Goal: To get familiar with LAN 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 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, finetuning, troubleshooting, and implementation in practice, the implementation, operation, and
network management issues of a designed network.