INSTRUCTOR:          Dr. Stephen C. Hayne 
Stephen.Hayne@business.colostate.edu         
http://www.speedofheat.com/hayne/net

OFFICE:                     Rockwell 029

OFFICE HOURS:       2pm – 3pm  M-R (and by appointment)

TA HOURS:                Matthew Sallee
                                    Help is also available on the EAST side of Rockwell Computer Lab - M-W 6pm-9pm

 

TEXTS:           Required for Networking:

Business Data Communications, 4th Edition, 2001, William Stallings, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.  ISBN 0-13-088263-1. 

                        Optional for Operating Systems:

Kirch and Dawson.  (2000)  Linux Network Administrators Guide, O’Reilly Publishers  ISBN:1-56592-400-2 (PDF) 

HANDOUTS: Available on the web site.

COURSE PREREQUISITES:

            BD240  --- All students are assumed to have a basic knowledge of Programming

 

COURSE OUTCOMES:

            After completing this class, a student will be able to: 

·         Explain Operating Systems: processes, process management

·         Work effectively at the LINUX command line

·         Manipulate LINUX files with full understanding of the underlying directory structure and security

·         Explain memory and file systems an how it applies to various operating systems

·         Explain the OSI and TCP/IP networking models, and their roles in networking and the Internet

·         Understand and explain how to measure network performance

·         Understand the role of wireless transmission in network implementations

·         Manage network and web functions on LINUX

·         Program simple  and complex network applications

ASSIGNMENTS:

            There will be 4 assignments - each worth between 50 and 100 points.  Unexcused late assignments will not be accepted.

GRADING:

            1          Class participation  100 pts.                                   100

            4          Tests                       100 pts. each                          400

            4          Assignments           50-250 pts. each                     450

                                                                                                         950

            Grading will be based on a 100%-93% = A, 92-90 = A-, 89-87 = B+, 88-83 = B, 82-80 = B-, 79-77 = C+, 76-73 = C, 72-70 = C-, etc.

            There may be some slight deviations from this scale in calculating the final course grades but such adjustments will always improve a student’s grade.