EC-Council Network5 Course Outline


Basic computing skills like browsing the web and checking e-mails. Office knowledge workers Home users Any non-IT person using computers in their office Please visit EC-Council’s Accredited Training Centers to find all of our upcoming classes, dates and locations. 2 days (9:00 - 5:00) Students will be prepared for EC-Council’s Network 5 exam 112-11 on the last day of the class.

01 Foundations of network 02 Networking components 03 LAN technologies 04 Basic hardware components 05 Network connectivity 06 Wireless network 07 Networking environment 08 Troubleshooting What is a network? Need for a network Client workstation and server Different network models Peer to peer Client/server Mainframe Types of network LAN WAN MAN Various network topologies Ring Mesh Star Tree Bus Linear Bus Introduction to network components Repeaters Hubs Bridges Router Switch Gateway Brouter Types of networking cables Media connectors How to chose on a cable Ethernet Physical characteristics Different categories in Ethernet Baseband and broadband properties Baseband Ethernet Broadband Ethernet Ethernet cables Twisted pair Coaxial Fiber optic Other types of Ethernet LAN Switched Fast Gigabit Virtual Private Network Benefits of using a VPN Connecting to a VPN using Windows 2000 Basic hardware components Installing CPU Installing motherboard Configuring motherboard Installing power supply Installing a hard drive Installing floppy and CD/DVD drives Legacy devices Interrupt Requests Line Assignments Direct Memory Access (DMA) Input/Output (I/O) Address Configuring IDE/ATA/SCSI devices Basic know how of safe BIOS settings Complementary Metal Oxide Conductor (CMOS) Understanding ports Data cables Connector Detecting hardware devices Using Device Manager Setting up a small network Connecting computers IP addressing Assigning IP address Adding computers to a group Network service DHCP WINS DNS Deciding on a network architecture Internet access technology xDSL Broadband cable (Cable modem) Wireless Dial-up connection Make a dial-up connection What is file sharing? Types of file sharing How to share a folder? Configuring share folder permissions Introduction to wireless networks Basics Types of wireless networks WLAN WPAN WMAN WWAN Requirements for wireless network Antennas SSID Access point positioning What is Wired Equivalent Privacy(WEP) ? Setting up a wireless network How to access a WLAN? Advantage and disadvantage of wireless network Introduction to Intranet Difference between Internet and Intranet Advantages of Intranet How Intranet operates? Inside an Intranet Checklist for building an Intranet Introduction to Extranet Difference between Internet and Extranet Advantages of an Extranet How an Extranet operates? Difference between Extranet and Intranet Hardware errors and their codes Troubleshooting guidelines Troubleshooting Network connectivity Testing network connectivity Motherboard failures Response CPU failure Power supply failure Video/display failure Memory chip failure CD ROM failure