| Date |
Week | Topic | Reading | Quiz/Lab | Due |
| 1/17 |
0 |
Classes start |
|||
| 1/24 |
1 | Introduction,
Overview Review of OSI & TCP/IP network models |
Ch 1 Ch 2.1-2.3 Appendix |
Review Pre-Req Skills (part of Lab 1) Login to Insight, Hills, & our experimental Linux, subnet (part of Lab 1) Lab 1: Orientation, Accounts, pre-req skills, internet research Initial Survey |
1/30 1/30 2/08 2/08 |
| 1/30** |
2 | Review What A System Admin Does Review of Basic Networking, pt 1 |
Ch 1, 2 Ch 14.1-14.3 |
First In-Person Class Login to Linux in Batmale 413 Lab 2: ISPs & backbones |
in-class 2/08 |
| 2/06 | 3 | Review of Basic Networking, pt 2 |
Ch 14.5-14.11 |
Lab 3: How
Headers Change as Frames cross a Network Lab 4: Network Script Quiz 1 - OSI, TCP/IP, Protocols, Encapsulation |
2/12 3/18 2/08-2/15 |
| 2/13** |
4 |
Review of Subnetting Routing |
Ch 14.4 Ch 15 |
Lab 5: Using Wireshark Lab 6: Configuring Static Routes |
in-class in-class |
| 2/20 | 5 |
HOLIDAY - President's Day Weekend | Quiz 2 - IP
addressing, Routing Tables, Subnetting |
||
| 2/27 |
|
ifconfig, netstat -i, -r, -n Network Hardware |
Ch 16 |
||
| 3/05** |
7 |
inetd, xinetd DNS, part 1 |
Ch 17 |
Lab 7: Xinetd Lab 9, DNS Part 1 & 2 Lab 9, DNS Part 4 Quiz 3 - Routing, Netstat, Xinetd |
in-class 3/14 3/21 3/09-3/18 |
| 3/12 |
8 |
DNS, part 2 |
Ch 17 |
|
|
| 3/19** |
9 |
DNS, part 3 start NFS |
Ch 17 Ch 18 |
Quiz 4 - DNS Lab 10: NFS |
3/21-4/04 in-class |
| 3/26 | 10 |
HOLIDAY - Spring Break (3/23-3/30) | |||
| 4/02** |
11 |
Sharing System Files NIS, LDAP |
Ch 19 |
NIS exercise |
|
| 4/09 |
12 |
Email, part 1 | Ch 20 |
Quiz 5 - NFS, LDAP, NIS |
4/11-4/18 |
| 4/16** |
13 |
Email, Part 2 | Ch 20 |
Lab 11: Email &
Aliases Lab 12: Printing with CUPS |
4/23 4/30 |
| 4/23 |
|
Printing | Ch 21 |
Quiz 6 - Email & Printing | 4/25-5/02 |
| 4/30** |
15 | Security |
Ch 22 |
Security exercises: eg, nmap, tcp wrappers, selinux Lab 13: IPtables Extra Credit 1: increasing DNS security, or special projects |
in-class in-class 5/14 |
| 5/07 |
16 | Data Center Basics, Green IT, other miscellaneous topics |
Ch 27, 28 |
Extra Credit 2: Security
Tools |
5/25 |
| 5/14** |
17 |
Management, Policy, Politics Final Discussion & Review |
Ch 32 | Tough Situation Discussion HandsOn Final Practice |
|
| 5/21** |
18 |
FINAL
EXAMS Final Exam Timeslots |
HandsOn Exam Terms Written Exam Terms |