CS 172: Cisco Networking: Routing, Switching, & Wireless Essentials

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Class Program
Computer Science
Credits 6 Lecture Hours 44 Lab Hours 44
This course focuses on switching technologies and router operations that support small-to-medium business networks and includes wireless local area networks (WLANs) and security concepts. Students learn key switching and routing concepts. By the end of this course, students will be able to perform basic network configuration and troubleshooting, identify and mitigate LAN security threats, and configure and secure a basic WLAN. This is the second of three courses comprising the Cisco CCNAv7 curricula and covers the technical knowledge and skills required to take the Cisco CCNA exam.
Course Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate the following knowledge or skills:

  1. Configure devices by using security best practices.
  2. Explain how Layer 2 switches forward data.
  3. Implement VLANs and trunking in a switched network.
  4. Troubleshoot inter-VLAN routing on Layer 3 devices.
  5. Explain how STP enables redundancy in a Layer 2 network.
  6. Troubleshoot EtherChannel on switched links.
  7. Implement DHCPv4 to operate across multiple LANs.
  8. Configure dynamic address allocation in IPv6 networks.
  9. Explain how FHRPs provide default gateway services in a redundant network.
  10. Explain how vulnerabilities compromise LAN security.
  11. Implement switch security to mitigate LAN attacks.
  12. Explain how WLANs enable network connectivity.
  13. Implement a WLAN using a wireless router and WLC.
  14. Explain how routers use information in packets to make forwarding decisions.
  15. Configure IPv4 and IPv6 static routes.
  16. Troubleshoot static and default route configurations
Institutional Outcomes
IO1 Communication: Students will be able to communicate clearly and effectively within a workplace context
IO2 Quantitative Reasoning: Analyze and solve computational problems using a modern program language
IO3 Human Relations/Workplace Skills: Students will be able to demonstrate teamwork, ethics, appropriate safety awareness and/or workplace specific skills
Course Content Outline
  1. Basic Device Configuration
  2. Switching Concepts
  3. VLANs
  4. Inter-VLAN Routing
  5. STP
  6. Etherchannel
  7. DHCPv4
  8. SLAAC and DHCPv6 Concepts
  9. FHRP Concepts
  10. LAN Security Concepts
  11. Switch Security Configuration
  12. WLAN Concepts
  13. WLAN Configuration
  14. Routing Concepts
  15. IP Static Routing
  16. Troubleshoot Static and Default Routes
Department Guidelines
This is the second course in the newly revised Cisco Networking Academy CCNAv7 Routing and Switching curricula. Students will be prepared to take the Cisco CCNA® certification exam after completing CS 171, CS 172 and CS 173.