Goal: To get familiar with LAN and WAN technologies, to plan, configure and manage small-to-medium size networks and to implement basic security considerations.
Course description: The subject introduces the design goals of LAN and WAN networks, the typical methods of designing, the best practices of design and operating methods (including the systematic design methods e.g. : Cisco hierarchical network design, possibility and benefits of simulations, the hardware and software tools and devices of implementing, configuring, fine-tuning, troubleshooting, and implementation in practice, the implementation, operation, and network management issues of a designed network.