Course Overview
Building on previous work, this course will apply that learning to a home-office network. Students will set up a home router and add devices to a home network. They will implement security on the home network including a firewall and wireless authentication.
Prerequisite(s)
- XITX 1102 or equivalent.
Credits
2.0
- Not offered this term
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the components needed to build a home network
- Explain how Wi-Fi traffic is controlled
- Configure a wireless LAN device
- Describe different types of network security threats
- Explain how security tools can be used to mitigate network security threats
- Implement user authentication for wireless security
- Configure firewall settings
Effective as of Winter 2022
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