Program Information Technology
Course Code ITec4114
Course Title: Network Device and Configuration
Degree Program Information Technology
Module Name Network Design and Administration
Module No. 11
CP Credits (CP) 5
Contact Hours Lecture Tutorial Lab/Practical
2 3 0
Target Group: 4th year Information Technology Students
Year /Semester Year: IV, Semester: I
Pre-requisites ITEC2102 (Data Communication and Computer Networks), ITec4111(Network Design)
Status of the Core
Course
Course Description This course is designed on introducing students to different network devices and their
characteristics. In addition network device installation andmaintenance will be discussed in
the course.
Course Objective After completion of this course student will be able to:
● Discover Foundry network devices
● Advanced knowledge on network device configuration
● Create and configure VLANs
● Monitor changes to Foundry network devices
● Store and retrieve network events
● Configure router
● Configure and manage switch
● Implement and configure network protocols
● Mangling network
Course Outline Chapter 1: Device Configuration
1.1 Configuration Wizard.
1.2 View VLANs by device and port.
1.3 Automatic Discovery and Configuration Manager.
1.4 Wireless Mobility configuration menu
1.5 Device Schedules
1.6 VPN Policy Manager
1.7 Element Manager.
1.8 CLI Configuration Manager.
Chapter 2: Router and Switch
2.1 Basic configuration
2.2 Passwords
2.3 Wildcard masks
2.4 Access Control Lists
2.5 Remote access
2.6 Logging with syslog usage
2.7 Miscellaneous
Chapter 3: Routers
3.1 Router basic configuration
3.2 Static routing
3.3 Dynamic routing
3.4 Routing protocols matrix
3.5 RIP
3.6 IGRP
3.7 EIGRP
3.8 OSPF
3.9 DHCP
3.10 NAT and PAT
3.11 PPP
3.12 Frame Relay
3.13 Router on the stick
Chapter 4: Switches
4.1 Switch basic configuration
4.2 CAM table
4.3 Port security
4.4 VLANs
4.5 STP
4.6 VTP
4.7 Inter VLAN communication
4.8 Miscellaneous
Lab Content
Assessments • Quizzes(x2): 5%
• Project: 20%
• Mid Exam: 20%
• Final written exam: 50%
Text Reference • Rufi, A. W. (2011). Network fundamentals: Ccna Exploration Labs and study guide. Cisco.
• Dye, M. A., Dye, M. A., McDonald, R., & Rufi, A. W. (2008). Network fundamentals: Ccna
exploration companion guide. CiscoPress.
• Oppenheimer, P. (2011). Top-down network design. Cisco Press.
• Choi, S. Y. (2003). Resource configuration and network design in Extensible Networks.
• Kaeo, M. (1999). Designing network security. Macmillan Technical Pub.
• Limoncelli, T., Hogan, C. J., & Chalup, S. R. (2017). The practice of system and Network
Administration: DevOps and other Best Practices for Enterprise it. Addison-Wesley.
