THOMAS COLLEGE
CS 442
FALL 1998
Instructor: Judy Hansen-Childers
Office: Room 110
Home Phone: 246-4885
Office Hours: As posted or by appointment
Office Phone: 873-0771 Ext. 335
E-Mail: jhcski@aol.com
Snow Phone/Cancellation Line: 877-0140
Class Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00 AM until 9:15 AM in Room 122.
Texts:
Internetworking Handbook by Ed Taylor (McGraw-Hill, 1998)
Designing Campus Networks by Quinn-Andry and Haller (Cisco Press, 1998)
Required Materials:
Appropriate hardware resources
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Prerequisite: CS 345
This course addresses the concepts, theory and practice of network design, development and implementation. It is approached from both hardware and software perspectives along with Network Operating System considerations.
By the end of the course, the student should:
1: understand the concepts and theory of internetworking.
2: be able design, develop and implement a networked system,
3: be able to identify the costs, risks and benefits of network implementation.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Each week students will have assigned readings and three exams. There will be four required written projects which can be accessed via the online syllabus. PLEASE TYPE ALL PAPERS !
GRADING SYSTEM
A (94 - 100) A- (90 - 93) B+ (87 - 89) B (83 - 86) B- (80 - 82)
C+ (77 - 79) C (73 - 76) C- (70 - 72) D+ (67 - 69) D (63 - 66)
D- (60 - 62) F (below 60)
GRADING:
Written Homework Assignments........................................... 55%
Exam #1.................................................................................. 15%
Exam #2.................................................................................. 15%
Exam #3.................................................................................. 15%
ATTENDANCE:
Students are expected to attend all class sessions and to be prepared to discuss the assigned readings and written homework If a student must miss a class session, it is the student’s responsibility to arrange other ways of obtaining the information covered in class. Please notify the instructor in advance if you have to miss a class. Students with excessive absences may not receive a passing grade.
Important Links
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Tues 9/1 |
Introduction and Course Overview |
Taylor - 1 |
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Taylor - 2, 4 |
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Network Design Issues:Needs Assessment |
QA/Haller - 1, 2 |
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Network Design Issues: Traffic Patterns |
QA/Haller - 3, 4, 5, 7 |
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Tues 9/15 |
Taylor - 3, 19 |
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Thurs 9/17 |
TCP/IP - Part 1 |
Taylor - 20 |
Project # 1 DUE on 9/22 |
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Tues 9/29 |
TCP/IP - Part 2 |
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LAN Technology |
Taylor - 9 |
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Tues 10/6 |
The TC Network: Hands-On |
Taylor - 6, 10 |
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Thurs 10/8 |
EXAM # 1 |
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Thurs 10/15 |
Taylor - 11, 15 |
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Tues 10/20 |
Network Hardware # 1 |
Taylor - 25, 26, 27 |
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Network Hardware # 2 |
Taylor - 28, 29, 30, 31 |
Project # 2 DUE |
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Tues 10/27 |
Windows NT; Hands-On |
Taylor - 23 |
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Thurs 10/29 |
IIS: Hands-On |
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Tues 11/3 |
MS Exchange: Hands-On |
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Thurs 11/5 |
Work on Projects |
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Tues 11/10 |
Network Management Presentation |
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Project # 3 Due |
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Thurs 11/12 |
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Network Design Issues - Reliability and Resilience and Security |
QA/Haller – 6, 8 |
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Thurs 11/19 |
EXAM #2 |
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Tues 11/24 |
SMS and Network Monitor: Hands-On |
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Tues 12/1 |
UNIX – A Presentation |
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Thurs 12/3 |
QA/Haller - 11, 1 QA/Haller - 2, 9, 13, 14 |
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Tues 12/8 |
Project Presentations |
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Project # 4 DUE |
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Thurs 12/10 |
Project Presentations Review |
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TBA |
EXAM # 3 |
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This syllabus may be changed at the discretion of the instructor.
Last Revised: November 16, 1998