Academic Catalog

C S 50B: SWITCHING, ROUTING & WIRELESS ESSENTIALS (CCNA)

Foothill College Course Outline of Record

Foothill College Course Outline of Record
Heading Value
Effective Term: Fall 2026
Units: 4.5
Hours: 4 lecture, 2 laboratory per week (72 total per quarter)
Advisory: C S 50A.
Degree & Credit Status: Degree-Applicable Credit Course
Foothill GE: Non-GE
Transferable: CSU
Grade Type: Letter Grade (Request for Pass/No Pass)
Repeatability: Not Repeatable

Student Learning Outcomes

  • The student will demonstrate the ability to configure the interior gateway routing protocols RIP, RIPv2, OSPF, and EIGRP.
  • The student will demonstrate the process of selecting the appropriate routing protocol for specific network requirements.

Description

This is the second course in the CCNA series. This course covers topics in switching and routing, and delves into wireless local area networks (WLANs) and security concepts. Students will be able to understand network operations and be capable of performing network configuration, troubleshooting, and mitigation of LAN security threats.

Course Objectives

The student will be able to:

  1. Configure devices 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. Configure 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.

Course Content

  1. Module 1: Basic Device Configuration
    1. 1.1 Configure a Switch with Initial Settings
    2. 1.4 Basic Router Configuration
  2. Module 2: Switching Concepts
    1. 2.1 Frame Forwarding
    2. 2.2 Collision and Broadcast Domains
  3. Module 3: VLANs
    1. 3.1 Overview of VLANs
    2. 3.5 Dynamic Trunking Protocol
  4. Module 4: Inter-VLAN Routing
    1. 4.1 Inter-VLAN Routing Operation
    2. 4.3 Inter-VLAN Routing using Layer 3 Switches
  5. Module 5: STP Concepts
    1. 5.1 Purpose of STP
    2. 5.2 STP Operations
  6. Module 6: EtherChannel
    1. 6.2 Configure EtherChannel
    2. 6.3. Verify and Troubleshoot EtherChannel
  7. Module 7: DHCPv4
    1. 7.1 DHCPv4 Concepts
    2. 7.2 Configure a Cisco IOS DHCPv4 Server
  8. Module 8: SLAAC and DHCPv6
    1. 8.2 Stateless Address Auto-Configuration Overview
    2. 8.4 Configure DHCPv6 Server
  9. Module 9: FHRP Concepts
    1. 9.1 First Hop Redundancy Protocols
    2. 9.2 Hot Standby Routing Protocol
  10. Module 10: LAN Security Concepts
    1. 10.2 Access Control
    2. 10.5 LAN Attacks
  11. Module 11: Switch Security Configuration
    1. 11.1 Implement Port Security
    2. 11.2 Mitigate VLAN Attacks
  12. Module 12: WLAN Concepts
    1. 12.1 Introduction to Wireless
    2. 12.3 WLAN Operation
  13. Module 13: WLAN Configuration
    1. 13.1 Remote Site WLAN Configuration
    2. 13.3 Configure a WPA2 Enterprise WLAN
  14. Module 14: Routing Concepts
    1. 14.3 Basic Router Configuration Review
    2. 14.5 Static and Dynamic Routing
  15. Module 15: IP Static Routing
    1. 15.2 Configure IP Static Routes
    2. 15.3 Configure IP Default Static Routes
  16. Module 16: Troubleshoot Static and Default Routes
    1. 16.1 Packet Processing with Static Routes
    2. 16.2 Troubleshoot IPv4 Static and Default Route Configuration

Lab Content

  1. Logical and physical mode exploration
  2. Configure SSH
  3. Configure router interfaces
  4. Verify directly connected networks
  5. Who hears the broadcast?
  6. Investigate a VLAN implementation
  7. VLAN configuration
  8. Configure trunks
  9. Configure DTP
  10. Implement VLANs and trunking
  11. Configure router-on-a-stick inter-VLAN routing
  12. Configure Layer 3 switching and inter-VLAN routing
  13. Troubleshoot inter-VLAN routing
  14. Inter-VLAN routing challenge
  15. Investigate STP loop prevention
  16. Configure EtherChannel
  17. Troubleshoot EtherChannel
  18. Implement EtherChannel
  19. Configure DHCPv4
  20. Implement DHCPv4
  21. HSRP configuration guide
  22. Data center exploration
  23. Implement port security
  24. Switch security configuration
  25. Configure a wireless network
  26. Configure a basic WLAN on the WLC
  27. Configure a WPA2 enterprise WLAN on the WLC
  28. Troubleshoot WLAN issues
  29. WLAN configuration
  30. Wireless technology exploration
  31. Basic router configuration review
  32. Configure IPv4 and IPv6 static and default routes
  33. Troubleshoot static and default routes

Special Facilities and/or Equipment

1. Access to a network laboratory with current Cisco network equipment host computers required to support the class.
2. A website or course management system with an assignment posting component (through which all lab assignments are to be submitted) and a forum component (where students can discuss course material and receive help from the instructor). This applies to all sections, including on-campus (i.e., face-to-face) offerings.
3. When taught as an online/hybrid section, the college will provide a fully functional and maintained course management system through which the instructor and students can interact.
4. When taught as an online/hybrid section, students must have currently existing email accounts and ongoing access to computers with internet capabilities.

Method(s) of Evaluation

Methods of Evaluation may include but are not limited to the following:

Tests and quizzes
Written laboratory assignments
Final examination

Method(s) of Instruction

Methods of Instruction may include but are not limited to the following:

Lectures which include motivation for the architecture of the specific topics being discussed
In-person or online labs (for all sections, including those meeting face-to-face/on-campus), consisting of:
1. An assignment webpage located on a college-hosted course management system or other department-approved internet environment. Here, the students will review the specification of each assignment and submit their completed lab work
2. A discussion webpage located on a college-hosted course management system or other department-approved internet environment. Here, students can request assistance from the instructor and interact publicly with other class members
Detailed review of laboratory assignments which includes model solutions and specific comments on the student submissions
In person or online discussion which engages students and instructor in an ongoing dialog pertaining to all aspects of designing, implementing, and analyzing programs
When course is taught fully online:
1. Instructor-authored lecture materials, handouts, syllabus, assignments, tests, and other relevant course material will be delivered through a college-hosted course management system or other department-approved internet environment
2. Additional instructional guidelines for this course are listed in the attached addendum of CS department online practices

Representative Text(s) and Other Materials

Odom, Wendall. CCNA 200-301 Official Cert Guide, Volume 1. 2024.

Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing, and Outside of Class Assignments

  1. Reading
    1. Textbook assigned reading averaging 30 pages per week.
    2. Online curriculum averaging 20 pages per week.
    3. Online resources as directed by instructor though links pertinent to networking.
    4. Library and reference material directed by instructor through course handouts.
  2. Writing
    1. Technical prose documentation that supports and describes the laboratory exercises that are submitted for grades.

Discipline(s)

Computer Information Systems