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SW 596 Routing and Switching

 

Name of Course: SW596 ROUTING AND SWITCHING

Instructor: Ray Angelo
Home Phone: (203) 272-7475
Business Phone: (203) 539-4123
E-Mail: ray.angelo@us.pwcglobal.com

Instructor: Sheila Tortorici
Home Phone: (914) 533-0047
Business Phone: (203) 406-5058
E-Mail: stortorici@campus.fairfield.edu
Fax: (203) 406-5991

Instructor Assistance: By appointment
Other Assistance: By arrangement

Class Hours: 4 hours per week starting at 6:00 p.m. in McAuliffe 110

Prerequisites: SW404 (including Cisco Academy Semester 1 Final) or Cisco Academy Semester 1

Text: Required: Semesters 2 and 3, Version 2.1.3 of the Cisco Academy.

Optional: Computer Networks (Andrew Tannenbaum): CCNA First-Year Companion Guide (Amato et.al), Second Edition, ISBN1-58713-025-4

CCNA Second-Year Companion Guide (Amato et.al), Second Edition, ISBN 1-58713-029-7

Class Requirements: Students are expected to attend class and perform lab work during scheduled class time. Assignments are expected to be returned on time.

Course Description: The course will present concepts and develop skills needed in designing implementing, and troubleshoot local and wide area networks, and will provide numerous laboratory opportunities to configure and troubleshoot networks with Cisco routers and switches.

Course Objectives and Expected Outcomes:

Topics studied in the router sections include a review of the OSI model, wide area networks and the role of routers in networks, router command language interface, router startup and setup, router configuration, router operating system image files, TCP/IP and IP addressing, routing, routing protocols, and network troubleshooting. Switch topics include LAN Switching, Virtual LANs, LAN design, Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, Access Control Lists, Novell routing protocol, http protocol, and network management.

Attendance Policy: Students are responsible for acquiring notes and homework assignments from classmates in case of absence. Missed in class labs must be discussed with the instructor and make ups scheduled at the instructors discretion.