Transfers ToCSUDescriptionAccepted For Credit: CSU Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters, Every Year This course introduces the architecture, structure, functions, components, and models of the Internet and other computer networks. The course uses the OSI and TCP layered models to examine the nature and roles of protocols and services at the application, network, data link, and physical layers. The principles and structure of IP addressing and the fundamentals of Ethernet concepts, media, and operations are introduced to provide a foundation for the curriculum. At the end of the course, students build simple LAN topologies by applying basic principles of cabling; perform basic configurations of network devices, including routers and switches; and implement IP addressing schemes. This course is preparation for the CCENT and CCNA certification exams. (GC) C-ID ITIS 150 