Date

Topic

Assignment

Work Due

10/2      10/21    Getting Started                                                              Unit 1                                       Activities:         

                        Course Introduction & expectations                                Lesson 1- 3                               at end of each unit

                        Network Classifications and Topologies

                        Programs, Processes, Protocols, and Layers

 

            10/23    The OSI Model reviewed

                                                                                               

10/2      10/28    Connecting Computers                                                   Unit 2                                       Activities:

                        NICS                                                                            Lesson 1 - 3                              at end of each unit

                        Review of Cable Properties                                                                                          

                        WLANS

 

10/2      10/30    Media   Selection and Installation                                    Unit 2                                       Activities:

                        UTP Patch Cables and Connectors                                Lessons 4 - 5                            at end of each unit

                                                                                                                                                            Project 1 due

 

10/3      11/04    Ethernet LANS                                                             Unit 3                                       Activities:                     

                        Review of Ethernet                                                       Lessons 1 - 3                            at end of each unit        

                        Ethernet Frame Format

                         Fast Ethernet

 

11/0      11/06    Gigabit Ethernet                                                            Unit 3                                       Activities:

                        Switched Ethernet Configurations                                   Lessons 1-3                              at end of each unit

                        VLANS                                                                                                                         Project 1 due

 

11/0                                                                                                      Quiz 1                                       Activities:

             11/11      Token Ring and FDDI LANS                                     Unit 4                                       at end of each unit

                           Token Framing and MAC                                           Lessons 1-3

                           Token Ring Configurations

                           Review of FDDI

 

11/1        11/11      ATM LANS                                                             Unit  4                                      Activities:

                             Introduction to ATM                                                 Lessons 1-3                              at end of each unit

                            The need to ATM

                            ATM Architecture

 

11/1        11/13     LAN Emulation                                                          Unit  5                                      Activities:

                           ATM Devices                                                            Lessons  1-2                             at end of  each unit

                           ATM Deployment                                                       Lesson 3 , 4-6          

 

11/2        11/18  Midterm                                                                     Unit 1 - 5                                 Project 1 due 

                          LAN Networking Software                                          Unit 6                                       Activities         

                          Review of Client/Server and NOS fundamentals           Lessons 1- 3                             at end of each unit

                          RPCs

                          File Servers

 

11/2         11/20   Print Servers                                                               Unit 6                                       Activities:         

                          Web Servers                                                               Lessons 4-7                              at end of each unit

                          Other Common Servers

                          Backup and Disaster Prevention                                                                                  Project 2 due

 

11/           11/25   The Novell NetWare Client/Server System                   Unit 7                                       Activities:         

                           NetWare Overview                                                    Lessons 1 - 3                           at end of each unit         

                           NetWare Services                                                     

                           NDS

 

    11/27     Thanksgiving Holiday

 

12/0         12/02     NetWare Client                                                         Unit 7                                       Activities:

                            Netware Protocols                                                    Lessons  4 - 6                           at end of each unit

                            NetWare Packet Structure

 

12/            12/04                                                                                  Quiz 2 on Units  6-7                 

                             Network OS Software – Windows NT                    Unit 8                                         Activities:         

                             Windows NT Architecture                                       Lessons 1 -                                at end of each unit

                             Windows NT Features

 

12/0          12/09     Windows NT and Netware Interoperability                Unit 8                                       Activities:

                              Windows NT Tools                                                   Lessons 3 – 5                          at end of each unit

                              Windows 2000                                                                                           

 

 12/           12/11     Analysis of LANS                                                    Unit 9                                             Activities:

                              Overview of Network Development Process            Lessons 1 – 2                                at end of each unit

                              Working with Binary and Hexadecimal numbers

                              LAN Analysis and Testing Tools                              Unit 9                                             Activities:

                                                                                                             Lesson 3                                        at end of each unit

                             Prepare for final Exam                                                                                                Project 3 due

 

12/            12/16          FINAL EXAMINATION

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