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Network Software

Network Software. Level 2 Diploma Unit 10 Setting up an IT Network. Network Operating System. A network operating system (NOS) is software with special functions for: Managing the connections to other computers Managing shared file and printer access

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Network Software

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  1. Network Software Level 2 Diploma Unit 10 Setting up an IT Network

  2. Network Operating System • A network operating system (NOS) is software with special functions for: • Managing the connections to other computers • Managing shared file and printer access • Managing users and their access to networks • Examples are • Windows Server 2008 • Novell Open Enterprise Server

  3. Network Client Software • Each client has to have: • A set of software • to manage the adapter hardware • to manage the protocols eg TCP/IP • to control the user access to the network (login) • to manage local sharing of data

  4. Network Applications • Internet browser • Displays pages created in web formats (CSS/HTML) • Several available with different features • Task: How many browsers are there? • Firewall • To protect the network from unwanted traffic • E-mail client • For creating, sending, receiving and displaying e-mail

  5. Utilities • Standard utilities required • Disk checkers and defragmenters • Backup utilities (very important for file servers) • Disk compression and data compression utilities • Archive utilities • Anti-virus utilities • Task • Research one of these utilities and present findings to group

  6. Utilities Task What is the utility What is it used for? Where can you find it? How is it used? What are the benefits of it? What are the limitations?

  7. Network Utilities • Network utilities • Traffic analysers • Connection analysers • Configuration utilities • Event loggers • Internet security utilities • Threat scanners • Dangerous website detectors

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