NET 299: Networking Capstone

Course Description

Provides students with network implementation and troubleshooting skills.  Based upon real-life conditions, students will establish a corporate networking environment.  The network will then be configured in various states of dysfunction, providing opportunity for students to identify problems and provide proper corrections and adjustments to make the network function properly again.  

Prerequisites: Prior or concurrent enrollment in NET 231 or NET 236 and NET 270 and NET 280 with grades of C or better.

Course Outline

  1. Project Overview
  2. Physical Network Design
  3. Logical Network Design
  4. Hardware Selection
  5. Server Software Selection
  6. DHCP and DNS
  7. Web Services
  8. Email Services
  9. File and Print Services
  10. Client Workstations
  11. Login Scripts
  12. Routing
  13. Security and Remote Access
  14. Backup and Recovery
  15. Monitoring and Troubleshooting

Required Materials

  • Internet access and a Harper Blackboard account.
  • A pair of computers that can be partitioned, reformatted, etc.  As an alternative, you can use a PC with VMWare to create virtual machines for many of the lab exercises.  Harper lab I 205 has computers and software that may be configured as necessary for this course. 

Faculty Contact

For questions about this course contact the department coordinator:

Dave Braunschweig
dbraunsc@harpercollege.edu
847.925.6817