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Description
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Details the interconnection of computer networks, or
internetworking. Topics include the use of internetworking components such
as repeaters, hubs, bridges, switches, routers, and gateways; as well as
concepts in network management and component selection.
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Outcome
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For all of the following student competencies, the
level of mastery is moderate; the level of knowledge is to define,
identify, and measure; and the assessment tools will be tests and quizzes,
papers, class participation, individual and group simulations (case
studies, role-playing, etc.), oral presentations, projects, and
portfolios.
The student should be able to:
- Understand why internetworking devices are necessary
- Understand situations where internetworking devices
are used
- How repeaters relate to the OSI Model
- When to implement repeaters
- How repeaters are used to extend Ethernet networks
- How repeaters are used to extend Token Ring networks
- How repeaters can translate between physical layer
media
- The different types of hubs
- The difference between a passive hub and an
intelligent hub
- The two types of MAUs
- Bridge filtering and bridge forwarding
- How bridges isolate traffic
- How bridges can connect over long distance
facilities
- How bridges manipulate frames
- Standard bridging algorithms
- Limitations of bridges
- Understand the difference between segment switching
and port switching
- Understand the difference between a standard hub and
a switching hub
- Understand the different frame-switching modes of a
switch
- Understand how switching can improve network
performance
- Understand the concept of a collapsed backbone
- Know when to use a router versus a switch
- Know how to segment a network with a router and a
switch
- Basic operation of a router
- How routers are used to construct firewalls
- Routing protocols
- Routing methodologies
- Asynchronous protocols used in IP networks
- BM routing and switching
- The concept of Virtual Local Area Networks
- The reason for organizing into virtual workgroups
- How VLANs correspond to broadcast domains
- How VLAN membership is obtained
- The concept of Layer 3-Base VLANs
- The benefits of VLANs
- How to reduce broadcast traffic
- LAN Emulation (LANE)
- The need for protocol conversion
- How gateways operate as Internet routers
- The complexities associated with gateways
- The role SNMP plays in network management
- The different types of nodes that can be managed
- The four parts of the SNMP model
- The different network management modes
- What a MIBs are and why they exist
- The relationship of SNMP to the OSI model
- SNMP Version 2 advantages
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