ITEC350: Introduction to Computer Networking–Spring 2015

 

Date

Class Note

CISCO Network Academy

Introduction to Networks

Comment

Week 1

 

Mon, Jan 19

MLK day; No class

 

 

Tue, Jan 20

 

 

 

Wed, Jan 21

Syllabus, Pretest

 

 

Thr, Jan 22

 

 

 

Fri, Jan 23

Chapter 1 Communication Networks and Services

ß Matched with Cisco Chapter 1 and Chapter 2

 

Week 2

 

Mon, Jan 26

Continue Chap 1

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

Due – 11:59pm on 2/1 (Sun)

 

Tue, Jan 27

 

 

 

Wed, Jan 28

Continue Chap 1

 

 

Thr, Jan 29

 

 

 

Fri, Jan 30

Continue Chap 1

Please bring your laptop:

We will install the packet tracer.

 

 

Week 3

 

Mon, Feb 2

Chapter 2 Application and Layered Architecture

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 3:

Due – 11:59pm on 2/9 (Mon)

 

Tue, Feb 3

 

 

 

Wed, Feb 4

Continue Chap 2

DNS

 

 

Thr, Feb 5

 

 

 

Fri, Feb 6

Continue Chap 2

 

 

Week 4

 

Mon, Feb 9

Continue Chap 2

IP addressing

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 4:

Due – 11:59pm on 2/15 (Sun)

 

Tue, Feb 10

 

 

 

Wed, Feb 11

Continue Chap 2

IP addressing

 

Homework #1 (Traditional IP addressing and Subnetting)

§  Due by 12noon on Feb 16, Mon

§  Submit it to a dropbox in D2L

 

 

Thr, Feb 12

 

 

 

Fri, Feb 13

Continue Chap 2

IP addressing

 

 

Week 5

 

Mon, Feb 16

Continue Chap 2

IP addressing

 

(Due of Homework 1 by 12noon)

 

Solution of Homework 1

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 5:

Due – 11:59pm on 2/22 (Sun)

 

Tue, Feb 17

 

 

 

Wed, Feb 18

Continue Chap 2

IP addressing

 

 

Thr, Feb 19

 

 

 

Fri, Feb 20

Continue Chap 2

IP addressing

 

Homework #2 (VLSM)

§  Due by 12noon on Feb 27, Friday

§  Submit it to a dropbox in D2L

 

 

Week 6

 

Mon, Feb 23

Continue Chap 2

 

Chapter 3 Digital Transmission Fundamentals

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 6:

Due – 11:59pm on 3/1 (Sun)

 

Tue, Feb 24

 

 

 

Wed, Feb 25

Continue Chap 3

 

 

Thr, Feb 26

 

 

 

Fri, Feb 27

Continue Chap 3

 

 

Week 7

 

Mon, Mar 2

Q & A on Midterm Exam

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 7:

Due – 11:59pm on 3/15 (Sun)

 

Tue, Mar 3

 

 

 

Wed, Mar 4

Midterm Exam

Study Guide

 

 

Thr, Mar 5

 

 

 

Fri, Mar 6

 

 

 

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

Continue Chap 3

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 8:

Due – 11:59pm on 3/22 (Sun)

 

Tue, Mar 17

 

 

 

Wed, Mar 18

Continue Chap 3

Homework 2 (Due- 11:59am on 3/20)

 

 

Thr, Mar 19

 

 

 

Fri, Mar 20

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

 

 

Week 10

 

Mon, Mar 23

 

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 9:

Due – 11:59pm on 3/29 (Sun)

 

Tue, Mar 24

 

 

 

Wed, Mar 25

Continue Chap 5

 

 

Thr, Mar 26

 

 

 

Fri, Mar 27

Continue Chap 5

 

 

Week 11

 

Mon, Mar 30

Chapter 7 Packet Switching Networks

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 10:

Due – 11:59pm on 4/5 (Sun)

 

Tue, Mar 31

 

 

 

Wed, Apr 1

Continue Chap 7

 

 

Thr, Apr 2

 

 

 

Fri, Apr 3

Continue Chap 7

 

 

Week 12

 

Mon, Apr 6

Continue Chap 7

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 11:

Due – 11:59pm on 4/12 (Sun)

 

Tue, Apr 7

 

 

 

Wed, Apr 8

Chapter 8 Internet Routing Protocols, DHCP, NAT, and Mobile IP

 

 

Thr, Apr 9

 

 

 

Fri,  Apr 10

Continue Chap 8

 

 

Week 13

 

Mon, Apr 13

Continue Chap 8

Cisco Practice Final Exam

Due – 11:59pm on April 19 (Sun)

 

Tue, Apr 14

 

 

 

Wed, Apr 15

IPv6

 

 

Thr, Apr 16

 

 

 

Fri, Apr 17

v  EUI-64

 

v  Packet Tracer Lab

Note: Please bring your laptop with the packet tracer installed.

§  Lab Guide

§  Packet Tracer File

 

 

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)

§     Lab Guide

§     Packet Tracer File

Rackspace OpenStack Workshop

 

Tue, Apr 21

 

Rackspace OpenStack Workshop

 

Wed, Apr 22

Cisco Online Final Exam

 

Note: the exam will be activated from 12noon til 8pm. Thus, please make sure to complete it before 8pm. The exam will be 1 hour 15 min long.

Rackspace OpenStack Workshop

 

Thr, Apr 23

 

Rackspace OpenStack Workshop

 

Fri, Apr 24

Security Basics

 

 

Week 15

 

Mon, Apr 27

Continue Security Basics

 

Q & A on the Cisco skill exam

 

 

Tue, Apr 28

 

 

 

Wed, Apr 29

Cisco Skill Exam in class

 

Note: Please bring your laptop with the most up-to-date packet tracer installed.

 

 

Thr, Apr 30

 

 

 

Fri, May 1

Q & A of the final exam

 

 

Week 16

Final Exam

Mon, May 4

Final Exam at 12:30pm

Study Guide

 

 

Tue, May 5

 

 

 

Wed, May 6

 

 

 

Thr, May 7

 

 

 

Fri, May 8