Network Design & Implementation

Network Design & Implementation

Instructor:	Dale R. "Zai" Fox, Ph.D.
Office:
Office Hours:	2:00 - 2:50 PM Monday, Wednesday 5:30 - 6:30 PM Wednesday, Thursday or by appointment
Phone:
E-mail:	zai.fox@esaighu.net
Text:	*Diane Teare, CCDA Self-Study: Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions (DESGN), CISCO Press, 2004.*
Important Reference:	*Wheat, Hiser, Tucker, Neely and McCullough, Designing a Wireless Network, Syngress, 2002.* *Toby Velte & Anthony Velte, CISCO: A Beginner's Guide, 3rd Edition, Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 2004.*
Evaluation:	Grades will be based on four design projects. Each project will be worth 25% of your grade.
Background:	This course assumes you have some background in computer networking. You should have taken CIS 640 or something equivalent. Though, it may be possible to ignore the prerequisite if you have worked pretty extensively with networking.
Description:	This course will focus on the design and implementation of networks. While the text and most of the course will emphasize using CISCO products we will also examine other major product lines such as 3Com, Nortel, Juniper Networks and Redback. It is also intended that this course will contribute towards passing the CISCO CCDA certification.
Homework Case Studies:	The case studies and projects that will be used for grading are based on the following four organizations. The following links contain important background about the organizations. The Archaelus Fund Lünc Geothermal Systems IAIS - The Institute for American Indian Studies Hawk's Wing Saitu Crazy Silly's Video Stores These background discussions will be enhanced and improved as necessary. Some efforts will be made to also develop a case that requires some more WAN sorts of developments across a county or region. But this is still in the works and it is unclear what we will study within the course in order to justify this sort of case.
Cases:	Link to Networking Cases

Weekly Topic Coverage

Week 1	Syllabus/Policies Technology Review Interconnectives LAN Network Specification WAN Network Specifications TCP/IP Routers Hubs and Switches Hubs Switches Firewalls Access Servers
Week 2	Some Big Issues in an Administrative Domain Bottlenecks Analyzing Performance of Network Components Characterizing the Existing Network Steps in Gathering Data on the Existing Network Determining New Customer Requirements Anticipating Future Network Traffic Homework 1
Week 3	Hierarchical Network Design Providing Redundancy and Load Balancing in Designs Designing to Enhance Security Major Problems Solved with Internetworking Devices 10Mbps Ethernet Design Rules 100Mbps Ethernet Design Rules Token Ring and FDDI Design Rules
Week 4	Wireless Design Homework 2
Week 5	Business Implications of Designs
Week 6	IP Addressing and Its Implications
Week 7
Week 8	Wireless Design A Wireless Design Process Some Wireless Design Principles
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11	Some Background on Routing Protocols Some Routing Protocol Characteristics and Scalability Some Important Router Software Features Selecting a Network Strategy SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol Homework 3
Week 12	Writing a Design Document Building a Prototype
Week 13	Basic WAN Types and Design Considerations Router Switching Modes Provisioning WANs Provisioning Frame Relay IP Addressing Private Addressing and Network Address Translation
Week 14	VPN Capabilities Different Remote Access Capabilities
Finals

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