Course details

Network Cabling and Routing (CCNA1+CCNA2)

I1C Acad. year 2021/2022 Winter semester 4 credits

Current academic year

Introduction to Networking and Routing and Switching Essentials CCNA courses, cabling, network standards. Addresses. Introduction to routers. Configuring a router. Configuring routing protocols RIP and RIPng. This course is a part of CCNA certification courses.

Guarantor

Ryšavý Ondřej, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS)

Course coordinator

Polčák Libor, Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS)

Language of instruction

Czech, English

Completion

Classified Credit (written)

Time span

  • 22 hrs lectures
  • 24 hrs laboratories

Assessment points

  • 40 pts mid-term test
  • 60 pts labs

Department

Department of Information Systems (UIFS)

Lecturer

Polčák Libor, Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS)

Instructor

Polčák Libor, Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS)
Skokanová Jana, Mgr. (CVT)

Subject specific learning outcomes and competences

Overview of LANs and practical skill with cabling. Configuration of routers and switches.
Network troubleshooting: physical, link, and network layers. Overview and selection of routing protocols. Configuring a router.

Learning objectives

Students gain practical skills with switch configuration, Ethernet technology virtual LANs (VLANs). The course also deals with IP addressing, routing, basic configuration of routers, routing protocol RIP.

Why is the course taught

By completing the course you will acquire the practical knowledge of computer networks. You will understand the principles of computer communication, and you will also learn how to set up different network devices and troubleshoot network configuration.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Binary-hexadecimal-decimal conversion. Operating systems Unix and Windows. Ability to study standards and literature in English.

Study literature

  • Přednáškové texty v angličtině.
  • Introduction to Networks Companion Guide. Cisco Press, 2014. ISBN 978-1-58713-316-4.
  • Introduction to Networks Companion Guide (CCNAv7). Cisco Press, 2020. ISBN 978-0-13-663366-2.
  • Elektronické texty a příklady dostupné na portálu https://www.netacad.com.
  • Routing and Switching Essentials Companion Guide, Cisco Press, 2014. ISBN 978-1-58713-318-3.
  • Switching, Routing, and Wireless Essentials Companion Guide (CCNAv7), Cisco Press, 2020. ISBN 978-0-13-672935-8.
  • CCNA 200-301 Official Cert Guide Library, Cisco Press, 2019. ISBN 978-1-58714-714-2.

Syllabus of lectures

  1. Introduction to Networking, Network Models.
  2. Ethernet Fundamentals, Ethernet Switching.
  3. Network Layer, IP and ICMP Protocols.
  4. IPv4 and IPv6 Addressing, Subnetting.
  5. WANs and Routers, Introduction to Routers.
  6. Configuring a Router and a Switch.
  7. Static Routing.
  8. Routing Dynamically.
  9. RIPv2 and RIPng.
  10. Virtual LANs (VLANs).
  11. Inter-VLAN Routing.
  12. DHCPv4 and DHCPv6.
  13. Network Security Fundamentals.

Syllabus of laboratory exercises

  1. Basic IOS Configuration 1.
  2. Basic IOS Configuration 2.
  3. Basic IOS Configuration 3, NAT Overload, Default Route, IPv6.
  4. Static Routing of IPv4 and IPv6.
  5. RIPv2.
  6. RIPng.
  7. VLAN.
  8. Inter-VLAN Routing.
  9. Inter-VLAN Routing - L3 Switching.
  10. DHCPv4 and DHCPv6.
  11. Revision Assignment.

Progress assessment

  • Active laboratory work (max. 60 points).
  • Practical skills tests (max. 40 points).
  • To obtain Academy Certificate of Completion all tests including Final exam and Skill test must be passed with min. score 80%.

Controlled instruction

  • Active laboratory work - 10 laboratories, 6 points each.
  • Alternative laboratories substituing an absence at laboratories during illness possible with teacher's agreement only.

Exam prerequisites

  • Labs attendance, minimal number of points required.
  • Getting at least 50% points.

Course inclusion in study plans

  • Programme BIT, 2nd year of study, Elective
  • Programme IT-BC-3, field BIT, 2nd year of study, Elective
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