Des Moines Area Community College.

Continuing Education

PC Troubleshooting, Networking, and Security

Creating a Home Network
Cost: $89
Create your own home network so that your computers can easily share printers, Internet connections, drives and documents. You'll learn what hardware you need, how to configure Windows XP to run your small network, and how to configure printers and other peripherals. By the end of the course, you'll know how to manage and maintain your network, and how to keep it secure.

Networking, Intro to
Cost: $89
Learn how software and hardware makes networking possible and how networks function.

Networking, Intermediate
Cost: $89
Gain a basic understanding of networking technology, virtual private networks, security, and Internet connectivity.

PC Security, Intro to
Cost: $89
Security expert teaches the fundamentals of PC and network security. Learn the nature of threats, how to assess vulnerability, how to identify weak links in your systems, and how to implement solutions to minimize your risks.

PC Security, Advanced
Cost: $89
When is hacking legal?  When you use it to secure your own network.  The new method of hacking, called ethical hacking or white-hat hacking, uses common and readily available hacking tools and techniques to audit your network so you can locate and close security holes.

PC Troubleshooting, Intro to
Cost: $89
Identify computer components, prevent loss of data, avoid BIOS and CMOS RAM glitches, handle general protection faults.

Wireless Networking
Cost: $89
Wireless networking is a hot topic! More and more people want to roam unplugged, so demand for wireless connectivity in homes, offices, and gathering spaces is soaring. In this fascinating and timely course, an industry expert will help you understand how wireless devices make connections, how connections work and how you can plan, deploy and connect to wireless networks yourself.