Scalable Campus Network

This will be an intense hands-on five (5) day training to teach skills required for the configuration and operation of large scale campus networks. The training will be held from April 3rd-7th, 2017.

Objective

After this training the participants will be able to design and implement a large scale campus network. This course will provide the techies with the necessary TCP/IP skills to administer a campus network.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for technical staff that operates a TCP/IP network with international connectivity and inter-campus connectivity.

Pre-requisites

1. IPv4 addressing and general network concepts 2. Knowledge of UNIX and/or Linux 3. Three Years’ Experience as Network Administrators / IP Network Engineers 4. Target Group: Network Administrator/engineers, ICT infrastructure managers and Systems Administrators

Course content

The course is divided into two; Campus networks, Scalable networks

Campus Networks

Campus Network design principles & Best Practices Campus Networks Design.

IP address routing & management(addressing, subnetting)

Campus Network Physical cable Infrastructure

Hierarchical Design

Scalable Networks

Cisco switch configuration basics

HP configuration essentials

Switching Architecture -STP

Introduction to IEEE 802.1q (VLANS)

Switch troubleshooting

Campus Network Design

Wireless Networks

Campus Network monitoring

Network Security

Items Required

Each Participant is to bring a laptop with wireless connectivity. Each participant is to submit the campus network diagram

Trainers

Name Organization

Michelle Opiyo (MO) KENET

Joan Masai (JM) KENET

Nyanjau Kimani (NK) KENET

Cornelius Achiki (CA) KENET

Participants

No	Institution	Name	Designation
1	Tangaza College	Collince Dundo	ICT Officer
2	St.Joseph's Nyabondo MTC	Kevin P. Odhiambo	Computer Operator
3	KMFRI Mombasa	Polycarp Atunga	ICT Officer
4	Kenya School of Law	Kennedy Dende	ICT Officer
5	Management University of Africa	Bernard Kuria	ICT Officer
6	Kiambu Institute of Science & Technology	James Gichuru	ICT Officer
7	The Sigalagala National Polytechnic	Brian Mwinamo	ICT Officer
8	Garissa University College	Gilbert Ruto	ICT Officer
9	Mount Kenya University	Edwin K. Mwangi	Systems Administrator
10	University of Kabianga	Kipngetich Ngeno Mathew	Assistant Network administrator
11	Multimedia University	Kelvin Kariuki	Network Administrator
12	Riara University	Richard Mutisya	Network Administrator
13	KAFUCO	Boris Ochieng	ICT Technician
14	Lukenya University	Stanley Muli	ICT Administrator
15	KEMRI RCTP FACES	Kisivuli Kennedy	ICT Officer
16	KENET	Jackline Cherotich	Graduate Trainee
17	KENET	Evans Ng'ang'a	Assistant Network Engineer
18	Rongo University	Fred Oduya	Network Administrator
19	JOOUST	Lawi Osoo	ICT Technician
20	KEMRI	Hellen Chepkirui	ICT Technician
21	KEMRI	Lilian Mwanza	ICT Assistant

Timetable

Day	9.00-10.30	10.30-10.50	10.50-13.00	1300-1400	1400-1600	1600-1620	1620-1800
Monday April 3	Welcome& Registration Layers 1/2/3 Refresher (CA) [[1]]	Tea Break	Cisco configuration essentials HP Configuration essentials (JM) [[2]]	Lunch	Switching architectures (Layer 2) (JM) [[3]]	Tea Break	Layer2 Lab (/CA/JM) [[4]]
Tuesday April 4	Introduction to VLANS (MO) [[5]]	Tea Break	VLANs Lab [[6]]	Lunch	IP routing (addressing, subnetting, EIGRP) (MO) Introduction to routing [[7]]	Tea Break	IP routing Lab Layer 3 static lab [[8]] Introduction to EIGRP
Wednesday April 5	Campus Network Design principles and best practices (CA) [[9]]	Tea Break	Campus Network Structured Cabling Campus Network Cabling [[10]] Fiber Splicing Exercise [[11]] Fiber Splicing Exercise Answers [[12]] Cable Systems Specifications [[13]] (CA)	Lunch	Introduction to Wireless Networks Wireless Network LaB(CA/JM)	Tea Break	Campus Network Designs Round-table (JM/CA)
Thursday April 6	Intro to Net Mgmt and SNMP (NK)[[14]] [[15]]	Tea Break	Network Monitoring tools: Nagios [[16]], Cacti [[17]] (NK)	Lunch	LAN Network monitoring lab: basic nagios, cacti, webmin (NK) Nagios Exercise [[18]]	Tea Break	Troubleshooting Campus LAN / Link Tests (CA/NK)
Friday April 7	Cacti Installation [[19]] [[20]]	Tea Break	Network Security(MO) [[21]]	Lunch	Exam [[22]]	Closing Ceremony