ITEC451: Network Design and Analysis–Spring 2015

 

Date

Class Note

Cisco Networking Academy

Routing and Switching Essentials

Comment

Week 1

 

Mon, Jan 19

MLK day; No class

 

 

Tue, Jan 20

 

 

 

Wed, Jan 21

Syllabus, Pretest

 

 

Thr, Jan 22

 

 

 

Fri, Jan 23

Hands-on Project 1: Recommendation for computer buyers

 

 

Week 2

 

Mon, Jan 26

Chapter 1 An Introduction to Model Building

 

Chap 1: Activity 1 Seven Step Model-Building Procedure

 

 

Tue, Jan 27

 

 

 

Wed, Jan 28

Continue Lecture 1

 

Homework 1 (Activity 2)

Due: 1pm on 2/2 (Monday)

Submit your solution to a dropbox in D2L.

 

 

Thr, Jan 29

 

 

 

Fri, Jan 30

Student Presentations on Project 1: Recommendation for computer buyers

 

Project 2: Design Small Company Network

(Due – 1:45 on Feb 6, Fri)

 

 

Week 3

 

Mon, Feb 2

Chapter 2 Basic Linear Algebra

 

Chap 2: Activity 2 (Homework 1)

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

Due – 11:59pm on 2/9 (Mon)

 

Tue, Feb 3

 

 

 

Wed, Feb 4

Continue Lecture 2

 

Chap 2: Activity 3 (Homework 2)

 

 

Thr, Feb 5

 

 

 

Fri, Feb 6

Student Presentations on Project 2: Design Small Company Network

 

Project 3: Research on Untangle

-       What is it?

-       What we can do? What features it has?

 

 

Week 4

 

Mon, Feb 9

Chapter 3 Linear Programming

 

Chap 3: Activity 4 (Homework 3)

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 3:

Due – 11:59pm on 2/15 (Sun)

 

Tue, Feb 10

 

 

 

Wed, Feb 11

Continue Chap 3

 

Chap 3: Activity 5

            Activity 6 (Homework 4)

 

 

Thr, Feb 12

 

 

 

Fri, Feb 13

Student Presentations on Project 3: Research on Untangle

-       What is it?

-       What we can do? What features it has?

 

 

Week 5

 

Mon, Feb 16

Snow Day

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 4:

Due – 11:59pm on 2/22 (Sun)

 

Tue, Feb 17

 

 

 

Wed, Feb 18

Chapter 9 Integer Programming

 

Chap 9: Activity 7 (Homework 5)

 

 

Thr, Feb 19

 

 

 

Fri, Feb 20

Project 4 (In-class Activity): Research on PfSense

-       What is it?

-       What we can do? What features it has?

-       What are the difference between Untangle and PfSense?

 

 

Week 6

 

Mon, Feb 23

Chap 4 & Chap 9: Activity 8 – Read & Discuss on a research paper

§  Title: A Model for Survivable Low Cost Access Area Networks Design in a New Europe

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 5:

Due – 11:59pm on 3/1 (Sun)

 

Tue, Feb 24

 

 

 

Wed, Feb 25

Continue Chap 9: Activity 8

 

 

Thr, Feb 26

 

 

 

Fri, Feb 27

Continue to work on Project 4 (In-class Activity): Research on PfSense

-       What is it?

-       What we can do? What features it has?

-       What are the difference between Untangle and PfSense?

 

 

Week 7

 

Mon, Mar 2

Continue Chap 9: Activity 8

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 6:

Due – 11:59pm on 3/15 (Sun)

 

Tue, Mar 3

 

 

 

Wed, Mar 4

Student Presentations on Project 4: Research on PfSense

 

 

Thr, Mar 5

 

 

 

Fri, Mar 6

Cisco Packet Tracer Practice

Note: Please bring your laptop

 

 

Week 8

Spring Break – No class

Mon, Mar 9

 

 

 

Tue, Mar 10

 

 

 

Wed, Mar 11

 

 

 

Thr, Mar 12

 

 

 

Fri, Mar 13

 

 

 

Week 9

 

Mon, Mar 16

Q & A on the midterm exam

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 7:

Due – 11:59pm on 3/22 (Sun)

 

Tue, Mar 17

 

 

 

Wed, Mar 18

Midterm Exam

This exam will cover:

§  Chapter 1, 2, 3, and 9

§  Mon&Wed Activities 1 ~ 8

§  Friday Projects 1 ~ 4

 

 

Thr, Mar 19

 

 

 

Fri, Mar 20

 

 

 

Week 10

 

Mon, Mar 23

Chapter 14 Game Theory

Chap 14: Activity 9

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 8:

Due – 11:59pm on 3/29 (Sun)

 

Tue, Mar 24

 

 

 

Wed, Mar 25

Continue Chap 14

Chap 14: Activity 10

 

 

Thr, Mar 26

 

 

 

Fri, Mar 27

Packet Tracer Presentation 1

 

 

Week 11

 

Mon, Mar 30

Chapter 17 Markov Chain

Chap 17: Activity 11

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 9:

Due – 11:59pm on 4/5 (Sun)

 

Tue, Mar 31

 

 

 

Wed, Apr 1

Review of Midterm Exam

 

 

Thr, Apr 2

 

 

 

Fri, Apr 3

Packet Tracer Presentation 2

 

 

Week 12

 

Mon, Apr 6

v  Lab for CCNA2 Routing and Switching Essential: Step 1 and Step 2

 

Download the packet tracer file for the PT practice with Dans’ sample:

PT file for the practice

(Reference: danscourses.com)

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 10:

Due – 11:59pm on 4/12 (Sun)

 

Tue, Apr 7

 

 

 

Wed, Apr 8

Continue CCNA2 – packet tracer lab

: Step 3

 

 

Thr, Apr 9

 

 

 

Fri,  Apr 10

Packet Tracer Presentation 3: Access List

§  Power Point Slide

§  Lab Guide

§  Packet Tracer Files

o    Standard ACL Beginning

o    Standard ACL Final

o    Extended ACL Beginning

o    Extended ACL Final

 

 

Week 13

 

Mon, Apr 13

Continue CCNA2 – packet tracer lab

:continue Step 3 and start Step 4

 

IPv6

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 11:

Due – 11:59pm on 4/19 (Sun)

 

Cisco Practice Final Exam

Due – 12noon on 4/22 (Wed)

 

Tue, Apr 14

 

 

 

Wed, Apr 15

Continue CCNA2 – packet tracer lab

: Step 4

 

 

Thr, Apr 16

 

 

 

Fri, Apr 17

 

 

 

Week 14

 

Mon, Apr 20

Online Packet Tracer Lab

 

Note: Please submit your packet tracer file to a dropbox in D2L by 8am on 4/21 (Tue)

Rackspace OpenStack Workshop

 

Tue, Apr 21

 

Rackspace OpenStack Workshop

 

Wed, Apr 22

Cisco Online Final Exam

 

Note: The exam will be activated from 2pm til 10 pm. Thus, please complete it before 10 pm. The exam will be 1 hour 15 minute long.

Rackspace OpenStack Workshop

 

Thr, Apr 23

 

Rackspace OpenStack Workshop

 

Fri, Apr 24

The PT Lab guide

 

PT practice with Dans’ sample:

PT file for the practice

(Reference: danscourses.com)

 

 

Week 15

 

Mon, Apr 27

Cisco Skill Exam – Part 1

 

 

Tue, Apr 28

 

 

 

Wed, Apr 29

Cisco Skill Exam – Part 2

 

 

Thr, Apr 30

 

 

 

Fri, May 1

Cisco Skill Exam – Part 2

 

 

Week 16

Final Exam

Mon, May 4

Final Exam at 2:45

 

Study Guide

This exam will cover:

§  Chapter 1, 2, 3, 9, 14, and 17

§  Mon&Wed Activities 1 ~ 11

 

 

Tue, May 5

 

 

 

Wed, May 6

 

 

 

Thr, May 7

 

 

 

Fri, May 8