2014-2015 Academic Catalog 
    
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CIS 174 - Cisco Networking IV



5.0 Credits
Final course mapping to the CCNA exam. Topics include hierarchical network design, PPP and frame-relay, WAN technologies, broadband solutions, IPSec and VPNs, network monitoring, enterprise network troubleshooting, borderless networking, virtualization, and collaboration in network architectures. Prerequisite: CIS 173 with a minimum grade of 2.5 or equivalent experience.

Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Describe current network security threats and explain how to implement a comprehensive security policy to mitigate common threats to network devices, hosts, and applications. [COMMUNICATE]
  2. Describe the importance, benefits, role, impact, and components of VPN technology. [COMMUNICATE]
  3. Describe ACLs, and verify, monitor and troubleshoot ACLs in a network environment. [REASON]
  4. Explain the basic operation of Network Address Translation (NAT) and Port Address Translation (PAT), and identify, and resolve common NAT and PAT issues. [REASON]
  5. Configure and verify a basic WAN serial connection, a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) connection between Cisco routers, and Frame Relay on Cisco routers. [REASON]
  6. Explain the operation and benefits of the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and the Domain Name System (DNS), and configure, verify, and troubleshoot DHCP and DNS operations on a router. [REASON]



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