Course

This course is the fifth of the eight courses in the collection Computing for School - Communication and Networks.

This course is for anyone who wants to know more about how data finds its way through the Internet. It introduces IP address and need some knowledge of binary numbers. It introduces terms such as IP, DNS, DHCP and looks at how a typical home network (SOHO)  connects to the Internet

It is an introduction to the requirement for IP addresses in order to deliver Internet services. It investigates the structure of the IPv4 address, and learns how to assign addresses to devices that are found in a home network. It follows the progress of a www transfer between a web browser and a web server, discovering why DNS helps make the WWW an easier place to visit.

Schools interested in using these materials as part of the National Curricula are free to do so. Additional teaching resources to support the delivery, manage classes and run quizzes are available for free to schools by registering to become a Cisco Academy. http://cs.co/ComputingForSchoolsCourse

This course is free and gives you the opportunity to earn a digital badge as a recognition of your learning. To access the course materials, pass the quizzes and collect the badge, you’ll need to enrol. If you already have an Open University account, you need to sign in before you enrol. Otherwise, it’s easy to create one.

Once you’ve signed in, return to this page and refresh it by clicking on the refresh button in your web browser – this usually looks like a recycling icon that features one arrow in a circle pointing to its tail, or two arrows in a circle pointing to each other. This will update your status so you can enrol by clicking on the ‘Enrol’ button. You are now enrolled and ready to start the course!

To see the other courses in this series, please visit the Computing for School's collection page.

Please send us corrections or comments about this course to ciscocourse@computingatschool.org.uk.