ITI's which provides courses for Network Technician

Sem. I

Sr. No.

Subjects of Study

Trade Practical

Trade Theory

1

Visit to different sections of the Institute. Safety precautions, Electrical Safety. Demonstration and operation of Fire Extinguishers. Demonstration of Artificial Respiration.  Safety and occupational health: Effects of Cramped room and ill-light working environment. Effects of improper sitting posture. Effects of improper lifting of posture of Heavy Components Electric shock for the user due to electrical problem. Software Hardware security Password, Locked Room, Sealed PC, User last Modified Environment: Pollution of environment due to e-waste. Waste recovery facility through inter industry exchange. Removing Dust particles on the keyboard and other components.

Familiarization with the Institute. Accidents, Safety precautions, Electrical safety. Types of fire extinguishers. Artificial Respiration. First AidGlobal warming.

2

Visit to establishments with general purpose and special purpose computers. Visit to Computer centers installed with Mini and Micro computers. Familiarisation with different type of Computers. Type of applications, operating systems, Software use in the establishments. CMOS Setup, HDD Types, IRQ, Boot sequence, Passwords-User and Supervisor.

Basic definition of computer, features and applications, hardware, software, firmware and live ware. Data, Information, data types, physical & logical concepts of data. Representation of information inside a computer - Bit, byte, kilobyte, megabyte and gigabyte. Generation of Computers –Classification of computers according to purpose (general and special purpose), according to working (analog, digital and hybrid), according to processing capability (Super, mainframe, mini, micro, laptop and palmtop). Concept of Blue Tooth. Data processing – Different types of data processing like centralized, Decentralized & Distributed Data Processing, Server, Different types of servers.

3

Identification of different peripheral devices. Practice of soldering. Connecting and dismantling cords, cables and peripheral devices. Identifying and handling of different types of Latest removable storage devices and CDs/DVDs. Understanding the keys and their functions in keyboard. Keyboard operation and practicing mouse. Connecting different types of peripherals Installing different types of Printer

Block diagram of a Computer system. Standard and common input/output devices. Processing unit – CPU, ALU, CU Memory unit – Primary and Secondary memory. Concept of Virtual memory. Semiconductor memories such as RAM, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM. Dynamic and Static RAM. L1 and L2, L3 Cache Memories. Buses – Control bus, Address bus and Data bus. Secondary storage devices – magnetic tapes, Latest removable storage devices, hard disk, CDs and DVDs.

4

Booting the computer under DOS and Windows. Using different computer peripherals. Self-test for different Printers. Keyboard and mouse practice.

Computer peripherals – Different type of printers, scanners, mouse, cameras, bar code readers etc. Power On Self Test (POST). Booting – booting sequence, cold booting and warm booting. Booting files and their functions. Concept of LILO boot. Storage & retrieval of data – concept of tracks, sectors, blocks, cylinders, boot record, disk partitions, Master Boot Record (MBR and File Allocation Tables (FAT and NTFS). Types of software – system software & application software. Functions of operating system, interpreter, compiler and assembler.

5

Introduction to Windows – The user Interface, Using Mouse, Status Bar, Start, Menus, Running Applications, My Computer, Recycle Bin, Windows Explorer, Creating, Renaming, Copying & Moving files and folders. Using Help. Windows Settings – Control Panel, Setting Wall paper, Screen Savers, Date, Time, Sounds, Task bar and Start Menu. Using right mouse button.

MS Windows –Starting windows and their operations. File management through Windows explorer. Display properties, sound properties, different screen savers, and font management. Installation of programs. Setting, using and applications of control panel.

6

Advanced Windows – Creating shortcuts & folders. Using Accessories, Adding & Removing Components of Windows. Practice of Basic DOS commands for File/Directory manipulations, Copying and Moving and File/Directory manipulations.

Applications of essential accessories - such as notepad, WordPad, paintbrush, images, calculator, calendar, media players and sounds. Multimedia. Basic DOS – Comparison of DOS & Windows, Switching between DOS & Windows. Basic DOS commands for File/Directory manipulations, Copying of Files & Disks, Delete/Undelete.

7

Motherboard – Study of different Buses, Processor sockets and RAM sockets on Motherboards. Identification of different types of RAM and their sockets. Programming and resetting CMOS and making front panel connections. Replacing BIOS and battery. Identification of different types of RAM and their sockets. Installing and extending RAM. PXE booting / Remote booting

Computer hardware – Different type of Motherboards, on-board features, form factors. Different type of Buses – ISA, EISA, VESA, MCA and PCI. Different type of Processors, sockets, RAMs their features, capacities, frequency and advantages. Functions Of I/O Ports and Motherboard BIOS.

8

Expansion Cards - Identification, checking and installing of AGP and different expansion cards commonly used. Installation and checking of Network Interface Card (NIC). Hard Disks and CD / DVD Drives. Partitioning and formatting of Hard Disks. Master/Slave configuration of Hard disks and CD / DVD Drives.

Function and features of different add on cards, Display cards, AGP and NIC. Different types of Hard Disks and CD / DVD Drives and their connections. DOS - different versions, advantages, features and applications. Windows - different versions, advantages, features and applications of windows.

9

Installation of Operating Systems – DOS, Windows XP / Vista / 7 or any other latest version and Unix/Linux.

Installation of network Operating system and basic network configuration. Identification of Network tropologies, network devices, types of protocols used, types and network media used.

Introduction to Computer Networks – Advantages of Networking, Peer-to Peer and Client/Server Network. Network Topologies – Star, Ring, Bus, Tree, Mesh, Hybrid. Type of Networks – Local Area Networks (LAN), Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN) and Internet, Wthernet, Wi-Fi, Mobile

Networking, Wire and wireless

Networking. Diffreence between Intranet and Internet.

10

Installing & Configuring a Peer-to-Peer Network using Windows Software. Making cables by crimping.

Communication Media & Connectors – Unshielded twisted-pair (UTP), Shielded twisted-pair (STP) and coaxial cable: RJ-45, RJ-11, BNC. Crimping and making cables.

11

Installing & Configuring Windows 2003 / latest Linux based Server.

Introduction to Data Communication – Analog and Digital Signals, Simplex, Half-Duplex and Full-Duplex transmission mode.

12

Installing & Configuring Novell Netware Server.

Network Components – Modems, Hubs, Bridges, Routers, Gateways, Repeaters, Transceivers, Switches, Access point, etc. – their functions, advantages and applications.

13

Structured cabling and using I/O Box. Setting up Nodes.

OSI Model - The functions of different layers in OSI model

14

Physically connecting and running the Network. Troubleshooting the Network.

Data transmission in the OSI Model. Protocols IPX/SPX. Troubleshooting the Network.

15

Configuring Print Server. Network Administration Functions. Identification and using the Network components. Cascading Hubs

Ethernet operation. Ethernet characteristics. Ethernet cabling and components – Thick Net, Thin Net and 10 Base T. Limitations and Advantages of Ethernet. 10G Network.

16

Exposure and using Internet.

Internet – Architecture and History. The Internet Architecture Board. Various Applications of Internet.

17

Installing and Configuring Internet Connection on a PC using PSTN.

TCP Transmission Policy, and Congestion Control.

18

Installing and Configuring Internet Connection on a PC using ISDN.

TCP/IP Reference Model – Different layers and their functions. Comparison of the OSI and TCP Reference Models.

19

Installing and Configuring Internet Connection on a PC using ISDN. Installing Proxy Server. Setting E-mail accounts.

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Telnet, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

20

Virtual Networking Practice through simulators.