Planning for the week 7:
P1: Computer Networks : Introduction to computer network.
Network technologies:
What is network?
Advantages and disadvantages of networks
What are clients, servers and hosts?
Mainframe and Supercomputers - Grid computing and distributed processing.
P2 & P3: Basics of network types, network terms and tools.
What is Ethernet, peer to peer, client server networks? ( ADV)
LAN and WAN ( Why)
Virtual LAN
Internet and intranet
Extranet
VPN
Router, Switch, and hubs
Connect to internet - TV cable, ADSL ( Asynchronous DSL), Analog dial-up, Glass fiber, Wire less, Mobile phone network,
P4: Paper two orientation
P5: Paper two discussion example
P6:
LAN - Ethernet, WLAN, Bluetooth
NOS, Cloud computing
RAID ( redundant array of inexpensive disks)
Storage area network.