Course Code
MIT446
Course Credit
5
This fourth and final course in a series of four networking courses uses the Cisco Networking Academy Program approved textbook and related web-based materials. This course explains the principles of traffic control and access control lists (ACLs) and provides an overview of the services and protocols at the data link layer for wide-area access. Students learn about user access technologies and devices and discover how to implement and configure Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE), DSL, and Frame Relay. This course also strengthens student understanding of WAN security concepts, tunneling, and VPN basics.