General Information about Course:

Give to students understanding of the network architectures, models and protocols. Teach them network terminology, provide skills for basic configuration of the network devices and using the command line interface (CLI), test a small computer network.

Describe the architecture, components, and operations of routers and switches in a small network. Provide an understanding of switching processes, VLAN technology, and routing.

Learn how to configure a router and a switch for basic functionality.

Goal of the course

Give to students understanding of the network architectures, models and protocols. Teach
them network terminology, provide skills for basic configuration of the network devices and
using the command line interface (CLI), test a small computer network.
Describe the architecture, components, and operations of routers and switches in a small
network. Provide an understanding of switching processes, VLAN technology, and routing.
Learn how to configure a router and a switch for basic functionality.

Learning outcomes:

After successful completion of the course, student will be able to demonstrate and employ
the following:
Knowledge:
• Network devices and services for data transfer;
• Protocols roles on various layers of computer networks;
• Hierarchical schemas of network names and addresses allocation on the different layers
of IPv4 and IPv6 networks;
• The basic principles of switching and Cisco-switches functionality;
• The purposes and tasks of router;
• Logical segmentation of networks using VLANs and inter-VLAN routing;
• Routing protocols (classification, functionalities);
• Access Control Lists (ACL);
• Network Address Translating (NAT) technologies;
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to IPv4 and IPv6;
Skills:
• Plan, calculate and correctly apply of IPv4 and IPv6 network addresses;
• Implement small network on the base of Ethernet using routers and switches;
• Use CLI for the basic configuring of the different network devices;
• Apply widely used commands and utilities for small networks testing and network traffic
analyzing;
• Configuring and testing of the basic operations of small switched network;
• Configuring and testing of:
• - VLANs and inter-VLAN routing;
• - static and default routing;
• - dynamic routing in small routed networks using dynamic routing protocols;
• - access-control lists to IPv4 and IPv6;
• - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP),
• - Network Address Translation (NAT)
Competences:
• CLI using;
• Network devices basic configuring;
• Determination of the IP-addresses types by certain characteristics;
• Segmentation of the IP addresses space;
• Switches (VLAN, inter-VLAN routing) and routers (static and dynamic routing, ACL,
NAT, DHCP) configuring