Course Code: TECH 170
Academic Year: 2025-2026
This course is an introduction to networking and networking devices. Students will learn how to interconnect of personal computers, switches, routers etc. The course will emphasize IPv4 addressing including sub-netting and super-netting, explore packet analysis of common TCP/IP networking protocols and services supported by Ethernet, IP, TCP, UDP, ARP, DHCP, and DNS. Significant time will be spent in practical, hands-on exercises using common networking commands and packet-capture software to investigate and troubleshoot common networking problems.