CST208 Introduction to Networking
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Computer Studies
Broome Community College
Special Announcement
Here is your assignment for Friday's 2-3 and 3-4 class. Good
luck!
Search the Internet for "fully connected network" and locate
four companies using fully connected networks. Record the size of the network
and the speed of the links between nodes.
JLA
Topics:
These are the topics we will most likely cover during the semester. The order may change from time to time, and additional topics may also be introduced.
| Week |
Lecture Topic |
Text Reading |
Laboratory (demo) |
| 1 |
Introduction, Network Topologies |
Chapters 1 and 2 |
Basic Networking Ground Rules |
| 2 |
Networking Hardware |
Chapter 3 and 10 |
Experiments 1 and 2 |
| 3 |
Local Area Network Technologies |
Chapter 4 |
Experiment 3* |
| 4 |
Local Area Network Technologies |
Chapters 4 and 5 |
Experiment 4 |
| 5 |
Network Design and Troubleshooting |
Chapter 6 |
Experiment 6* |
| 6 |
Low Level Protocols |
Chapter 7, and 17 |
Experiment 7 |
| 7 |
TCP/IP Protocols |
Chapter 8 |
TEST #1 |
| 8 |
TCP/IP Protocols |
Chapter 8 |
Experiment 8* |
| 9 |
Routing |
Chapter 10 |
Experiment 10 |
| 10 |
Electronic Mail |
Chapter 12 |
Experiment 12 |
| 11 |
FTP and Telnet |
Chapter 13 |
Experiment 13* |
| 12 |
Multimedia Networking |
Chapter 14 |
Experiment 14 |
| 13 |
Individual Project Presentations |
- |
Individual Project Presentations |
| 14 |
The Internet |
Chapter 15, 17 |
TEST #2 |
| 15 |
Summary/Discussion |
- |
Experiment 15 |
* - indicates that the end of chapter lab Discussion and Conclusion report must be submitted.
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