MSNA2237

This course describes the architectures and considerations related to designing, securing, operating, and troubleshooting enterprise networks. This course covers wide area network (WAN) technologies and quality of service (QoS) mechanisms used for secure remote access. It also introduces software-defined networking, virtualization, and automation concepts that support the digitalization of networks. Students gain skills to configure and troubleshoot enterprise networks and learn to identify and protect against cybersecurity threats. They are introduced to network management tools and learn key concepts of software-defined networking, including controller-based architectures and how application programming interfaces (APIs) enable network automation.
Student Learning Outcomes

• Configure single-area Open Shortest Path First version 2 (OSPFv2) in both point-to-point and multiaccess networks.
• Explain how to mitigate threats and enhance network security using access control lists and security best practices.
• Implement standard Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) Access Control Lists (ACLs) to filter traffic and secure administrative access.
• Configure Network Address Translation (NAT) services on the edge router to provide IPv4 address scalability.
• Explain techniques to provide address scalability and secure remote access for Wide Area Networks (WANs).
• Explain how to optimize, monitor, and troubleshoot scalable network architectures.
• Explain how networking devices implement Quality of Service (QoS).
• Implement protocols to manage the network.
• Explain how technologies such as virtualization, software defined networking, and automation affect evolving networks.