policy

Introduction to web servers

• Intranets and web sites
• IIS Overview
• Installing IIS

Web site management

• Defining a new web site
• Naming a web site
• Home directories
• Virtual directories
• Redirection
• FTP and SMTP
• Creating an FTP server
• Configuring the SMTP server

Security and authentication

• Installing security patches
• Security tools
• Basic authentication
• Digest authentication
• Integrated Windows authentication
• Certificate authentication
• Anonymous FTP authentication
• Basic FTP authentication