TCP IPV4/IPV6 and other Internet Protocols

TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) - Carries information about the

status of the network itself.
- Ensures connections are made and
maintained between PCs. ICMP Usage

IP (Internet Protocol) 1. Errors in the underlying

communications of network application
- Handles software computer
2. Availability if remote hosts
addressing.
3. Network congestion
DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol)

- Assigns addresses to users that are

configured to use DHCP. Ensures
that each address is unique.

IP Address

- Identifier for a computer or device

on TCP/IP network.

5 Classes of IP Range

Class A (1.0.0.1 – 126.255.255.254)

- Supports 16M hosts on each of 123

networks.

Class B (128.1.0.1 – 191.255.255.254)

- Support 65K hosts on each of 16K

networks.

Class C (192.0.1.1 – 223.255.2554.254)

- Supports 254 hosts on each of 2M

networks.

Class D (224.0.0.0 – 239.255.255.255)

- Reserved for Multicast Group

Class E (240.0.0.0 – 254.255.255.254)

- Reserved

ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

 Software Installation

Software Compatibility

- Refer to the compatibility that a Scheduled or Automated Installation

particular software has running in a
- Runs on preset time or when a
particular CPU architecture. Also
predefined condition transpires.
refers to ability for the software to
run on a particular OS. Clean Installation
Hardware Compatibility - One that is done in the absence of
any interfering elements such as old
- Compatibility of computer
version of the computer program
hardware components with a
being installed or leftovers from a
particular CPU architecture, bus,
previous installation.
motherboard or OS
Network Installation
Installation
- Installation of a program from a
- Act of making a program ready for
shared network resource.
execution.
Service Pack
Attended Installation
- Comprises a collection of updates,
- Installation process that usually
fixes or enhancements to a
needs a user who attends to make
software program delivered in a
choices.
form of a single installable package.
Silent Installation

- Does not display messages or

windows during its progress.

Unattended Installation

- Installation that is performed

without user interaction during its
progress or with no user present at
all.

Headless Installation

- Performed without using a

computer monitor connected,
another machine connects to the
target machine and take over the
display output.
 Device Driver

Device Driver

- A computer program allowing higher-level computer programs to interact with a hardware

device.
- Simplifies programming by acting as translator between a hardware device and the
application or operating system that use it.

For each Device:

1. Supply device drivers for the hardware

2. Enable or disable devices
3. Tell windows to ignore malfunctioning devices
4. View other technical property

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

- Network protocol that enables a DHCP server to automatically assign an IP address to an

individual computer’s TCP/IP stack software.

Disc Imaging/Cloning

Disk Cloning

- Process of copying the contents of one computer hard disk to another disk or to an “image”
file.

Purpose of Disk Cloning:

1. Archiving
2. Restore lost or damaged data
3. Move wanted data into a new disk

Uses of Cloning:

1. Reboot and restore – technique in which the disk of a computer is automatically wiped and
restored from a “clean”, master image, which should be in full working order and should have
been swept for viruses.
2. Provisioning new computers – provisioning with a standard set of software so that a new user is
ready to go straight away with the complete app suite and does not have to waste time
installing individual app.
3. Hard Drive Upgrade
4. Full System backup
5. System Recovery – restores a computer to its original factory software configuration.
6. Transfer to another use