Network Lan

|[pic] |Course Design Guide |

| |College of Information Systems & Technology |

| |NTC/245 Version 1 |

| |Foundation of Local Area Networks |

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Course Description

This foundational course covers local area network topics including rationale for networking. Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) models, common network topologies and architecture, client/server concepts, basic hardware devices and usage, and basic networking security concepts.

Policies

Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents:

• University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document.

• Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum.

University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality.

Course Materials

Stallings, W. (2009). Business Data Communications. (6th ed.) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

Stallings, W. (2007). Data and Computer Communications. (8th ed.) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

All electronic materials are available on the student website.

|Week One: Local Area Networks and the OSI Model...