Essentials of Information Technology

Assignment 10

Topic Practical work due Answers due

Chapter 8: The Internet

NOTE: 1. All work is to be submitted for marking by the lecturer/tutors.

2. All written work must be typed and printed, not hand-written.
3. Keep all textual answers very brief and to the point.

A. Do the following practical work

1. Study the course material for Chapter 8: The Internet. Note: You do not
have to study these sections:

 Searching the Internet (pp 312 – 317)

Note: The following sections of the book are for self-study:

 Beyond Browsing, Searching, and E-Mail (pp 317 - 332)

2. Be sure to carefully and correctly complete the review activities at the

end of this chapter.

3. Do the following hands-on lab activities at the end of this document:

 Exploring FTP
 Exploring Internet Activities

Print each activity document out, staple them together, and work through
them, writing your answers in the spaces provided. Before you begin,
write your surname, first name and student number (in that order) on
each activity document.

When teaching and learning is online only, only electronic submissions

of assignments will be allowed, in which case you need to scan your
completed documents and submit them as a PDF document onto
Blackboard. If scanning facilities are not available, you need to create
one MS Word document instead and write your answers in it for each
activity. Provide a heading for each activity and clearly label each

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answer (e.g. Step 1c) so that it is very clear what question each answer
belongs to. Before submitting your document onto Blackboard, be sure
that your surname, first name and student number (in that order) are at
the beginning of the document.

4. Prepare for your online quiz/exam for this chapter (refer to the lecture
schedule for the date and time). These online exams/quizzes are done
during your practical sessions. This assessment is to be done alone and
under exam conditions.

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Activity: Exploring FTP

Objectives

 Demonstrate how to use FTP from the command prompt and Web browser.

Background / Preparation
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is part of the TCP/IP suite. FTP is used to transfer files from one network
device to another network device. Windows includes an FTP application that you can execute from the
command prompt. There are also many free GUI versions of FTP that you can download. The GUI
versions are easier to use than typing from a command prompt.

When using FTP, one computer is normally the server and the other computer is the client. When
accessing the server from the client, you need to provide a username and password. Some FTP servers
have a userID named anonymous. You can access these types of sites by simply typing “anonymous” for
the userID, without a password. Usually, the site administrator has files that can be copied but does not
allow files to be posted with the anonymous userID.

If your class does not have an FTP server available, you can download and install a freeware version,
such as Home FTP Server or Cerberus FTP server. The FTP Server on a computer running the CCNA
Discovery Live CD may also be used. Another computer will act as the FTP client by using FTP from the
command line, a web browser, or download a freeware version of an FTP client, such as SmartFTP
Client or Core FTP LE client.

The following resources are required:

 Windows-based computer with an FTP client.

 A Web browser.

Step 1: Examine FTP from the command prompt

a. Click the Start button, select Run, type cmd on the command line, and then click OK. If you are
using Windows 10, instead click the Start button, type cmd, and press Enter.

b. At the prompt, type ftp to start the FTP application. The prompt changes.

c. From the ftp prompt, type ? to see a list of the commands that can be used in this mode.

d. List three FTP commands. _________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

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e. At the prompt, type help put to see a short description of the put command.

f. What is the purpose of the put command?

________________________________________________________________________________

g. Use the help command again to get the purpose of the get, send, and recv commands.

get _______________________________________________________________________________

send _____________________________________________________________________________

recv ______________________________________________________________________________

Step 2: Use FTP in the Web browser

a. Open the Web browser and go to ftp.sun.ac.za. This is the domain name of the FTP server at
Stellenbosch University. A list of files on the remote server is displayed.

b. Click the pub folder. Examine the list of folders and files.

c. Click the windows_dos folder. Examine the list of folders and files.

d. Click the freedos folder. Examine the list of folders and files.

e. Explore the folders and subfolders. Right-click a text file (a file with a .TXT file extension) and select
Save Target As… (the menu command might be different depending on the browser that you are
using).

f. Save the file to your L: drive (click L: drive on the left side of the Save window and click the Save
button). If you don’t have access to your L: drive, save the file to your flash drive.

g. A window will be displayed indicating that the file was downloaded. Close the window.

h. Go to the drive that you saved the file to and make sure that it is there. You have just downloaded a
file from Stellenbosch University’s FTP server. Include the file with your assignment submission. If
the tutors are marking this assignment in the lab, have the file available to show your tutor.

Portions of this activity are based upon an activity by Cisco Systems, Inc.

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Activity: Exploring Internet Activities

Objectives

 Explore the types of activities that take place via the Internet.

Background / Preparation
The following resources are required:

 A Windows-based computer with an Internet connection.

 A Web browser.

Complete the following table

Use the Web to determine one example of a site or product that offers/supports each of the activities listed
below (examples are given for the first two to show what is required):

Activity/Facility Example Site/Product/Provider

Search engine Google

Online banking ABSA, Standard Bank, Nedbank

Web-based e-mail

Online TV streaming

Instant messaging

Online shopping

Creating/editing collaborative Web pages

Status updates

Online news

Web forum

Blogging content management system

Online course provider

Twittering

Purchasing music online

Web-based learning management system

Business social networking

VoIP

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