Computer Networks and Internet Technology The story of success lecturer Aleksandar Dimitrijević

Main goals Computer networks fundamentals LAN configuration  wired  wireless Connect LAN to Internet

Course organization 6 topics divided into 9 lessons  Introduction to computer networks  Reference models  Network protocols ( I & II part )  Routing  LAN devices and configuration ( I & II part )  WAN devices ( I & II part ) On-site activities (quizzes, forums, wiki- dictionary) 6 lab. exercises final test

Introduction to computer networks Importance of computer networks Various computer networks classifications Layered organization of netwok protocols

Reference models OSI reference model TCP/IP reference model Data encapsulation

Network protocols - I part Network protocols The main protocols of TCP/IP suite  Network access layer  Internet layer Configuration

Network protocols - II part The main protocols of TCP/IP suite  Transport layer (UDP, TCP)  Application layer (DHCP, DNS, SMTP, POP3, HTTP) Protocols configuration in MS Windows

Routing Routers and routing Main functionality  routing  filtering (access-control)

LAN devices and configuration - I part Host checking Ethernet cabels LAN network devices  Hub  Switch  Wireless Access Point / Router

LAN devices and configuration - II part Network management in Windows Vista  network address configuration  working groups  folder sharing  user accounts creation Wireless LANs  ad-hoc and  infrastructure WLANs Troubleshooting

WAN devices - I part WAN physical layer PPP protocol Dial-up modem and ISDN  Dial-up configuration in Windows XP

WAN devices - II part DSL ( ADSL, topoligy, modem instalation ) Cabel-modem How to connect LAN to Internet

Material on the Web

Lab. exercises Lab.1 – WireShark Lab.2 – PacketTracer Lab.3 – LAN configuration Lab.4 – Lab.5 – Transport layer protocols Lab.6 – DSL configuration

Lab.1 - WireShark

Lab.2 - PacketTracer

Lab.3 - LAN configuration

Lab.4 -

Lab.5 – Transport layer protocols

Lab.6 – DSL configuration

Statistics 142 enrolled 130 take part in education 128 successfully finished – 98.5%  9 did not take part in e-learning – 7% Final test  average score – 75%  max. num. of points – 11%  >= half points – 90%

Real indicators of success Recognition of a teacher from secondary school that taught children for years about networks (she admited she was not sure if her lectures were correct) that our lectures clarified everything. Furthermore, she was so exicited that she wish to be enrolled in Cisco Networking Academy for further education (this can be read in her post on the forum).

Real indicators of success A number of teachers request to collect all the material from the course in pdf- textbook that will be used for their purposes (numerious posts on the forum) Requests for the rights to teach students with our material and to place it on their web sites

Real indicators of success Recognition that this was a serious course - collected and printed material reaches more than 250 pages! Other vocational training required of them to read only about 20-pages. A few days before the test, especially the night before the test, activity on the site even after midnight

Real indicators of success

Many approvals after the course was over especially from teachers of network- related subjects.