IST220 Networking and Telecommunications

Fall 2007

Section 4, 5, 6

Instructor Information

 

Instructor:

Angsana A. Techatassanasoontorn

Office:

301G IST Building

E-mail:

angsanat at ist dot psu dot edu

Phone:

814- 863-6317

Office hours:

Monday and Wednesday, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. or by appointment

Class meetings:

Section 4, 5, 6 –- Monday and Wednesday, 1:00 – 2:15 in 208

 

 

Teaching Assistant Information

 

Teaching assistant:

Jing Wang

Office:

307G IST Building

Office hours:

Monday and Wednesday, 10:30 – 12:00 p.m. or by appointment

Contacts:

Phone: (814) 441-1370

 

E-mail: jzw143 at psu dot edu

 

Network Lab Schedule

Section 4

Friday, 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.

Section 5

Wednesday, 8:15 – 9:30 p.m.

Section 6

Thursday, 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

 

 

News and Announcements

·         Welcome to IST220.

 

Course Information

Course Materials

·         Course syllabus (pdf)

·         Slides

·         Course schedule | Revised course schedule

·         Binary and Decimal Conversion (practice)

·         Course requirements and grading

·         RS-232 Practice

 

·         Error detection methods

 

·         Exam1 Study Guide

 

·         Exam2 Study Guide

 

·         Exam3 Study Guide

 

 

Assignments and Projects

Groups

·         Network labs

·         Student groups – Sec. 4, Sec. 5, Sec. 6

¨        Network lab1 -- Getting familiar with network devices| Lab1 worksheet

Ø                  Team contract

¨        Network lab2 –- Constructing a local area network | Lab2 worksheet

 

¨        Network lab3 –- Constructing a wide area network | Lab3 worksheet

 

¨        Network lab4 –- In the Internet

 

·         Small Research assignments – Section 4, 5, 6

 

·         Digital Community team project (pdf) | Project groups and city choices | Presentation (pdf)

 

Last update: Wednesday, November 28, 2007