CET 1610 - Switching, Routing, and Wireless Essentials

College of Computer & Information Technology

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Fall 2020 (580)

Requisites

Prerequisite CET 1600 with a minimum grade of C or
Prerequisite CCNA certification

Course Description

This is the second of three courses designed to provide students with classroom and laboratory experience to achieve professional certification as a Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA). Students will apply the fundamentals of switching and routing. Instruction includes virtual local area networks (VLANs), VLAN trunking, inter-VLAN routing, spanning tree protocol (STP) and Etherchannel, first hop redundancy protocols (FHRPs), dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP), wireless LAN (WLAN) concepts, and static routing.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will implement Virtual LANs, Inter-VLAN routing, and basic switch-port security features by:
    1. describing the benefits of VLANs in a switched network.
    2. configuring a switch port to be assigned to a VLAN based on requirements.
    3. explaining common LAN security issues and switch-port security features to mitigate attacks.
    4. configuring inter-VLAN routing using router-on-a-stick and Layer 3 switching.
    5. troubleshooting inter-VLAN routing on Layer 3 devices.
  2. The student will manage redundancy in a layer 2 network by:
    1. describing common problems in a redundant switched network.
    2. explaining how spanning tree protocol (STP) and rapid spanning tree protocol (RSTP) operate.
    3. describing EtherChannel technology.
    4. configuring STP and EtherChannel on stwitched links.
    5. verifying and troubleshooting EtherChannel links.
  3. The student will implement DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 to operate across multiple LANs by:
    1. configuring the router to act as a DHCP server and client.
    2. explaining the operation of dynamic address allocation in IPv6 networks.
    3. configuring stateful and stateless autoconfiguration (SLAAC).
  4. The student will implement and secure a WLAN by:
    1. describing the standards and components of a WLAN infrastructure.
    2. explaining how wireless technology enables WLAN operation.
    3. describing WLAN threats and WLAN security mechanisms.
    4. configuring a WLAN using a wireless router and wireless access point (WLC).
    5. troubleshooting common wireless configuration issues.
  5. The student will design and construct a network, and perform basic routing by:
    1. describing the structure and function of a routing table.
    2. configuring IPv4 and IPv6 static and default routes.
    3. configuring floating static routes to provide a backup connection.
    4. applying commands to view and refresh the IP routing table and debug the routing process.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course the student will, with a minimum of 70% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

C&I 4/27/99, DBT 5/18/99 Effective Session 19983 3 Year Review 2002 reformatted C&I 11/10/08, BOT 12/16/08, Effective 20091(0415). C&I 9/16/2011, BOT 10/2011, Effective 20112(0450). C&I Approval: 11/30/2012, BOT Approval: 01/15/2013, Effective Term: Spring 2015 (495). C&I Approval: 11/21/2014, BOT Approval: 02/17/2015, Effective Term: Fall 2015 (505).
C&I Approval: 02/21/2020, BOT Approval: 03/17/2020, Effective Term: Fall 2020 (580)

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