CSNT 251 Network Administration

12 credits

This course involves networking from an administrative side. Students will develop advanced troubleshooting skills along with setting up and configuring all the main components of today’s most popular network operating system. Emphasis is on the hands-on experience.

Prerequisites: CSNT 234 and ENGL 099 (or equivalent placement score for ENGL& 101) or instructor permission

Corequisites: CSNT 253

Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring

Global Outcome(s)
This course teaches to the global outcome of Critical Thinking.

This course teaches to the global outcome of Information Literacy.

Student Outcomes/Competencies:
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Use a variety of methods to perform installations
Setup and manage DHCP and DHCP Relay Agent
Manage file and directory structure security
Demonstrate the setup and configuration of user accounts and profiles
Demonstrate the proper usage of various network (IP) troubleshooting utilities
Demonstrate advanced IP and Firewall configuration abilities
Setup and configure a basic ADS structure
Setup and administer basic DNS, Web, and FTP services
Work in an active directory domain environment
Setup, configure, and troubleshoot IPv4 and IPv6 based networks
Use routing tables to troubleshoot connectivity issues
Setup Distributed File System (DFS) services
Use delegation of control to assign special administrative abilities
Use command line to create Active Directory structures
Configure and troubleshoot group policies
Diagnose and troubleshoot advanced network configuration issues
Setup and configure Web and FTP services