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Dec 22, 2024
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NET 242 - CISCO Wide Area Networks (WAN)
Last Date of Approval: Fall 2022
3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 30
Total Lab Hours: 30
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description:
The Advanced Wide Area Networking course provides students with a comprehensive study of the differences between the following WAN services: LAPB, Frame Relay, ISDN/LAPD, HDLC, PPP, and DDR. Students will learn to configure the routers to implement Frame Relay LMIs, maps, and sub-interfaces. Identify PPP operations to encapsulate WAN data on Cisco routers. Students will identify ISDN protocols, function groups, reference points, and channels. This course will help students refine their critical thinking skills as they evaluate various technology topics and concepts while searching for underlying connections between the technology and how to apply those concepts in a lab setting, which is a skill that should be beneficial in any/all types of technology careers. This course will also help students gain hands-on technology literacy which will be of vital significance when making important work-related decisions.
Prerequisites: NET 138 , NET 230
Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face, virtual, and/or online
Credit for Prior Learning: This course offers an opportunity for students to earn Credit for Prior Learning for skills that they have brought with them to Iowa Central. For more information, please ask the instructor and see the Iowa Central Community College catalog.
Course Fees: Face-to-Face: None; Online: 8-week online students will have a per credit hour e-book fee automatically charged to their account.
Common Course Assessment(s): None
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
a. Demonstrate math skills (e.g. binary, hex, decimal, Subnetting)
b. Demonstrate the ability to use technical documents in both written and online forms.
c. Obtain and demonstrate practical hands-on experience.
d. Differentiate between WAN Services
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