Networking Fundamentals

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Learn the fundamentals of networking and prepare for a career in a new and fast-growing field.

Introduction to Networking explains computer networking basics in terms that you can easily understand, using concepts common to everyday, non-computing experience. A brief introduction to networking history provides context, explaining how networks have become so important to businesses and individuals. The course emphasises networking fundamentals, explaining the software and hardware that makes networking possible. The course stresses understanding how and why networks work, rather than focusing on memorization of terms or numbers.

Upon completion of the course, you will be capable of performing basic computer networking tasks, such as DSL connectivity or configuring connections to an Internet Service Provider. This course will give you the foundation you need to begin training for CCNA Certification or employment in a computer networking career.

Courses are delivered to you through expertly executed lessons, online instruction and interaction with like-minded students. Our courses are designed to deliver all of the benefits of studying in a classroom whilst giving you the flexibility to study at a time and place to suit your needs. You can access your classroom 24/7 from any device with an internet connection.

This course has a 3 month duration. You'll complete comprehensive lessons, quizzes and assignments before submitting your final exam at the end of the course to achieve your certificate. Courses must be completed within the 3 month access period.

Have you ever wondered how networks started? We're surrounded by networks, whether they're computer networks, networks of roads, or the network of telephones that allow us to communicate every day. In our first lesson, you'll learn how networks have evolved over the last hundred years. You'll also find out why every additional device that connects to a network greatly increases the value of the network. By the time you've completed this lesson, you'll have a framework of knowledge that will take you through the rest of the course.

In today's lesson, you'll jump right into networks and networking, and learn how they work. We'll use examples from our everyday experience. You'll learn how to tell the difference between a network and networking, and realize that computer networks are a lot like freeway networks. You'll never look at an interstate the same way again! You'll also find out why shipping your data from one computer to the next is a lot like sending your distant uncle a new coffee mug for his birthday. Believe it or not, freeways and shipped gifts have a direct correlation to how networks and networking operate!

Have you ever heard someone refer to a computer as a server? Maybe you've heard someone talk about connecting computers in a peer-to-peer environment. Understanding the difference between client/server and peer-to-peer networks really helps you learn about computers and networking. So in today's lesson, you'll learn how to tell the difference between client/server and peer-to-peer networks, and when to use one instead of the other.

Many people have heard of Ethernet, but what does that mean exactly? In this lesson, you'll learn all about Ethernet, and a whole lot more. Here you'll find out the difference between a star topology and a bus topology, and the advantages of each. Is Ethernet or Token Ring the best modern network technology, and why? In this lesson, you'll get those answers and many more!

In today's lesson, we'll explore how routers operate, and you'll see why routers operate a lot like how a receptionist in a growing company handles telephone calls. In this lesson, we'll build on information you learned in previous lessons, then you'll find out how a single interconnected network (the Internet) can actually span the entire globe. A global network is an amazing feat, accomplished by interconnecting network segments and routing data! When you've completed this lesson, you'll understand how routing helps our data to cross the city, state, or an entire ocean.

When people communicate, they speak a language—such as English—to exchange information. Computers communicate similarly over a network, but instead of speaking a language, they use something called a protocol. Protocols are similar to languages, and in this lesson, you'll learn about the protocols used in networking. You'll also learn which protocol has emerged as the dominant computer protocol, and why!

In today's lesson, you'll learn how the networking protocol TCP/IP operates. TCP/IP is a collection of protocols, and today you'll learn how TCP/IP divides its tasks. We'll go over how TCP/IP uses addresses to direct data to its rightful owner—it's similar to how we use street addresses.

Have you ever wondered how your computer converts a World Wide Web address into a Web site that appears on your screen? In this lesson, you'll learn how the Domain Name System (DNS) translates names into numeric addresses, and how all that allows your favorite Web site, e-mail, or file to appear on your computer screen. You'll also learn how the entire computer industry comes to a consensus about how the Internet should work.

Today, we'll take a look at Wide Area Networks (WANs) and how they compare to Local Area Networks (LANs). You'll learn all about how data gets sent over long distances, and how the Internet changed expensive, long-distance network connections. You'll also learn how Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) secures those Internet connections from prying eyes.

If you connect to the Internet, you use remote access. In today's lesson, we'll explore the traditional means of connecting to remote LANs, and talk about exactly how dial-up Internet access works. Then we'll discuss modern means by which many people connect to the Internet, including DSL and cable modems.

In this lesson, you'll apply many of the concepts you've learned so far in this course. We'll walk through the process of making an Internet connection, and you'll see the step-by-step process of creating a dial-up connection. Each step of the way, you'll come to understand what's going on behind the scenes. From there, we'll jump to connecting to the Internet using broadband connections, such as DSL or cable modems.

In our final lesson, we'll tie all the previous lessons together, clarifying how new information about networks and networking can be quickly understood. You'll learn three categories into which networking knowledge can be placed, and see examples to apply your newfound network categories. By the end of this lesson, your understanding of networking will be solid as a rock, and you'll be well-prepared for a lifetime of continued learning about networking!

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Once you've made the payment, we'll send you a confirmation email with a link to start your course. Feel free to get started whenever you're ready!

You'll have 3 months access to your course. In that time you are free to study at your own pace. The course duration is 24 hours.

Online learning is a flexible way to study that fits around your schedule, giving you the freedom to learn at your own pace from anywhere in the world. You'll have 3 months to complete the course and can take the multiple-choice questions and final exam whenever it suits you.

If you need help, you can contact us anytime. You can also join the discussion area where you can interact with other students. The discussion area for each lesson is open for the entire duration of the course.

Of course! We offer a 7-day money back guarantee. As long as you haven't completed the course, you can get a full refund within 7 days of enrolling.

We do not offer extensions or transfers for this self-paced course. However, you will have 3 months to complete the course, and if you need to cancel within the first 10 days of enrolment, we offer a money back guarantee.

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Excellent course content, good analogies and examples. Explained in an easily understood manner. Content was perfect for an introductory course.

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Excellent use of illustrations as a means of clarifying initially difficult concepts. Very clear writing style. I also enjoyed the humor. Overall, an excellent course.

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From the moment that you enrol in the Networking Fundamentals you will become an integral part of our learning community. You'll find yourself with the freedom to learn at a speed that suits you, on any device, from anywhere in the world. Achieving your career goals no longer has to mean compromising family and work commitments.

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Delivery Method Online
Professional Certificate
24hrs Suggested Study Time
3 Months Access
Tutor Support
Study On Any Device
3630 Students

Expand your knowledge of Structured Query Language (SQL), the industry standard database programming language.

In this course, you'll learn techniques that will enable you to write powerful queries that perform complicated searches and sorts on your data. First, you'll explore how to write and implement complex queries on multiple tables simultaneously and how to apply advanced filtering techniques. You'll learn to create union queries that combine records from multiple queries, and you'll discover how to use union queries to exclude or include duplicate records. In addition, you'll find out how to use text strings within union queries.

Next, you'll master advanced techniques for updating various types of data stored in your tables. You'll learn how to update a single field, multiple fields, multiple records, date fields, and calculated fields. And you'll see how to update and set NULL values using an update statement.

In addition, you'lluse advanced insertion techniques to add data to your tables and learn how to create, query, and modify temporary tables. You'll also see how toimplement techniques to handle duplicate values stored in a table and how to limit the results of a result set. And finally, you'll discover how to usestring functions to perform complicated searcheson strings,how to implement date and time functions to insertand extract portions of a date, and how tocreate queriesthat accept input fromusers.

By the end of this course, you'll be able to use a wide range of advanced SQL techniques with confidence. Your new skills with databases will enhance your competitiveness in the technical fields of software development and database administration.

In our first lesson, we'll discuss the importance of Structured Query Language (SQL) and why it's used in conjunction with databases. We'll do a quick review of some of the basic concepts of the SQL language, including commonly used keywords, SQL data types, constraints, logical operators, and comparison operators. We'll also go over running queries in the SQL Design View and SQL View interfaces of Microsoft Access.

In this lesson, you’ll discover how to query multiple tables using subqueries. You’ll learn about the different types of subqueries and how subqueries are processed. You'll find out how to create nested subqueries, subqueries linked by comparison operators, and subqueries that are linked through the following powerful keywords IN, NOT IN, EXISTS, ANY, SOME, ALL.

In this lesson, you'll learn how to use unions to create queries that combine records from multiple queries, enabling you to either exclude or include duplicate records. You also will learn how to order the results from a union query, how to create an alias within a union query, and how to use a text string to display a value in a union query.

In this lesson, you'll find out how to use advanced joins to query multiple tables simultaneously. You'll learn to create inner joins and outer joins. You will learn to create joins that contain aggregate functions and joins that are nested. You'll also find out how to create joins using SQL-92 and SQL-89 syntax.

In this lesson, you'll learn how to use advanced update techniques to update data stored in your tables. You'll see how to use the UPDATE and SET keywords in an update statement and how to incorporate a WHERE clause within an update statement. We'll go over how to update single fields and multiple fields and how to update multiple records simultaneously, as well as how to update date fields. I'll also show you how to update columns with calculated fields, and also how to use an update statement to update multiple columns to NULL and how to insert data into NULL columns.

In today's lesson, you'll find out how to use advanced insertion techniques to add to your tables. You'll learn how to create conditional and nonconditional insert statements and how to insert records that contain NULL values. We'll also explore how to insert records without the specification of column names and how to insert calculated values into a table. Finally, you'll see how to insert values from functions, how to insert a single record using a conditional insert statement, and how to insert multiple records using a conditional insert statement.

In this lesson, you'll learn advanced filtering techniques that implement the LIKE operator. We'll begin with a review of the LIKE operator and then we'll discuss more advanced LIKE operator queries.  You'll learn how to use the percent (%) wildcard with the LIKE operator to compare a value to a string expression and to find a range of values. You'll learn how to use the exclamation mark (!) and the percent (%) sign wildcards with the LIKE operator to match character and digit patterns. You'll learn how to use the bracket ([]) wildcard with the LIKE operator to search for a range of characters and to search for a set of characters. You'll also learn how to use the LIKE operator to search for a combination of characters and digits.

In this lesson, you'll see how to create, query, and modify temporary tables. We'll begin with a discussion on the importance of temporary tables and why we use them. Then we'll explore how to create and access temporary tables. You'll learn how to create a temporary table based on a standard table and how to create a temporary table based on a complex join. You'll see how to query a temporary table and how to find the second highest value in a column of a temporary table. You'll also see how to add a column and a datatype to a temporary table. Then we'll explore how to add a default value to a temporary table. Finally, we'll go over how to remove a column from a temporary table and how to delete a temporary table.

In this lesson, you'll learn how to handle duplicate values stored in a table and how to limit the results of a result set. You’ll learn how to implement the DISTINCT keyword against a single field, how to implement the DISTINCT keyword against multiple fields, how to implement the DISTINCT keyword against a subquery, how to implement the DISTINCTROW keyword, how to implement the TOP keyword on a descending order field, how to implement the TOP keyword on an ascending order field, and how to implement the TOP PERCENT keywords.

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use string functions to manipulate strings. You’ll learn how to use the LEFT () and RIGHT () functions to return characters of a string combined with concatenation, how to use the StrConv () function to convert values stored in columns, and how to convert string values typed directly into the StrConv () function. You’ll also learn how to use the LEN () function to count values stored in a column and how to count values typed directly into the LEN () function.

In this lesson, you'll learn how to use the NOW () function to insert the date and time and how to insert a calculated date and time. You'll find out how to use the YEAR () function in a join query to extract the year from a date. And you'll learn how to use the YEAR (), MONTH (), MONTHNAME (), WEEKDAY (), and WEEKDAYNAME () functions to extract the year, month, name of the month, week, and name of the week from a date. You'll also learn how to use the FORMAT () function in a subquery to format dates.

In this lesson, you'll learn how to create and implement parameter queries. You'll find out how to create a parameter query with one prompt and how to create a parameter query with two prompts. Then we'll go over how to create a parameter query that prompts the user for a date and how to create a parameter query that prompts the user for two dates. Finally, we'll discuss how to create a parameter query that queries two tables using a join and how to create a parameter query that implements the LIKE operator in a join query.

Cecelia Allison

Cecelia Allison is an experienced software tester and technicalspecialist with more than 15years of hands-on experience using and teaching SQL. She is also a technical writer, a published author, and a university instructor. Sheholds a Bachelor of... Read more

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Frequently Asked Questions

Once you've made the payment, we'll send you a confirmation email with a link to start your course. Feel free to get started whenever you're ready!

You'll have 3 months access to your course. In that time you are free to study at your own pace. The course duration is 24 hours.

Of course! We offer a 7-day money back guarantee. As long as you haven't completed the course, you can get a full refund within 7 days of enrolling.

What people are saying about our courses

Great course by Cecilia. It was well written, easy to read and understand. The assignments enforced what was presented in the lesson.

Verified Student

Cecelia, I've learned a lot from both of your SQL courses (Introduction & Intermediate). I appreciate the opportunity to study online (good use of time since I work full-time with a daily commute). I've enjoyed these classes, thank you.

Verified Student

Cecelia Allison is by far the best instructor that I've had. She teaches in a way that makes it so easy to understand. I have read books by others who taught SQL and there is no comparison. I strongly recommend her course to anyone wanting to learn SQL.

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The Learning Environment

From the moment that you enrol in the SQL Intermediate you will become an integral part of our learning community. You'll find yourself with the freedom to learn at a speed that suits you, on any device, from anywhere in the world. Achieving your career goals no longer has to mean compromising family and work commitments.

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