ITEC 350: Introduction to Computer Networking – Fall 2014

 

Date

Class Note

Chapters from CISCO networking Academy

Comment

Week 1

 

Mon, Aug 25

Syllabus, Pretest

 

 

Tue, Aug 26

 

 

 

Wed, Aug 27

Chapter 1 Communication Networks and Services

©¬ Matched with Cisco Chapter 1 and Chapter 2

 

Thr, Aug 28

 

 

 

Fri, Aug 29

Continue Chap 1

 

 

Week 2

 

Mon, Sep 1

Continue Chap 1

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 1 and Chapter 2:

Due – 11:59pm on Sep 7 (Sun)

 

Tue, Sep 2

 

 

 

Wed, Sep 3

Chapter 2 Applications and Layered Architectures

 

 

Thr, Sep 4

 

 

 

Fri, Sep 5

Continue Chap 2

DNS

 

 

Week 3

 

Mon, Sep 8

Continue Chap 2

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 3:

Due – 11:59pm on Sep 14 (Sun)

 

Tue, Sep 9

 

 

 

Wed, Sep 10

Continue Chap 2

 

 

Thr, Sep 11

 

 

 

Fri, Sep 12

Continue Chap 2

IP addressing

 

 

Week 4

 

Mon, Sep 15

Continue Chap 2

IP addressing

 

Homework 1: IP addressing

Due: 11:59pm on Sept 22

Please submit it to a dropbox in D2L)

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 4:

Due – 11:59pm on Sep 21 (Sun)

 

Tue, Sep 16

 

 

 

Wed, Sep 17

Continue Chap 2

IP addressing

 

 

Thr, Sep 18

 

 

 

Fri, Sep 19

Continue Chap 2

IP addressing

 

 

Week 5

 

Mon, Sep 22

Due: Homework 1

Solution of Homework 1

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 5:

Due – 11:59pm on Sep 28 (Sun)

 

Tue, Sep 23

 

 

 

Wed, Sep 24

Continue Chap 2

IP addressing

 

 

Thr, Sep 25

 

 

 

Fri, Sep 26

Continue Chap 2

 

 

Week 6

 

Mon, Sep 29

Chapter 3 Digital Transmission fundamentals

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 6:

Due – 11:59pm on Oct 5 (Sun)

 

Tue, Sep 30

 

 

 

Wed, Oct 1

Continue Chap 3

 

 

Thr, Oct 2

 

 

 

Fri, Oct 3

Continue Chap 3

 

 

Week 7

 

Mon, Oct 6

Continue Chap 3

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 7:

Due – 11:59pm on Oct 12 (Sun)

 

Tue, Oct 7

 

 

 

Wed, Oct 8

Q & A on the midterm exam

 

 

Thr, Oct 9

 

 

 

Fri, Oct 10

Midterm Exam

¡×  Study Guide

¡×  Sample Exam

¡×  Solution of Homework 1

 

 

Week 8

 

Mon, Oct 13

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

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 8:

Due – 11:59pm on Oct 19 (Sun)

 

Tue, Oct 14

 

 

 

Wed, Oct 15

Continue Chap 5

 

 

Thr, Oct 16

 

 

 

Fri, Oct 17

Continue Chap 5

Chapter 7 Packet-Switching Networks

 

 

Week 9

 

Mon, Oct 20

Continue Chap 7

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 9:

Due – 11:59pm on Oct 26 (Sun)

 

Tue, Oct 21

 

 

 

Wed, Oct 22

Continue Chap 7

 

 

Thr, Oct 23

 

 

 

Fri, Oct 24

Continue Chap 7

Practice of using Packet Tracer

¡×  Sample activities:

(from the online Cisco R&S 1 class)

o    Chapter 9.2.1.3

o    Chapter 9.2.1.4

 

Week 10

 

Mon, Oct 27

Continue Chap 7

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 10:

Due – 11:59pm on Nov 2 (Sun)

 

Tue, Oct 28

 

 

 

Wed, Oct 29

Continue Chap 7

 

 

Thr, Oct 30

 

 

 

Fri, Oct 31

Continue Chap 7

 

Week 11

 

Mon, Nov 3

Chapter 8

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 11:

Due – 11:59pm on Nov 6 (Thus)

 

Tue, Nov 4

 

 

 

Wed, Nov 5

Continue Chap 8

 

 

Thr, Nov 6

 

 

 

Fri, Nov 7

Cisco Skill Exam

Hands-on Exam on Cisco Network Academy

¡×  You need to practice the lab activities from each chapter in the online Cisco R&S 1 course.

 

Week 12

 

Mon, Nov 10

Continue Chap 8

 

 

Tue, Nov 11

 

 

 

Wed, Nov 12

Continue Chap 8

 

 

Thr, Nov 13

 

 

 

Fri,  Nov 14

Q & A on the Cisco final exam

Cisco Final Exam on Saturday (10am~6pm)

¡×  This exam is an online exam in the Cisco R&S 1 course

 

Week 13

 

Mon, Nov 17

Security Basics

 

 

Tue, Nov 18

 

 

 

Wed, Nov 19

Continue Security Basics

 

 

Thr, Nov 20

 

 

 

Fri, Nov 21

Cisco Skill Exam – Part 2

 

 

Week 14

Thanksgiving Break

Mon, Nov 24

 

 

 

Tue, Nov 25

 

 

 

Wed, Nov 26

 

 

 

Thr, Nov 27

 

 

 

Fri, Nov 28

 

 

 

Week 15

 

Mon, Dec 1

 

 

 

Tue, Dec 2

 

 

 

Wed, Dec 3

 

 

 

Thr, Dec 4

 

 

 

Fri, Dec 5

 

 

 

Week 16

Final Exam

Mon, Dec 8

 

 

 

Tue, Dec 9

 

 

 

Wed, Dec 10

Final Exam at 8am

Study Guide

 

 

Thr, Dec 11

 

 

 

Fri, Dec 12