The School of Information Technology and Communication Design - The School of Information Technology and Communication Design

University: California State University, Monterey Bay
Name of Sponsoring Professor: Sathya Narayanan
Department: The School of Information Technology and Communication Design

The Integration of OPNET into the Computer Science, Networking and Telecommunications Curriculum at CSU Monterey Bay

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We are using OPNET for:

CST 384 Advanced LAN/WAN Integration

CST 384 is an undergraduate networking course. This course teaches key LAN/WAN protocols and systems integration through lectures, on-line course, research, and hands-on lab work. The course covers the IP routing (Single Area OSPF, EIGRP and RIP version 2), layer 2 switching and VLANs, Wide Area Network services (T-1, Frame Relay, ISDN, and Dial On-Demand Routing), and Wide Area Network protocols (HDLC and PPP). The course also introduces Variable Length Subnet Masking (VLSM), a key to designing complex IP networks, and reviews basic network security, using router access lists. This course incorporates both the third and fourth courses in the four-course CCNA Cisco Networking Academy curriculum, as well as additional material. The course culminates with the final project, in which the students design and test a multi-site corporation's network meeting specific requirements. The final project emphasizes the integration of LAN/WAN equipments from several vendors,. The final project incorporates the layer 2 and layer 3 topics covered in the course, as well as other protocols, such as IPSEC, SNMP, and NAT. The OPNET IT Guru is used for some of the course labs, as well as a design and diagnostic tool in the final project.

CST 312 Telecommunications Standards
Covers national and international organizations and mechanisms for creating telecommunications standards using the OSI model, TCP/IP Internet standards. Focuses on the theory, technology, and operation of OSI Layer 3 (routing). Includes hands-on lab that incorporates Cisco CCNA module 2 as a lab component.

CST 400/401 Senior Capstone Projects

WAN/LAN Modeling

An undergraduate student using OPNET will be developing a model of a local organization's network that encompasses 7 different sites, more than 50 WAN links, 100 network devices, and 200 servers. Among areas of study, the student will examine the redundant WAN links, with policy-based routing, to determine if these failover paths can carry the traffic loads. In particular, the student will study the impact of using an alternate lower bandwidth path for database replication.