Brandon Saunders talks about Internet Engineering!

Saunders has taught the class “Internet Engineering” at Ohio University for three semesters over the past three years. He is now a visiting professor for the McClure School of Emerging Communication Technologies. Within that position, he teaches “Intro to Information and Telecommunications”, “Internet Engineering”, and co-teaches a class on IPv6 deployments.

By internet standards, IPv6 is a new technology. The original internet was based on a technology called IPv4. IPv6 is a new version, but the change is no easy task. “You’re basically recreating the internet while it’s in motion,” Saunders said. The class talks about the complexities of adding the IPv6 function to an existing network.

Students who take the internet engineering class will have an advanced understanding of the technologies needed to deploy computer networks for small and medium businesses, as well as small internet service providers. After completion of the class, students will have the basic knowledge to be able to learn the remaining skills to work in any portion of the internet.

Before teaching, Saunders was an entrepreneur focused mostly on software developments. Prior to that, he worked for Ohio University as a network engineer where he deployed much of the university’s network infrastructure.

Saunders has always had an interest in computers and computer networking. “Getting a broad section of things working together to do interesting tasks is always what I’ve done,” Saunders said. He wants to help students pick up the skills and traits needed to be successful in the field of ITS.

“A lot of people have the viewpoint that the internet just works, it all just happens, it’s magic, or it’s a great big box that things fit into. It’s not. To make the internet operate correctly requires people with a very broad set of skills,” Saunders said. This is true more so today than ever before. Saunders believes ITS focuses on people having a broad set of knowledge that can be applied to solving problems required to running the internet.

Internet Engineering teaches students a variety of basic networking concepts that can help them excel in the career field. This information technology class is a staple for ITS majors and provides emerging technologies in Ohio.

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