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MINS 215

California State University, Chico

Distributed Business Systems

Fall 2001

Class meets in Glenn Hall room 104. Section 1 meets MW 8:00 a.m. to 9:50 a.m. and section 2 meets MW 2:00 p.m. to 3:50 p.m.

Instructor: Ron Pike

Office: Glenn Hall rm. 203

Phone: (530) 898-4832

Email: rpike@csuchico.edu

Office Hours:

Monday 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Tuesday 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Thursday 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Other times by appointment

Office hours will typically be held in Glenn 203. Depending on the time in the semester I may be in the Glenn 104 or 221 labs working with students, as the material is “hands-on”. Check all three locations.

Objectives:

This course deals with the design, configuration and management aspects of Local Area Networks. This is a “hands-on” course that includes the programming and configuration of Cisco routers. Work is often done in a team setting and teams often need to rely on other teams to successfully complete lab assignments.

Note from the College:

Any student who does not attend any of the class meetings during the first week of the semester will be administratively dropped from the course unless arrangements have been made in advance.

Course conduct:

1. Academic honesty is required. Any cases of cheating may result in a failing grade in the course and will be forwarded to Student Judicial Affairs. Some work will be done in groups. It is important to review your group member’s work before you put your name to a paper. In a case of cheating, all group members will be forwarded to Judicial Affairs. Be diligent in reviewing your group members work and talk to me if any problems are perceived.

2. It is assumed that you have a certain level of knowledge upon enrolling in this course. You are to have completed MINS 214 or an equivalent course with a grade of “B” of better. An entrance exam is required within the first two weeks of the semester. A score of less then 70% may cause you to be dropped from the course.

3. The chapters to be read in the texts and the examinations are detailed in the course syllabus section. The dates associated with these items are not absolute, since it may be necessary to do some mid-course adjustments determined by the pace at which the material is being covered. Any changes to this schedule will be announced in class. Unless otherwise announced, assume that this schedule is accurate.

4. Attendance is mandatory. Your group members and the rest of the class can be adversely affected by your absence. Lab work missed will result in a grade of zero.

5. Lectures will expand on the material in the textbook. Hence, it is very important to read the chapters before the lecture. If you don’t understand the material in the chapter, you should ask questions in class.

6. Project assignments will be handed out in class. The due dates for these are included in the attached syllabus. These projects are due on or before the due date noted in the syllabus and should be submitted before class begins on the due date.

7. All assignments must be submitted both electronically and in print in a professional format in which a word processor will be used to generate written text. Graphics, if used, should be computer generated or digitized.

8. Your grade will be determined by your performance on the following items:

Midterm 20 points

Comprehensive Final Exam 30 points

Lab Exercises 20 points

Research Project 20 points

Project Presentation 5 Points

Course Participation 5 points

Total 100 points

9. Your grade for the course will be based on the percentage of total possible points earned according to the table below:

A 93 - 100		C+ 77 - 80
A- 90 - 93		C 73 - 77
B+ 87 - 90		C- 70 - 73
B 83 - 87		D 65 - 70
B- 80 - 83		F < 65

Major assignments and examinations:

Projects – The class will be divided into teams. Teams will do lab exercises as a group. Also, teams will work together on a research project. The project and its presentation will amount to 25% of the overall grade in the course. Your team will choose a project topic, which needs to be approved by me before beginning work. The project should be related to the course and is intended to allow an opportunity to expand on a topic of interest to your group.

Final Examination - The final examination is a comprehensive written exam that applies all of the material in the course. This exam will be given during finals week.

Other administrative items:

1. We will have a series of facilities that will allow efficient communication within the course. Learning and using these services is part of the first project assignment.

In order to do this and other assignments every student must obtain a UNIX account.

2. The university allows withdrawing from a course with only the instructor's signature during the first two weeks of class. A serious and compelling reason, with accompanying formal documentation, and the approval of the Department Chair and Dean of the College are required after that deadline. Any student who does not attend any of the class

meetings during the first week of classes will be administratively dropped from the course.

3. An incomplete grade is given only if a student is forced by some unforeseen circumstance to discontinue attending class. It is not given because a student is unable or unwilling to keep pace with the requirements of a course.

This syllabus gives you a day-by-day description of the course. It includes the topic to be covered on that day, reading assignments to be done before class, and major milestones that are occurring. It is not assumed that you have read chapter 1 before the first day of class. Part of the class participation points will be unannounced quizzes on chapters in class. It may be necessary to change the flow of the course. Hence, the dates and the material covered may have to change slightly. However, unless notified in class you are to assume that all activities will occur on the dates given below.

Research project review days (see schedule below) will be largely unstructured class times. Attendance is required. There will be an opportunity to work on routers to prepare for the CCNA exam, as well as work on equipment in 104 that has been assigned to you for your project. There will hopefully be one or two days during this time in which we will have guest speakers that will likely present material on subjects similar to your own projects. Dates have not yet been set for these presentations.

The readings in the syllabus are from the textbook:

1. CCNA Study Guide

2. Regular readings from Internet sources

DAY DATE MODULE ASSIGNMENTS DUE

Mon 26 Aug Course and lab introduction, chapters 1 and 2 assigned

Wed 28 Aug Introduction to the routers and their modes, discuss chapters 1 and 2

Introduce research projects

Mon 2 Sep Labor Day

Wed 4 Sep Quiz on chapters 1 and 2, Chapters 3 and 4 assigned

Read parts 1 and 2 of "Gillian Anderson on LAN Switching" at www.routergod.com

Static routing lab exercise

Mon 9 Sep Discuss Chapters 3 and 4, Chapter 5 assigned

Read article "Charles Manson on Static Routes"at www.routergod.com

Read RIP article at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/732/Tech/routing.shtml

Read EIGRP article at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/732/Tech/routing.shtml

Wed 11 Sep Quiz on chapters 3 and 4, discuss routing protocols from chapter 5

Router configuration exercise

Mon 16 Sep Quiz on chapter 5 (routing), chapter 6 assigned

Complete all chapter 4 hands-on lab exercises

Wed 18 Sep Discuss chapter 6, introduce OSPF

Read parts 1 and 2 of "7 of 9 on OSPF" at www.routergod.com

Independent static routing exercise

Mon 23 Sep Quiz on chapter 6, chapter 7 assigned

Read "Cisco Psychic Helpdesk" at www.routergod.com

RIP/EIGRP lab exercise

Wed 25 Sep Discuss chapter 7

Complete all chapter 7 hands-on lab exercises

Mon 30 Sep Quiz on chapter 7, chapter 8 assigned, finalize research projects

Research should begin on selected topic

Wed 2 Oct Discuss chapter 8, no lab exercise or quiz on chapter 8 (Novell)

OSPF routing lab exercise

Mon 7 Oct Read chapter 9 (Access lists)

OSPF lab with redistribution

Wed 9 Oct Discuss chapter 9, chapter 10 assigned

Read "Don King on IP Access Lists" at www.routergod.com

Access list lab

Mon 14 Oct Quiz on chapter 9, discuss chapter 10

Read "Juliette Lewis Troubleshoots Frame Relay" at www.routergod.com

Lab review for midterm

Wed 16 Oct Quiz on chapter 10, review for midterm

Mon 21 Oct Midterm Exam (one hour written, one hour lab)

Wed 23 Oct Review of CCNA exam requirements

Read "Gunny Sgt. Hartman at CCNA Bootcam" at www.routergod.com

Equipment available for research projects

Mon 28 Oct Research project review