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| Course: | INFO331 - Computer Networking Technology II |
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| On Campus Offering: | Fall (eve), Winter (day), Spring (day), Spring (eve) |
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| Online Offering: | None |
| | Faculty: | Leitner, Lee
Booker, Glenn
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| Extended Course Description: | Catalog Course Description:
Focuses on design, construction and use of modern networks and internetworks. Prepares students to successfully create and operate modern secure networks. Major topics include LAN design and construction, internetwork architecture, wireless networking, security, multimedia, and network operation in real-world environments.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites:
INFO 330 Computer Networking Technologies I
Curriculum Role:
This course is:
• Required for the Server and Network Technology sequence in the BSIT program.
• A possible Information Systems elective for the BSIS program.
• A possible computing elective for the BSSE program.
Course Rationale:
This course builds on the foundation of INFO 330 to show how various technologies impact basic networking, such as wireless networking, multimedia use across networks, security issues and technologies, and network management tools.
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course:
• The learner will be able to analyze local-area networks suitable for an information system
• The learner will be able to analyze network performance
• The learner will be able to troubleshoot network problems
• The learner will be able to secure networks and differentiate among network security methods
• The learner will be able to identify key issues involved in wireless networking
• The learner will be able to describe multimedia issues in networking, and identify key technologies to handle those issues
Course Content:
Principal topics and the approximate number of weeks devoted to each are:
• Review of network and data communication fundamentals (2,0)
• LAN design and construction (4,2)
• Internetwork design (2,2)
• Firewalls, routers and switches (2,2)
• Performance analysis and improvement (3,2)
• Problem diagnosis and correction (3,3)
• Encryption (2,2)
• Authentication (2,2)
• Wide-area connectivity with private circuits (1,0)
• Wide-area connectivity with virtual private networks (6,3)
• Service applications (3,2)
Presentation:
Note: Presentation method may vary somewhat from section to section.
The teaching method is based on class lecture and lab
Assessment:
Note: Assessment method may vary somewhat from section to section.
The final grade is based on class projects and examinations.
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