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CSC 270 - Networking Basics


Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0

This course introduces the architecture, structure, functions, components, and models of the Internet and other computer networks. It uses the OSI and TCP layered models to examine the nature and roles of protocols and services at the application, network, data link, and physical layers. The principles and structure of IP addressing and the fundamentals of Ethernet concepts, media, and operations are introduced to provide a foundation for the curriculum. Students build simple LAN topologies by applying basic principles of cabling, performing basic configurations of networks devices such as routers and switches, and implementing IP addressing schemes.