CECS 5460/4550
Computer Networks for Educational Environments
Summer 2005
Schedule of Topics
(Course Introduction, Network Introduction)
- Reading:
- Course Review (syllabus overview and comments)
- What we will be covering in the course
- Selecting Project Teams
- Introduction to Educational Networking
- Analog vs Digital Communications
- Network Delay, Signal Propagation
- Installing Linux for the network server
- Linux Quick Ref Guide
- Section 1 (pp. 3-14),
Section 2 (pp. 23-34)
(Network Technology Part 1)
- Reading:
- Networking and Network Infrastructres (Topologies)
- TCP/IP (Internet)
- Means of connecting to the Internet (DSL, Cablemodem, Dial-up, etc)
- Bandwidth and Throughput
- Network Service Types with associated Bandwidths
- Internet Services and how they effect your LAN
- Creating a Basic Web Site with Apache
- Section 3 (pp. 99-119),
Section 4 (pp. 155-211),
Section 2 (pp. 42-45, 61-69, 74-83),
Section 3 (pp. 135-144, 148-152),
Section 5 (pp. 215-272)
(Network Technology Part 2, Network Management and Security)
- Reading:
- Section 6 (pp. 312-315, 336-342),
Section 7 (pp. 345-369, 376-422),
Section 8 (pp. 425-454, 471-475)
Section 6 (pp. 315-335),
Section 9 (pp. 479-491, 496-504),
Section 10 (pp. 525-616),
Section 7 (pp. 366-369),
Section 6 (pp. 275-299),
- Midterm Exam
(Wireless)
- Reading:
- Wireless Networking
- Build Ethernet Patch Cable in Class
- Final Exam Review
- Section 2 (pp 87 - 96),
Section 6 (pp. 299-311),
Section 8 (pp. 467-471),
No Class Meeting