Sim-Ex™ Tutorial for A+ : 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.

• Computer Networking
• OSI Model: A tutorial
• Introduction to TCP/IP
• CCNA Tutorial

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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