CSCI 6732 Local Area Networks Syllabus

Overview: 
     This course will cover the topic of Local Area Networks
     (LANs).  The major topic areas include: The evolution of Local
     Area Networks; an overview of LAN applications; LAN models;
     the IEEE 802 LAN Standards; repeaters, bridges, brouters,
     routers and gateways; internetworking using TCP/IP; and a
     typical network operating system 

Sample Textbooks:
     Wm Stallings, Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, MacMillan
Publishing Co., 5th ed.
     Tom Sheldon, NetWare 4.1, Osborne, McGraw-Hill, 1996.
                     
References:  D. Comer, Internetworking with TCP/IP Prentice-Hall

Goals:    To provide computer science students with education and
          training on Local Area Networks.
          
Prerequisites:      CS555 Data Structures

Topics:
Note that all classes will be divided into discussion of concepts
and some discussion/ illustration of a specific network OS (for
example, with Novell Netware 4.1 and Windows NT)

1. Introduction                                             1 week

2. LAN/ MAN architecture                                    2 weeks

3. LAN/ MAN systems (including IEEE 802 series,
FDDI, ATM LANs)                                             4 weeks

4. Design issues, including performance, internetworking    3 weeks

5. Network management                                       3 weeks

6. Tests                                                    2 weeks

Student Projects: Setting up object, directories & files, assigning
privileges, login scripts, mailboxes, etc. on hands-on LANS.