Week 7: 11 ITGS ( 22nd Sep to 26th Sep

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?

Network topologies - Ring, Star, Bus, Redundant topology ( ADV)

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.