Oct 23, 2026  
2026-2027 Academic Catalog 
    
2026-2027 Academic Catalog
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CNET 2305 - Enterprise Networking, Security, and Automation


Credits: 3

Catalog Description
This course describes the architecture, components, operations, and security to scale for large, complex networks, including wide area network (WAN) technologies. The course emphasizes network security concepts and introduces network virtualization and automation. Students learn how to configure, troubleshoot, and secure enterprise network devices and understand how application programming interfaces (API) and configuration management tools enable network automation.

Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better): CNET 2302  
Additional fee to student: No

Learner Outcomes
  1. Configure single-area OSPFv2 in both point-to-point and multiaccess networks.
  2. Explain how to mitigate threats and enhance network security using access control lists and security best practices.
  3. Implement standard IPv4 ACLs to filter traffic and secure administrative access.
  4. Configure NAT services on the edge router to provide IPv4 address scalability.
  5. Explain techniques to provide address scalability and secure remote access for WANs.
  6. Explain how to optimize, monitor, and troubleshoot scalable network architectures.
  7. Explain how networking devices implement QoS.
  8. Implement protocols to manage the network.
  9. Explain how technologies such as virtualization, software defined networking, and automation affect evolving networks.

Major Areas of Course Content
  1. Single-Area OSPF
  2. Network Security Concepts
  3. ACL Concepts & Configuration
  4. NAT for IPv4
  5. WAN Concepts
  6. VPN & IPsec Concepts
  7. QoS Concepts
  8. Network Management
  9. Network Design
  10. Network Troubleshooting
  11. Network Virtualization
  12. Network Automation

Credit for Prior Learning Options
No credit for prior learning option is available for this course.



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