IT 211 - Networking I

5 CR

Previously NSCOM 201.
Course provides foundation knowledge in networking. Topics include: network topologies, OSI model, design and documentation, LANs, network media, protocols and routing.

Recommended: IT 117 or IT 103 or equivalent work experience.
Prerequisite(s): Placement by assessment into ENGL& 101, or completion of ENGL 092 or 093 with a C or better, or permission of instructor.

Course Outcomes

Perform arithmetic operations in binary, decimal and hexadecimal numbering systems.
Define terms and units related to networking such as throughput and bandwidth.
Name and describe the layers of standard networking models.
Describe network signals and the phenomena that affect the integrity of those signals.
Describe networking media and devices and the advantages and limitations of each.
Design a subnetted addressing scheme giving network numbers, range of host numbers, broadcast numbers and subnet mask.
Describe protocol data units and associate each with its corresponding layer in the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) networking model.
Design an IPv6 addressing scheme and configure non-simulated devices with the designed addresses to create a simple network.

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