Welcome to CNET 263: Wide Area Networking
Welcome to the Wide Area Networking course and the Cisco Networking Academy. My name is Alan Ross and I will be your instructor for this course. This letter is to inform you of some important details prior to the start of the class. Please read this page carefully.
Class Requirements
The prerequisite/advisory for this course is CNET 261 Routing Technology and Protocols and CNET 262 Switched and Wireless LANs. If you have registered for or taken those courses, then you already know that you need to have an e-mail account and access to the World Wide Web. You do not have to purchase a text book for this course. Once you have registered for any of these courses you will become a member of the Cisco Networking Academy. This is the largest, best supported, and most widely recognized networking technology educational program in the world. As a member you will have access to the Networking Academy website 24/7. In addition to the comprehensive online curriculum in networking technology, this site contains: interactive exercises, online labs, detailed device schematics and documentation, dynamic demonstrations and simulations, and hyperlinks to other sites on the Internet that cover the topic in even more depth and detail. The site also contains sophisticated network performance analysis, design, and configuration software that is usually only available to networking professionals at a very high price. This is all free to academy members. You can explore these features and many other academy benefits and resources as soon as you obtain your academy account.
Computer Requirements
Web Browser: Microsoft Explorer 7.0 or Netscape Navigator 7.0 or above, or the latest version of Mozilla.
Computer Specs: PC or Power Macintosh with at least a 1 GHz processor, and 512 MB of RAM.
Operating System: Windows XP or MAC OS 9.0, or LINUX (Red Hat 8.0), or greater.
Mandatory Meetings
There is no mandatory in-person orientation or class meetings. The course will be setup at the Cisco Networking Academy website, where the student is encouraged to take the Online Curriculum Tutorial explaining all of the features of the site and how to use them. Students who want to be introduced to the Networking Academy online curriculum and course website by the instructor, should come to the Networking Lab during open lab hours at the San Luis Obispo campus.
Introduction and Online Orientation
Networking Academy members should already have their Cisco Networking Academy username and password. After you have registered for this course you will be added to the student roster at the Cisco Networking Academy website at: cisco.netacad.net where you can logon and access the course. After successfully completing the CCNA curriculum (CNET 260 - 263) you can register as an alumni member and have permanent access to the Cisco Networking Academy website. Please email me at the following address if you have any further questions: aross@cuesta.edu
Registration
Please return to the Cuesta College home page www.cuesta.edu in order to register for this course.
Sincerely,
Alan Ross
Engineering and Technology
Cuesta College
Office: Building 4300
Phone: (805) 546-3100 x2727
email: aross@cuesta.edu