A+ Certification : Operating Systems

Note: It is assumed that you are familiar with the theory of networking, and networking protocols. Given below are a few resources on computer networking, which you may prefer to go through to get familiarized with networking in general, and TCP/IP in specific.

4. Networking

4.1 Identify the networking capabilities of Windows. Givenconfiguration parameters, configure the operating system to connect to a network.

1 Configure the following protocols

TCP/IP
- Subnet mask
- DNS (and domain suffix)
- Gateway
- WINS
- Static address assignment
- Automatic address assignment (APIPA, DHCP)
IPX/SPX (NWLink)
Appletalk
NetBEUI/ NetBIOS

2 Configure Client Options

Microsoft
Novell

3 Verify the configuration

4 Understand the use of the following tools

IPCONFIG.EXE
WINIPCFG.EXE
PING
TRACERT.EXE
NSLOOKUP.EXE

5 Share resources (Understand the capabilities/limitations with each OS version)

Setting permissions to shared resources

6 Network type and network card

4.2 Identify the basic Internet protocols and terminologies. Identify procedures for establishing Internet connectivity. In a given scenario, configure the operating system to connect to and use Internet resources.

1. Protocols and terminologies

TCP/IP
E-mail (POP, SMTP, IMAP)
DNS
HTML
HTTP
HTTPS
SSL
Telnet
FTP
ISP

2. Connectivity technologies

Dial-up networking
ISDN networking
DSL networking
Cable
LAN
Wireless
Satellite

3. Installing and Configuring browsers

Enable/disable script support
Configure Proxy Settings
Configure security settings

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