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Students will learn how to select and set up a network architecture.
Connections, network equipment, cabling, needs analysis and hardware
specifications are covered. Lecture, two hours per week; lab, two hours per
week.
Prerequisite: None
Credit Hours: 3
01/09/2008-05/16/2008 Lecture Monday 11:00AM - 12:40PM, A Building, Room 212
01/09/2008-05/16/2008 Laboratory Wednesday 11:00AM - 12:40PM, A Building, Room
212
Note: Lecture and Lab days may change back and forth to match the semester calendar.
Network+ Guide to Networks, Fourth Edition
Tamara Dean
ISBN 13: 978-0-619-21743-3 © 2006
ISBN 10: 0-619-21743-X
Simulation CD, LabSim for Network+, Second Edition
ISBN 13: 978-1-4188-3585-9
ISBN 10: 1-4188-3585-4
Homework is posted online in Blackboard .
There shall be about 12 Homework assignments for this course, each worth 100 points.
Each chapter's homework for this course shall (usually) include a hands-on lab exercise for practical experience, short answer questions (true/false, multiple choice) to reinforce principles, and an assignment using the sim CD for you to gain experience with equipment not available in the lab. As each student is given a "lab drive" you may install the sim software on your hard drive (as well as at home) and complete the assignment in class. Lab drives may not be taken home.
This schedule is tentative and subject to change.
| Date | Topic(s) |
| Wednesday, January 09, 2008 | Class Intro |
| Syllabus | |
| Blackboard Login | |
| Monday, January 14, 2008 | Chapter 1 An Introduction to Networking |
| Wednesday, January 16, 2008 | Chapter 1 An Introduction to Networking |
| Monday, January 21, 2008 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (College Closed) |
| Wednesday, January 23, 2008 | Chapter 2 Networking Standards and the OSI Model |
| Monday, January 28, 2008 | Chapter 2 Networking Standards and the OSI Model |
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 | Chapter 3 Transmission Basics and Networking Media |
| Monday, February 04, 2008 | Chapter 3 Transmission Basics and Networking Media |
| Wednesday, February 06, 2008 | Snow cancellation |
| Monday, February 11, 2008 | Sick |
| Wednesday, February 13, 2008 | Sick |
| Monday, February 18, 2008 | All President’s Day (College Closed) |
| Wednesday, February 20, 2008 | Chapter 4 Network Protocols |
| Monday, February 25, 2008 | Chapter 4 Network Protocols |
| Wednesday, February 27, 2008 | Chapter 5 Networking Hardware |
| Monday, March 03, 2008 | Chapter 5 Networking Hardware |
| Wednesday, March 05, 2008 | Chapter 6 Topologies and Access Methods |
| Monday, March 10, 2008 | Chapter 6 Topologies and Access Methods |
| Wednesday, March 12, 2008 | Catch-up & Review MID-TERM (Chapters 1-5) |
| Monday, March 17, 2008 | Spring Break for Faculty and Students (No Classes) |
| Wednesday, March 19, 2008 | Spring Break for Faculty and Students (No Classes) |
| Monday, March 24, 2008 | Chapter 7 WANs, Internet Access, and Remote Connectivity |
| Wednesday, March 26, 2008 | Chapter 7 WANs, Internet Access, and Remote Connectivity |
| Monday, March 31, 2008 | Chapter 12 Troubleshooting Network Problems |
| Wednesday, April 02, 2008 | Chapter 12 Troubleshooting Network Problems |
| Monday, April 07, 2008 | Chapter 13 Ensuring Integrity and Availability |
| Wednesday, April 09, 2008 | Chapter 13 Ensuring Integrity and Availability |
| Monday, April 14, 2008 | Chapter 14 Network Security |
| Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | Chapter 14 Network Security |
| Monday, April 21, 2008 | Chapter 15 Implementing and Managing Networks |
| Wednesday, April 23, 2008 | Chapter 15 Implementing and Managing Networks |
| Monday, April 28, 2008 | Special Topics |
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 | Catch-up & Review |
| Monday, May 05, 2008 | Final Exam |