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Rick Graziani, Cabrillo College
Instructor, Computer Science/Networking
Email: graziani@cabrillo.edu
 
Non-Cabrillo Instructors/Students: If you would like access to my materials please email me for the username and password.
 

Course Materials: CIS 81 Fundamentals of Networking (CCNA 1)

Note: These materials are currently being updated for the new Exploration curriculum. Both my previous materials and new materials are included.

   
     
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    Packet Tracer v5.3 Application + Tutorial MS Windows
    Packet Tracer v5.3 Application + Tutorial Linux-Ubuntu
    Packet Tracer v5.3 Application + Tutorial Generic-Ubuntu
    Packet Tracer v5.3 Application + Tutorial Linux-Fedora
    Packet Tracer v5.3 Application + Tutorial Generic-Fedora tar.gz
    Data Sheet PDF
       
    Lab: Packet Tracer - Creating a Topology (doc)
   
  Introduction
       
  PowerPoint Presentations Instructional Aids and Links  
  Student Success Link: Firewall.cx  
  Course Introduction Movie: Herding Cats  
    Movie: Today's Networking Professionals  
  Using Blackboard  
  Blackboard Help  
   
     
       
  1 Living in a Network Centric World
       
  PowerPoint Presentations Instructional Aids and Links  
  Living in a Network Centric World Software: Binary/Decimal Conversion  
     
       
  2 Communicating over the Network
       
  PowerPoint Presentations Instructional Aids and Links  
 

Communicating over the Network

Movie: Warriors of the Net  
    IETF  
    IEEE  
    ISO  
       
  3 Application Layer Protocols and Functionality
       
  PowerPoint Presentations Instructional Aids and Links  
 

Application Layer Protocols and Functionality

Video: DNS Explained  
    Video: How DNS works  
  DHCP-DNS (PowerPoint) Video: How email works  
  DHCP-DNS (Packet Tracer File)    
  DHCP-DNS Instructions    
       
       
       
  4 OSI Transport Layer
       
  PowerPoint Presentations Instructional Aids and Links  
 

Transport Layer

 Nutshell: TCP (PDF)  
    Nutshell: UDP (PDF)  
    Nutshell: TCP and UDP Port Numbers (PDF)  
       
    FCC Hearing: On Comcast TCP Resets  
       
    Link: Warriors of the Net  
    Link: Uri Raz's TCP/IP Links  
    Link: UofGeogia: TCP/IP Fundamentals  
    Link: TCP/UDP Port Numbers  
       
    Movie: Traceroute (CAIDA)  
    Movie: Warriors of the Net  
       
       
  5 OSI Network Layer
       
  PowerPoint Presentations Instructional Aids and Links  
  OSI Network Layer Nutshell: IP (Internet Protocol) (PDF)  
  Link: Path MTU Discovery  
  Clients and Servers (PowerPoint)    
  Mail Server and Clients (Packet Tracer File)    
  Mail Server and Clients Instructions    
       
  6 IPv4 Addressing and Subnetting
       
  PowerPoint Presentations Instructional Aids and Links  
  IPv4 Addresses - Part 1 Reading: Classless Subnetting Explained (PDF)  
  IPv4 Addresses - Part 2 Worksheet: Classless Subnetting (Excel)  
  IPv4 Addresses - Part 3 Nutshell: Classless Subnetting (Excel)  
    Nutshell: Classful Subnetting (PDF)  
  Related PowerPoint Presentations Article: Regional Internet Registry  
  Classless IP Addressing and Subnetting    
  Classless Subnetting Explained Subnet Calculators:  
  Classful Subnetting and Other Topics   Link: Subnet Calculator  
      Link: Subnet-Calculator (another one)  
  IP Address Allocation, DHCP and DNS   Link: VLSM CIDR Subnet  
  ICMP: Ping and Traceroute    
       
       
  7 OSI Data Link Layer
       
  PowerPoint Presentations Instructional Aids and Links  
  OSI Data Link Layer    
       
       
  8 OSI Physical Layer
       
  PowerPoint Presentations Instructional Aids and Links  
  OSI Physical Layer (coming soon)    
       
       
  9 Ethernet (IEEE 802.3)
       
  Etherenet PowerPoint Presentations Instructional Aids and Links  
  Ethernet Fundamentals Part 1 Nutshell: Hubs and Switches (PDF)  
Ethernet Fundamentals Part 2 Nutshell: Ethernet Protocol (PDF)  
  ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) Link: Charles Spurgeon Ethernet Site  
  Link: IEEE Standards Committee  
       
  Other ARP PowerPoint Presentations Instructional Aids and Links  
  ARP: Process and the Protocol Nutshell: ARP (PDF)  
  ARP: Animated Scenarios using PT Article: ARP Spoofing and Attacks (PDF)  
    Article: Proxy ARP (PDF)  
       
  Wireless, STP, Switch Security and IOS
       
  PowerPoint Presentations    
  Wireless LANs    
  STP and Switch Security Issues    
  IOS: Switches and Routers (Lab)    
  IOS: Switches and Routers (pkt file)    
       
       
       
  Packet Forwarding PowerPoint Presentations Instructional Aids and Links  
  Introduction to Routing and Packet Forwarding Nutshell: Routing (PDF)  
    Article: Protocol Scenarios for Layers 2 and 3  
    Link: IETF  
       
  IOS PowerPoint Presentations Instructional Aids and Links  
 

IOS: Switches and Routers

Nutshell: IOS Commands (PDF)  
       
   
   

Course Syllabus: Spring 2013

Check often, information subject to change.

       

 

Week 1

Lecture

Announcements

Homework/Lab/TBA
  Feb 11 Part 1 Adding: Need Add Code Read: Ch. 1 Living in a Network Centric World
  Student Success WebAdvisor - Correct email? Read: Ch. 2 Communicating over the Network
  Course Introduction Dropping a course   NetSpace: Chapter 2 Exam
  Everything is amazing and nobody's happy     Due: Feb 25, 5pm
      Attempts: 4
  Part 2 Please use subject in email: "CIS 81:"    
  Using Cisco Systems NetSpace and rest of subject info    
  Register: Working in teams of 2      
         
  Part 3      
  Packet Tracer Demo      
  Lab: Packet Tracer - Creating a Topology (doc)   :
         
  Activity: 2.6.1.2: Topology Orientation Buidling a    
  small network    
       

 

Week 2

Lecture

Announcements

Homework/Lab/TBA
  Feb 18 Holiday - No Classes    
     
       

 

Week 3

Lecture

Announcements

Homework/Lab/TBA
  Feb 25 Ch. 2 Communicating over the Network (Review) No formal online forums but you Read: Ch. 3 Application Layer Protocols
  Ch. 3 Application Layer Protocols and Functionality are encouraged to work in teams! Cisco NetSpace: Chapter 3 Exam
  Warriors of the Net     Due: Mar 18, 5pm
    NetSpace - Can only see wrong   Attempts: 4
  In class lab (100 points) answers (for now).   2 hours per attempt
  DHCP-DNS (Packet Tracer File)    
  DHCP-DNS Instructions Roll (Census)  
  DHCP-DNS (PowerPoint)    
       

 

Week 4

Lecture

Announcements

Homework/Lab/TBA
  Mar 4 Ch. 4 Transport Layer (Part 1)   DHCP-DNS Lab
        Email me .pkt file
  Review and tshoot DHCP-DNS Lab in groups     Subj: CIS 81: DHCP-DNS Lab
         
         
         
         
         
       

 

Week 5

Lecture

Announcements

Homework/Lab/TBA
  Mar 11 Ch. 4 Transport Layer (Part 2) Midterm Week 9 Read: Ch. 4 Transport Layer
      Cisco NetSpace: Chapter 4 Exam
      Due: Apr 1, 5pm
  Lab: Using a Protocol Analyzer (Wireshark)     Attempts: 4
  Wireshark: gen-googlemaps.pcap     2 hours per attempt
  Word Doc: gen-googlemaps.docx      
  In class lab: 100 points   Read: Ch. 5 Network Layer
      Cisco NetSpace: Chapter 5 Exam
  Lab: TCP 3-way Handshake     Due: Apr 8, 5pm
  Wireshark: gen-googlemaps.pcap     Attempts: 4
  Word Doc : Capturing TCP 3-way Handshake     2 hours per attempt
  In class lab: 100 points     FIRST ATTEMPT BEFORE MAR 18
         
         
       

 

Week 6

Lecture

Announcements

Homework/Lab/TBA
  Mar 18 Ch. 5 OSI Network Layer Grading your DHCP-DNS PT Read: Ch. 5 Network Layer
      Cisco NetSpace: Chapter 5 Exam
  Ch. 6 IPv4 Addresses - Part 1     Due: Apr 8, 5pm
  > Introduction to IPv4     Attempts: 4
  > Binary Number Systems     2 hours per attempt
  > IPv4 Addressing      
         
         

 

Week 7

Lecture

Announcements

Homework/Lab/TBA
  Mar 25 Ch. 6 IPv4 Addresses - Part 2    
         
         
       
       
         
         
         
         
       

 

Week 8

Lecture

Announcements

Homework/Lab/TBA
  Apr 1 Spring Break - No Classes    
         
         
       
         
         
       
       

 

Week 9

Lecture

Announcements

Homework/Lab/TBA
  Apr 8 Subnetting Continued CCNA 5 Cisco NetSpace: Quizzes > Midterm Exam
        Due: Apr 15, 5pm
  Ch. 6 IP Addressing Part 3     Attempts: 1
        4 hours
       
      Subnetting Assignment
        Complete all worksheets in full
        Due: Apr 22
       
 

Week 10

Lecture

Announcements

Homework/Lab/TBA
  Apr 15 IPv6   Cisco NetSpace: Chapter 6 Exam
        Due: May 6, 5pm
        Attempts: 4
        2 hours per attempt
       
       
         
       
       

 

Week 11

Lecture

Announcements

Homework/Lab/TBA
  Apr 22 Ch. 7 Data Link Layer   Cisco NetSpace: Make-up Exams
        All chapters
  Ch. 9 - Ethernet     1 attempt
        Due: 1 week, Apr 29
       
         
       
       

 

Week 12

Lecture

Announcements

Homework/Lab/TBA
  Apr 29 Ch. 9 - Ethernet (cont) Exam #2: Subnetting next week  
       
  ARP      
       
       
       

 

Week 13

Lecture

Announcements

Homework/Lab/TBA
  May 6 Ch. 9 - Ethernet    
       
  Exam #2: Subnetting      
       
       
         
       
       

 

Week 14

Lecture

Announcements

Homework/Lab/TBA
  May 13 Learning Cisco IOS    
         
  IPv4 Subnetting: Skills Based Exam      
       
         
         
         
       
       

 

Week 15

Lecture

Announcements

Homework/Lab/TBA
  May 20 Cisco Netspace Final Exam and Course Feedback    
         
         
         
         
         

 

Week 16

Lecture

Announcements

Homework/Lab/TBA
  May 27 Holiday - No Classes    
         
         
         
         

 

Week 17

Lecture

Announcements

Homework/Lab/TBA
    Final Exam: Monday 5:30 - 7:30pm