Class Time: Mo&We, 10:00AM-11:50AM
Class Room: Lectures: BEC 157, Labs: BEC 271C (You will be given card access to BEC 271 and BEc 271C).
Office Hours: By Appt Only
Suggested Text: TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1 – The Protocols by W. Richard Stevens, Addison-Wesley, 1994.
Course Purpose: The purpose of this course is to give students the opportunity to explore the principles of computer networking through practical laboratory experiments and project activities. Upon completion, the student should be familiar with the principles, standards, components, and present practices in computer networks. The student will have explored a multi-layer protocol model, the TCP/IP protocol suite, various types of packets, packet analysis, network traffic, and network troubleshooting techniques. The student will also be familiar with how local area networks (LANs) are implemented on PCs, subnetting, and traffic routing.
Grading: (Out of 85 total points)
- 50% Labs – will be graded by giving quizzes on the lab material. All quizzes will be comprehensive. ESTIMATED quiz dates are given.
- Lab 1 – Intro to the Lab (Quiz – Sept 2)
- Lab 2 – TCP and UDP (Quiz – Sept 14)
- Lab 3 – Routing (Quiz – Sept 28)
- Lab 4 – Network Address Translation (NAT) (Quiz – Oct 12)
- Lab 5 – WIFI (Quiz – Oct 26)
- Lab 6 – VPN (Quiz – Nov 9)
- Lab 7 – Card Game (See LinkedIN)
- 15% Presentations (of project)
- 20% Project – Security Presentation – See Linked In site
Academic Misconduct: I will follow the guidelines set out by UAB for academic misconduct. See the appropriate site for the undergraduate or graduate guidelines. Understanding these guidelines is a requirement for this course. Students found guilty of misconduct will receive an F grade in the course.
Speakers:
Last Years Speakers:
- Alan Hill – Wed – 10/15 – Alabama Technology Network
- Ray Shaffer – Mon – 10/20 – Compass Bank
- Tanveer Patel – Wed – 10/22 – Circlesource (uses Ruby on Rails)
- Steven Puckett – Mon – 10/27 – WiMax stuff
- Greg Knight – Mon – 11/3 – UAB networking
- Randy Sutton – 11/10 (tentative)
Key Dates
- Aug 26 – Last day to drop/add
- Sept 7 – Labor day
- Oct 17 – Last day to withdraw (undergrad)
- Nov 25 – Thanksgiving Holiday
- Dec 2 – Last day of classes
- ??? – final exam
Course Documents
Career Stuff
Related Information Sites
- General Tutorial
- Network Clue
- Redhat Linux
- Redhat Knowledge base
- Wireshark
- IT Security Tools
- Internet Lab Site at University of Virginia
Related Troubleshooting Sites
