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Introduction to Networking
Overview CCNA 1 - Module 1 (3.1)
- Understand the physical connections needed for a computer to connect to the Internet
- Recognize the components of a computer
- Install and troubleshoot NICs and modems
- Configure the set of Networking protocolsneeded for Internet connection
- Use basic procedures to test an Internet connection
- Demonstrate a basic ability to use Web browsers and plug-ins
In this module one only needs cursory knowledge. In-depth knowledge is saved for later.
Introduction to Networking
Requirements for Internet connection
- Physical connection
- Logical connection
- Applications.
"A protocol is a formal description of a set of rules and conventions that govern how devices on a network communicate."
PC Basics
- Transistor
- Integrated circuit
- Resistor
- Capacitor
- Connector (Swedish: "kontakt")
- Light emitting diode(LED)
- Printed circuit board (PCB) (Swedish: "Kretskort"
- Blueray, (HD-DVD)
- Central processing unit (CPU)
- Floppy disk drive
- Hard disk drive
- Microprocessor – "purpose-designed silicon chip" - "Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI)" - "A microprocessor contains a CPU"
- Motherboard
- Bus (computing)
- Random-access memory (RAM)
- Read-only memory (ROM)
- System unit
- Expansion slot
- Power supply
Backplane components:
- Backplane
- Network interface card(NIC)
- Video card
- Audio card
- Parallel port
- Serial port
- Mouse port
- USB
- Firewire
Network interface card
"The NIC uses an interrupt request (IRQ), an input/output (I/O) address, and upper memory space to work with the operating system."
Considerations:
- Protocols – Speed of FDDI)
- Types of media – Twisted-pair, coaxial, wireless, or fiber-optic
- Type of system bus – PCI, PCI Express (or ISA, EISA or MCA)
NIC and modem installation
- Built-in
- Expansion slot
- PCMCIA
- USB
Overview of high-speed and dial-up connectivity
- The 1969s: 300 bps modems to connect dumb terminals to mainframe computers
- The 1970s: Bulletin Board Systemsappear
- The 1980s: BBS's become popular. 9600 bps. Fidonet.
- The 1990s: Modems reach 56 kbps. DSL, Cable modemsare introduced.
Broadband Internet access
TCP/IP description and configuration
"TCP/IP is a set of protocols or rules that have been developed to allow computers to share resources across a network."
Testing connectivity with ping
- 127.0.0.1
- Ping IP address of host computer
- Ping default-gateway IP address
- Ping remote destination IP address
- Broadcastping
- tracert/traceroute
Web browser and plug-ins
- Netscape Navigator
- Internet Explorer
- Opera
- Gecko layout engine
- Konqueror, based on KHTML (might switch in the future to Webkit)
- Webkit(a fork of KHTML)
Popular plug-ins
- Adobe Flash (Adobe has bought Macromedia)
- Quicktime
- Real Player
- Java (programming language)
Troubleshooting Internet connection problems
(Lab)
Network Math
Binary presentation of data
In Swedish: Teckenkodning på webben (screencast)
Bits and bytes
Prefixes
- kibi-
- mebi-
- gibi-
- tebi-
Units
- Byte or octet
- Nibble, 4 bits, can be represented by one hexadecimal character
- Bit
- Character (may be one or more bytes depending upon the Character encoding)
Base 10 number system
Base 2 number system
Converting binary numbers
Converting 8-bit binary numbers to decimal numbers
Four-octet dotted decimal representation of 32-bit binary numbers
Hexadecimal
Boolean or binary logic
- Logic gates
- Not
- And
- Or
IP addresses and network masks
Network address vz. host address
Extra topics (in addition to CCNA)
Additional resorces (besides Wikipedia)
- What is a Network Interface Card at Learn Networking
- What is a modem at Learn Networking
- A Guide To Network Math at Learn Networking
- Module 1 exam solutions at Learn Networking