ITEC350: Introduction to Computer Networking–Spring 2014

 

Date

Class Note

Chapters from CISCO networking Academy

Comment

Week 1

 

Mon, Jan 20

MLK day; No class

 

 

Tue, Jan 21

 

 

 

Wed, Jan 22

Syllabus, Pretest

 

 

Thr, Jan 23

 

 

 

Fri, Jan 24

Chapter 1 Communication Networks and Services

©¬ Matched with Cisco Chapter 1 and Chapter 2

 

Week 2

 

Mon, Jan 27

Continue Chap 1

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

Due – 11:59pm on 2/2 (Sun)

 

Tue, Jan 28

 

 

 

Wed, Jan 29

Continue Chap 1

 

 

Thr, Jan 30

 

 

 

Fri, Jan 31

Continue Chap 1

 

Chapter 2 Applications and Layered Architectures

 

 

©¬ Matched with Cisco Chapter 3

 

Week 3

 

Mon, Feb 3

Continue Chap 2

DNS

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 3:

Due – 11:59pm on 2/9 (Sun)

 

Tue, Feb 4

 

 

 

Wed, Feb 5

Continue Chap 2

 

 

Thr, Feb 6

 

 

 

Fri, Feb 7

Continue Chap 2

 

 

Week 4

 

Mon, Feb 10

Continue Chap 2

IP addressing

 

©¬ Matched with Cisco Chap 4,5,and 6

 

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 4:

Due – 11:59pm on 2/16 (Sun)

 

Tue, Feb 11

 

 

 

Wed, Feb 12

Continue Chap 2

Continue IP addressing

 

 

Thr, Feb 13

 

 

 

Fri, Feb 14

Snow Day – no class

 

 

Week 5

 

Mon, Feb 17

Continue Chap 2

Continue IP addressing

 

Homework 1

(Due-11:59pm on 2/21; submit it to a dropbox in D2L)

 

Homework 1 Solution

 

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 5:

Due – 11:59pm on 2/23 (Sun)

 

Tue, Feb 18

 

 

 

Wed, Feb 19

Continue Chap 2

CIDR

Non-Routable IP addresses

 

 

Thr, Feb 20

 

 

 

Fri, Feb 21

Continue Chap 2

VLSM (Variable Length Subnet Masks)

 

 

Week 6

 

Mon, Feb 24

Continue Chap 2

MAC address

Network Analyzer

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 6:

Due – 11:59pm on 3/2 (Sun)

 

Tue, Feb 25

 

 

 

Wed, Feb 26

Chapter 3 Digital Transmission Fundamentals

 

 

Thr, Feb 27

 

 

 

Fri, Feb 28

Continue Chap 3

 

 

Week 7

 

Mon, Mar 3

Q & A on Midterm Exam

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 7:

Due – 11:59pm on 3/9 (Sun)

 

Tue, Mar 4

 

 

 

Wed, Mar 5

Midterm Exam

Study Guide

 

 

Thr, Mar 6

 

 

 

Fri, Mar 7

Continue Chap 3

 

 

Week 8

Spring Break – No class

Mon, Mar 10

 

 

 

Tue, Mar 11

 

 

 

Wed, Mar 12

 

 

 

Thr, Mar 13

 

 

 

Fri, Mar 14

 

 

 

Week 9

 

Mon, Mar 17

Continue Chap 3

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 8:

Due – 11:59pm on 3/23 (Sun)

 

Tue, Mar 18

 

 

 

Wed, Mar 19

Continue Chap 3

 

 

Thr, Mar 20

 

 

 

Fri, Mar 21

Continue Chap 3

 

 

Week 10

 

Mon, Mar 24

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

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 9:

Due – 11:59pm on 3/30 (Sun)

 

Tue, Mar 25

 

 

 

Wed, Mar 26

Continue Chap 5

 

 

Thr, Mar 27

 

 

 

Fri, Mar 28

Continue Chap 5

 

 

Week 11

 

Mon, Mar 31

Chapter 7 Packet-Switching Networks

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 10:

Due – 11:59pm on 4/6 (Sun)

 

Tue, Apr 1

 

 

 

Wed, Apr 2

Continue Chap 7

 

 

Thr, Apr 3

 

 

 

Fri, Apr 4

Continue Chap 7

 

 

Week 12

 

Mon, Apr 7

 

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 11:

Due – 11:59pm on 4/13 (Sun)

 

Tue, Apr 8

 

 

 

Wed, Apr 9

Continue Chap 7

 

 

Thr, Apr 10

 

 

 

Fri,  Apr 11

Chapter 8

 

 

Week 13

 

Mon, Apr 14

Continue Chapter 8

 

 

Tue, Apr 15

 

 

 

Wed, Apr 16

Cisco Skills Exam in class

at Unix lab (DA225) and Co-op lab (DA201)

 

 

Thr, Apr 17

 

 

 

Fri, Apr 18

Continue Chapter 8

 

On Apr 19 (Sat):

Cisco Final Exam

©£  It will be active from 12noon til 8pm. Please make sure to complete it before 8pm.

 

 

Week 14

 

Mon, Apr 21

Continue Chapter 8

 

 

Tue, Apr 22

 

 

 

Wed, Apr 23

Security Basics

 

 

Thr, Apr 24

 

 

 

Fri, Apr 25

Continue Security Basics

 

 

Week 15

 

Mon, Apr 28

Group Discussion 1

 

 

Tue, Apr 29

 

 

 

Wed, Apr 30

Q & A on the final exam

 

 

Thr, May 1

 

 

 

Fri, May 2

Q & A on the final exam

 

 

Week 16

Final Exam

Mon, May 5

Final Exam at 12:30pm

Study Guide

 

 

Tue, May 6

 

 

 

Wed, May 7

 

 

 

Thr, May 8

 

 

 

Fri, May 9