ITEC 350: Introduction to Computer Networking – Fall 2013

 

Date

Class Note

Chapters from Cisco Network Academy

Comment

Week 1

 

Mon, Aug 26

Syllabus, Pretest

 

 

Tue, Aug 27

 

 

 

Wed, Aug 28

Chapter 1 Communication and Network Services

Chapter 1 and Chapter 2

Reading Assn & Chap exam:

Due 11:59pm on 9/15

 

Thr, Aug 29

 

 

 

Fri, Aug 30

Continue Chap 1

 

 

Week 2

 

Mon, Sep 2

Continue Chap 1

 

 

Tue, Sep 3

 

 

 

Wed, Sep 4

Continue Chap 1

 

Thr, Sep 5

 

 

 

Fri, Sep 6

Continue Chap 1

 

 

Week 3

 

Mon, Sep 9

Continue Chap 1

 

 

Tue, Sep 10

 

 

 

Wed, Sep 11

Chapter 2 Applications and Layered Architectures

Chapter 3

Reading Assn & Chap exam:

Due 11:59pm on 9/22

 

Thr, Sep 12

 

 

 

Fri, Sep 13

Continue Chap 2

DNS

 

 

Week 4

 

Mon, Sep 16

Continue Chap 2

 

 

Tue, Sep 17

 

 

 

Wed, Sep 18

Continue Chap 2

IP Addressing & Subnetting

 

Chapter 4, Chapter 5, and Chapter 6

 

 

 

Thr, Sep 19

 

 

 

Fri, Sep 20

Continue Chap 2

IP Addressing & Subnetting

 

 

Week 5

 

Mon, Sep 23

Continue Chap 2

IP Addressing & Subnetting

Reading Assn & Chap exam for Chapter 4

          Due 11:59pm on 9/29

 

Tue, Sep 24

 

 

 

Wed, Sep 25

Continue Chap 2

IP Addressing & Subnetting

Homework #1: IP Subnetting

     Due – 11:59pm on 9/30

 

Thr, Sep 26

 

 

 

Fri, Sep 27

Continue Chap 2

ClDR

Non-Routable IP addresses

 

 

Week 6

 

Mon, Sep 30

Continue Chap 2

VLSM (Variable Length Subnet Masks)

Reading Assn & Chap exam for Chapter 5

     Due – 11:59pm on Oct 6

 

Tue, Oct 1

 

 

 

Wed, Oct 2

Continue Chap 2

VLSM

 

 

Thr, Oct 3

 

 

 

Fri, Oct 4

Continue Chap 2

MAC address

Network Analyzer

 

 

Week 7

 

Mon, Oct 7

Chapter 3 Digital Transmission Fundamentals

 

 

Tue, Oct 8

 

 

 

Wed, Oct 9

Online Q & A on the exam

 

 

Thr, Oct 10

 

 

 

Fri, Oct 11

Midterm Exam

Study Guide

 

 

Week 8

 

Mon, Oct 14

Chapter 3 Digital Transmission Fundamentals

Line Coding

Reading Assn & Chap exam for Chapter 6

     Due – 11:59pm on Oct 20

 

Tue, Oct 15

 

 

 

Wed, Oct 16

Continue Chap 3

Error Detection and Correction: Parity

 

 

Thr, Oct 17

 

 

 

Fri, Oct 18

Continue Chap 3

CRC

 

 

Week 9

 

Mon, Oct 21

Continue Chap 3

CRC

Reading Assn & Chap exam for Chapter 7

     Due – 11:59pm on Oct 27

 

Tue, Oct 22

 

 

 

Wed, Oct 23

Chapter 5 Peer-to-Peer Protocols and Data Link Layer

 

 

Thr, Oct 24

 

 

 

Fri, Oct 25

Continue Chap 5

 

 

Week 10

 

Mon, Oct 28

Continue Chap 5

Reading Assn & Chap exam for Chapter 8

     Due – 11:59pm on Nov 3

 

Tue, Oct 29

 

 

 

Wed, Oct 30

Chapter 7 Packet-Switching Networks

 

 

Thr, Oct 31

 

 

 

Fri, Nov 1

Continue Chap 7

 

 

Week 11

 

Mon, Nov 4

Continue Chap 7

Reading Assn & Chap exam for Chapter 9

     Due – 11:59pm on Nov 10

 

Tue, Nov 5

 

 

 

Wed, Nov 6

Continue Chap 7

 

 

Thr, Nov 7

 

 

 

Fri, Nov 8

Continue Chap 7

 

 

Week 12

 

Mon, Nov 11

Continue Chap 7

 

 

Tue, Nov 12

 

 

 

Wed, Nov 13

Continue Chap 7

 

 

Thr, Nov 14

 

 

 

Fri,  Nov 15

Chapter 8 Communication Networks and Services

Reading Assn & Chap exams for Chapter 10 and Chapter 11

     Due – 11:59pm on Dec 1

                                   (Sunday)

 

Week 13

 

Mon, Nov 18

Continue Chap 8

 

 

Tue, Nov 19

 

 

 

Wed, Nov 20

Continue Chap 8

 

 

Thr, Nov 21

 

 

 

Fri, Nov 22

Security Basics

 

 

Week 14

Thanksgiving Break

Mon, Nov 25

 

 

 

Tue, Nov 26

 

 

 

Wed, Nov 27

 

 

 

Thr, Nov 28

 

 

 

Fri, Nov 29

 

 

 

Week 15

 

Mon, Dec 2

Q & A on the exams

 

 

Tue, Dec 3

 

 

 

Wed, Dec 4

Cisco Final Exam

The online final exam will be activated from 9am til 5pm.

Class will not meet but you must complete the exam before 5pm.

 

 

Thr, Dec 5

 

 

 

Fri, Dec 6

Class will meet at the Unix Lab

Cisco Skilled Base Exam

 

 

Week 16

Final Exam

Mon, Dec 9

 

 

 

Tue, Dec 10

 

 

 

Wed, Dec 11

Final Exam at 8am

Study Guide

 

 

Thr, Dec 12

 

 

 

Fri, Dec 13