CIS 192A (Fall 2011) Course Calendar

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110/25

Introduction to Course, TCP/IP and Network Access

  • How this course works
  • Equipment and resources
  • Virtualization and VMware 101 skills
  • Linux market
  • Networking overview
  • Standards
  • NICs and drivers
  • Configure network settings
  • Test network connections
  • Ping and SSH with IPv6

Materials

TBA Assignment

CCC Confer

1.4,
4.3,
12.7,
13.7,
14.1-14.3,
14.10-14.11
16
21.2
 
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211/1

Quiz 1

ARP and the Internet Layer

  • Permanent interface configuration
  • Red Hat and Debian/Ubuntu files
  • Understand how address resolution works
  • Manage and track the arp cache
  • Sniff packets on the network with tcpdump and Wireshark
  • Understand the Internet layer (layer 3) and how addressing works
  • Understand how NAT/PAT works with private networks
  • Use several troubleshooting tools to diagnose problems

Materials

TBA Assignment

CCC Confer

14
21.4
21.5
21.7
Student survey

Lab 1
311/8

Quiz 2

IP Routing and Subnetting

  • Describe the fields of a datagram header
  • Describe the role of routing
  • Describe how packet forwarding is accomplished
  • Use the Simple Routing Algorithm to interpret a routing table
  • View, add, and delete entries in a routing table
  • By properly configuring routing tables on hosts and routers, configure a LAN of multiple segments which allows all hosts to communicate with each other.

Materials

TBA Assignment

CCC Confer

14
15
Lab 2

411/15

Test 1

TCP, Transport and Application Layers

  • SBC and VM routers
  • Dynamic routing
  • Quagga routing suite
  • RIPv2 implementation skills
  • Transport layer
  • TCP and UDP protocols
  • Service ports and sockets
  • Super Daemons (first taste)
  • Telnet (first taste)
  • SELinux (first taste)
  • Firewalls (first taste)

Materials

TBA Assignment

CCC Confer

15 5 posts

Lab 3
511/22

Quiz 3

Firewalls and NAT

  • Security issues
  • Example firewalls and NAT
  • Netfilter step-by-step
  • Configuring firewall and NAT for Lab 5

Materials

TBA Assignment

CCC Confer

14.12
22.8
22.12
Lab 4
611/29

Quiz 4

Dynamic Host Configuration

  • Install and configure a DHCP Server
  • Configure a client to obtain an IP address and related information from a DHCP Server
  • Use a DHCP Relay agent to relay DHCP requests through a router

Materials

TBA Assignment

CCC Confer

14.7 Lab 5

712/6

Quiz 5

PPP and WAN Protocols

  • Connect two LANs together through a serial line
  • Configure a PPP server and associated support files
  • Identify, isolate, and fix problems associated with PPP

Materials

TBA Assignment

CCC Confer

14.9
31
Lab 6

- -12/13

Final Exam (1-3:50PM) Room 2501

  5 posts

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