With this system it should be possible to study all the problems relevant to technologies, standards, equipment and applications concerning the connection networks among PCs in 'local' environments (LAN).

Objectives:
Training of an installation and maintenance technician for Local Networks, able to:- know the principles, the standards and the devices that are normally used in LANs - install LANs and Intranets while following the cabling standards - install the protocols and set the configurations in the network PCs- maintain, troubleshoot and test LANs Educational Path: The educational path of this Training Package must cover the following subjects: Local Area Network introduction;  What is a LAN? Components of a LAN; Transmission media, Structured cabling; Network Topologies, Network protocols: OSI model, Technologies and standards for LANs, Network devices, Network Operating Systems, Signals encoding and transmission media, Encoding techniques, Transmission media, Coaxial cable, Twisted pair cable, Fibre optics,; OSI model and LAN IEEE protocols, OSI reference model, OSI mode: Physical layer and Data Link layer, The IEEE 802 project: LLC sub layer, MAC sub layer and Physical layer; Ethernet, Fast Ethernet and Gigabit, Ethernet networks, Ethernet and IEEE 802.3, MAC sub layer, CSMA-CD access method, Physical layer, Ethernet: 10 Mbps (10Base-T), Fast, Ethernet: 100 Mbps, Gigabit Ethernet: 1000 Mbps; Network devices, Ethernet typical devices, Transceiver, Repeaters, Media converters, Hubs, Switches;  Structured cabling systems and EIA/TIA 568A - ISO/IEC11801 standards,  What is a structured cabling, Cabling standards, Standard contents and purposes, Structured cabling topology, Components and terminology, Horizontal cabling, Backbones Protocols: NetBIOS, NetBEUI, TCP/IP, IPX/SPX; Level 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 protocols, NetBIOS interface, NetBEUI protocol, Netware protocols: IPX/SPX, IPX protocol, SPX protocol, Internet protocols: TCP/IP, IP protocol, TCP protocol; Intranet and networks testing, What is a Intranet, Terminal Emulation, Files Transfer, Electronic Mail, World Wide Web, TCP/IP instruments; Architecture of a Peer-to-Peer Network Operating System, Main architecture, Redirector and File System, Multiple networks support, NDIS architecture, TCP/IP architecture, Client and Server Peer architecture, Programming interfaces, serial communication architecture, Architecture of a Server Network, Main architecture, NDIS specifications, Network protocols, Transport Driver Interface, Network services: server, Network services: Workstation, DHCP, DNS and WINS services.