ITI-104 Network Communication and Cabling
4 Credit hours - 1 Lecture, 3 Lab
Prerequisite(s): None
Course Rationale:
This course is intended to provide an opportunity for students to obtain basic knowledge and skills necessary to install, maintain and troubleshoot copper, fiber, and wireless systems in an enterprise network environment according to industry standards.
Catalog Description:
This course targets structured cabling and wireless systems. Students install a network infrastructure composed of fiber, copper, and wireless media. Students document, design and install network cabling in a group environment. At the conclusion of this course, students are able to identify and troubleshoot physical layer problems using appropriate tools and techniques.
Course Objectives
Identify components of twisted pair and fiber optic cabling.
Describe laboratory and on-the-job safety practices and procedures.
Terminate copper UTP using various jacks and punch down blocks that support data, voice, and video distribution.
Terminate and splice fiber cabling.
Test and certify copper and fiber cabling using standard certification equipment.
Explain design constraints of installing structured cabling systems.
Conduct a site survey, use standard symbology to document a structured cabling system design.
Develop a cost analysis and bid on a structured cabling system in response to a request for proposal (RFP) and defend this design in a classroom oral presentation.
Install, configure, and troubleshoot wireless access points (WAPs).
Core Outcomes
Test Out Requirements
Successful completion of written final exam and lab practical final exam with a combined score of 85%, or higher.
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