IT 2400: Intro To Networking
Fall 2023 Schedule
- IT2400-01 TTh 3:00pm-4:15pm Smith Computer Ctr 107 (CRN 41576)
Final exams
- IT2400-01 Tuesday December 12 @ 3pm in Smith Computer Ctr 107
The readings will come from the course textbook, Managing and Troubleshooting Networks, 6th Edition Exam N10-008 by Mike Meyers, ISBN 978-1264269037. Some supplemental online resources may be used such as Professor Messer.
Cisco Packet Tracer is software used throughout the semester. Students will need to register with Cisco’s Networking Academy to be able to use Packet Tracer. Packet Tracer may be installed on personal computers and laptops, with Windows, Linux and Mac versions available.
This schedule is subject to change.
| Week of | Reading | Tests, Holidays |
| Aug 20 | Chapter 1 - Network Models, also pages 155-157 (Decimal to Binary Conversion) | |
| Aug 27 | Chapter 2 Cabling & Topology, Chapter 5 Installing a Physical Network | Quiz (Ch 1, Binary conversion) |
| Sep 03 | Chapter 3 Ethernet Basics, Chapter 4 Modern Ethernet | Quiz (Ch 2, Ch 5), Labor Day |
| Sep 10 | Review | Quiz (Ch 3, Ch 4) |
| Sep 17 | Chapter 6 TCP/IP Basics & Subnetting | Exam 1 (Ch 1 thru 5), Practical Exam |
| Sep 24 | Chapter 6 TCP/IP Basics & Subnetting continued | Quiz (Ch 6) |
| Oct 01 | Review | Exam 2 (Subnetting), Practical Exam 2 |
| Oct 08 | Chapter 7 Routing Applications | Fall Break |
| Oct 15 | Chapter 7 Routing Applications cont | |
| Oct 22 | Chapter 12 IPv6 | Quiz (Ch 7) |
| Oct 29 | Chapter 8 TCP/IP Applications, | Quiz (Ch 12), |
| Nov 05 | Chapter 9 Network Naming | Exam 3 (Ch 7, 8, 12), Quiz (Ch 8) |
| Nov 12 | Chapter 14 Wireless | Quiz (Ch 9) |
| Nov 19 | Chapter 21 Network Troubleshooting | Quiz,(Ch 14), Thanksgiving |
| Nov 26 | Exam 4 (Ch 9,14,21) | |
| Dec 3 | Comprehensive Review | |
| Finals Tuesday December 12 @ 3pm in Smith Computer Ctr 107 |
Last Updated 07/26/2023