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Assignment |
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10/2 10/21 Getting Started Unit
1 Activities: |
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Course
Introduction & expectations Lesson
1- 3 at
end of each unit |
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Network
Classifications and Topologies |
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Programs,
Processes, Protocols, and Layers |
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10/23
The OSI Model reviewed |
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10/2 10/28 Connecting Computers Unit
2 Activities: |
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NICS Lesson 1 - 3 at
end of each unit |
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Review
of Cable Properties |
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WLANS |
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10/2 10/30 Media
Selection and Installation Unit
2 Activities: |
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UTP Patch Cables and Connectors Lessons 4 - 5 at
end of each unit |
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Project
1 due |
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10/3 11/04 Ethernet LANS Unit
3 Activities: |
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Review of Ethernet Lessons
1 - 3 at end
of each unit |
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Ethernet
Frame Format |
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Fast
Ethernet |
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11/0 11/06 Gigabit Ethernet Unit 3 Activities: |
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Switched Ethernet Configurations Lessons 1-3 at
end of each unit |
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VLANS Project 1 due |
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11/0 Quiz 1 Activities: |
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11/11 Token Ring and FDDI LANS Unit 4 at end of each unit |
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Token Framing and MAC
Lessons 1-3 |
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Token Ring Configurations |
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Review of FDDI |
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11/1 11/11 ATM LANS Unit
4 Activities: |
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Introduction
to ATM Lessons 1-3 at end of each
unit |
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The need to ATM |
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ATM Architecture |
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11/1 11/13 LAN Emulation Unit 5 Activities: |
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ATM Devices Lessons 1-2 at
end of each unit |
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ATM Deployment Lesson 3 , 4-6 |
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11/2 11/18
Midterm Unit 1 - 5 Project 1 due |
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LAN Networking Software Unit 6 Activities |
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Review of Client/Server and NOS fundamentals Lessons 1- 3 at end of each unit |
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RPCs |
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File
Servers |
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11/2 11/20 Print Servers
Unit 6 Activities: |
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Web Servers
Lessons 4-7 at end of each unit |
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Other Common Servers |
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Backup and Disaster Prevention
Project 2 due |
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11/ 11/25 The Novell NetWare Client/Server System Unit 7 Activities: |
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NetWare Overview Lessons 1 - 3 at end of each unit |
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NetWare Services |
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NDS |
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11/27 Thanksgiving
Holiday |
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12/0 12/02
NetWare Client Unit
7 Activities: |
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Netware Protocols Lessons 4 - 6 at
end of each unit |
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NetWare Packet Structure |
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12/ 12/04 Quiz 2 on
Units 6-7 |
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Network OS Software – Windows NT Unit 8 Activities: |
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Windows NT Architecture
Lessons 1 - at
end of each unit |
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Windows NT Features |
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12/0 12/09 Windows NT and Netware Interoperability Unit 8 Activities: |
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Windows NT Tools
Lessons 3 – 5
at end of each unit |
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Windows 2000 |
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12/ 12/11
Analysis of LANS Unit 9
Activities: |
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Overview of Network Development
Process Lessons 1 – 2 at end of
each unit |
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Working with Binary and Hexadecimal numbers |
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LAN Analysis and Testing
Tools
Unit 9 Activities: |
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Lesson 3 at end of each unit |
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Prepare
for final Exam Project 3 due |
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12/ 12/16 FINAL
EXAMINATION |
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****SCHEDULE MAY BE CHANGED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE INSTRUCTOR |
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****GUEST LECTURERS MAY INITIATE CHANGES TO THE SCHEDULE |
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