Tony Chen CIT 1121
COD Main #: 942-2537 Fall Semester 2010
Office Hours: Friday 1:00-5:00 pm, Tuesday & Thursday 12:30 pm-4:20 pm
Monday till Thursday 4:30-6:00 pm; Class Location: BIC-2K
E-Mail: Office: OCC 124A
Course Name: CIT1121 Networking Basics
Credit Hours: 3 credit hours
Prerequisites:
Required: NONE
Recommended Textbook:
· Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide
ISBN: 1587132087 / ISBN 13: 9781587132087
Optional Textbook:
CCNA Portable Command Guide, Second Edition, By Scott D. Empson., ISBN-10: 1-58720-193-3; ISBN-13: 978-1-58720-193-6
Course Description:
First of four courses designed to provide students with experience in current and emerging numbers, hexadecimal numbers networking technology. Instruction includes internetworking terminology, binary numbers, hexadecimal numbers, address classes, IP addressing and subnetting, protocols, standards, basic electrical concepts, and cabling techniques.
Topical Outline:
1. Network fundamentals
*. Historical and current network communication systems
*. Network topologies
*. Network data transmission a data sharing
2. OSI reference model
3. Local area networks
4. Application layer
5. Transport, session, and presentation layers
6. Routing protocols
7. Routing and IP addressing
8. Data link layer concepts and technologies
9. Physical layer media, connections and collisions
*. Asynchronous; synchronous data communication; analog; digital communication;
*. Cabling and wireless media;
10. Network documentation and cabling
11. Basic router and switch configuration
Class Attendance, Participation and Timely Completion of Assignments:
Class attendance and active participation are essential if students are to receive maximum benefit from this class. Participation requires preparation including completion of reading and other assignments by the due dates .If you cannot attend class or complete an assignment on time, please let me know beforehand so that we can discuss alternative strategies. 10 points will be deducted for each unnotified absence up to a maximum of 100 points. A student who misses 3 weeks of classes will be dropped from the course.
Make-up Policy: If you cannot attend class on the scheduled date for a test, please let me know beforehand so that a make-up can be arranged. Tests must be made up within one week of the scheduled date. Failure to pre-arrange a make-up will result in the loss of points for the test. Only one make-up per student is allowed.
Academic Honesty: Any violations of College of DuPage policies regarding academic honesty and/or integrity will be referred automatically to the appropriate College authorities for disposition. See appropriate pages in the college catalog for definitions and regulations.
General Note: In order to achieve the course objectives, it is essential that you enjoy the class in addition to complying with the above requirements and the rules and policies of College of DuPage contained in the catalog and other College materials. If you are having course/College related problems, please feel free to talk to me so that we can resole them to your satisfaction and benefit.
Class Policies In order to make our class a comfortable and encouraging learning environment for everyone, the following is a set of class policies.
· Quizzes take place during the first 30 minutes of class.
· Please treat other students, the instructor, and guests with courtesy and respect.
· Please do your best to be on-time for class. If you are late, enter quietly and find out what you missed from another student.
· Please listen when others are speaking.
· Please raise your hand to ask a question or make a comment. This allows me to finish my thought and for everyone to ask questions fairly.
· Bigotry and prejudices of any kind will not be tolerated.
· For the courtesy of others, if you need to take a call, answer the call outside of the classroom.
Computer Use Policies
· Do not use computers during lectures unless you are following the lecture using the on-line curriculum or the PowerPoint presentation. This includes surfing the net.
· Do not install any software on the computers in the classroom or the lab.
· Do not copy any software from any of the computers in the classroom or the lab.
· Do not change the desktop or any of the default configurations of the computer unless it is part of a lab exercise.
· Any misuse of the equipment or unprofessional conduct will not be tolerated.
Routers and Switches
· Erase all startup-config files when finished.
· Make sure configuration register is set to 0x2102.
· Turn-off routers and power-supplies when finished.
· Do not disconnect serial cables unless it is part of a lab exercise.
· Do not erase or modify flash memory.
· Use class for privileged passwords (enable secret) and cisco for all other passwords.
Method of Evaluating Students:
Grading:
Point Distribution:
Quizzes: 10 pts.
Labs: 50 pts.
IP address quiz: 10 pts
Labs final: 20 pts.
Online Final: 10 pts.
Total points: 100 pts.
Final Grades will be assigned as follows:
Accumulated Points Grade
90 or above A
80-89 B
70-79 C
60-69 D
59 or lower F
Note: 1) No incomplete (I) grade will be given in this class.
2) Stop attending the class does not equal withdraw (W).
/Course Outline/Schedule
/ Update: 08/23/2010Week / Date / Topics / Online Quiz / IP workbook
1 / 08/24/2010 (T)
08/26/2010 (R) / Chapter 1: Living in a network centric world
Packet Tracer and Lab setup tutorial / IP Book: 0 to 7
2 / 08/31/2010 (T)
09/02/2010 (R) / Chapter 2: Communicating over the network Chapter 3:Application Layer / IP Book: 8 to 14
IP Book: 15 to 27
3 / 09/07/2010 (T)
09/09/2010 (R) / Chapter 4: Transport Layer
Chapter 5: Network Layer / Chapter 2
Chapter 3 / IP Book: 28 to 57
4 / 09/14/2010 (T)
09/16/2010 (R) / Chapter 6: IP Address
Chapter 7: Data Link Layer / Chapter 4
Chapter 5 / VLSM book: 55 to 85
5 / 09/21/2010 (T)
09/23/2010 (R) / Chapter 8: Physical Layer
Chapter 9: Ethernet / Chapter 6
Chapter 7
6 / 09/28/2010 (T)
09/30/2010 (R) / Chapter 10: Planning and Cabling Networks
Chapter 11: Configuring and Test your network / Chapter 8
Chapter 9
7 / 10/05/2010 (T)
10/07/2010 (R) / Hands-on lab (chapter 11)
Hands-on lab final / Chapter 10
Chapter 11
8 / 10/12/2010 (T)
10/14/2010 (R) / Hands-on lab final
Online Final
T – Tuesday
R - Thursday