CSI 446 Syllabus, Fall 2012

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE CSI 446 – Advanced Networking Section A Fall Term 2012-2013 Ashrafieh Campus INSTRUCTOR Joseph El-Khoury, M.S. jkhoury@aust.edu.lb LECTURE HOURS T-TH 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm Room: Block A-2 OFFICE HOURS Mon 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Otherwise by appointment Room: 801, Block A COURSE DESCRIPTION This Course is an intermediate to advanced networking course, continuing what the computer network CSI345 course started, in terms of completing the knowledge and skills required to successfully install, operate, and troubleshoot a small to medium size enterprise branch network. The Course covers topics on VLSM and IPv6 addressing; extending switched networks with VLANs; configuring, verifying and troubleshooting Switches; Several routing protocols are covered such as OSPF and EIGRP ; determining IP routes; managing IP traffic with access lists; NAT and DHCP; establishing point-to- point connections; and establishing Frame Relay connections. Moreover, by the end of this course , students will be able to apply for the CCNA exam. COURSE PREREQUISITES CSI345 / MIS 310: Computer Networks COURSE CREDITS 3 Credit Hours GRADE DISTRIBUTION This course involves a number of didactic activities, ranging from lectures, problem sets, and quizzes, to the midterm and final exams. All of these attributes of the course are intended to help the student in developing his/her understanding of the material covered in CSI 446 and in providing the department and the course instructor with information on how the student is doing. Consequently, all of these activities are considered to be vital and will be taken into consideration while assigning grades at the end of the term. When the student is being assigned a course grade, it is imperative that this grade accurately reflects the student’s level of achievement and his/her mastery of the material covered in CSI 345 / MIS 310. An approximate breakdown of the weighting that will be used in making this assessment is as follows: - 1 - Attendance (ATT) 05% Homework & Quizzes (QZ) 10% Lab Exam (LAB) 15% Exam I 10% Midterm Exam (MID) 25% Exam II-CCNA3 Final online (EX II) 10% Final Exam (FIN) 25% The following scale will be used to assign course letter grades: 90 – 100.......................................A 80 – 89.........................................B 70 – 79.........................................C 60 – 69.........................................D BELOW 60.................................F Note: Make-up exams and late assignments will be dealt with according to the distributed course rules and regulations, which are governed by the Department of Computer Science. However, students have to realize that in the event that a make-up exam is granted, it would be unjust that the grantee becomes privileged over his/her fellow colleagues in terms of extra-time to prepare for the exam and in developing an idea about the contents of the exam. Accordingly, the make-up exam will carry an increased level of difficulty of at least 20% from the regular exam. ATTENDANCE For legitimate reasons only, a student is allowed to absent him/herself for a maximum of 4 contact hours from the course lectures. However, absences beyond the specified maximum limit will result in an automatic AW in the course and possibly other disciplinary measures. An unexcused absence from an unannounced quiz will result in a zero on that quiz. Should the student be absent from a lecture during which a problem set or a laboratory assignment is due, it is the duty of the student to make certain that the homework assignment is handed in on time. Failure to do so will incur a penalty on that assignment’s grade. Note: 7.5 points will be deducted from the class attendance grade for every non-excused absence. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY The student should get familiar with the Course Rules and Regulations of the Department of Computer and Communications Engineering at AUST. These are compiled and distributed to the student at the beginning of every academic term. In particular, the student should be aware that plagiarism, abuse of laboratory facilities, and other sorts of academic dishonesty are not tolerated and can result in unsympathetic penalties. The Department of Computer Science (CSI) fully acknowledges the potential significance of students studying together. In this sense, the CSI Department does not have any reservation to this kind of collaboration, as long as all contestants are involved in all facets of the work, and not with each individual contributing to a fraction of the assignment. Specifically, when a student submits an assignment with his/her name on it, the CSI Department takes it for granted that the details presented in the assignment are entirely the student’s own work, and that this student has substantially participated in the creation of this work. If a portion of the - 2 - work has been conceived by collaborative work, that section should be highlighted and the names of the students involved in this collaboration should be listed next to that section. PROBLEM SETS For most part of the course, problem sets will be assigned on a weekly basis. A detailed description of the problem set assignment timetable is compiled at the end of this handout. All problem sets are graded on a five-point scale, from 0 to 5. The following table delineates the effort required to achieve each of these grade points. Grade Description 0 The student fails to turn in the homework assignment. 1 The student turns in the homework assignment, but basically, did nothing worthwhile. 2 The student turns in the homework assignment, however most of the problems are either incomplete or non-understandable. 3 The student completes most or all of the problems in the assignment; however, the student still has some evident mistakes in the worked solution. 4 The student completes all of the problems in the assignment, with perhaps little insignificant mistakes; however in general, the student demonstrates a solid understanding of the material. 5 The student completes all of the problems in the assignment, with no mistakes. COURSE COMPETENCIES This course contributes primarily to the students' knowledge of data communication topics, and does provide design experience. This course was designed to help the student to understand: 1. Configure, verify and troubleshoot a switch with VLANs and interswitch communications 2. Understanding and configuring the Spanning-Tree Protocol 3. Implement an IP addressing scheme and IP Services to meet network requirements in a medium-size Enterprise branch office network 4. Configure and troubleshoot basic operation and routing on Cisco devices 5. Configuring and understanding OSPF and EIGRP 6. Implement, verify, and troubleshoot NAT in a medium-size Enterprise branch office network. 7. Implement, verify, and troubleshoot ACLs in a medium-size Enterprise branch office network 8. Implement and verify WAN links 9. Implement Frame Relay links 10. Understand Virtual private Networks COURSE OUTLINE BY TOPIC The day-to-day topics to be covered in the table below may be adjusted as the subject proceeds, but all examination dates are fixed, and problem set due dates are unlikely to change. - 3 - Week No. Day Date (DD/MM/YYYY)  Review Network Course and Lab 1 - Introduction T 02/10/2012 - Syllabus T 02/10/2012 - Routing review TH 04/10/2012 - Switching review TH 04/10/2012 - Subnetting review TH 04/10/2012  Switching 2-3 Virtual Lans T 09/10/2012 VTP Protocol T 09/10/2012 - Practical configuration TH 11/10/2012 - Spanning-Tree Protocol STP/RSTP … T 16/10/2012 - Practical configuration TH 18/10/2012  Advanced Subnetting and VLSM 4 - Subnetting VLSM T 23/10/2012 - Route Summarization T 23/10/2012  Natting 5 - Nat concepts T 30/10/2012 - Nat configuration T 30/10/2012  Routing 7-8-9 - Static/Dynamic routing TH 01/11/2012 - Ripv2 TH 01/11/2012 - Rip v2 Lab T 06/11/2012 - Exam 1 TH 08/11/2012 - Eigrp T 13/11/2012 - Eigrp Configuration T 20/11/2012 MIDTERM EXAM WEEK F 23/11/2012 S 01/12/2012 MIDTERM EXAM: Correction T 04/12/2012 OSPF Concepts 10 T 04/12/2012 OSPF Configuration TH 06/12/2012 PPP and Frame Relay overview T 11/12/2012  ACL and Wide Area Networks 11 - ACL types and rules TH 13/12/2012 Configuring ACLs T 18/12/2012 During this week Final CCNA 3 Lab Roundup1 T 20/12/2012 Lab Roundup2 TH 03/01/2013 CCNA 4 1-2-3 T 08/01/2013 During this week Final Lab CCNA 3 CCNA 4 Router IOS and Password Recovery TH 10/01/2013 CCNA 4 IPv6 T 15/01/2013 CCNA 4 VPN TH 17/01/2013 FINAL EXAM WEEK M 21/01/2013 DISCLAIMER: Changes may be performed to the above syllabus without any prior notification. 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