Routing and switching essentialsLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You understand the architecture, components, and operations of routers and switches in a small network.
You know how to configure routers and switches for basic functionality.
You learn to configure and troubleshoot routers and switches in a small local area networks and resolve common issues with routing protocols, virtual LANs, and inter-VLAN routing.

Content

How enhanced switching technologies such as VLANs, VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP), Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), and 802.1q work?
How static and dynamic routing works? How to configure it?
How traffic filtering works? How to configure access control lists?
How important services, like DHCP and NAT work? How to configure them?
How to configure and troubleshoot basic operations with routers and switches in a small local area network?

Qualifications

Introduction to networks

Materials

Scaling networks

Evaluation

Students can
a. use professional vocabulary systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. identify interrelated tasks.
e. use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field.
f. work as team members in a goal-oriented way.