Sep 20, 2026  
2026 - 2027 Eastern Iowa Community Colleges Catalog 
    
2026 - 2027 Eastern Iowa Community Colleges Catalog
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NET 398 - Networking III


Credit(s) 5.00
Lecture Hours: 5.00
This course describes the architectures and considerations related to designing, securing, operating, and troubleshooting enterprise networks.  Students will implement dynamic routing protocols, protect against cybersecurity threats, and learn about Wide Area Networks (WANs) and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).  Students will also learn about Quality of Service (QoS) mechanisms, virtualization, and network management tools.

Prerequisite(s):    
SLOs:
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

  • Discuss Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) concepts and configurations.
  • Implement network security.
  • Explain Wide Area Network (WAN) concepts.
  • Optimize networks.
  • Monitor networks.
  • Troubleshoot networks.
  • Install current network technologies.



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