Routing/Switching Essntls Lab

Catalog description

This laboratory course compliments the CRN 231 lecture course. Laboratory exercises provide hands-on applications to understand the implementation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of advanced switching technologies in enterprise data networks. At the end of this course, students will be able to configure routers and switches with IPv6 addressing and device hardening features; configure inter-VLAN routed networks utilizing the IEEE 802.1q protocol; configure and troubleshoot Spanning Tree, Rapid Spanning Tree, Per-VLAN Spanning Tree, and Rapid Per-VLAN Spanning Tree protocols; and implement EtherChannel on switched links. Prerequisite: A grade of “C” or better in CRN 231 or concurrent enrollment.